DEAD SOULS
by Wang Bing
synopsis
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 Jiabiangou and Mingshui reeducation camps. The film invites us to meet the survivors of the camps to find out firsthand who these people were, the hard-ships they were forced to endure and what became their destiny.
original title: | Dead Souls |
country: | France, Switzerland, China |
sales agent: | The Party Film Sales |
year: | 2018 |
genre: | documentary |
directed by: | Wang Bing |
film run: | 495' |
release date: | FR 24/10/2018, PT 4/04/2019 |
screenplay: | Wang Bing |
cinematography by: | Wang Bing, Shan Xiaohui, Song Yang |
film editing: | Catherine Rascon |
executive producer: | Serge Lalou, Camille Laemle, Louise Prince |
production: | Les Films d'Ici, Adok Films, ARTE France Cinéma, CS Productions |
distributor: | Les Acacias, Leopardo Filmes |