Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

A tailor-made love story.

2002 zh 116 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Plot

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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Cast

Zhou Xun

Zhou Xun

Little Seamstress

Chen Kun

Chen Kun

Luo Min

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Ma Jianling

Wang Shuangbao

Wang Shuangbao

Head of the Village

Cong Zhijun

Cong Zhijun

Old Tailor

Wang Hongwei

Wang Hongwei

Four Eyes

Xiao Xiong

Xiao Xiong

Mother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang

Zuohui Tang

Old Mill Worker

Chen Tianyu

Chen Tianyu

Director of the Commune

Qing-yun Fan

Qing-yun Fan

Doctor

Jie Min

Jie Min

Peasant

Zhang Chenghe

Zhang Chenghe

Peasant

Xu Yukun

Xu Yukun

Peasant

Lia Mei

Lia Mei

Female Villager

Jing Fang

Jing Fang

Female Villager

Li Peng

Li Peng

Female Villager

Heng Fei Zhao

Heng Fei Zhao

Female Villager

Yao Liu

Yao Liu

Female Villager

Yulin Chen

Yulin Chen

Female Villager

Chun Hua Xu

Chun Hua Xu

Female Villager

Fang Zong Zhao

Fang Zong Zhao

Female Villager

Wa Su

Wa Su

Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law

Quilène Boileux

Quilène Boileux

Airport Shop Assistant

Dandan Yang

Dandan Yang

Mrs. Lao

Guy-Pierre Bennet

Guy-Pierre Bennet

Journalist (voice)

Wei Chen

Wei Chen

Wife of the Head of the Village

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