re-education during the Cultural Revolution Chen Kun as Luo Min, boy in the same situation as Ma, close friend of Ma and lover of the Little Seamstress Wang Shuangbao as Chief, leader of the village Wang Hongwei as Four-Eyes, a boy in similar situation as Ma and Luo who appears to embrace Mao's teachings wholeheartedly Awards and nominations Golden Globes, 2003 Best Foreign Language Film (nominated) Istanbul International Film Festival, 2003 Golden Tulip (nominated) Golden Horse Film Festival, 2003 Best Screenplay Adaptation (nominated) Hong Kong Film Awards, 2004 Best Asian Film (nominated) DVD release Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress was released on DVD on 29 November 2005 in the United States and distributed by Empire Pictures. See also Chinese Cultural Revolution References Additional sources Further reading Bloom, Michelle E. Contemporary Franco-Chinese Cinema: Translation, Citation and Imitation in Dai Sijie's Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and Tsai Ming-Liang's What Time Is It There? Quarterly Review of Film and Video, 2005 Oct-Dec; 22 (4): 311–25. Chevaillier, Flore. "Commercialization and Cultural Misreading in Dai Sijie's Balzac et la Petite Tailleuse chinoise.Forum for Modern Language Studies; Jan2011, Vol. 47 Issue 1, pp. 60–74. External links 2002 films 2002 romantic drama films Chinese romantic drama films French romantic drama films 2000s Mandarin-language films Films based on Chinese novels Films set in Sichuan Films set in the 1970s Films about the Cultural Revolution Films directed by Dai Sijie Films based on autobiographical novels 2000s French films 2000s Chinese films