The Ditch
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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Cheng Zhengwu, Niansong Jing, Xiangnian Li, Renjun Lian, Ye Lu, Cenzi Xu, Yang Haoyu, Jieleu Wan, Li Daguang, Wang Dayuan, Liming Lei, Li Jiaqi, Zi Feng
Crew: Wang Bing (Director), Wang Bing (Screenplay), Kong Lihong (Producer), Mao Hui (Producer), Francisco Villa-Lobos (Producer)
Country: Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Netherlands, South Korea
Runtime: 112 minutes
Quality: HD
Release: 2010
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