The Ditch

Movie
Audience Score
71
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NR 1 hr 52 minDrama
The film focuses on the suffering of Chinese who were imprisoned in a forced labor camp called Jiabiangou in the Gobi Desert in winter 1960 under Mao Zedong on the grounds that they were "rightist elements". The film tells of the harsh life of these men, who coped with physical exhaustion, extreme cold, starvation and death on a daily basis.
StarringCheng ZhengwuNiansong JingXiangnian Li
DirectorWang Bing

Movie Details

Original Language:Chinese
Production Companies:WIL Productions, Les Films de L'Etranger, Wild Bunch, Entre Chien et Loup, Pusan Promotion Plan, CineMart