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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002 · 116 min · Drama · Romance

A tailor-made love story.

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.

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Creators

Dai Sijie — Director

Top cast

Zhou Xun portraitZhou XunLittle SeamstressChen Kun portraitChen KunLuo MinLiu Ye portraitLiu YeMa JianlingWang Shuangbao portraitWang ShuangbaoHead of the VillageCong Zhijun portraitCong ZhijunOld TailorWang Hongwei portraitWang HongweiFour EyesXiao Xiong portraitXiao XiongMother of Four EyesZuohui Tang portraitZuohui TangOld Mill WorkerChen Tianyu portraitChen TianyuDirector of the CommuneQQing-yun FanDoctor

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