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At the height of Mao's infamous cultural revolution in China, two boys are exiled to the countryside for re-education. The boys find their salvation in two discoveries: a hidden cache of Chinese translations of western classics and the beautiful daughter of the local tailor.

Primary Title
  • Balzac Et La Petite Tailleuse Chinoise = Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress = Xiao cai feng (巴尔扎克与小裁缝)
Date Broadcast
  • Saturday 19 August 2017
Release Year
  • 2002
Start Time
  • 20 : 40
Finish Time
  • 22 : 40
Duration
  • 120:00
Channel
  • Maori Television
Broadcaster
  • Maori Television Service
Programme Description
  • At the height of Mao's infamous cultural revolution in China, two boys are exiled to the countryside for re-education. The boys find their salvation in two discoveries: a hidden cache of Chinese translations of western classics and the beautiful daughter of the local tailor.
Classification
  • AO
Owning Collection
  • TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
  • Television
Languages
  • Chinese
Captioning Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
  • Man-woman relationships--Drama
  • China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Drama
  • Feature films--France
  • Feature films--China
Genres
  • Biography
  • Drama
  • Romance
Contributors
  • Sijie Dai (Director)
  • Sijie Dai (Writer)
  • Xun Zhou (Actor)
  • Kun Chen (Actor)
  • Ye Liu (Actor)
  • StudioCanal (Production Unit)
  • 99159581114002091 (MMS ID)
Subjects
  • Man-woman relationships--Drama
  • China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976--Drama
  • Feature films--France
  • Feature films--China