Dead Souls is a 2018 documentary film directed by Wang Bing and documents the testimony of survivors of the hard-labor camp in the Gobi Desert in Gansu, China. Shot from 2005 to 2017, the film covers most of China's provinces with visits to more than 120 survivors of the Jiabiangou and Mingshui reeducation camps set up by China's Communist regime in the late 1950s. It made its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.[1][2][3]
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Traditional | 死靈魂 |
Simplified | 死灵魂 |
Directed by | Wang Bing |
Written by | Wang Bing |
Produced by | Serge Lalou, Camille Laemmle, Louise Prince, Wang Bing |
Cinematography | Wang Bing, Xiaohui Shan, Yang Song, Liu Xianhui |
Edited by | Catherine Rascon |
Production company | Les Films d’Ici |
Distributed by | Icarus Films Grasshopper Film |
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Running time | 495 minutes |
Countries | France Switzerland |
Language | Mandarin |
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