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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

A tailor-made love story.

6.8

1h 56m

2002

“A tailor-made love story.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Dai Sijie

Trailer

Drama

chinalove of one's lifebalzac1970sviolinmountain villagecultural revolutiondressmakerbased on memoir or autobiographysichuan

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Cast & Crew

Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun

as Little Seamstress

Chen Kun

Chen Kun

as Luo Min

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

as Ma Jianling

Wang Shuangbao

Wang Shuangbao

as Head of the Village

Cong Zhijun

Cong Zhijun

as Old Tailor

Wang Hongwei

Wang Hongwei

as Four Eyes

Xiao Xiong

Xiao Xiong

as Mother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang

Zuohui Tang

as Old Mill Worker

Chen Tianyu

Chen Tianyu

as Director of the Commune

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