'Wolf Totem' Offers Environmental Message

Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud wouldn't seem to be the Chinese government's first choice to adapt the story of "Wolf Totem" to the big screen. He angered Chinese officials with his 1997 film, "Seven Years in Tibet," a biographical drama set in that country just before the Chinese army invaded it in 1950. But the Oscar winner is also known as one of the best directors of films that feature animal protagonists. He received multiple awards for “The Bear,” the...

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