Not One Less (1999)

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106 min - Drama - 30 October 1999 (South Korea)

7.6

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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

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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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Drama

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Country:

China

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

30 October 1999 (South Korea) See more »

Also Known As:

Nenhum a Menos See more »

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$50,256 (USA) (20 February 2000) (6 Screens)

Gross:

$589,114 (USA) (9 July 2000)

Company Credits

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Bejing New Picture Distribution Company, Columbia Pictures Corporation, Film Productions Asia See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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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 »

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References The Story of Qiu Ju (1992) See more »

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

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