Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

巴尔扎克与小裁缝

2002·116'

Dai Sijie

DramaRomance

Chinese

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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

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

Qing-yun Fan Doctor

Jie Min Peasant Zhang Chenghe Peasant