Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Name: Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Director: Dai Sijie
Released: 2002
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Xun Zhou, Kun Chen, Ye Liu, Shuangbao Wang, Zhijun Cong

2002 · 116 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 4,633 VOTES · DIR. Dai Sijie

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress poster

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,337 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:24 We're the Red Guards of Chairman Mao

00:06:05 lt's called a violin

00:11:59 there's a small path between two cliffs

00:16:42 l don't care to know her real name

00:21:50 like revolutionary peasants

00:25:49 Who wants flowers? Buy my flowers

00:30:10 Damn buffalo!

00:34:02 it makes you brave as a red soldier

00:37:44 You're right

00:41:19 Alright!

00:47:47 Let her do it

00:53:25 Let's see how he analyzes it all

00:56:07 Grandfather is that what you came to tell me?

00:59:21 That year

01:02:35 Those re-educated boys need her

01:06:32 What are you doing here?

01:09:15 Mountain people have their little pleasures, too

01:14:41 Careful! Come back soon

01:18:01 Let the bastard have it!

01:22:30 and your soul

01:26:56 Not really

01:30:07 A gigantic worksite

01:35:48 written down by others

01:40:51 Who was it?

Cast & Characters

Xun Zhou Little Chinese Seamstress Kun Chen Luo Ye Liu Ma Shuangbao Wang Head of the Village Zhijun Cong Old Tailor Hongwei 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 Commune

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,337

Dialogue density11.5 lines / min

First line00:01:24

Final line01:40:51

Production Record

DirectorDai Sijie

LanguageChinese

IMDb votes4,633