Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002 6.8 (69 votes) 1h 56m

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Les Films de la Suane
Le Film

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (巴尔扎克与小裁缝)

A tailor-made love story.

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.

Key Crew

Director: Dai Sijie

Screenplay: Dai Sijie, Nadine Perront

Director of Photography: Jean-Marie Dreujou

Producer: Lise Fayolle

Top 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

Videos

The Little Chinese Seamstress Official Film Trailer

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