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Not One Less ()

Yi ge dou bu neng shao (original title)
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13-year old Wei Minzhi is the new substitute teacher of a mountain village school. She is told not to lose any of her pupils under any circumstances.
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Minzhi Wei ...
Wei Minzhi
Huike Zhang ...
Zhang Huike
Zhenda Tian ...
Village Chief
Enman Gao ...
Teacher Gao
Zhimei Sun ...
Sun Zhimei
Yuying Feng ...
TV Receptionist
Fanfan Li ...
TV Host
Yichang Zhang ...
Mr Zhang, instructor
Zhanqing Xu ...
Brick factory owner
Hanzhi Liu ...
Zhang Huike's mother
Ma Guolin ...
Bus station man
Wu Wanlu ...
TV station manager
Liu Ru ...
Train station announcer
Shulan Wang ...
Stationery store clerk
Xinmin Fu ...
TV station director
Mei Bai ...
Manager, Juxin Restaurant
Mingshan Zhang ...
Student
Jiao Jie ...
Student
Huimin Rong ...
Student
Zhiwei Sun ...
Student
Ming Xinhong ...
Student
Tian Xuewei ...
Student
Li Mel ...
Student
Lingyu Li ...
Student

Directed by

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Yimou Zhang

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Xiangsheng Shi ... (writer)

Produced by

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Weiping Zhang ... executive producer
Yu Zhao ... producer

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Bao San

Cinematography by

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Yong Hou

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Ru Zhai

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Stew Markel ... telecine assistant

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Jiuping Cao ... (as Juiping Cao)

Costume Design by

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Huamiao Tong

Production Management

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Xiaofeng Hu ... production manager
Zhenyan Zhang ... production manager

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Dongshen Xie ... assistant director
Te Ya ... assistant director

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Lala Wu ... sound

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Michael McDermott ... associate producer

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Plot Summary

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

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Also Known As
  • Not One Less (United States)
  • Not One Less (World-wide, English title)
  • Not One Less (Canada, English title)
  • Not One Less (United Kingdom)
  • Pas un de moins (France)
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  • 106 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Yimou insisted on capturing natural reactions from the amateur actors. To achieve this, he often used hidden cameras and microphones. This resulted in a film-shot to film-used ratio of 35 to 1. Normally, because of cost, the ratio should be 3.5 to 1. However, because the film was shot on 16mm (an later blown up to 35mm), the price was about the same because of the cheaper film stock. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Georgia Rule/Away from Her/The Ex/28 Weeks Later/Civic Duty (2007). See more »
Quotes TV Host: Do you like the city?
Zhang Huike: Yes.
TV Host: What is good about it?
Zhang Huike: The city is beautiful and prosperous. Much better than the country.
TV Host: What's the most lasting impression?
Zhang Huike: That I had to beg for food. I will always remember that.
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