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.

• China Film Group Corporation
• Columbia Pictures
• William Feng
• Shawn Dou
• Ankhnyam Ragchaa
• Yin Zhusheng
• Baasanjav Mijid
• Tumenbayaer
• Han Tongsheng
• Huang Xiaolei