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68% Critic Match
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
“A tailor-made love story.”
6.8 / 10• 2002• 1h 56m•NR• Chinese
Drama
Storyline
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 & Crew
Zhou Xun
Little Seamstress
Lead
Chen Kun
Luo Min
Liu Ye
Ma Jianling
Wang Shuangbao
Head of the Village
Cong Zhijun
Old Tailor
Wang Hongwei
Four Eyes
Xiao Xiong
Mother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang
Old Mill Worker
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dai Sijie's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
