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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

"A tailor-made love story."

2002

1h 56m

6.8(77 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

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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Production Companies

StudioCanal

France 3 Cinéma

TF1 Films Production

Canal+

Bac Films

CNC

China Film Group Corporation

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

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

Creative team

Directed by: Dai Sijie
Written by: Dai Sijie
Nadine Perront
Produced by: Lise Fayolle

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