Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2002 (China)
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress 2002 (China), also known as Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse Chinoise, Ba Er Zha Ke Yu Xiao Cai Feng, 巴尔扎克和小裁缝 , is China drama premiere on May 16, 2002
Based on the 2000 semi-autobiographical novel of the same title by Dai, the film revolves around two young Chinese boys of bourgeois background who were sent to a remote village in Sichuan province for three years of re-education during the Cultural Revolution. They both fell in love with a beautiful local girl, granddaughter of an old tailor and known to everyone as the Little Seamstress. During those years of intellectual oppression, the three found solace and liberation in a collection of banned translated novels by Western authors, among whom their favourite was Balzac. The film explores the themes of youth, love, and freedom in those dark times in China.