Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.

See what’s playing
Wolf Totem
  • Try 7 Days Free
  • Now Showing
  • MUBI GO
  • Gift MUBI
  • Browse
  • Notebook
  • Notebook Magazine
  • MUBI Editions
  • SHOP
  • About
  • Ways to Watch
  • Students
  • Jobs
  • Terms & Privacy
6.5
/10
153 Ratings

Synopsis

In 1967 a young Beijing student, Chen Zhen, is sent to live among the nomadic herdsmen of Inner Mongolia. Once there, he discovers a fascinating world he didn’t even suspect existed. What first seemed a tedious and meaningless task turns into an adventure of a lifetime.

Our take

A parable, and a big action-adventure blockbuster of high allegory, the profound and political environmental themes (and Mongolian Wolves!) of Wolf Totem are brought to exhilarating life in gripping technique and panoramic visuals. A monumental production.