At the end of the 1950s, the Chinese government condemned thousands of citizens - considered ‘right wing dissidents’ due their past activities, criticisms of the Communist Party or simply their middle-class backgrounds and families - to forced labour camps.
Deported for re-education to the north-west of the country, in the middle of the Gobi Desert, thousands of miles from their families, they encountered conditions of absolute destitution. As a result of backbreaking physical labour, an unrelentingly extreme climate and the most meager of provisions, many of them perished.
The Ditch recounts their fate - an unflinching account of the very extremes of the human condition.
Based on “Goodbye, Jiabiangou”, a novel by YANG Xianhui, and on testimony by TI Zhongzheng and the other survivors.
Casting
Cenzi Xu
Haoyu Yang
Niansong Jing
Renjun Lian
Xianghnian Li
Ye Lu
Zhengwu Cheng
Technical
Créateur des costumes : Fuzheng Wang
Monteur son : Gilles Laurent
Directeur artistique : Honghui Xiang
Monteur son : Kang Fu
Ingénieur du son : Liang Ren
Directeur artistique : Lige Bao
Monteur image : Marie-Hélène Dozo
Mixeur : Michel Schillings
Directeur de la photo : Sheng Lu
Monteur son : Valérie Ledocte
Réalisateur : Wang Bing
Réalisateur : C/o Li Hong Kong
Festivals and awards
2010:,,
Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica - Biennale Venezia - Italie,
Toronto International Film Festival - Canada,
Pusan - Corée du Sud,
Abu Dhabi - Emirats Arabes Unis,
Festival du nouveau cinéma - Canada,
Mostra de Sao Paulo - Brésil,
Stockholm International Film Festival - Suède,
Festival des trois continents à Nantes - France,
Talinn black nights film fest - Estonie
Tokyo Clockworx - Japon,,
2011:,,
Festival des droits humains à Genève - Suisse,
Hong Kong Film Festival - Chine,
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Espagne,
Era new horizons IFF - Pologne,
Munich Film Festival - Allemagne,
Sydney Film Festival - Australie,
Cinema South Festival - Israël,
Mirror International Film Festival - Russie,
Febiofest - République tchèque,
San Sebastian - Espagne
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