Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
A tailor-made love story.
2002•1h 56m•6.8/10
DramaRomance
Ratings
🎬TMDb
6.8/10(78)
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.
Production
Les Films de la Suane, Le Film, StudioCanal, France 3 Cinéma, TF1 Films Production, Canal+, Bac Films, CNC, China Film Group Corporation
Language
ZH
Status
Released
Release Date
Trailers & Videos
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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
Li Peng
Female Villager
Heng Fei Zhao
Female Villager
Yao Liu
Female Villager
Yulin Chen
Female Villager
Chun Hua Xu
Female Villager
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