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.

Creators and cast

Directors

Dai Sijie

Producers

Bernard Lorain, Pujian Wang, Wang Zhebin, Lise Fayolle

Cast

Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Liu Ye, Wang Shuangbao, Cong Zhijun, Wang Hongwei

Studio