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A tailor-made love story. - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Title: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Release Date: 16 May 2002

Runtime: 1h 56m

Genre: Drama

Director: Les Films de la Suane, Le Film

Production Companies: Les Films de la Suane, Le Film

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.819 (69 votes)

Cast

  • Little Seamstress: Zhou Xun
  • Luo Min: Chen Kun
  • Ma Jianling: Ye Liu
  • Head of the Village: Wang Shuangbao
  • Old Tailor: Cong Zhijun
  • Four Eyes: Wang Hongwei
  • Mother of Four Eyes: Xiao Xiong
  • Old Mill Worker: Zuohui Tang
  • Director of the Commune: Chen Tianyu
  • Doctor: Qing-yun Fan
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