A movie that got the censors in China bent out of shape, “Blind Mountain,” has made it to DVD, courtesy of Kino.

The bureaucrats in Beijing forced filmmaker Li Yang to make numerous cuts to the film before it could screen at Cannes 2007. But even trimmed, it is a stinging and frightening indictment of mainland China.

Bai, a recent college grad, is tricked into going to a remote village in the mountains of northern China.

She has been promised a well-paying job, but discovers quickly that she’s been kidnapped and sold into marriage to a 40-year-old pig farmer with bad teeth.

When her “husband” is belittled by his drinking buddies because he has yet to have sex with his “bride,” he rapes her – while his parents hold down the screaming hostage.

“This place isn’t even worth peeing in,” Bai laments as her life spirals downward, to the point where she prostitutes herself to earn money for an escape.

Huang Lu provides a frightening realistic portrayal of Bai, who goes from bright young college grad to sex slave.

An acting student, she is one of the few professionals in the strong cast, which includes real victims of trafficking.

Despite the censors, Li manages to portray China as a land where human trafficking is commonplace and condoned by nearly all – even the police.

What’s more, the film shows how local officials are corrupt and human life means little. (Nobody cares when a child’s body is found in a pond.)

A video preview of “Blind Mountain,” which had a run at Film Forum last March, is available at nypost.com.

V.A. Musetto is film editor of The Post; vam@nypost.com

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