The Ditch (2011)

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.

Released

2011-04-15

Genres

Drama

Runtime

112 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Wang Bing, Wang Bing

TMDB rating

7.1/10 from 27 votes