Yi ge dou bu neng shao

"In her village, she was the teacher. In the city, she discovered how much she had to learn."

Oct 30 1999 G 1h 46m
Drama

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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Plot

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.

Written by

Xiangsheng Shi

Directed by

Yimou Zhang

Cast

Minzhi Wei, Huike Zhang, Zhenda Tian

Crew

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Production Countries

China

Production Companies

Film Productions Asia, Bejing New Picture Distribution Company, Guangxi Film Studio, Columbia Pictures

Languages

Awards

17 wins & 10 nominations

Trailers
Not One Less (1999) - Check Trailer
Imprint Blu-ray Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
9,784
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
73
Popularity
NA