Xiao Cai Feng Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Sijie Dai [videorecording]=

By:

Sijie Dai

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Chinese Summary language: English Original language: Chinese Subtitle language: English Publication details: China France 2002 Les Productions Internationales Le FilmDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Uniform titles:

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

LOC classification:

PN1997 .X536 2002

Summary: From case cover: Based on the international bestseller, Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress is set in the early 1970's during the later stages of China's cultural revolution. Two city-bred teenage best friends, Luo (Kun Chen) and Ma (Ye Liu) are sent to a backwards mountainous region for a Maoist re-education. The two see and fall in love with the local beauty (Xun Zhou), the daughter of the most renowned tailor in the region. They never know her name - referring to her only as "the Little Seamstress" - but she captivates them with her innocence and sensuality. When they discover a hidden suitcase filled with banned books by western writer, they read these works to the little seamstress for hours on end in a secret meeting place. Thirsting for knowledge of the world beyond, she comes to love, in particular, Balzac and his friends. On her mystical journey, the Little Seamstress finds the courage to leave he village for broader horizons. From IMDb: Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-E: DVD Cabinet E	PN1997 .X536 2002	Available		001049

Based on the 2000 semi-autobiographical novel "Balzac et la petite tailleuse chinoise" by Dai Sijie.

From case cover:
Based on the international bestseller, Balzac and The Little Chinese Seamstress is set in the early 1970's during the later stages of China's cultural revolution. Two city-bred teenage best friends, Luo (Kun Chen) and Ma (Ye Liu) are sent to a backwards mountainous region for a Maoist re-education. The two see and fall in love with the local beauty (Xun Zhou), the daughter of the most renowned tailor in the region. They never know her name - referring to her only as "the Little Seamstress" - but she captivates them with her innocence and sensuality.
When they discover a hidden suitcase filled with banned books by western writer, they read these works to the little seamstress for hours on end in a secret meeting place. Thirsting for knowledge of the world beyond, she comes to love, in particular, Balzac and his friends. On her mystical journey, the Little Seamstress finds the courage to leave he village for broader horizons.

From IMDb:
Two youths sent for a Maoist "re-education" in the mountains fall in love with the village tailor's granddaughter.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; NTSC; Region 1-8; 16:9 widescreen.

Chinese dialogue. English subtitles.

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