Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
A tailor-made love story.
6.8
77 votes
May 16, 2002
1h 56m
Drama
Romance
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.
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Where to watch
In United States
Free
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 CommuneQ
Qing-yun Fan
DoctorJ
Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant
Xu Yukun
PeasantL
Lia Mei
Female VillagerJ
Jing Fang
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