Not One Less

Name: Not One Less
Genre: Drama
Released: TODO_MISSING
Rating: 96

1999, Drama, 1h 46m

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Movie Info

In a poverty-stricken village, a teacher goes away for a month and leaves a barely literate teenage girl (Minzhi Wei) in his place.

Rating:

G
Genre:

Drama
Original Language:

Chinese
Director:

Yimou Zhang
Producer:

Yu Zhao
Writer:

Xiangsheng Shi
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 7, 1999 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Aug 22, 2000
Box Office (Gross USA):

$589.1K
Runtime:

1h 46m
Distributor:

Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Classics
Sound Mix:

Surround, Dolby SR

Cast & Crew

Minzhi Wei
Wei Minzhi

Zhang Huike
Zhang Huike

Tian Zhenda
Village Chief

Gao Enman
Teacher Gao

Sun Zhimei
Sun Zhimei

Feng Yuying
TV Receptionist

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Critic Reviews for Not One Less

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Audience Reviews for Not One Less

Feb 06, 2012

Lovely film about a teacher's mission to ensure that children are still educated when he is challenged with a personal responsibility for a month.

John B Super Reviewer
Dec 04, 2010

Do you have a heart that beats inside your body? If you do, then you will like this film. It starts out a little slow, but gets better in the middle and ends with a powerful climax. Yimou Zhang direction is perfect. He just simply tells the story, and it looks great. There is no ego, or fancy editing. The kids in this film are about the cutest things I've ever seen, and are very true to life. In fact, all of this film is very true to life......and like life, it can be beautiful and sad at the same time.

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