Not One Less

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Not One Less is a 1999 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou that follows a young substitute teacher’s struggle to keep her impoverished rural students from dropping out of school.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese film
drama film
film
ageRating suitable for general audiences
awardReceived Golden Lion NERFINISHED
UNICEF Award NERFINISHED
basedOn a story by Shi Xiangsheng
boxOfficeRegion China NERFINISHED
castMember Gao Enman NERFINISHED
Li Fan NERFINISHED
Tian Zhenda NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Hou Yong NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin China
director Zhang Yimou NERFINISHED
directorStyle minimalist
distributor Miramax Films
editedBy Zhou Ying NERFINISHED
festivalScreening 1999 Venice Film Festival NERFINISHED
filmFormat color
filmingLocation Hebei Province NERFINISHED
genre drama
social realist film
languageSubtitles English subtitles available in international releases
leadActor Wei Minzhi NERFINISHED
Zhang Huike NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Wei Minzhi NERFINISHED
musicBy San Bao NERFINISHED
narrativeStyle neo-realist
notableFor depiction of rural educational hardship in China
use of real-life villagers and students as actors
originalLanguage Mandarin Chinese
plotSummary A young substitute teacher struggles to prevent her impoverished rural students from dropping out of school.
productionCompany Beijing New Picture Film Co. NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation substitute teacher
releaseDateChina 1999-09-07
releaseYear 1999
runtimeMinutes 106
screenwriter Shi Xiangsheng NERFINISHED
setting rural China
subjectMatter compulsory education in China
theme access to schooling
education
poverty
rural-urban divide
timePeriodOfSetting late 1990s
usesNonProfessionalActors true
VeniceFilmFestivalSection main competition

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Zhang Yimou notableWork Not One Less
Zhang Yimou directed Not One Less