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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002·1h 50m
DramaBiographyRomance
IMDb Rating
★ 7.2/10
4,715 votes
Metascore
65
Metacritic

Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress is a 2002 drama biography movie directed by Sijie Dai, starring Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu. It holds an IMDb rating of 7.2/10 from 4,715 votes and runs 1h 50m.

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Director
Sijie Dai
Stars
Xun Zhou
Kun Chen
Ye Liu
Shuangbao Wang
Details
2002-10-09
110 min
Movie
★ France, China
★ Mandarin, French
Keywords
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