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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002 · 110 min · China · Mandarin

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002) is a solid-tier movie on goodrecmovies, rated 7.2/10 on IMDb from 4,740 votes. Updated 2026-10-28

55.3GRM score

★ 7.2IMDb · 5k

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.

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Little Chinese Seamstress

Head of the Village

Mother of Four Eyes

Old Mill Worker

Wife of the Head of the Village

Director of the Commune

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ZZhou XunLittle Chinese Seamstress CChen KunLuo LLiu YeMa WWang ShuangbaoHead of the Village CCong ZhijunOld Tailor WWang HongweiFour Eyes XXiao XiongMother of Four Eyes ZZuohui TangOld Mill Worker WWei ChenWife of the Head of the Village TTianlu ChenDirector of the Commune

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