The Chinese Shoes

Name: The Chinese Shoes
Director: Tamara Wyss
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-10-27
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Tamara Wyss, Timmo Niesner, Franziska Schubert, Martina Treger

Original title: Die chinesischen Schuhe

8.0(1)20041h 44mDE

Directed by Tamara Wyss

Tamara Wyss retraces her grandparents’ 100-year-old German Empire expedition up the Yangtze through the Three Gorges just before the dam’s completion. Guided by their photos, letters, and recordings, she witnesses disappearing traditions amid China’s breakneck modernization.