Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

"A tailor-made love story."

2002

1h 56m

6.8(69 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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26 members

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周迅

Little Seamstress

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陈坤

Luo Min

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刘烨

Ma Jianling

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Wang Shuangbao

Head of the Village

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Cong Zhijun

Old Tailor

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Wang Hongwei

Four Eyes

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Xiao Xiong

Mother of Four Eyes

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Zuohui Tang

Old Mill Worker

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陈天雨

Director of the Commune

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Qing-yun Fan

Doctor

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Jie Min

Peasant

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章呈赫

Peasant

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Xu Yukun

Peasant

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Lia Mei

Female Villager

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Jing Fang

Female Villager

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Li Peng

Female Villager

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Heng Fei Zhao

Female Villager

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Yao Liu

Female Villager

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Yulin Chen

Female Villager

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Chun Hua Xu

Female Villager

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Fang Zong Zhao

Female Villager

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Wa Su

Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law

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Quilène Boileux

Airport Shop Assistant

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Dandan Yang

Mrs. Lao

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Guy-Pierre Bennet

Journalist (voice)

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Wei Chen

Wife of the Head of the Village

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