2010
7.1 (25 votes)
1h 52m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
WIL Productions
Les Films de L'Etranger
Wild Bunch
Entre Chien et Loup
Pusan Promotion Plan
CineMart
Les Films de L'Etranger
Wild Bunch
Entre Chien et Loup
Pusan Promotion Plan
CineMart
The Ditch (夹边沟)
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.
Key Crew
Director: Wang Bing
Screenplay: Wang Bing
Producer: Kong Lihong, Mao Hui, Francisco Villa-Lobos , Wang Bing, Wang Yang
Director of Photography: Lu Sheng
