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Movie, 2002

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

IMDb 6.8, 116 min, Drama, Romance, China

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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DirectorDai Sijie
WritersDai Sijie, Nadine Perront
GenreDrama, Romance
Runtime116 min
ReleasedThu, May 16, 2002
CountryChina
IMDBtt0291032

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