Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
A tailor-made love story.
2002 · 1h 56m · Drama, Romance
Genres: Drama, Romance
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
Writers: Dai Sijie, Nadine Perront
Music by: Pujian Wang
Cinematography: Jean-Marie Dreujou
Editor: Luc Barnier, Julia Grégory
Rated 6.8/10 by 75 viewers
Cast
Zhou Xun as Little SeamstressChen Kun as Luo MinLiu Ye as Ma JianlingWang Shuangbao as Head of the VillageCong Zhijun as Old TailorWang Hongwei as Four EyesXiao Xiong as Mother of Four EyesZuohui Tang as Old Mill WorkerChen Tianyu as Director of the CommuneQing-yun Fan as DoctorJie Min as PeasantZhang Chenghe as PeasantMore like this
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