Tsetsegee (Dambii's wife)
The town's best horse race trainer Bold, has many people gathered at his house for a special announcement. Bold begins to brag about his horses and skills and how no one in town is better than him. Bold begins to talk about his most prized horse, the brown steed that still has yet to find its rider. After hearing this the townspeople recommend Dambii's eldest son Dorj to be the rider. Upon hearing this Boldoo decides to ask Dambii's son Dorj to be the rider for his horse. Dambii lives with his wife, Dolgor and three sons, Dorj (12 yrs old), Byambaa (8 yrs old) Nanzaa (4 yrs old) in the vast countryside in Mongolia. All of Dambii's sons have a knack for the horse. When Bold recruites Dambii's eldest son his middle son Byambaa gets angry that he wasn't chosen to ride. When Byambaa gets angry that he wasn't chosen he storms off.
Gasma
문화혁명의 시기인 1969년, 베이징의 젊은 학생 첸 젠은 유목민 부족을 가르치기 위해 내몽고로 보내진다. 하지만 대자연에서 오히려 공동체와 자유, 책임에 대해 배우게 된다. 무엇보다 늑대라는 동물에 매료된 그는 새끼를 키워 길들여보기로 한다. 하지만 부족의 전통적 삶의 방식은 중앙정부가 그 지역의 늑대들을 모두 제거하기로 결정하면서 위협받게 된다.
