7.4 / 10
(162 votes)
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.
China
Drama
106 minutes
1999
Zhang Yimou
Guangxi Film Studio,
Bejing New Picture Distribution Company,
Film Productions Asia,
Columbia Pictures
2000
7.6
2006
6.2
1998
7.3
2004
7.4
2000
7.4
2021
4.9
1998
8.1
1979
7.7
1987
7.6
2003
7.8
1983
7.0
1996
7.9
1991
7.5
1954
8.5
1957
8.5
2000
7.0
2022
0.0
1998
5.8
1958
6.0
2007
7.0