

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
May 16, 2002•1h 56m•★ 6.8
Drama
“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.
Director
Dai SijieCast

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
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Qing-yun Fan
Doctor
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Jie Min
Peasant

Zhang Chenghe
Peasant

Xu Yukun
Peasant
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Lia Mei
Female Villager
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Jing Fang
Female Villager
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Li Peng
Female Villager
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Heng Fei Zhao
Female Villager
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Yao Liu
Female Villager
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Yulin Chen
Female Villager
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Chun Hua Xu
Female Villager