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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

MOVIE • 2002

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

A tailor-made love story.

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.

TMDB ★ 3.4/5Votes: 78
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DramaRomance

Top Cast

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

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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

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Qing-yun Fan

Doctor

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Jie Min

Peasant

Zhang Chenghe

Zhang Chenghe

Peasant

Xu Yukun

Xu Yukun

Peasant

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Lia Mei

Female Villager

Where to watch

KanopyKanopy

Meta Snapshot

Film

Status

Released

Release

May 16, 2002

Runtime

116 min

Language

Chinese

Origin

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