Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress(2002)
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.
Movie: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Top 10 Billed Cast
Little Seamstress
Luo Min
Ma Jianling
Head of the Village
Old Tailor
Four Eyes
Mother of Four Eyes
Old Mill Worker
Director of the Commune
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