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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Dai Sijie |
| Actors: |
Chen Kun |
| Genre: |
Foreign Films |
| Subgenre: |
Chinese · Storytelling · Chinese/Mandarin · Theatrical Release |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
DVD: French |
| UPC: |
773933174420 |
| Release Date: |
2005 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 51min |
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Languages
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| Release Language: |
English (Subtitled) |
| Original Language: |
French |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 51min
Release Company: Empire Pictures (April 17, 2007)
UPC: 843171005784 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Nadine Perront |
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Professional Reviews
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(08/26/2005, p.43-44, Lisa Schwarzbaum): "[A] dreamy memory of hardship -- part familiar Chinese parable, part familiar French romance?.The three principals in the film are radiantly beautiful..." |
| More Information |
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First love and growing intellectual awareness memorably intertwine in BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS, a coming-of-age story set in a remote mountain village during China's Cultural Revolution of the 1970s. Luo (Kun Chen) and Ma (Ye Liu), close friends and sons of well-off parents deemed "enemies of the people," are sent from their urban homes to be reeducated in a small village. Their tough new existence is enlivened only by Ma's virtuoso violin playing and their burgeoning friendship with the beautiful daughter of the local tailor. She is known as the Little Chinese Seamstress (Xun Zhou), and as Luo sets his sight on romance, he declares he doesn't want to know her real name. Luo embarks on a reeducation of the Little Seamstress, vowing to cure her of her provincial ways. Their "school" consists of a stolen suitcase full of banned Western novels, many by French writers, which opens their eyes and hearts to the wonders of the outside world. <br> <br> Writer/director Dai Sijie's triumph with hi... |
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