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A tailor-made love story.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

6.8 / 10 6.8 2002 1h 56m

DramaRomance

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.

Directed by Dai Sijie

VISUAL NOTES

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CAST

The people behind the story

Zhou Xun

Zhou XunLittle Seamstress

Chen Kun

Chen KunLuo Min

Liu Ye

Liu YeMa Jianling

Wang Shuangbao

Wang ShuangbaoHead of the Village

Cong Zhijun

Cong ZhijunOld Tailor

Wang Hongwei

Wang HongweiFour Eyes

Xiao Xiong

Xiao XiongMother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang

Zuohui TangOld Mill Worker