Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002·1h 56m·Drama

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

6.8/ 10 · 75 votes

A tailor-made love story.

Directed by Dai Sijie

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Overview

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

Zhou Xun

Little Seamstress

Chen Kun

Chen Kun

Luo Min

Liu Ye

Liu Ye

Ma Jianling

Wang Shuangbao

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

Crew

Director

Dai Sijie

Director of Photography

Jean-Marie Dreujou

Music

Pujian Wang

Editor

Luc Barnier

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StatusReleasedRelease Date2002-05-16Runtime1h 56mLanguageZH

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