BBC Four’s Storyville presents The Wolves Always Come at Night this Tuesday, June 24, at 10 PM. This film offers a close, affecting look at a Mongolian couple grappling with profound loss and forced change.
The story centers on a family whose pastoral life is shattered when a sandstorm wipes out their entire flock of sheep. With their livelihood erased, they face the difficult decision to leave their rural home and move to the city—a shift that marks the end of one way of life and the uncertain beginning of another.
The film operates as a blend of documentary and fiction, allowing its subjects to be co-authors of their own narrative. It’s a tale about love and loss, death and survival, giving us access to a world that often remains unseen.