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Pretty Big Feet / For the Children / Meili de dajiao / 美丽的大脚 / 美麗的大腿 (2002)

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Superviseur de scénario : Nan Nan
Producteurs : Wu Dashen, Lui Junjie, Cui Yiping, Zhou Fengying (Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003), Peach Blossoming (2004), Mini (2005), ...), Hou Shengjun (The Marriage Certificate (2001), Warriors of Heaven and Earth (2003), I Love You (2003), The Story of Ermei (2004), ...)
Production superviseur : Zhao Huayong, Zhang Huashan
Producteur exécutif :Ding Xiaopeng (The Marriage Certificate (2001), The Story of Ermei (2004), A Chinese Odyssey Parties I & II (1995), ...)
Photographie : Wang Xiaoming 王晓明
Monteur : Ding Ruan, Wei Dong
Effets spéciaux : Liu Xiaoqinp

Preneur de son : Ji Changhun
Ingénieur du son : Wang Enfeng (Hands Up (2003), Sino-Japanese Naval War (2012))
Lumières : Yao Zhuoxi (Back to Back, Face to Face (1994))

Maquillage : Wang Xiaoyu, Gao Juan (The Journey to Xixia Emprire (1997), Night Attack (2007))
Costumes : Chang Rongfang (Going to School with Father on My Back (1998), Loach Is Fish Too (2005), [url=http://forum.hkcinemagic.com/index.php?showtopic=11196]Wings [url] (2011), ...)
Accessoiriste : Xu Xiaolong

Acteurs :
Xu Ya Jun 许亚军 (The Coldest Day (2003), Sun Yat-Sen (2011), ..., TV)
Yang JiaHo
Guo Da
Huang Hong
Yuan Yanmei
Ni Wei
Lin Ling
Yuan Jing
Tian Shih
Zhu Runsen
Yao Zhuoxi
Li Ming
Wang Ruioxiang
Guo Shuxian
Ge Jinxing
Xu Mingzhi
Yan Mengfang
Zhang Qi
Li Xiaoling


The individual evolution of and relationship between Zhang Meili and Xia Yu, the two main characters in Yang Yazhou's captivating film Pretty Big Feet, serves as a symbol of the evolution of and relationship between rural and urban living in China. The two women, and thus the two ways of life, have things in common, which keep them somehow bonded, and things in contrast, which are gradually shared between the two entities. Over the course of the film, Zhang Meili and Xia Yu share many important unifying experiences. - Erin Palombi
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Yang Yazhou's Pretty Big Feet is a poignant film about the values of simplistic living and the insight that can be gained from forming unlikely relationships with people who come from backgrounds that are different from one's own. These ideas are exemplified through the juxtaposition of the film's two primary characters, Zhang Meili and Xia Yu.

Zhang Meili is a widowed woman from an impoverished desert village in northern China who dedicates her life to teaching the children of her community. Xia Yu is an educated woman from Beijing who sacrifices her comfortable city lifestyle to help the ignorant Zhang Meili teach "her children." Though they come from different walks of life, each woman shows herself to be ambitious and courageous, and it is in sharing these common qualities that they are able to form a powerful bond. - David Yontz
articles complets wooster.edu

Engaging performances by its two leads freshen “Pretty Big Feet,” a familiar tale of a plucky peasant teacher helped by a big-city professional that should slide easily into Asian-centered events. Accessible pic was co-winner, with Chen Kaige’s “Together,” of best director prize at last October’s Mainland kudofest, the Golden Rooster Awards — as well as sharing the best film gong — prior to release the following month. - Derek Elley critique complète variety.com