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.
Columbia Pictures, Reperage, China Movie Channel, China Film Co-Production, Loull Productions, Wild Bunch, Mars Films, Chinavision Media Group, Mandrill Visual Effects, China Film Group Corporation