Guangxi Film StudioBejing New Picture Distribution CompanyFilm Productions AsiaColumbia PicturesCP Film Production Asia
Director(s): Zhang Yimou
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.