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Jean-Jacques AnnaudKamera:
Jean-Marie DreujouMusik:
James HornerBesetzung:
William Feng, Shawn Dou, Ankhnyam Ragchaa, Basen Zhabu, Zhusheng Yin, Gexige Baoyin, Xiaolei Huang, Sen BaStreaming (1)
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China 1967. Der Student Chen Zhen wird in die innere Mongolei geschickt. Hier, im majestätisch sich erhebenden, grenzenlosen Grasland, soll er den Schäfern Lesen und Schreiben beibringen. Doch seine Leidenschaft gilt vom ersten Tag der archaischen Wildnis und dem von den Nomaden am meisten gefürchteten und am meisten verehrten Tier: dem Wolf. Allen Warnungen zum Trotz beobachtet Chen Zhen heimlich die stürmischen Raubzüge der Wolfsrudel. So wird er Zeuge von urgewaltigen Jagdszenen und ist tief bewegt von der Erhabenheit, die von dem erschreckend schönen und ebenso tödlichen Tier ausgeht. Als aus Peking der Befehl eintrifft, die Wölfe als Gefahr für Vieh und Mensch auszuschalten und alle Wolfsjungen zu töten, rettet Chen Zhen einen jungen Wolf und zieht ihn auf. Es entsteht eine tiefe Freundschaft zwischen dem jungen Mann und dem kleinen Tier, doch das Wolfsrudel vergisst nicht, was ihm genommen wurde. Während immer mehr Bauern in die Steppe drängen, haben sich die Wölfe ein neues Ziel gewählt: die Siedlungen der Menschen. In dem tiefen Abgrund zwischen Mensch und Natur steht bald nicht nur die Freundschaft zwischen Chen Zhen und dem wilden Tier, sondern auch das Leben des letzten Wolfs auf dem Spiel. (Wild Bunch Germany)
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This time Annaud does not go in depth, he just circles pleasantly on the surface of a rather unoriginal and simple fairy tale, which, despite great craftsmanship and a good human, heart has nothing to surprise and in fact not even to move. The narrative is as fresh as a spring wind on the majestic Mongolian steppes, and the technically demanding scenes with wild animals are breathtaking, but the script fails somewhat in connecting all the plot motifs in a natural way, and, especially when it comes to the friendship and understanding between two animal species, it does not reach nearly the same intensity as, for example, the now almost forgotten Never Cry Wolf. A disappointment from a filmmaker of Annaud's stature, but a very pleasant and authentic work as a faithful insight into the magic of nature with its specific mythology and order of life. 70%
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I somehow thought that this would be even better in the hands of Annaud. Much better, actually. But in the end, it turned out to be just visually stunning with great work with animals, but quite artificial, which bothered me more in this film than in Annaud's other films. However, the environment and the mindset of the local people were well conveyed.
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Seven Years in Tibet combined with The Bear. Simply Annaud’s “grand cinema” – an ambitious concept, a load of pathos, great craftsmanship, alternately touching and predictable in places. But this time in needless 3D.
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A two-hour travel documentary about Inner Mongolia, or the struggle of a wolf pack against the communist regime. I’m giving it two stars for the shots of fauna and flora. Other than that, the film was too long and dull. Two particular scenes made me realize that it was either intended for someone who has no idea what life outside the city looks like or for a person with an intelligence deficiency. Otherwise, I can't explain why the main character teaches the wolf to swim when even a rabbit or a guinea pig can swim without training, and why he believes that a single male wolf will take care of the wolf population in a steppe where there is not a single female left.
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Grimy pathetic boredom driven by Chinese acting, such that even though it takes itself deadly seriously, the protagonists are slapstick. Annaud can compose shots, but he utterly fails in his attempt to piece together a film that works on at least one of the twenty-six levels he's trying to navigate. By the second half, I had the impression that he was arranging scenes in sequence based on a roll of the dice. Moreover, scenes like the young Chinese man unable to take his eyes off the exposed legs of a pretty Mongolian woman pulling the tail of a wolf in a flock of sheep or the hero to whom a Mongolian god sends images from the clouds recall the sweetest period of Sommers' demented creativity. I wished all the wolves would die as soon as possible.
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