Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

116 mins | Drama | May 16, 2002

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.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

116 mins | Drama | May 16, 2002

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Les Films de la Suane, Le Film
Original title 巴尔扎克与小裁缝
Directors Dai Sijie
Writers Nadine Perront, Dai Sijie

Cast

Zhou Xun

as Little Seamstress

Chen Kun

as Luo Min

Liu Ye

as Ma Jianling

Wang Shuangbao

as Head of the Village

Cong Zhijun

as Old Tailor

Wang Hongwei

as Four Eyes

Xiao Xiong

as Mother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang

as Old Mill Worker

Wei Chen

as Wife of the Head of the Village

Tianyu Chen

as Director of the Commune

Qing-yun Fan

as Doctor

Jie Min

as Peasant

Zhang Chenghe

as Peasant

Yukun Xu

as Peasant

Lia Mei

as Female Villager

Jing Fang

as Female Villager

Li Peng

as Female Villager

Heng Fei Zhao

as Female Villager

Yao Liu

as Female Villager

Yulin Chen

as Female Villager

Chun Hua Xu

as Female Villager

Fang Zong Zhao

as Female Villager

Wa Su

as Daughter in Law of the Head of the Village

Quilène Boileux

as Airport Shop Assistant

Dandan Yang

as Mrs. Lao

Guy-Pierre Bennet

as Journalist (voice)