Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)
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.
Director:
Dai Sijie
Writers:
Dai Sijie, Nadine Perront.
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Zhou Xun as Little Seamstress |
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Chen Kun as Luo Min |
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Liu Ye as Ma Jianling |
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Wang Shuangbao as Head of the Village |
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Cong Zhijun as Old Tailor |
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Wang Hongwei as Four Eyes |
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Xiao Xiong as Mother of Four Eyes |
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Zuohui Tang as Old Mill Worker |
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Chen Tianyu as Director of the Commune |
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Qing-yun Fan as Doctor |
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Jie Min as Peasant |
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Zhang Chenghe as Peasant |
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Xu Yukun as Peasant |
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Lia Mei as Female Villager |
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Jing Fang as Female Villager |
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Li Peng as Female Villager |
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Heng Fei Zhao as Female Villager |
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Yao Liu as Female Villager |
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Yulin Chen as Female Villager |
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Chun Hua Xu as Female Villager |
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Fang Zong Zhao as Female Villager |
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Wa Su as Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law |
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Quilène Boileux as Airport Shop Assistant |
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Dandan Yang as Mrs. Lao |
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Guy-Pierre Bennet as Journalist (voice) |
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Wei Chen as Wife of the Head of the Village |
| Writing | Dai Sijie | Novel |
| Writing | Dai Sijie | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jean-Marie Dreujou | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Dai Sijie | Director |
| Art | Nadine Perront | Production Design |
| Sound | Pujian Wang | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Julia Grégory | Editor |
| Production | Bernard Lorain | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Luc Barnier | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tong Huamiao | Costume Design |
| Production | Pujian Wang | Executive Producer |
| Production | Wang Zhebin | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Nadine Perront | Screenplay |
| Production | Lise Fayolle | Producer |
| Art | Cao Juiping | Production Design |