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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

A tailor-made love story.

2002 · 1h 56m · 6.8 on TMDB

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

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

Doctor

Jie Min

Peasant

Zhang Chenghe

Zhang Chenghe

Peasant

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Production

STUDIOCANAL Les Films de la Suane Le Film France 3 Cinéma

Directed by

Where to watch

Kanopy

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Released: May 16, 2002

Awards

Best Non-English Language Film · 2002nomineeGolden Globes

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