“Not One Less” ( Chinese 一个 都不能少 , English Not One Less ) - a film directed by Zhang Yimou , released in 1999 . Screen adaptation of Shi Xiangsheng's story “The Sun in the Sky”.
| None less | |
|---|---|
| 一个 都不能少 / Yíge dōu bùnéng shǎo | |
| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Zhang Yimou |
| Producer | Zhao Yu |
| Author script | Shi Xiangsheng |
| In the main cast | Wei Mingzhi |
| Operator | Hou yoon |
| Composer | San Bao |
| Film company | Guangxi Film Studio, Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Bejing New Picture Distribution Company |
| Duration | 106 minutes |
| Fees | $ 0.6 million (in the USA) |
| A country |  China |
| Tongue | putonghua |
| Year | 1999 |
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Content
Story
Deaf Chinese Village. Gao, a local elementary school teacher, must leave for a month to look after his sick mother. Since there is no one to replace him, the village headman proposes the candidacy of a 13-year-old girl, Wei Mingzhi, who herself is not much older than her students. Gao reluctantly agrees and gives the last instructions before leaving: to sing songs with his students; make them rewrite texts taken from the textbook from the board; keep chalk of great value. But the most important thing: it is necessary that the students do not disperse where he is when his return, because every schoolchild counts. As it turns out, adhering to the principle of “not one less” is not so simple. The reason for this is poverty, which forces children at the age of 10 to go in search of work. When Zhang Huihe, one of the students, leaves for the city to earn money, the stubborn and determined Wei decides to go after him to return to school and fulfill the covenant of teacher Gao. But for this, she and her students must get somewhere money for the road ...
Cast
- Wei Mingzhi - Wei Mingzhi, Teacher
- Zhang Huihe - Zhang Huike
- Tien Zhenda - village headman
- Gao Enman - Gao teacher
- Sun Jimei - Sun Jimei Helps Wei in Search
- Li Fanfan - TV presenter
Awards and nominations
- 1999 - 4 prizes of the Venice Film Festival : Golden Lion , UNICEF Prize, Laterna Magica Prize and Sergio Trasatti Prize (all - Zhang Yimou).
- 1999 - Golden Rooster Award for Best Director (Zhang Yimou).
- 1999 - Award "One Hundred Flowers" for the best film.
- 1999 - Audience Award of the Sao Paulo Film Festival (Zhang Yimou).
- 1999 - European Academy Award nomination for Best International Film (Zhang Yimou).
- 2000 - two awards "Young Actor" : the best international film, the best young performer in an international film (Wei Mingzhi).
- 2001 - Kinem Jumpo magazine award for best directing a foreign film (Zhang Yimou).