Not One Less

1999 · Directed by Zhang Yimou · 106 min · drama film

★ 7.5/10 · 200 ratings on TMDB

Set in the People's Republic of China during the 1990s, the film centers on a 13-year-old substitute teacher, Wei Minzhi, in the Chinese countryside. Called in to substitute for a village teacher for one month, Wei is told not to lose any students.