In 19th-century China, two young girls (Gianna Jun and Li Bingbing), like many of their contemporaries, suffer crushed and broken bones during foot-binding to maintain their tiny feet, as they learn how to please their future husbands. During their lives they are allowed one female bond-friend, and may correspond with her through secret messages written along the staves of a Chinese fan that moves back and forth between them. These messages are the only relief in a world of objectification, cruelty and enslavement. A contemporary young woman (Gianna Jun) and her friend (Li Bingbing) decide to find . . .
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