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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

68 %|May 16, 2002|Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Dai Sijie
Director
Dai Sijie
Screenplay
Dai Sijie
Novel
Nadine Perront
Production Design
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography
Nadine Perront
Screenplay
Lise Fayolle
Producer
Bernard Lorain
Executive Producer

Cast

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Zhou Xun
Little Seamstress
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Chen Kun
Luo Min
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Ye Liu
Ma Jianling
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Wang Shuangbao
Head of the Village
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Cong Zhijun
Old Tailor
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Wang Hongwei
Four Eyes
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Xiao Xiong
Mother of Four Eyes
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Zuohui Tang
Old Mill Worker
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Chen Tianyu
Director of the Commune
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Jie Min
Peasant
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Xu Yukun
Peasant
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Lia Mei
Female Villager
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Jing Fang
Female Villager
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Li Peng
Female Villager
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Heng Fei Zhao
Female Villager
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Yao Liu
Female Villager
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Yulin Chen
Female Villager
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Chun Hua Xu
Female Villager
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Fang Zong Zhao
Female Villager
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Wa Su
Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law
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Quilène Boileux
Airport Shop Assistant
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Dandan Yang
Mrs. Lao
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Guy-Pierre Bennet
Journalist (voice)
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Wei Chen
Wife of the Head of the Village