Film2015116 min

Wolf Totem

Name: Wolf Totem
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 2015
Duration: 116 min
Cast: William Feng, Shawn Dou, Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Yin Zhusheng, Ba Sen Zha Bu

Taste attributes: adventuredramaanimalshistoricalslowheavyrealisticlinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA wide-ranging adventure film, heavy rather than light. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

6.5 /10

TMDB · 300 votes

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What lines up

Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined

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Synopsis

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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