The Ditch

(2011)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 27 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2011

Runtime: 112 мин

Country: Belgium, France

Director: Ван Бин

Cast: Cheng Zhengwu, Niansong Jing, Xiangnian Li, Renjun Lian, Ye Lu, 杨皓宇, Jieleu Wan, Li Daguang, Wang Dayuan, Liming Lei

Plot

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.