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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

IMDb 7.2·2002·1h 56m·movie·Drama, Romance, Biography

Directed by Dai Sijie

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Main cast
Zhou Xun portrait

Zhou Xun

Little Seamstress

Chen Kun portrait

Chen Kun

Luo Min

Liu Ye portrait

Liu Ye

Ma Jianling

Wang Shuangbao portrait

Wang Shuangbao

Head of the Village

Cong Zhijun portrait

Cong Zhijun

Old Tailor

Wang Hongwei portrait

Wang Hongwei

Four Eyes

Xiao Xiong portrait

Xiao Xiong

Mother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang portrait

Zuohui Tang

Old Mill Worker

Chen Tianyu portrait

Chen Tianyu

Director of the Commune

Qing-yun Fan

Doctor

Jie Min

Peasant

Zhang Chenghe portrait

Zhang Chenghe

Peasant

Where to watch

Kanopy

Availability in US. Links open viewing options on TMDb. Data from JustWatch.

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