Davaa and Zaya are a young nomadic couple in the vast Bayanhongor region of Mongolia who are in the throes of animal birthing season when a seismic event suddenly changes their lives. They are forced to migrate to the city but are haunted by their past lives. The director, Gabrielle Brady shapes the family’s stark reality into a vivid fable, capturing the family’s deep connection and unbreakable bonds to nature.

The Wolves Always Come at Night captures the family members’ deep, symbiotic connection to nature — a bond vividly expressed through tender moments with their animals and woven into their daily life as herders. The narrative shifts when, after a devastating night shatters the family’s pastoral life, they are forced to uproot to the city. While navigating the harsh new reality of urban existence, they are haunted by the spectre of their former life. Through creative directorial choices, Gabrielle Brady (The Island of Hungry Ghosts, 2019) blurs the line between fiction and documentary, shaping the family’s stark reality into a fable. The central couple, Davaasuren Dagvasuren and Otgonzaya Dashzeveg, share writing credits with Brady, which adds a layer of experimental strangeness to the film while grounding it in authenticity and emotional depth.