Dead Souls
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.
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Wang Bing Director · Shan Xiaohui Cinematographer Song Yang Cinematographer
United States release December 14, 2018 · Produced in China, France, Switzerland · Production IDFA Bertha Fund, Adok Films
Production
Les Films d'Ici
Production
IDFA Bertha Fund
Production
Adok Films
Production
ARTE France Cinéma
Production
China · France · Switzerland
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Original title
死靈魂
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
France · May 9, 2018
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · December 14, 2018
Theatrical · Icarus Films / dGenerate Films
France
October 24, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
August 1, 2020 · Theatrical
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