

“In her village, she was the teacher. In the city, she discovered how much she had to learn.”
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.
Director
Zhang Yimou
Writers
Xiangsheng Shi
Release Date
October 30, 1999
Runtime
1h 46m
Status
Released
Original Language
zh
Vote Count
187
Guangxi Film Studio
Bejing New Picture Distribution Company
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CP Film Production Asia