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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

A tailor-made love story.

Film20021h 56mReleased

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Director
Dai Sijie
Language
Chinese
Released
2002-05-16
Runtime
1h 56m

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6.875 votes on TMDB

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The 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.

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Cast

  • Zhou Xun
    Zhou XunLittle Seamstress
  • Chen Kun
    Chen KunLuo Min
  • Liu Ye
    Liu YeMa Jianling
  • Wang Shuangbao
    Wang ShuangbaoHead of the Village
  • Cong Zhijun
    Cong ZhijunOld Tailor
  • Wang Hongwei
    Wang HongweiFour Eyes
  • Xiao Xiong
    Xiao XiongMother of Four Eyes
  • Zuohui Tang
    Zuohui TangOld Mill Worker
  • Chen Tianyu
    Chen TianyuDirector of the Commune
  • Qing-yun Fan — artwork unavailable
    Qing-yun FanDoctor