Not One Less (1999)
Yi ge dou bu neng shao (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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
	Wang Shulan	...	Stationery store clerk
	Fu Xinmin	...	TV station director

Storyline

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 <jhailey@hotmail.com>  

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