Director／Photographer/Editor: Bai Budan
Subtitles translator: Miguel Fialho
Length: 114 mins
Production: 2005
Subtitles: Chinese & English
Synopsis:
Xiayao Village, Youyu County, Shanxi Province.
Bai Danu, foot-bound since she was seven years old, and Liu Buhan got married over forty years ago after their spouses died, bringing together each other’s children (Mrs. Bai’s two sons and one daughter and Mr. Liu’s three daughters) into one family.
Their children have now become grandparents, but are no longer at their parents’ side, and all have differences of opinion on how to take care of their parents in their old age.
So, even though the couple are already in their eighties, they still have to get up early to work in the fields, coming back home late in the evenings. Because of her bound feet, Bai Danu is forced to hobble along in the rain with the help of her two walking sticks, and sit down when working in the fields.
In scenes intertwined with the main plot, various other old ladies pour out their feelings on their “little feet”…
Director’s statements,
Their feet make them a part of history.
We have recorded their footsteps in film.
Bai Budan, born in 1970’, grew up in Datong mine area, having worked as coal miner, drawer and journalist, now likes documentary. Little Feet is his first long-feature work, which was awarded Joris Ivens Prize and Libarary Award in Cinema du Reel,2006.