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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002
Directed byDai Sijie
1h 56m

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 XunLittle SeamstressChen KunLuo MinLiu YeMa Jianling
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Wang Shuangbao
Head of the Village
Cong ZhijunOld Tailor
Wang HongweiFour Eyes
Xiao XiongMother of Four Eyes
Zuohui TangOld Mill Worker
Chen TianyuDirector of the Commune
Qing-yun FanDoctor
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
Les Films de la SuaneLe FilmStudioCanalFrance 3 Cinéma
RATING
6.8

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