Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Nan
1h 56m
2002
6.8 /10 (70)

A tailor-made love story.

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.

Country : China, France
Genre : Drama
Languages : 普通话
Released Date: 2002-05-16

Top Billed 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

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