Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

“A tailor-made love story.”

6.8

2002

1h 56m

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.

Key Crew

Director

Dai Sijie

Producers

Lise Fayolle

Writers

Dai Sijie

Nadine Perront

Cinematography

Jean-Marie Dreujou

Music

Pujian Wang

Cast (26)

Zhou Xun

Little Seamstress

Chen Kun

Luo Min

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