Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Name: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2002
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.8

2002 · 116 min

Drama · Romance

★ 6.8

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Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Dai Sijie
Screenplay Dai Sijie
Screenplay Nadine Perront
Director of Photography Jean-Marie Dreujou

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
Chen Tianyu
Director of the Commune
Q
Qing-yun Fan
Doctor
J
Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant

Crew

Director — Dai Sijie
Screenplay — Dai Sijie
Screenplay — Nadine Perront
Director of Photography — Jean-Marie Dreujou

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