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Foreign Film Sunday - Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: China (Adults)

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This month's film is "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" (China). Released in 2002. 1hr 46min. NR.

Appreciate the art of cinema? Join us to watch, then discuss a foreign film led by members of Geneva's International Cultural Exchange Committee (ICEC). This month's selection is Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (China). Based on the best-selling novel by Dai Sijie set during China's cultural revolution, this acclaimed film is about two young men - university students - who are sent to a remote mountain village for a Maoist re-education, to purge them of their decadent Western education. Amid the back-breaking work and stifling ignorance of the community, the local beauties are the only respite from their miserable life, but none compare to the granddaughter of the region’s tailor. With a secret cache of forbidden books, they set about to woo her. Released in 2002. NR. Running time 1hr 46min.

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