Wolf Totem
for disturbing images and violence involving animals, and for brief sexuality.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Adventure Drama 3D |
| Length: | 2 hr. 1 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2015 |
| USA Release: |
September 11, 2015 (limited—100 theaters)
DVD: December 15, 2015 |
| Featuring |
Shaofeng Feng … Chen Zhen Shawn Dou … Yang Ke Ankhnyam Ragchaa (Ankhnyam Rachaa) … Gasma Yin Zhusheng … Bao Shunghi Ba Sen Zha Bu (Basen Zhabu) … Bilig Baoyingexige … Batu |
| Director | Jean-Jacques Annaud — “Two Brothers” (2004), “Enemy at the Gates” (2001), “Seven Years in Tibet” (1997) |
| Producer |
China Film Co. Reperage See all » |
| Distributor |
 Columbia Pictures, a division of Sony Pictures |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “In 1969, a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia to teach shepherds. Instead, he learns about the shepherds and the bond they share with the wolves, a bond that is threatened by a government apparatchik.
a poignant film with stunning locations and photography about the relationship between man and nature, a small work of art, a journey of discovery of Mongolia and its people
Chen Zhen lives 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. The film is based on the semi-autobiographical 2004 Chinese novel of the same name by Lu Jiamin under the pseudonym Jiang Rong.”
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