Movie
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Released: May 16, 2002 (2002)
Runtime: 116 minutes
Genres: Drama
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Zuohui Tang as Old Mill Worker
Age at release: 75
- Xiao Xiong as Mother of Four Eyes
Age at release: 43
- Wang Shuangbao as Head of the Village
Age at release: 37
- Wang Hongwei as Four Eyes
Age at release: 32
- Zhou Xun as Little Seamstress
Age at release: 27
- Chen Kun as Luo Min
Age at release: 26
- Liu Ye as Ma Jianling
Age at release: 24
- Cong Zhijun as Old Tailor
Age at release: Unknown
- Chen Tianyu as Director of the Commune
Age at release: Unknown
- Qing-yun Fan as Doctor
Age at release: Unknown
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- Wei Chen as Wife of the Head of the Village
Age at release: 37
- Xu Yukun as Peasant
Age at release: 33
- Zhang Chenghe as Peasant
Age at release: 28
- Jie Min as Peasant
Age at release: Unknown
- Lia Mei as Female Villager
Age at release: Unknown
- Jing Fang as Female Villager
Age at release: Unknown
- Li Peng as Female Villager
Age at release: Unknown
- Heng Fei Zhao as Female Villager
Age at release: Unknown
- Yao Liu as Female Villager
Age at release: Unknown
- Yulin Chen as Female Villager
Age at release: Unknown
- Chun Hua Xu as Female Villager
Age at release: Unknown
- Fang Zong Zhao as Female Villager
Age at release: Unknown
- Wa Su as Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law
Age at release: Unknown
- Quilène Boileux as Airport Shop Assistant
Age at release: Unknown
- Dandan Yang as Mrs. Lao
Age at release: Unknown
- Guy-Pierre Bennet as Journalist (voice)
Age at release: Unknown