Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (巴尔扎克与小裁缝) 22 years old

A tailor-made love story.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

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.

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Cast

Name Character
Zhou Xun She was 27, now 50 years old as Little Seamstress
Liu Ye He was 24, now 46 years old as Ma Jianling
Chen Kun He was 26, now 48 years old as Luo Min
Wang Shuangbao

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Crew

Name Department
Sijie Dai as Director. Directing
Sijie Dai as Screenplay. Writing
Sijie Dai as Novel. Writing
Nadine Perront as Production Design. Art
Jean-Marie Dreujou as Director of Photography. He was 43 (now 65) years old Camera
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress poster
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (22 years)

A tailor-made love story.

  • Release day: Thursday, May 16, 2002
  • Runtime: 116 minutes