Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (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.

Top Cast

Zhou Xun

As Little Seamstress

Chen Kun

As Luo Min

Liu Ye

As Ma Jianling

Wang Shuangbao

As Head of the Village

Cong Zhijun

As Old Tailor

Wang Hongwei

As Four Eyes

Xiao Xiong

As Mother of Four Eyes

Zuohui Tang

As Old Mill Worker

Chen Tianyu

As Director of the Commune

Qing-yun Fan

As Doctor

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