Please Vote for Me (2007)

Who knew that a grade 3 class monitor election in China would have so many parallels to larger national elections, but here we go. There’s the obnoxious, loud-mouthed candidate who creates strife between the other candidates to court chaos. Another candidate buys votes through special class trips and gifts. The third is over her head and not made for the cutthroat competition of school elections. It’s of course a popularity contest where more focus is centered on the competitors’ faults than actual qualifications of the candidates. The parents are all happy to encourage it along and the teacher who set the whole thing up, including picking the nominees, seems all too amused by the whole thing.