Main Cast: Qu Fengqin, Zhou Haichun, Liu Laifu, Yang Xinyu, Xu Bo
Release Year: 2006
Country: CN
Run Time: 104 minutes
Plot
A dedicated teacher making some difficult decisions in her life discovers someone is playing games with the future of her students in this drama from China, which was inspired by a true story. Qu (Qu Fengqin) works as a schoolteacher in a small island community near a large nature preserve. While Qu has a tiny budget to work with and the schoolhouse is a tumbledown shack, she cares deeply for her students and her charges have traditionally earned excellent marks on the annual State-imposed exams. Qu's daughters, however, live with their father in a nearby city, and she thinks they would fare better if they had a closer relationship with their mother. With this in mind, Qu applies for a teaching position in the city, and she's told she should be a shoo-in given her record. However, when Qu sees the results of the standardized tests -- which, as tradition mandates, were proctored by the village leader (Zhou Haichun) without the teacher being present -- she's shocked to see that all of her students have failed. Qu soon suspects that someone sabotaged the testing, but who would do such a thing, and why? ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Qu Fengqin - Qu
Zhou Haichun - Village Chief
Liu Laifu - Student 1
Yang Xinyu - Student 2
Xu Bo - Qu's Husband
Zhang Haibin - Education Bureau Director
Credit
Tan Zeen - Art Director, Chen Wanyin - Associate Producer, Zhou Yongsheng - Associate Producer, Geng Jiayi - Associate Producer, Liu Jianhong - Associate Producer, Pu Jian - Director, Pu Jian - Editor, Wang Tiejing - Executive Producer, Xiao Quan - Executive Producer, Li Xingguo - Executive Producer, Jiang Anqing - Composer (Music Score), Ma Yongcheng - Cinematographer, Shao Wenlin - Producer, Liu Ji'nan - Producer, Qi Weimin - Producer, Wang Jue - Sound/Sound Designer, Pu Jian - Screenwriter
