Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Movie·2002·1h 56m

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

A tailor-made love story.

Country

China

Language

Mandarin

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The Story

Original title: 巴尔扎克与小裁缝

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.

Written By

Nadine Perront

Producer

Lise Fayolle, Bernard Lorain

Cinematography

Jean-Marie Dreujou

Music

Pujian Wang

Editor

Luc Barnier

Themes

chinalove of one's lifebalzac1970sviolinmountain villagecultural revolutiondressmakerbased on memoir or autobiographysichuan

Production House

Les Films de la Suane
Le Film
StudioCanal
France 3 Cinéma

Audience Score

68%

74 votes

Skip10%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection27%

Where to watch

Region: US

Free

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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

Wang Hongwei

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

Qing-yun Fan

Doctor

Jie Min

Peasant

Zhang Chenghe

Zhang Chenghe

Peasant

Xu Yukun

Xu Yukun

Peasant

Lia Mei

Female Villager

Jing Fang

Female Villager

Li Peng

Female Villager

Heng Fei Zhao

Female Villager

Yao Liu

Female Villager

// crew

Crew

Dai Sijie

Director, Screenplay

Jean-Marie Dreujou

Jean-Marie Dreujou

Director of Photography

Nadine Perront

Screenplay

Lise Fayolle

Producer

Bernard Lorain

Executive Producer

Pujian Wang

Executive Producer, Original Music Composer

Wang Zhebin

Executive Producer

Luc Barnier

Luc Barnier

Editor

Julia Grégory

Editor

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