Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
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.
- Released
- 2002-05-16
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Dai Sijie, Dai Sijie, Nadine Perront
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 78 votes
Cast
- Zhou Xun as Little Seamstress
- Chen Kun as Luo Min
- Liu Ye as Ma Jianling
- Wang Shuangbao as Head of the Village
- Cong Zhijun as Old Tailor
- Wang Hongwei as Four Eyes
- Xiao Xiong as Mother of Four Eyes
- Zuohui Tang as Old Mill Worker
- Chen Tianyu as Director of the Commune
- Qing-yun Fan as Doctor
- Jie Min as Peasant
- Zhang Chenghe as Peasant