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The Ditch

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1h 52m
Drama
Starring Cheng Zhengwu · Yang Haoyu · Li Daguang
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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.

Director
Wang Bing
Writer
Wang Bing
Producers
Kong Lihong, Mao Hui, Francisco Villa-Lobos
Studio
WIL Productions, Les Films de L'Etranger, Wild Bunch, Entre Chien et Loup, Pusan Promotion Plan, CineMart
Original Title
夹边沟
Original Language
Chinese
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C
Cheng Zhengwu
Y
Yang Haoyu
Lao Dong
L
Li Daguang
L
Li Jiaqi
X
Xu Cenzi
Gu

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