Director Zhang is still too gentle!

Jackson 2022-12-28 03:44:40

Wei Minzhi, a 13-year-old flower girl, went into the city with a few dollars to look for students. She didn't encounter human traffickers, and she was not taken advantage of by wretched men. Finally, the director personally met her.

Zhang Huike, a 10-year-old Xiao Zhengtai, can only go to the streets to beg without a penny. He was not beaten or kidnapped. The kind proprietress gave him food.

It stands to reason that the two children would be eaten by wolves and leopards as soon as they entered the city, but they actually survived.

Director Zhang wanted to express that there were no human traffickers and perverts in China in 1999, and the folk customs were very simple?

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Extended Reading
  • Everett 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    This is Zhang Yimou's film, and also his innovative breakthrough. It is a primitive and vague form between performance and documentary. It tells a stubborn girl and a simple but persistent story. It is for the Hope Project. Contribution is no less than any teaching craze

  • Elenora 2022-04-24 07:01:23

    When I was in the first grade of elementary school, the class group watched every one of them in the hot and dilapidated cinema. It has been 12 years in a blink of an eye.

Not One Less quotes

  • TV Host: Do you like the city?

    Zhang Huike: Yes.

    TV Host: What is good about it?

    Zhang Huike: The city is beautiful and prosperous. Much better than the country.

    TV Host: What's the most lasting impression?

    Zhang Huike: That I had to beg for food. I will always remember that.