France / May 09, 2018 / Cannes Film Festival
8h 17min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
In Gansu Province, northwest China, lie the remains of countless prisoners abandoned in the Gobi Desert sixty years ago. Designated as ultra-rightists in the Communist Party’s Anti-Rightist campaign of 1957, they starved to death in the reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these persons were, the hardships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 死靈魂 |
| Original language | 普通话 (ZH) |
| Spoken languages | 普通话 |
| Production countries | China |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Les Films d'Ici, IDFA Bertha Fund, Adok Films, ARTE France Cinéma |
| Release date | 24 ottobre 2018 |
| Production | José-Michel Buhler, Serge Lalou, Camille Laemlé |
| Writer | Wang Bing |
| Editing | Catherine Rascon, Yov Moor, Xu Bingyuan |
| Cinematography | Song Yang, Shan Xiaohui, Wang Bing |
| Assistant directors | Wang Bing |
| Camera operators | Song Yang, Shan Xiaohui, Wang Bing |
| Additional photography | Song Yang, Shan Xiaohui, Wang Bing |
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Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
France / Oct 24, 2018
United States / Dec 14, 2018 / Icarus Films / dGenerate Films
Japan / Aug 01, 2020
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