Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress

Director:   Sijie Dai
Year:   2002
Country:   China
Genre:   Comedy/Drama/Romance
Time:   110 minutes

This film is based on writer-director Sijie Dai's autobiographical novel of the same title. It is about two teenage boys from the city who are relocated to a small, remote village to be "reeducated" during the Cultural Revolution. Both fall in love with the daughter of the local tailor and try to woo her by introducing her to forbidden Western literature.

The film was nominated for a Golden Globe award for best foreign language film in 2003.

Not rated in the US but most of its foreign ratings seem to be the equivalent of PG-13.

Links

www.imdb.com/title/tt0291032/

www.rottentomatoes.com/m/balzac_and_the_little_chinese_seamstress/

www.empirepicturesusa.com/ep/show_movie.asp?title=10029&subselect=1