If you loved Ju Dou, try Not One Less

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Zhang Yimou, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Ju Dou, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Not One Less is

Dead Poets Society meets rural China. A 13-year-old substitute teacher is tasked with keeping all students in a rural village school. Carried by its young lead.

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