Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Directed by Dai Sijie

Written by Dai Sijie, Dai Sijie, Nadine Perront

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

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Wang Hongwei

Four Eyes

Xiao Xiong

Mother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang

Old Mill Worker

Chen Tianyu

Director of the Commune

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Qing-yun Fan

Doctor

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Jie Min

Peasant

Zhang Chenghe

Peasant