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Wolf Totem (2015)

12 09/11/2015 (US) Adventure, Drama 1h 56m

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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.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Lu Wei

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John Collee

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Jiang Rong

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A review by Reno

6.0

Written by Reno on July 24, 2016

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 been one of the best in the line of 'Siberia Monamour', but there a few things that did not work in its favour.

It was just like the 'Embrace of the Serpent', based on a person who went to a distan... read the rest.

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