Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

May 16th, 20021h 56min

Drama
68%

Overview

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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