Summary:
In 1971 China, in the lingering grip of the cultural revolution, two university students, Luo and Ma, are sent to a mountain mining village as part of their reeducation duty to purge them of their classical western oriented education. Amid the backbreaking work and stifling ignorance of the community, the two boys find that music, and the presence of the beautiful local young women are the only pleasant things in their miserable life. However, none compare to the young seamstress granddaughter of the local tailor. Stealing a departing student's secret cache of forbidden books of classic western literature such as the works of Honore de Balzac, they set about to woo her and teach her things she had never imagined. In doing so, they start a journey that would profoundly change her perspective on her world and teach the boys about the power of literature and their own ability to change their world in truly revolutionary ways.
| Runtime: | 110 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Canal+ |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama, Comedy, Romance |
| Countries: | China, France |
| Languages: | French, Mandarin |
| Home Release Date: | Dec 27, 2005 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Sijie Dai | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Nadine Perront | Writer |
| Sijie Dai | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Kun Chen | Luo |
| Xun Zhou | Little Chinese Seamstress |
| Ye Liu | Ma |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Guy-Pierre Bennet | Journalist |
| He Zhang | Peasant |
| Hongwei Wang | Four Eyes |
| Jie Min | Peasant |
| Jing Fang | Female Villager |
| Lina Mei | Female Villager |
| Qing-yun Fan | Doctor |
| Quilène Boileux | Airport Shop Assistant |
| Shuangbao Wang | Head Of The Village |
| Tianlu Chen | Director Of The Commune |
| Wei Chen | Wife Of The Head Of The Village |
| Xiong Xiao | Mother Of Four Eyes |
| Yukun Xu | Peasant |
| Yulin Chen | Female Villager |
| Zhijun Cong | Old Tailor |
| Zuohui Tang | Old Mill Worker |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Bernard Lorain | Executive Producer |
| Lise Fayolle | Producer |
| Pujian Wang | Executive Producer |
| Wang Zhebin | Executive Producer |
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