Pretty Big Feet
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| Traditional Chinese | 美麗的大腳 |
| Simplified Chinese | 美丽的大脚 |
| Literal meaning | Beautiful Big Feet |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Měilì de dà jiǎo |
| Directed by | Yang Yazhou |
| Written by | Li Wei |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Wang Xiaoming |
| Music by | Zhao Jiping |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | China |
| Languages | Lanyin Mandarin, Standard Mandarin |
Pretty Big Feet, released in the United States as For the Children, is a 2002 Chinese film directed by Yang Yazhou. It stars Ni Ping as a teacher in an extremely impoverished and barren town in Ningxia, and Yuan Quan as a volunteer teacher coming from Beijing to help the local education.
The film won 4 awards at the Golden Rooster Awards.
Awards
| Award | Category | Individual | Result |
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| 2002 Golden Rooster Awards (22nd) | Best Picture | Won | |
| Best Director | Yang Yazhou | Won | |
| Best Actress | Ni Ping | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Yuan Quan | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Sun Haiying | Nominated | |
| Best Writing | Li Wei | Nominated | |
| Best Cinematographer | Wang Xiaoming | Nominated | |
| 2003 Beijing College Student Film Festival | Best Actress | Ni Ping | Won |
| 2003 Golden Phoenix Awards | Best Actress | Ni Ping | Won |
| 2003 Huabiao Awards | Huabiao Award for Outstanding Actress | Ni Ping | Won |
| Huabiao Award for Outstanding Director | Yang Yazhou | Won | |
| Huabiao Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress | Yuan Quan | Nominated | |
| 2003 Hundred Flowers Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Yuan Quan | Won |
External links
- For the Children at IMDb
- Course materials from the College of Wooster: Character Summaries, Student Reviews