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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002·116 min

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Directed by Dai Sijie

Drama

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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Little Seamstress

Luo Min

Ma Jianling

Head of the Village

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Screenplay

Jean-Marie Dreujou

Director of Photography

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002) is about 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.

Who directed Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress?

Dai Sijie directed Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002).

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