The Ditch (2010)

  • NR
  • 09/15/2010 (CA)
  • Drama
  • 1h 52m

Overview

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.

Wang Bing

Director, Screenplay

Yang Xianhui

Novel

Cast

Cheng Zhengwu's headshot

Cheng Zhengwu

Niansong Jing's headshot

Niansong Jing

Xiangnian Li's headshot

Xiangnian Li

Renjun Lian's headshot

Renjun Lian

Ye Lu's headshot

Ye Lu

Xiao Li
Cenzi Xu's headshot

Cenzi Xu

Gu
Yang Haoyu's headshot

Yang Haoyu

Lao Dong
Jieleu Wan's headshot

Jieleu Wan

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