Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
“A tailor-made love story.”
2002•1h 56m•6.8•Released
Drama
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
Writer
Dai Sijie, Nadine Perront
Languages
Mandarin
Studio
Les Films de la Suane
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
Qing-yun Fan
Doctor
Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant
Xu Yukun
Peasant
Lia Mei
Female Villager
Jing Fang
Female Villager
Production
Company
Les Films de la Suane
Company
Le Film
Company
StudioCanal
Company
France 3 Cinéma
Producer
Lise Fayolle
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