Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

2002 · 116 min · Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Dai Sijie. Starring Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Liu Ye, Wang Shuangbao and Cong Zhijun.

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