Tender Are the Feet

Tender Are the Feet (1972) blends Drama and Music elements. Top cast includes San San Aye, Zaw Lwin, and Aung Pyae. Relationships and emotional turning points shape the core of the story.

Actor: San San Aye • Genre: Drama movies

Made under the Burmese dictatorship, Maung Wanna’s debut feature tells a story of Sein Lin, the drummer for a traditional dance theatre group in Rangoon, who falls in love with beautiful dancer Khin San. When she leaves the group to pursue a career as a film actress, he gives her a small figure as a keepsake, a symbol of traditional theatre. He tells her to return it only when she is certain she wants to stay in film. The dancer’s independence in choosing to become a film actress breaks with cultural tradition, as does Sein Lin’s performance in a jazz club, symbolising the colonial influence.