Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
A tailor-made love story.
6.8
77 votes
2002
1h 56m
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.
Directed by Dai Sijie
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
Chen Tianyu
Director of the CommuneQ
Qing-yun Fan
DoctorJ
Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant
Xu Yukun
PeasantL
Lia Mei
Female VillagerJ
Jing Fang
Female VillagerL
Li Peng
Female VillagerH
Heng Fei Zhao
Female VillagerY
Yao Liu
Female VillagerY
Yulin Chen
Female VillagerC
Chun Hua Xu
Female VillagerDetails
Status
Released
Release date
May 16, 2002
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Language
Mandarin, French
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