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A tailor-made love story.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

6.8 2002 1h 56m
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.

Directed by Dai Sijie

VISUAL ARCHIVE

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CAST

The people behind the story

Zhou Xun
Zhou XunLittle Seamstress
Chen Kun
Chen KunLuo Min
Liu Ye
Liu YeMa Jianling
Wang Shuangbao
Wang ShuangbaoHead of the Village
Cong Zhijun
Cong ZhijunOld Tailor
Wang Hongwei
Wang HongweiFour Eyes
Xiao Xiong
Xiao XiongMother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang
Zuohui TangOld Mill Worker
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