Not One Less Movie Review 1999

Gao is teaching in a run-down rural Chinese school when he is called away to visit his dying mother. The only substitute he can find is 13-year-old Wei Minzhi, who's scarcely older than her would-be students. Because so many children are forced to leave school because of their poverty-stricken families, Gao promises the girl extra money if she will keep all the pupils in class until he returns. When Zhang Huike must go to work in the city, Wei Minzhi is stubbornly determined to find and bring him back. Mandarin with subtitles.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 106 minutes.
Originally from Chinese.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Hard Knock Life, Dedicated Teachers, China, Childhood Visions

Screenplay

Shi Xiangsheng

Cast

Wei Minzhi, Zhang Huike, Gao Enman

Cinematography

Hou Yong

Director

Zhang Yimou

Music

San Bao