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.

• Guangxi Film Studio
• Bejing New Picture Distribution Company
• Wei Minzhi
• Zhang Huike
• Tian Zhenda
• Gao Enman
• Sun Zhimei
• Feng Yuying
• Li Fanfan
• Zhang Yichang