MOUNTAIN PATROL: KEKEXILI
aka KEKEXILI: MOUNTAIN PATROL

Year: 2004
USA: Samuel Goldwyn Films
UK: Axiom Films
Cast: Duo Bujie, Zhang Lei, Qi Liang, Zhao Xueying, Ma Zhanlin
Director: Lu Chuan
Countries: China / Hong Kong
Languages: Mandarin / Tibetan (English subtitles)
USA: 90 mins
UK: 89 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong violence and moderate horror
USA Release Date: 14 April 2006 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 6 October 2006 (Limited Release - wider)
UK Release Date: 29 September 2006 (Limited Release - London, Apollo West End and Genesis)


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Synopsis

MOUNTAIN PATROL: KEKEXILI is a film inspired by a people's remarkable mission surrounding the illegal Tibetan antelope poaching in the region of Kekexili, the largest animal reserve in China. The story is brought to the screen with great detail by director Lu Chuan.

Set against the exquisite backdrop of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Ga Yu (Zhang Lei), a journalist from Beijing, China, is determined to uncover the facts behind the disappearance of the Kekexili Mountain Patrol, the brave local Tibetans who face death and starvation to save the endangered antelope herds from a band of ruthless hunters.