Kekexili: Mountain Patrol

Kekexili Mountain Patrol Chinese pinyin Kkxl in Tibetan is a 2004 film by Chinese director Lu Chuan that depicts the struggle between vigilante rangers and bands of poachers in the remote Tibetan region of Kekexili Hoh Xil. It was inspired by the documentary Balance by Peng Hui.

The film opens with the summary execution of a patrol member by poachers and then follows, in quasidocumentary style, reporter Ga Yu played by Zhang Lei who is sent from Beijing to investigate. In Kekexili he meets Ritai played by Tibetan actor Tobgyal, or Duo Bujie in Mandarin at the Sky burial of the deceased patrol member. Ritai is the leader of the vigilantes who, despite poverty and the lack of any government support, roam the land to protect the endangered Tibetan antelope from extinction. Admitted into the patrol, Ga becomes a sort of embedded journalist in the hunt for the poachers across Kekexili.The patrol team hunts down a family of poachers and learns from them the whereabouts of their gunman and leader. But the long journey means they can no longer afford to follow on with the entire team and captured poachers. They release the poachers and send one of the cars, driven by Liu Dong played by Qi Liang, back with the injured and sick team members to the hospital. He did not have sufficient funds for the medical fee and Ritai tells him to sell some antelope skins to raise the money. Ga questioned the sales of antelope skins and learns from Ritai that they have received no funds from the government for at least a year. ........

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