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The Ditch

The Ditch

A Feature film by Wang Bing

Produced by Les Films de l'Étranger

Release in France : 14/03/2012

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    17/03/2015

    The Ditch

    Trailer (French subtitles)

    Actors (3)

    Production and distribution (5)

    Executive Producer :

    Les Films de l'Étranger

    Associate producer :

    Aeternam Films

    French distribution :

    Capricci

    Foreign production companies :

    Wil Productions, Entre Chien et Loup

    Film exports/foreign sales :

    Wild Bunch International

    TV Broadcasts: Cumulative total

    TV broadcasts: details by country

    About

    At the end of the 1950s, the Chinese government sends thousands of men, considered right-wing in view of their past or their criticism with regard to the Communist party, to forced labor camps. Deported to be re-educated in the northwest part of the country, in the middle of the Gobi Desert and thousands of miles from their families, they are confronted by utter destitution. Faced with the physical labor, lack of food and harsh climate, a great many of them die. The Ditch tells of their fate - the extreme of the human condition.

    Photos (4)

    Full credits (11)

    Executive Producer :

    Francisco Villa-Lobos

    Associate producer :

    Francesca Feder

    Line Producers :

    Wang Bing, Francisco Villa-Lobos, Philippe Avril

    Editor :

    Marie-Hélène Dozo

    Production Designer :

    Zhang Fuli

    Sound Mixer :

    Michel Schillings

    Author of original work :

    Yang Xianhui

    Sound recordists :

    Pierre Gamet, Hélène Le Morvan, Emmanuel Croset

    Screenwriter :

    Wang Bing

    Sound editors :

    Gilles Laurent, Valérie Ledocte, Fu Kang

    Costume designer :

    Wang Fuzheng

    Technical details

    Feature film

    Genres :

    Fiction

    Sub-genre :

    Drama

    Production language :

    Mandarin

    Coproducer countries :

    France, Belgium, China, Hong Kong

    Original French-language productions :

    Unspecified

    Production year :

    2010

    French release :

    14/03/2012

    Runtime :

    1 h 49 min

    Current status :

    Released

    Visa number :

    116.297

    Visa issue date :

    24/02/2012

    Approval :

    Production formats :

    HDV

    Color type :

    Color

    Aspect ratio :

    1.85

    Audio format :

    Dolby 5.1

    Rating restrictions :

    None