Poster for Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002, drama

116 minutes

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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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

Zhijun Cong

Old Tailor

Hongwei Wang

Hongwei Wang

Four Eyes

Xiao Xiong

Mother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang

Old Mill Worker

Tianyu Chen

Director of the Commune

Qing-yun Fan

Doctor

Jie Min

Peasant

Zhang He

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

Yulin Chen

Female Villager

Chun Hua Xu

Female Villager

Fang Zong Zhao

Female Villager

Wa Su

Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law

Quilène Boileux

Airport Shop Assistant

Dandan Yang

Mrs. Lao

Guy-Pierre Bennet

Journalist (voice)

Wei Chen

Wife of the Head of the Village

Crew

Art

Nadine Perront

Production design

Juiping Cao

Production design

Camera

Costume and make-up

Tong Hua-Miao

Costume design

Directing

Sijie Dai

Director

Editing

Luc Barnier

Editor

Julia Gregory

Editor

Production

Pujian Wang

Executive producer

Bernard Lorain

Executive producer

Wang Zhebin

Executive producer

Lise Fayolle

Producer

Sound

Pujian Wang

Original music composer

Writing

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