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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

★ 6.8/10•2002•1h 56m•Drama•Romance

A tailor-made love story.

During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor's beautiful granddaughter and discover a suitcase full of forbidden Western novels.

Dai Sijie · Screenplay

Dai Sijie · Director

Nadine Perront · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 56m
LanguageZH
Release DateMay 16, 2002

Actors

Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun

Little Seamstress

Chen Kun

Chen Kun

Luo Min

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Ma Jianling

Wang Shuangbao

Wang Shuangbao

Head of the Village

Cong Zhijun

Cong Zhijun

Old Tailor

Wang Hongwei

Four Eyes

Xiao Xiong

Xiao Xiong

Mother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang

Zuohui Tang

Old Mill Worker

Chen Tianyu

Chen Tianyu

Director of the Commune

Qing-yun Fan

Doctor

Jie Min

Peasant

Zhang Chenghe

Zhang Chenghe

Peasant

Xu Yukun

Xu Yukun

Peasant

Lia Mei

Female Villager

Jing Fang

Female Villager

Li Peng

Female Villager

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