Released
The Ditch
September 6 2010 (about 14 years ago)Rating
71
Based on
23 reviews
- Director: Wang Bing
- Writer: Wang Bing
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 52 m
- Countries: Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Netherlands, South Korea
- Companies: WIL Productions, Les Films de L'Etranger, Wild Bunch, Entre Chien et Loup, Pusan Promotion Plan, CineMart
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.
