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Dead Souls

Summary 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...

Directed By: Wang Bing

Written By: Wang Bing

Dead Souls
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Summary 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...

Directed By: Wang Bing

Written By: Wang Bing

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Universal Acclaim Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Production Company IDFA Bertha Fund, Adok Films, Arte France Cinéma, Les Films d'Ici
Release Date Dec 14, 2018
Duration 8 h 15 m
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
1 Nomination
International Cinephile Society Awards
1 Nomination