Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
A tailor-made love story.
116 mins
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.
Qing-yun Fan
Doctor
Jie Min
Peasant
Lia Mei
Female Villager
Li Peng
Female Villager
Heng Fei Zhao
Female Villager
Yao Liu
Female Villager
Yulin Chen
Female Villager
Chun Hua Xu
Female Villager
Fang Zong Zhao
Female Villager
Wa Su
Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law
Quilène Boileux
Airport Shop Assistant
Dandan Yang
Mrs. Lao
Guy-Pierre Bennet
Journalist (voice)
Dai Sijie
Novel
Dai Sijie
Screenplay
Dai Sijie
Director
Nadine Perront
Production Design
Pujian Wang
Original Music Composer
Julia Grégory
Editor
Bernard Lorain
Executive Producer
Luc Barnier
Editor
Tong Huamiao
Costume Design
Pujian Wang
Executive Producer
Nadine Perront
Screenplay
Lise Fayolle
Producer
Cao Juiping
Production Design