Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

A tailor-made love story.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2002-05-16
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 67 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 56min
  • Language: 普通话
  • Production Company: Les Films de la Suane
  • Production Country: China, France
  • Director: Dai Sijie
star 6.8/10
From 67 Ratings

Summary

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.

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  • Zhou Xun

    as Little Seamstress

  • Chen Kun

    as Luo Min

  • Ye Liu

    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

  • Qing-yun Fan

    as Doctor

  • Jie Min

    as Peasant

  • Zhang Chenghe

    as Peasant

  • Xu Yukun

    as Peasant

  • Lia Mei

    as Female Villager

  • Jing Fang

    as Female Villager

  • Li Peng

    as Female Villager

  • Heng Fei Zhao

    as Female Villager

  • Yao Liu

    as Female Villager

  • Yulin Chen

    as Female Villager

  • Chun Hua Xu

    as Female Villager

  • Fang Zong Zhao

    as Female Villager

  • Wa Su

    as Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law

  • Quilène Boileux

    as Airport Shop Assistant

  • Dandan Yang

    as Mrs. Lao

  • Guy-Pierre Bennet

    as Journalist (voice)

  • Wei Chen

    as Wife of the Head of the Village
Directing Dai Sijie Director
Writing Dai Sijie Screenplay
Writing Dai Sijie Novel
Art Nadine Perront Production Design
Camera Jean-Marie Dreujou Director of Photography
Writing Nadine Perront Screenplay
Production Lise Fayolle Producer
Production Bernard Lorain Executive Producer
Production Pujian Wang Executive Producer
Production Wang Zhebin Executive Producer
Sound Pujian Wang Original Music Composer
Editing Luc Barnier Editor
Editing Julia Grégory Editor
Art Cao Juiping Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Tong Huamiao Costume Design

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