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Not One Less is a 1999 drama film by Chinese director Zhang Yimou, adapted from Shi Xiangsheng's 1997 story A Sun in the Sky (Chinese: 天上有个太阳; pinyin: tiān shàng yǒu ge tàiyáng).
Wei Minzhi, a red-cheeked 13-year-old who usually looks very intent, stars as Wei, a substitute teacher, also very intent. The village's schoolmaster has been called away to his mother's deathbed, and Wei's assignment is to teach the grade school class. Advertisement.
Oct 30, 1999 · Not One Less: Directed by Yimou Zhang. With Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian, Enman Gao. 13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.
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- Drama
- Yimou Zhang
- 1999-10-30
You can buy "Not One Less" on Apple TV, Amazon Video as download or rent it on Amazon Video, Apple TV online. Synopsis Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside.
- Zhang Yimou
- 106 min
- 10
In a remote mountain village, the teacher must leave for a month, and the mayor can find only a 13-year old girl, Wei Minzhi, to substitute. The teacher leaves one stick of chalk for each day and promises her an extra 10 yuan if there's not one less student when he returns.
In the crushing poverty of rural China, a young woman is ordered to a remote village to be their substitute teacher. Barely older than her students, the shy girl is charged with...
- 43 sec
- 3.3K
- Imprint Films
The charming story of a 13-year old substitute teacher in rural China who's been promised a bonus if she keeps her young charges from dropping out of school. 168 IMDb 7.7 1 h 46 min 2000. G. Drama · Comedy · Compelling. Available to rent or buy.
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