Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

“A tailor-made love story.”

★ 6.8/10 TMDB 2002-05-16 116 min

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