Film
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
2002 · 1h 56m · Drama · Romance
A tailor-made love story.
- IMDb
- 7.2
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 77%
- Metacritic
- 65
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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
Little Seamstress
Chen Kun
Luo Min
Liu Ye
Ma Jianling
Wang Shuangbao
Head of the Village
Cong Zhijun
Old Tailor
Wang Hongwei
Four Eyes
Xiao Xiong
Mother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang
Old Mill Worker
Chen Tianyu
Director of the Commune
Qing-yun Fan
Doctor
Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant
Xu Yukun
Peasant
Lia Mei
Female Villager
Jing Fang
Female Villager
Li Peng
Female Villager
Crew
- Dai SijieNovel · Screenplay · Director
- Nadine PerrontScreenplay
- Lise FayolleProducer
- Pujian WangOriginal Music Composer · Executive Producer
- Bernard LorainExecutive Producer
- Wang ZhebinExecutive Producer
- Jean-Marie DreujouDirector of Photography
- Julia GrégoryEditor
- Luc BarnierEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 16, 2002
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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