Wolf Totem (Le dernier loup) (狼图腾)

That Was the wrong bus

What

Is this the bus to Wulagai

That was in 1967

the second year of the Cultural Revolution

City students were sent to the countryside

The Great Wall

The Great Wall, look

I volunteered

I was among the very first to go

I picked Inner Mongolia

Wherever that was

It was so exciting to escape

the hard life we had in Beijing

during that troubled period

Don't forget my books

Goodbye

See you

See you

Look, so beautiful

Which is the brigade leader's yurt

The one with the Wolf totem

Welcome

Hello

We are students from Beijing

My name is Yang Ke

That's Chen Zhen

Hello

Welcome

How are you

How are you

Are you the leader

Yes

Alright

My name is Bilig

I am Bao Shungui

I am the new head of production for your area

I bring

Come, come

These two students

will stay here for two years

You will take care their living

and give them Work

They will teach the kids

to read and Write mandarin

I am going now

Goodbye

See you

Goodbye

What's inside

Books

Only books

That's my son's yurt

Yours is over there

This Will be your home

Here

This is for your protection

Protection against What

Mosquitoes

Wolves

You city boys

What did you learn at school

Serf)'

late again

Easy, Stop

Give me

Did you see the gazelles

Hard to miss them

I Wonder

What they were running away from

Do you have your club

I've forgotten it

Take this one

Okay

Take care

Sure

It's okay

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Did the awe that the Mongolian Wolf inspired

come from a cult deeply entrenched

in man's brain since time immemorial

My heart filled with gratitude

for the secret forces that came to my rescue

I had the feeling

that I'd started t0 open the door

on the spiritual World of the grassland people

What happened

Gasma

You alright?

"Riding this vast, deserted land

he could not stand

Walls, barriers or borders

He'd never surrendered to anyone

he'd rather die than be taken prisoner"

What means "never surrendered t0 anyone"

If not free

better dead

And then?

"His dream was t0 be free as the wolves

He would only answer to Great Tengger

He would only answer to Great Tengger

His one and only Master"

Chen Zhen

who do you answer to

I'm loyal t0 my parents

my superiors and people I respect

I hope that includes me

To be honest

there Was one instruction I did disobey

I left the path

on the Way home

My horse and I were surrounded

by a pack of Wolves

But

I remembered that you told me

Wolves were scared of the sound of steel traps

So

I banged my stirrups

You saved me

You're not entirely stupid

A'ba

Wolves fascinate me

I am thinking

in the spring

I would like to capture a cub

t0 study it

What

You Want t0 study Wolves?

Look

What do you think they'll do

What are they Waiting for

They have been waiting for this moment for months

The desire t0 kill tortures them

But they

are not going to Waste it because of haste

How do you think Genghis Khan defeated

the great armies of the World

with so few mounted Warriors

He learnt the art of War by studying the Wolves

that you have in front of you

Wolves are smart

and organized

They Work together

and obey their leader's decision

More than anything else

they have patience

Life is about choosing the moment

Wolves and Mongols understand that

A'ba

Yes

After I escaped from the Wolf pack

I saw something in the sky

A smiling face

Of course. That was Tengger

Do you imagine

you'd still be alive without Him

See that?

The gazelles are too full t0 run fast

That's What Wolves were Waiting for

They are on the move

Look, they are about to attack

Look, they are about to attack

Get your horse. Let's go

Aren't We following them

Too far, too dangerous

Anyway, it will all be over

when We get there

You will see the result tomorrow

You see

the problem for us Mongols

is that our history

Wasn't Written by us

but mostly by our enemies

You speak Mandarin

Maybe one day

you'll Write about who We really are

I'm a reader

Not a Writer

There's a difference

How do you know

Have you ever tried

Look at our son

now a real man

Chen Zhen, follow me

You understand What the wolves have done

A great Mongol general

did exactly the same thing

a few centuries ago

Mugali drove the cavalry of the great J in Dynasty

into this snowdrift

They're probably

still buried there

Welcome t0 Wolves' fridge

They store their meat here t0 next spring

for their newborn

Take your carpet

if you don't Want to be changed into Wolf food

Be careful

Are you alright