Movie·2002·1h 56m
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
A tailor-made love story.
Country
China
Language
Mandarin
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// overview
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
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
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
Qing-yun Fan
Doctor
Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant
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
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
Editor
Julia Grégory
Editor
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