Not One Less

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-30

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China

Runtime:

106 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (6438 Reviews)

Director:

Yimou Zhang

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Minzhi Wei Huike Zhang Zhenda Tian Enman Gao

Writer:

Xiangsheng Shi

Fullplot:

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. Within days, poverty forces the class troublemaker, Zhang Huike, to leave for the city to work. Minzhi, possessed of a stubborn streak, determines to bring him back. She enlists the 26 remaining pupils in earning money for her trip. She hitches to Jiangjiakou City and begins her search. The boy, meanwhile, is there, lost and begging for food. Minzhi's stubbornness may be Huike and the village school's salvation.

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