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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
MAY 16, 2002 · 116 MIN · DIR. DAI SIJIE
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.
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
Crew
Screenplay
Dai Sijie
Screenplay
Nadine Perront
Director of Photography
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Editor
Luc Barnier
Editor
Julia Grégory
Original Music Composer
Pujian Wang
Producer
Lise Fayolle











