Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

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.

Cast

Little Seamstress
Zhou Xun
Luo Min
Chen Kun
Peasant
J Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant
Xu Yukun
Female Villager
L Lia Mei
Female Villager
J Jing Fang
Female Villager
L Li Peng
Female Villager
H Heng Fei Zhao
Female Villager
Y Yao Liu
Female Villager
Y Yulin Chen
Female Villager
C Chun Hua Xu
Ma Jianling
Liu Ye
Female Villager
F Fang Zong Zhao
Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law
W Wa Su
Airport Shop Assistant
Q Quilène Boileux
Mrs. Lao
D Dandan Yang
Journalist (voice)
G Guy-Pierre Bennet
Wife of the Head of the Village
Wei Chen
Head of the Village
Wang Shuangbao
Old Tailor
C Cong Zhijun
Four Eyes
Wang Hongwei
Mother of Four Eyes
Xiao Xiong
Old Mill Worker
Zuohui Tang
Director of the Commune
T Tianyu Chen
Doctor
Q Qing-yun Fan

Crew

Director
D Dai Sijie
Screenplay
D Dai Sijie
Novel
D Dai Sijie
Production Design
N Nadine Perront
Director of Photography
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Screenplay
N Nadine Perront
Producer
L Lise Fayolle
Executive Producer
B Bernard Lorain
Executive Producer
P Pujian Wang
Executive Producer
Wang Zhebin
Original Music Composer
P Pujian Wang
Editor
L Luc Barnier
Editor
J Julia Grégory
Production Design
C Cao Juiping
Costume Design
T Tong Huamiao