Dead Souls

Dead Souls 2018

死灵魂 sǐ línghún

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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4.66 Intermediate Director Wang Bing 🍅 100%

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点子 點子 diǎn zi spot; point; dot; speck; drop (of liquid); droplet; point (of argument); idea; crux; indication; pointer HSK 7
蒸 蒸 zhēng to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old) HSK 7
捆 捆 kǔn a bunch; to tie together; bundle HSK 7
人为 人為 rén wéi artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort HSK 7
犹如 猶如 yóu rú similar to; like HSK 7
粪 糞 fèn manure; dung HSK 7
得罪 得罪 dé zuì to commit an offense; to violate the law; excuse me! (formal); see also 罪 HSK 7
铲 剷 chǎn to level off; to root up HSK 7
顶尖 頂尖 dǐng jiān peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a certain field) HSK 7
稀 稀 xī rare; uncommon; watery; sparse HSK 7
头顶 頭頂 tóu dǐng top of the head HSK 7
后代 後代 hòu dài descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations HSK 7
扒 扒 bā to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig HSK 7
中途 中途 zhōng tú midway HSK 7
阶级 階級 jiē jí (social) class HSK 7
欣慰 欣慰 xīn wèi to be gratified HSK 7
长相 長相 zhǎng xiàng appearance; looks; profile; countenance HSK 7
良 良 liáng good; very; very much HSK 7
软弱 軟弱 ruǎn ruò weak; feeble; flabby HSK 7
萝卜 蘿蔔 luó bo radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜 HSK 7
固执 固執 gù zhí obstinate; stubborn; to fixate on; to cling to HSK 7
指南 指南 zhǐ nán to guide; guidebook HSK 7
以至于 以至於 yǐ zhì yú down to; up to; to the extent that... HSK 7
名声 名聲 míng shēng reputation HSK 7
改编 改編 gǎi biān to adapt; to rearrange; to revise HSK 7
人身 人身 rén shēn person; personal; human body HSK 7
扛 扛 gāng to raise aloft with both hands; (of two or more people) to carry sth together HSK 7
圈子 圈子 quān zi circle; ring; (social) circle HSK 7
忘掉 忘掉 wàng diào to forget HSK 7
剥 剝 bāo to peel; to skin; to shell; to shuck HSK 7
橡胶 橡膠 xiàng jiāo rubber; caoutchouc HSK 7
上方 上方 shàng fāng place above (it); upper part (of it) HSK 7
耽误 耽誤 dān wu to delay; to hold up; to waste time; to interfere with HSK 7
叠 疊 dié to fold; to fold over in layers; to furl; to layer; to pile up; to repeat; to duplicate HSK 7
安定 安定 Ān dìng Anting township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan HSK 7
民办 民辦 mín bàn run by the local people; privately operated HSK 7
人情 人情 rén qíng human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn HSK 7
虐待 虐待 nu:è dài to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment HSK 7
延 延 yán to prolong; to extend; to delay HSK 7
介意 介意 jiè yì to care about; to take offense; to mind HSK 7
绳子 繩子 shéng zi cord; string; rope HSK 7
排练 排練 pái liàn to rehearse; rehearsal HSK 7
枕头 枕頭 zhěn tou pillow HSK 7
盛 盛 chéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
润 潤 rùn moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions) HSK 7
歧视 歧視 qí shì to discriminate against; discrimination HSK 7
迟早 遲早 chí zǎo sooner or later HSK 7
棍 棍 gùn stick; rod; truncheon HSK 7
折腾 折騰 zhē teng to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money) HSK 7