Not One Less
November 1999
A slice of rural China
Part social documentary, part wan pastoral comedy, Not One Less is the new picture from Zhang Yimou, the director of such modern Chinese classics as Red Sorghum and Raise the Red Lantern. It arrived at the London Film Festival having had a turbulent festival career in Europe: withdrawn from Cannes in May by Yimou because of the organisers' alleged anti-Chinese attitude, the movie went on to win the Golden Lion at Venice.