Please Vote for Me

Feb. 14. 11(time 11:25)  ~ Hypothesis:

Before researching on Please Vote for Me, to know what the movie is exactly about, I would like to make a hypothesis. From what my teacher has said about this film being a film about elementary students recreating a democratic voting system in their class. So then, this movie must be about how a student learns about being in and as a "political role" as a class president, maybe, and how he or she must do to win his or her peers vote.

(Time: 11: 33) ~ The Research Results:

ChenChen, Xu XiaoFei, and Luo Lei

Please Vote for Me is about three third grade elementary students that is chosen by their teacher as class candidates. Being chosen as candidates, they all have to campaign, and convince their fellow classmates to vote for them as their class monitor.

These three students: Luo Lei, Xu XiaoFei, and ChenChen, goes through the process of learning how to pull up democratic attacks and talents to win their classmate over. Luo Lei, Xu XiaoFei, and ChenChen, all gets their help from their parents and teachers. Since this is the first time that these little 8 years old are doing this, they all face the ups and downs in the process.

Facts About the Film:


Please Vote for Me is not a scripted film, but a documentary. This film was directed by WeiJun Chen, who is a documentary director. WeiJun Chen directed this movie in Evergreen Primary School in Wuhan, China.  Please Vote for Me won the Sterling Feature Award in 2007, and was named as one of the 15 films to be on the Oscar shortlist documentary by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This film here was aired and release around the world in October 2007, that which includes the UK and US.