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With: Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Liu Ye, Wang Shuanbao, Cong Zhijun
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Written by: Dai Sijie, Nadine Perront, based on the book by Dai Sijie
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Directed by: Dai Sijie
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
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Language: Mandarin with English subtitles
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Running Time: 110
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Date: 03/19/2013
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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005)
Bookish
By Jeffrey M. Anderson  Based on his own book, Dai Sijie's lovely Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress hops through three years in the lives of two educated Chinese boys, who, during the Chinese Cultural Revolution are sent to the mountains for "re-education." Rather than submitting, they dive into a hoard of secret, forbidden books and change their own lives, as well as that of the girl of the title. Like a sweet, swift Jules and Jim, it focuses less on a crafted plot than on incidents, but it still manages to capture a specific emotional flow.
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