Wolf Totem

1969. The time of the Cultural Revolution. Chen Zhen, a young student from Peking, is sent to Inner Mongolia to teach a nomadic tribe of shepherds. But it is Chen who has much to learn - about existence in this enormous, harsh and breathtakingly beautiful wilderness, about community, freedom and responsibility, and about the most feared and revered creature of the steppes - the wolf. But the growing relationship between man and animal - as well as the tribe's ancient way of life, and the land itself - is threatened when a ruthless central government officer decides to eliminate all wolves from the region, whatever the cost.