Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
A tailor-made love story.
6.8(75) 2002-05-16 116 minDramaRomance
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.
DirectorDai Sijie
ScreenplayDai Sijie
ScreenplayNadine Perront
ProducerLise Fayolle
Original Music ComposerPujian Wang
Cast & characters
Zhou Xun
as Little Seamstress
Chen Kun
as Luo Min
Liu Ye
as Ma Jianling
Wang Shuangbao
as Head of the Village
Cong Zhijun
as Old Tailor
Wang Hongwei
as Four Eyes
Xiao Xiong
as Mother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang
as Old Mill Worker
Chen Tianyu
as Director of the Commune
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Qing-yun Fan
as Doctor
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Jie Min
as Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
as Peasant
Xu Yukun
as Peasant
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Lia Mei
as Female Villager
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Jing Fang
as Female Villager
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Li Peng
as Female Villager
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Heng Fei Zhao
as Female Villager
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Yao Liu
as Female Villager
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Yulin Chen
as Female Villager
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Chun Hua Xu
as Female Villager
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Fang Zong Zhao
as Female Villager
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Wa Su
as Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law
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Quilène Boileux
as Airport Shop Assistant
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Dandan Yang
as Mrs. Lao
