
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Picture and the Huabiao Award for Outstanding Film
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Box office
Grossed $123M worldwide, about 3.2 times its $38M budget
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Based on
Based on Wolf Totem
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Filming locations
Filmed in Beijing
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Setting
Set in China
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Music
Music by James Horner
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Jean-Marie Dreujou
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jiang RongWriter
- Lu WeiScreenplay
- John ColleeScreenplay
- Jean-Jacques AnnaudScreenplay
- Alain GodardWriter
- Original title
- 狼图腾
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 19, 2015
- Original language
- Mandarin
- Budget
- $38M
- Revenue
- $123.2M
- Countries
- China, France
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