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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Where:

Sichuan Province

When:

The 1970s

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.

Released in 2002 — 116 minutes

Genre:

Drama

Language:

Mandarin