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.
Cast
Zhou Xun
Little Seamstress
Chen Kun
Luo Min
Liu Ye
Ma Jianling
Wang Shuangbao
Head of the Village
Cong Zhijun
Old Tailor
Wang Hongwei
Four Eyes
Xiao Xiong
Mother of Four Eyes
Zuohui Tang
Old Mill Worker
Chen Tianyu
Director of the Commune
Qing-yun Fan
Doctor
Jie Min
Peasant
Zhang Chenghe
Peasant
Xu Yukun
Peasant
Lia Mei
Female Villager
Jing Fang
Female Villager
Li Peng
Female Villager
Heng Fei Zhao
Female Villager
Yao Liu
Female Villager
Yulin Chen
Female Villager
Chun Hua Xu
Female Villager
Fang Zong Zhao
Female Villager
Wa Su
Head of the Village's Daughter-in-Law
Quilène Boileux
Airport Shop Assistant
Dandan Yang
Mrs. Lao
Guy-Pierre Bennet
Journalist (voice)
Wei Chen
Wife of the Head of the Village
Crew
Dai Sijie
Director, Screenplay, Novel
Nadine Perront
Screenplay, Production Design
Luc Barnier
Editor
Julia Grégory
Editor
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Director of Photography
Bernard Lorain
Executive Producer
Pujian Wang
Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
Wang Zhebin
Executive Producer
Lise Fayolle
Producer
Cao Juiping
Production Design
Tong Huamiao
Costume Design
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