English title: No one can be missing.
Director: Zhang Yimou
Time: 1998
Starring:/Zhang
Duration: 90 minutes
Country: China
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The cast of "No Child Left Behind"
Wei Minzhi-Wei Minzhi (middle school student in Zhenningbao Township, Chicheng County, Hebei Province)
Zhang-Zhang (a pupil in Toubaozi Village, Chicheng County, Hebei Province)
Tian Cun Zhen Tian (head of Shuiquangou Village, Dazhuangke Township, Yanqing County, Beijing)
Teacher Gao-Gao Mann (teacher of Shaliangzi Township Central Primary School, Qianjiadian Town, Yanqing County, Beijing)
Zhimei Sun-Zhimei Sun (a middle school student in Longmensuo Town, Hebei Province)
TV Concierge-Feng (Ticket Agent of Zhangjiakou People's Park)
TV host-Li Fanfan (host of the Economic Department of Zhangjiakou TV Station)
County Middle School Teacher-Zhang Yichang (teacher from the Infrastructure Department of Yanqing County Education Bureau, Beijing)
Brick kiln owner-Xu (head of Hongshiwan Village, Qianjiadian Town, Yanqing County, Beijing)
Zhang Niang-Liu (villager in Fenggou Village, Hongqidian Township, Yanqing County, Beijing)
Middle-aged passenger horse (cadre of Zhangjiakou Unilever Washing Products Co., Ltd.)
Director of TV Station-Wu Wanlu (Deputy Director of Zhangjiakou People's Broadcasting Station)
Railway station announcer-Liu? Ru (broadcaster of Zhangjiakou People's Broadcasting Station)
Stationery store owner-Wang Shulan (manager of Aiwanzhai Stationery Store in qiaoxi district, Zhangjiakou City)
Director of TV Station-Fu Xinmin (Director of Program Department of Zhangjiakou National Broadcasting Station)
Restaurant owner-white? Mei (Manager of Juxin Restaurant in Zhangjiakou)
Creative member of "No Child Left Behind"
Producer-Zhao Yu Zhang Weiping
Producer-Zhang Weiping
Director-Zhang Yimou
Based on Shi Xiangsheng's novel There is a Sun in the Sky.
Screenwriter-Shi Xiangsheng
Photography-waiting for chanting
Art-Juiping Cao
Recording-Wu Lala
Composition-Three Treasures
Literary Planning-Wang Bin
Editing-Zhai Ru
Producer Zhang
Starring: Wei Minzhi
Starring-Zhang Zhenda Zhang
Plot introduction
Miss Gao from Shuiquan Primary School wants to go home and visit her seriously ill mother. The village chief asked Wei Minzhi from the neighboring village to give her a month's class. Miss Gao sees that Wei Minzhi is only thirteen or fourteen years old. He can't teach and doesn't want it. The village chief said it's not easy to find such a person. She can look after the baby for you. Let her make do for a month until you come back.
There used to be thirty or forty students in Shuiquan Primary School, and only 28 students remained each year. When Miss Gao left, he repeatedly told Wei Minzhi to pay attention to all the students. Wei Minzhi asked students to copy the text all day and count the number of students every day. Whoever wants to drive the students away is anxious, and even the village head won't listen. The students don't listen to her when they don't attend class, and some even deliberately make trouble with her, making the classroom messy. She didn't care, just kept at the door of the classroom and didn't let go until the time.
10-year-old Zhang had to go to school to work in the city because her family was unable to repay her debts. Remembering the exhortation before leaving, I was determined to get Zhang back. She inquired about Zhang's residence in the city, so she set foot on the road to the city alone. Thirteen-year-old Wei Minzhi began to search for people in the sea. ...
About actors
The actors selected in the film are all teachers and students in ordinary primary and secondary schools. They have not received professional training, but they have interpreted touching stories with sincere and simple performances. He Zhang is a student from two villages in Xiaochi County, Hebei Province. Since Wei Minzhi made this film, he has attracted the attention of the society. Wei Minzhi's family is as poor as she is in the movie. After the screening of No Child Left Behind, she got the help of many enthusiastic people, and her sister returned to school. Later, she applied for the Film Academy herself.
background information
A film about children.
Zhang Yimou said: "Nothing Less" is a film that is plain, traditional, mediocre and even old-fashioned in content and form, and this is exactly one of our purposes: to capture a kind of truth and strength in mediocrity. We filmmakers, under the demand of today's film market, certainly want to make movies look good. Therefore, our other purpose is: besides being good-looking, movies can also tell you what to think, what to care about and what to love … because I firmly believe that the taste of the audience is not as simple and superficial as we think. "
The documentary style of "Nothing Less" dominates the aesthetics of the whole film. Unprofessional actors, documentary shooting techniques and poor mountain village primary schools pursue realism. Whether this sense of reality is achieved or not, it still infects many people to some extent. At the same time, because the film conforms to the policy, the National Copyright Administration issued a notice of copyright protection for the film "No Child Left Behind", which is the first time that China has implemented such formal protection for the copyright of domestic films. However, the experience of the characters in a strange environment-the city, has become an important reason for the film to win the Venice Golden Lion Award. Of course, because all the difficulties in the film were solved by the pity of the TV director, it was criticized by many domestic film critics.
Winning record
1999, the film won the China Film Observation Award for Excellent Feature Film and Excellent Director Award (Zhang Yimou); Best Director Award of the 19th Golden Rooster Award of China Film (Zhang Yimou); The 22nd Hundred Flowers Award Award for Best Feature Film; Best feature film award in the 6th Beijing University Student Film Festival; Golden Lion Award at the 56th Venice International Film Festival; In 2000, LA Film Organization of the United States selected the best international film award.
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Follow-up (report)
A Documentary Report on the Premiere of No Child Left Behind in Zhejiang Province
On April 20th, 1998, director Zhang Yimou led the cast of No Child Left Behind to Hangzhou, Zhejiang. At the exit of the airport, the enthusiastic Hangzhou audience presented a bunch of flowers to Director Zhang Yimou, expressing the voice of the vast Hangzhou audience.
The press conference sponsored by China Film Group Corporation, Zhejiang Film Company and Hangzhou Film Company was originally scheduled for 2 pm that day, but there was still a period of time before 2 pm. About 60 journalists from more than 30 media in various provinces and cities (including news organizations from Wenzhou, Shaoxing, Huzhou and Zhoushan) had already arrived at the venue early, waiting for the appearance of key figures.
In order to make the conference tense, orderly and in-depth, the event organizers made a lot of preparations in advance. First of all, organize a news special as soon as possible, and ask every reporter who attends the press conference and asks for an interview to watch the film and have a perceptual understanding of it; Secondly, reporters are required to prepare the interview outline in advance and conduct unified screening to avoid superficial and boring problems; The organizers once again attached great importance to the layout of the press conference venue. According to past experience, TV cameramen often flock to the press conference site because of the space limitation, which affects the whole press conference. To this end, when arranging the venue, the organizer specially reserved enough space for photographers to ensure the orderly progress of the press conference.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yimou and the creative staff appeared at the venue on time to be interviewed by reporters. During the 1 hour visit, Zhang Yimou was very insipid, patient and friendly when faced with all kinds of questions raised by reporters. He didn't have the airs of a great director, just like he said: We are here to do things. His words and deeds infected every reporter who attended the meeting, and all the reporters present agreed that he was really an honest man. This shows that director Zhang Yimou, like his films, has an excellent reputation!
At the two audience meetings held in Hua Xiaobai Cinema and Xinhua Cinema, many audiences couldn't hold back their excitement and went on stage to have a direct dialogue with director Zhang Yimou. A university professor said: "This film left a deep impression on me and taught me a lot. In the future, I will love my career more and be more kind to my students ... "Xinhua Cinema conducted an audience survey immediately after the premiere, and the results showed that" No Child Can Be Less "was a good-looking movie at first. Of the 540 viewers, 197 thought it was "very nice", 20.
2 1 in the morning, when Zhang Yimou and his party left Hangzhou, the reports of Hangzhou news media had already appeared in newspapers. Many articles show the media's love for director Zhang Yimou and No Child Left Behind. It can be said that Zhang Yimou's trip to Hangzhou has achieved the expected results.
No Child Left Behind premiered in Shanghai.
After visiting Beijing, Tianjin, Zhejiang and other places, Zhang Yimou and his party arrived in Shanghai on April 2 1 and attended the premiere here. Since Zhang Yimou once published an open letter to Jacob, the president of Cannes Film Festival, Shanghai journalists not only paid great attention to the film itself, but also showed greater interest in the cause and effect of Zhang Yimou's withdrawal from Cannes. Zhang Yimou said: I just made what I thought was the right choice. I will continue to work hard to make movies and make good movies that China audiences like. Winning prizes is more important than attending international film festivals. As for what kind of movies are good, Zhang Yimou thinks that none of his works are good. As for whether this rural film can be loved by the Shanghai audience, Zhang Yimou is very confident. In his view, whether a film can attract the audience depends mainly on emotion, rather than whether the theme is rural or urban.
As Zhang Yimou said, when No One Can Be Less premiered in cinemas such as Daguangming, Huan Yi, Studios and Changbai, the audience showed great enthusiasm for the film, and Zhang Yimou and his companions were warmly welcomed by the audience. 1 1 The movie fans in the cinema are wearing homemade billboards on their chests, and Shanghai is printed with the words "Care for and support national movies-nothing less". In China Textile University, more than 1000 movie tickets were sold out quickly, while Fudan University showed two movies in a row, which still failed to satisfy teachers and students. Directors of cinemas such as Studios, Huan Yi and Jiahua Haixing believe that this simple and realistic film can win the market, and some first-round cinemas are ready to extend the screening period.
On the occasion of the release of No Child Left Behind, students from poor families in Shanghai also received the love of many people. Some students who achieved excellent results in adversity were invited to watch the film by Huan Yi Cinema. The City Charity Foundation also awarded the Huaiyin Fund Award to 40 outstanding students from poor families at the Huan Yi Cinema in Meilong Town Square.
Zhang Yimou's trip to Anhui restores the frontier.
At the invitation of Anhui Film Corporation, Zhang Yimou led the members of the Brush Troupe to Hefei for premiere publicity as scheduled. The premiere meeting was arranged earlier, but the audience's enthusiasm was high. They came to Jiefang Cinema early to watch Zhang's another masterpiece, No Child Left Behind. At 9 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yimou came to the cinema to meet the eagerly awaited audience. He said that he 10 filmed chrysanthemum beans in southern Anhui years ago, and now he has come to Anhui again for the promotion of No Child Left Behind. He thinks that he has a close relationship with Anhui. I hope the audience will like his films and care for and support national films.
After the meeting, Zhang Yimou accepted a collective interview with more than 50 journalists in Hefei, answered their questions and once again expressed his views on the future of the two young actors. He hopes that after a period of trouble, they will go back to their hometown to study hard and not change their original life track because they made a movie.
"None Can Be Less" highlights the capital fever.
1April, 998 18, director Zhang Yimou led the crew of No Child Left Behind to shoot the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and Beijing became the first stop of this activity.
Under the arrangement of China Film New Filmmakers Association, Zhang Yimou and his party met the audience in the Geological Auditorium, the young rich, the capital and Dahua Cinema. These four cinemas were packed, and all the audience were mixed with the ups and downs of the film. Until the light gradually lights up at the end of the film, all the audience are still deeply immersed in the film. As soon as Zhang Yimou led the crew to the stage, the audience immediately burst into warm applause, and the audience gave the film a high evaluation with applause.
The sincere and touching artistic style of the film greatly aroused the audience's love. In the geological auditorium, all employees of Ping An Insurance Company collectively donated 1 1,000 yuan and 1 1,000 sets of desks and chairs to the film prototype primary school. On behalf of the company, the general manager of Ping An Insurance Company donated 65,438+0,000 yuan and 65,438+0,000 sets of office desks and chairs to Hope Primary School. Ms Guo Zhimin from Ping An Insurance Company was very excited after seeing this film. On the spot, the cash of 6,543,800 yuan originally prepared to be deposited in the bank was donated to Hope Primary School; When the crew's van drove out of the Geological Auditorium, a man in his thirties suddenly slipped 1000 RMB into Zhang's hand sitting in the front seat from the open window, then turned and disappeared into the passing crowd. Afterwards, it was discovered that the man donated all his cash to Zhang. Because there are still a few tickets, this move deeply touched the people present.
In the Youth Palace, enthusiastic audience surrounded the passage, and active young audience spoke freely, competing to express their feelings after watching the movie. Beijing New Film Association Company, Beijing Youth Palace and Beijing Youth Development Foundation also donated stationery to students of Shuiquan Primary School.
In the Capital Cinema, the Xicheng District Education Bureau officially launched the "No Child Can Be Less" art seminar.
In Dahua Cinema, Director Zhang Yimou was invited to leave his handprint and sign it as a souvenir. The person in charge of the cinema also donated books carefully selected and purchased by several bookstores to He Zhang, and announced that Dahua Cinema and Beijing Film Advertising Company would set up Hongzhi Scholarship to help poor students. After the meeting, a woman in her twenties excitedly gave Zhang Yimou 1000 yuan to buy clothes for her teachers in mountainous areas. Zhang Yimou suggested on the spot that she donate the money to the "Candlelight Project".
Whenever the crew leaves the cinema, the audience will wave or shake hands to say goodbye. Many people enthusiastically shouted: He Zhang, study hard and be useful in the future. At this time, people's impression of seeing big stars is not so deep, but they have a lot of precious true feelings. Many viewers believe that the influence of this film has gone far beyond the film itself, and it has played a role in paying attention to society and life, which has triggered people's in-depth thinking about the great cause of rejuvenating the country through science and education.
To be sure, the success of the four meetings has played an excellent role in paving the way for the release of the film in the Beijing film market, and the good reputation of the audience does not indicate the good prospects of the film market.
Jinmen experience
1April, 998 19 At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Yimou arrived in Tianjin as scheduled to attend the conference and premiere of No Child Left Behind held by Tianjin Film Company.
At this time, the screening hall was already crowded with reporters from more than 30 news organizations. All kinds of cameras and video cameras are aimed at Zhang Yimou and the young actors, and the flash flashes frequently. In the face of numerous questions from Guinness reporters, Zhang Yimou smiled and answered calmly.
When Zhang Yimou and his party came to Daguangming Cinema, they were warmly welcomed by the audience. The Great Guangming Bridge in front of the cinema was crowded with people, vying for a look at Zhang Yimou. After watching the movie, a teacher of Tianjin Dinghua Technical School donated 400 yuan on the spot as her love for Project Hope. When interviewed by reporters after the meeting, the teacher said excitedly with tears in his eyes: "I am very excited and uncomfortable after watching the movie. I think that if a country wants to develop, it must start with education, especially in poor areas. As a teacher, I would like to present a little gift today. The purpose is to hope that more children can master cultural knowledge earlier and keep up with the times. " Another migrant worker from Dinghua Technical School also donated RMB 100. She said: "My brother goes to school, but he is still willing to express his ideas. The actions of these two spectators aroused warm applause from the audience present, and Zhang Yimou was invited to take a group photo with them as a souvenir.
China Film Group and China Cinema Line grandly launched Zhang Yimou's latest masterpiece "None Less".
On February 25th, China Film Group Corporation, Guangxi Film Studio and Beijing Xintu Film and Television Distribution Consulting Co., Ltd. held a signing ceremony for the release of Zhang Yimou's latest masterpiece "No Child Can Be Less". China Film Group Corporation and China Film Distribution and Projection Association plan to show the film in China Cinema Line in mid-April.
This film is another realistic work directed by Zhang Yimou. Different from his previous films, this film reflects the current situation of rural education in China from a unique perspective and shows the problems in rural education in poverty-stricken areas that attract worldwide attention. Moreover, the actors selected in the film are all teachers and students in ordinary primary and secondary schools. Although they have not received professional training, they have interpreted the shocking story with sincere and simple performances.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of New China. Everyone in the film industry is committed to making the best films for the Party and the people. China Film Group Corporation, which has just been listed, will make and distribute more films with perfect ideological, artistic and ornamental features, meet the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the broad masses of the people, and promote the prosperity and development of the socialist film industry as its primary task.
"No Less" is the first film jointly produced by China Film Group Corporation and China Film Distribution and Projection Association in China Cinema in 1999. It is hoped that through the release and screening of this film, the operating mechanism of China cinema will be more perfect and close, and the best channel will be opened up for the large-scale release and screening of domestic films. Make positive contributions to the prosperity and development of China film market.