Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress DVD (2004) Chen Kun, Sijie (DIR) cert
Title:
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Leading Actor:
Chen Kun
Region:
Region 2
Duration:
110 mins
Format:
DVD / Normal
Type:
DVD
No. of Discs:
1 disc(s)
Studio / Publisher:
Elevation Sales
UK Release Date:
26 Jan 2004

Dai Sijie writes and directs this romantic drama adapted from his own semi-autobiographical novel. Luo (Chen Kun) and Ma (Ye Liu), two urban, middle-class, young men are sent to a remote (and seemingly culturally barren) mountain village for re-education in Maoist principles. However, they discover a hidden stash of books by writers such as Flaubert, Dumas and Balzac, and the young men begin to pass on their love of art and literature to the local seamstress (Zhou Xun), who is hungry for knowledge and with whom they both fall in love. Please note this DVD is region 2 and will only work in the following regions Japan, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East (including Egypt) and Greenland, Unless you have a multi-regional DVD Player.