Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

巴尔扎克与小裁缝

2002·116'

Dai Sijie

Drama

★ 6.8

Letterboxd TMDB #2111

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.

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