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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

A tailor-made love story.
May 16, 2002 · 1h 56m
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Drama
Romance

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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
Little Seamstress
Chen Kun
Luo Min
Liu Ye
Ma Jianling
Wang Shuangbao
Head of the Village
Cong Zhijun
Old Tailor
Wang Hongwei
Four Eyes
Xiao Xiong
Mother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang
Old Mill Worker
Directed by Dai Sijie

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
ZH
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Les Films de la Suane, Le Film, StudioCanal, France 3 Cinéma, TF1 Films Production, Canal+, Bac Films, CNC, China Film Group Corporation
Country
CN, FR

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