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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.
Keywords
china
love of one's life
balzac
1970s
violin
mountain village
cultural revolution
dressmaker
based on memoir or autobiography
sichuan
Casts
Zhou Xun
Little Seamstress
Chen Kun
Luo Min
Liu Ye
Ma Jianling
Wang Shuangbao
Head of the Village
Cong Zhijun
Old Tailor
Wang Hongwei
Four Eyes
Xiao Xiong
Mother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang
Old Mill Worker
Chen Tianyu
Director of the Commune
Qing-yun Fan
Doctor
Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant
Xu Yukun
Peasant
Lia Mei
Female Villager
Jing Fang
Female Villager
Li Peng
Female Villager
Heng Fei Zhao
Female Villager
Yao Liu
Female Villager
Yulin Chen
Female Villager
Chun Hua Xu
Female Villager
Fang Zong Zhao
Female Villager
Wa Su
Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law
Quilène Boileux
Airport Shop Assistant
Dandan Yang
Mrs. Lao
Guy-Pierre Bennet
Journalist (voice)
Wei Chen
Wife of the Head of the Village
Crews
Dai Sijie
Director
Dai Sijie
Screenplay
Dai Sijie
Novel
Nadine Perront
Production Design
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography
Nadine Perront
Screenplay
Lise Fayolle
Producer
Bernard Lorain
Executive Producer
Pujian Wang
Executive Producer
Wang Zhebin
Executive Producer
Pujian Wang
Original Music Composer
Luc Barnier
Editor
Julia Grégory
Editor
Cao Juiping
Production Design
Tong Huamiao
Costume Design
Backdrops & Posters
