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Not One Less is a 1999 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yimou, who also served as producer. The film features Hou Yong as director of photography and San Bao as composer. It was produced by Guangxi Film Studio, Bejing New Picture Distribution Company, Film Productions Asia, Columbia Pictures, and CP Film Production Asia. The narrative is set in Hebei, China, during the 1990s, focusing on poverty, child labour, and social issues.
The movie received the Golden Lion award and was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Non-European Film. It has a runtime of 106 minutes and was distributed by Fandango at Home in video on demand format. The film holds review scores of 96%, 7.6/10, and 73/100, with a box office total of 40,000,000. It is recognized in the Golden Lion collection.
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7.5Set 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.
Cast
- Wei Minzhi as Wei Minzhi
- Zhang Huike as Zhang Huike
- Tian Zhenda as Village Chief
- Gao Enman as Teacher Gao
- Sun Zhimei as Sun Zhimei
- Feng Yuying as TV Receptionist
Themes
- class
- village
- mayor
- mountain
- promise
- teacher
- money
- food
- chalk
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- China
- Original language
- Chinese
- Main subject
- social issues in China
- Director
- Zhang Yimou
- Composer
- San Bao
- Cinematographer
- Hou Yong
- Narrative location
- China
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 791152
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2001-01-26
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- title
- 一个都不能少
- nominated for
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
- set in period
- 1990s
- review score
- 73/100
- box office
- 40000000
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