DVD 1 hr 50 mins IMDB
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress
Empire Pictures (2002)
In Collection
#604

Seen It:
Yes
Romance, Biography, Foreign
France  /  English

Ye Liu Ma
Shuangbao Wang Head of the Village
Xun Zhou Little Chinese Seamstress
Zhijun Cong Old Tailor
Hong Wei Wang Four Eyes
Kun Chen Luo
Xiong Xiao Mother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang Old Mill Worker
Wei Chen Wife of the Head of the Village
Tianlu Chen Director of the Village

Director Sijie Dai; Dai Sijie
Producer Lise Fayolle; Bernard Lorain
Writer Sijie Dai; Dai Sijie

Two city teenage boys, Luo Min (Chen Kun) and Ma Jianling (Liu Ye) reach a remote village in Sichuan province for re-education. One day, a young girl from the near village and popularly called as the Little Seamstress (Zhou Xun) arrives there with her grandfather. Soon, Luo, Ma and the girl become friends. As the girl has a thirst for knowledge, Luo and Ma read to her famous books and classics. Now,her favorite is Belzac. Ma and the girl fall in love and she gets impregnated by Ma and she opts for an abortion. On return, the girl is a changed person, with the knowledge gained from Ma and Luo. She decides to leave the village and look for a new life.

Edition Details
Region Region 1
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1