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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.

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Zhou XunLittle SeamstressChen KunLuo MinLiu Ye
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Ma Jianling
Wang ShuangbaoHead 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
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.8

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