Not One Less (1999)

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1h 46m
Running Time

October 30, 1999
Release Date

Not One Less (1999)

6
/ 10
1 User Ratings
1h 46m
Running Time

October 30, 1999
Release Date

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Plot.

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. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.

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food · 
money · 
teacher · 
mountain · 
village · 
class · 
mayor · 
promise · 
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Cast & Crew.

Wei Minzhi

Wei Minzhi

Wei Minzhi

Zhang Huike

Zhang Huike

Zhang Huike

Tian Zhenda

Tian Zhenda

Village Chief

Gao Enman

Gao Enman

Teacher Gao

Sun Zhimei

Sun Zhimei

Sun Zhimei

Feng Yuying

Feng Yuying

TV Receptionist

Li Fanfan

Li Fanfan

TV Host

Zhang Yichang

Zhang Yichang

Mr Zhang, instructor

Zhanqing Xu

Zhanqing Xu

Brick factory owner

Ma Guolin

Ma Guolin

Bus Station Man

Liu Hanzhi

Liu Hanzhi

Zhang Huike's mother

Zhang Yimou

Zhang Yimou

Director

Wu Wanlu

Wu Wanlu

TV Station Manager

Xiangsheng Shi

Xiangsheng Shi

Writer

Ru Liu

Ru Liu

Train Station Announcer

Yu Zhao

Yu Zhao

Producer

Jiao Jie

Jiao Jie

Student

Cao Juiping

Cao Juiping

ProductionDesigner

Rong Huimin

Rong Huimin

Student

Sun Zhiwei

Sun Zhiwei

Student

Ming Xinhong

Ming Xinhong

Student

Tian Xuewei

Tian Xuewei

Student

Li Mel

Li Mel

Student

Lingyu Li

Lingyu Li

Student

Details.

Release Date
October 30, 1999

Original Name
一个都不能少

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 46m

Genres

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Wiki.

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). It was produced by Guangxi Film Studio and released by China Film Group Corporation in mainland China, and distributed by Sony Pictures Classics in North America and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors internationally.

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. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students. When one of the boys takes off in search of work in the big city, she goes looking for him. The film addresses education reform in China, the economic gap between urban and rural populations, and the prevalence of bureaucracy and authority figures in everyday life. It is filmed in a neorealist/documentary style with a troupe of non-professional actors who play characters with the same names and occupations as the actors have in real life, blurring the boundaries between drama and reality.

The domestic release of Not One Less was accompanied by a Chinese government campaign aimed at promoting the film and cracking down on piracy. Internationally, the film was generally well-received, but it also attracted criticism for its ostensibly political message; foreign critics are divided on whether the film should be read as praising or criticizing the Chinese government. When the film was excluded from the 1999 Cannes Film Festival's competition section, Zhang withdrew it and another film from the festival, and published a letter rebuking Cannes for politicization of and "discrimination" against Chinese cinema. The film went on to win the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion and several other awards, and Zhang won the award for best director at the Golden Rooster Awards.

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