Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Aka: Xiao cai feng / The Little Chinese Seamstress
Director: Sijie Dai
Release date: 2002
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Historical, Romance

Starring:
Xun Zhou - Little Chinese Seamstress
Kun Chen - Luo
Ye Liu - Ma
Shuangbao Wang - Head of the Village
Zhijun Cong - Old Tailor
Hong Wei Wang - Four Eyes
Xiong Xiao - Mother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang - Old Mill Worker
Wei Chen - Wife of the Head of the Village
Tianlu Chen - Director of the Village
Qing-yun Fan - Doctor

Synopsis:
Luo and Ma are sent off to a mountain camp that promises to turn the potentially dangerous intellectuals into proper Communists. Their once-fanciful lives are now filled with long, hard days of carrying buckets of excrement up mountains, making even Sisyphus pity them. The cute and eponymous Chinese Seamstress sparks the interest of both Luo and Ma, who decide to share their secret stash of illegal books with her. Passion and escapism fantasies are born, mostly revolving around Honoré de Balzac's Old Goriot. (asianmediawiki)

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Curiosities:
* Golden Globes, 2003: Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
* Istanbul International Film Festival, 2003: Golden Tulip (nominated)
* Golden Horse Film Festival, 2003:Best Screenplay Adaptation (nominated)
* Hong Kong Film Awards, 2004: Best Asian Film (nominated)

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