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.

Country:

Belgium,

France,

Hong Kong,

Netherlands,

South Korea

Genre:

Drama

Duration:

112 minutes

Year:

2011

Director:

Wang Bing

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Company:

WIL Productions,

Les Films de L'Etranger,

Wild Bunch,

Entre Chien et Loup,

Pusan Promotion Plan,

CineMart

Cast:

Xiao Li

Crew:

Screenplay

Producer

Director

Producer

Producer