Wolf Totem

2015 116 min ★ 6.5 Adventure, Drama

In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Caught between the advance of civilization from the south and the nomads' traditional enemies - the marauding wolves - to the north; humans and animals, residents and invaders alike, struggle to find their true place in the world.

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Cast

William Feng

Chen Zhen

Shawn Dou

Yang Ke

Ankhnyam Ragchaa

Gasma

Yin Zhusheng

Bao Shunghi

Baasanjav Mijid

Bilig

Tumenbayaer

Sang Jie

Han Tongsheng

Huang Xiaolei

Qi Na Ri Tu

Gertai

Xia Xing

Zhi Qing

Details

Director

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Screenplay

Lu Wei

Status

Released

Original Language

ZH

Budget

$38,000,000

Revenue

$123,205,624

Production

Columbia Pictures, Reperage, China Movie Channel, China Film Co-Production, Loull Productions, Wild Bunch, Mars Films, Chinavision Media Group, Mandrill Visual Effects, China Film Group Corporation

Reviews

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Reno

July 24, 2016

★ 6/10

> When the man and the nature overlaps. A semi biographical adventure-drama from China directed by the French director known for 'Seven Years in Tibet'. He was chosen after many Chinese filmmakers refused to take the project, because of the dedication it required. The film highlighted the outcome of the two ethnic groups, Mongols and Hans overlapping with the mother nature. The film should have...