The Ditch (2011)

Original name: 夹边沟

Release date: April 15, 2011

Movie

Average time: 112 minutes

Genres: Drama

Synopsis: 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.