6th Francophonic Filmdays: Wolf Totem

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Cast: Shaofeng Feng, Shawn Dou, Ankhnyam Ragchaa

In 1967, 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.