Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

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.

Director: Dai Sijie

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

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Qing-yun Fan

Doctor