Not One Less

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Not One Less
Not One Less
Directed by	Zhang Yimou
Produced by	Zhang Yimou
Written by	Shi Xiangsheng
Starring	Wei Minzhi Zhang Huike
Distributed by	Columbia Tristar
Release date(s)	7 September 1999 (premiere at VFF) 18 February 2000 (NYC)
Running time	106 min.
Language	Mandarin
Budget	unknown
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Not One Less (Simplified Chinese: 一个都不能少; Traditional Chinese: 一個都不能少; pinyin: Yī gè dōu bù néng shǎo) is a 1999 film drama by Chinese director Zhang Yimou. It centers on a 13 year-old substitute school teacher, Wei Minzhi (played by the actress of the same name), in the Chinese countryside who is placed in charge of the school after the previous teacher leaves temporarily for a month. Minzhi is told not to lose any students, and when one of the boys, Zhang Huike (played by Zhang Huike) takes off in search of work in the big city, she goes looking for him to bring him home.

The film depicts rural poverty and illiteracy and is filmed in a neorealist/documentary style using a troupe of non-professional actors; Zhang often uses the actors' names as their character names, effectively blurring the boundaries between drama and life.

The film won ten international film awards, including awards at The Golden Rooster Awards, São Paulo International Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival (including the Golden Lion award for Best Picture).

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Not One Less at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Zhang Yimou

Red Sorghum (1987) • Codename Cougar (1989) • Ju Dou (1990) • Raise the Red Lantern (1991) • The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) • To Live (1994) • Shanghai Triad (1995) • Keep Cool (1997) • The Road Home (1999) • Not One Less (1999) • Happy Times (2000) • Hero (2002) • House of Flying Daggers (2004) • Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles (2005) • Curse of the Golden Flower (2006)