Xiao cai feng

Sijie Dai

Sijie Dai
Nadine Perront

[Cast Group]
Actor: Xun Zhou | Character: Little Chinese Seamstress
Actor: Ye Liu | Character: Ma
Actor: Kun Chen | Character: Luo
Actor: Shuangbao Wang | Character: Head of the Village
Actor: Zhijun Cong | Character: Old Tailor
Actor: Hongwei Wang | Character: Four Eyes
Actor: Xiong Xiao | Character: Mother of Four Eyes
Actor: Zuohui Tang | Character: Old Mill Worker
Actor: Wei Chen | Character: Wife of the Head of the Village
Actor: Tianlu Chen | Character: Director of the Commune
Actor: Qingyun Fan | Character: Doctor
Actor: Jie Min | Character: Peasant
Actor: He Zhang | Character: Peasant
Actor: Yukun Xu | Character: Peasant
Actor: Lina Mei | Character: Female Villager
Actor: Jing Fang | Character: Female Villager
Actor: Li Peng | Character: Female Villager
Actor: Heng Fei Zhao | Character: Female Villager
Actor: Yao Liu | Character: Female Villager
Actor: Yulin Chen | Character: Female Villager
Actor: Chun Hua Xu | Character: Female Villager
Actor: Fang Zong Zhao | Character: Female Villager
Actor: Wa Su | Character: Daughter in Law of the Head of the Village
Actor: Quilène Boileux | Character: Airport Shop Assistant
Actor: Dandan Yang | Character: Mrs. Lao
Actor: Guy-Pierre Bennet | Character: Journalist

[Directors Group]
Name: Sijie Dai | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Sijie Dai | Role: Writer
Name: Nadine Perront | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Lise Fayolle | Role: Producer
Name: Bernard Lorain | Role: Producer
Name: Pujian Wang | Role: Producer
Name: Zhebin Wang | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Pujian Wang | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Jean-Marie Dreujou | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: Luc Barnier | Role: Editor
Name: Julia Grégory | Role: Editor

[Production Design Group]
Name: Jiuping Cao | Role: Production Designer

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Huamiao Tong | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Guihua Cheng | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Zi An | Role: Production Manager
Name: Fanny Bourdillon | Role: Production Manager
Name: Lewu Chen | Role: Production Manager
Name: Boutboul Déborah | Role: Production Manager
Name: Xiong Jiang | Role: Production Manager
Name: Shenlin Li | Role: Production Manager
Name: Benoît Ouvrier-Bonnaz | Role: Production Manager
Name: Zhongyuan Qian | Role: Production Manager
Name: Yulong Shen | Role: Production Manager
Name: Roland Thénot | Role: Production Manager
Name: Jing-Hua Wang | Role: Production Manager
Name: Qiang Wang | Role: Production Manager
Name: Dong Lai Wei | Role: Production Manager
Name: Hong Wu | Role: Production Manager
Name: Chenhao Yu | Role: Production Manager
Name: Jun Zhao | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Hsien Jen Chang | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Guang Li | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Charles Liu Morel | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Chunlin Zhao | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Baihan Hui | Role: Art Department
Name: Jian-An Lu | Role: Art Department
Name: Hailiang Luo | Role: Art Department
Name: Ying Ma | Role: Art Department
Name: Jian Qun Zhang | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Jean-Philippe Callet | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jean De Sagey | Role: Sound Department
Name: Franck Desmoulins | Role: Sound Department
Name: Rodolphe Duhamel | Role: Sound Department
Name: Li Pei Gen | Role: Sound Department
Name: Benjamin Leloch | Role: Sound Department
Name: François Lepeuple | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sylvain Malbrant | Role: Sound Department
Name: Olivier Marlangeon | Role: Sound Department
Name: Michel Monier | Role: Sound Department
Name: Nicolas Naegelen | Role: Sound Department
Name: Daniel Sobrino | Role: Sound Department
Name: Zhe Wang | Role: Sound Department
Name: Li Wen | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lala Wu | Role: Sound Department
Name: Xin Zhan | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Stephane Bidault | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Pierre Blain | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Marc-André Brunet | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Christophe Chanvin | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Alain Fauchon | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Matthias Weber | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Hui Xie | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Te Ba | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Paul-Claude Bessière | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Renaud Chassaing | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Zhu Xiang Chen | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Cong Dong | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Luo Dong | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Patrick Gasché | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Guangshun Liu | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Zhixin Lu | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Pei Luo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Michele Mattei | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yang Ning | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Yi Niu | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Hong Peng | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jean-Claude Reux | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Guo Dong Wei | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dahai Zhang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Fengzhu Zhang | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Danyang Zhao | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Zhigang Chen | Role: Costume Department
Name: Huani Tong | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Fleur Augustin | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Nicolas Duchemin | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Zoé Forget | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Alice Godeau | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Ya Dai | Role: Music Department
Name: Can Gao | Role: Music Department
Name: Xiaopei Li | Role: Music Department
Name: Pujian Wang | Role: Music Department
Name: Jie Min Yan | Role: Music Department
Name: Gaoxiang Zhang | Role: Music Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Xia Zhao | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Savyna Indranee Darby | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Fabrice Dequeant | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Eve Gabereau | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tony Krantz | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Latifa Laarcy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Li Liang | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Luc Oeuvray | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Laurent Renard | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rafael Schneider | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dominique Segall | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Zhang Tian | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Zhuangcun Wu | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Guixin Zhai | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: Georges Beaume | Role: Thanks
Name: Guy-Pierre Bennet | Role: Thanks
Name: Prune Bergé | Role: Thanks
Name: Dominique Besnehard | Role: Thanks
Name: Florence Bitoun | Role: Thanks
Name: Jacques Bitoun | Role: Thanks
Name: Jean-François Boyer | Role: Thanks
Name: Valérie Boyer | Role: Thanks
Name: Zouhua Chen | Role: Thanks
Name: Brahim Chioua | Role: Thanks
Name: Jean-Marie Duchemin | Role: Thanks
Name: Sylvie El Sayegh | Role: Thanks
Name: Joy Fleury | Role: Thanks
Name: Danièle Heymann | Role: Thanks
Name: Guy Joussemet | Role: Thanks
Name: Monique Kouznekzoff | Role: Thanks
Name: Tony Krantz | Role: Thanks
Name: Anne Kuperberg | Role: Thanks
Name: Pierre Kuperberg | Role: Thanks
Name: Didier Kustinger | Role: Thanks
Name: Archie Larochie | Role: Thanks
Name: Xinmin Long | Role: Thanks
Name: Yong Luo | Role: Thanks
Name: Zitian Luo | Role: Thanks
Name: Denis Offroy | Role: Thanks
Name: Isabelle Peyrefitte | Role: Thanks
Name: Bernard Pivot | Role: Thanks
Name: Marie-Françoise Rousset-Rouard | Role: Thanks
Name: Yves Rousset-Rouard | Role: Thanks
Name: Jean-Marie Sénia | Role: Thanks
Name: Anna Maria Tatò | Role: Thanks
Name: Perrine Tézé | Role: Thanks
Name: Shi Zhao | Role: Thanks

IMDb Video Gallery: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0291032/videogallery/

France: May 16, 2002 (Cannes Film Festival, premiere)
Canada: August 2002 (Montréal Festival des Films du Monde)
Canada: September 22, 2002 (Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival)
Spain: September 22, 2002 (San Sebastián Film Festival)
United States: October 4, 2002 (Chicago International Film Festival)
Switzerland: October 9, 2002 (French speaking region)
Switzerland: October 9, 2002 (German speaking region)
France: October 9, 2002
Israel: October 10, 2002
Canada: October 25, 2002
United States: November 14, 2002 (AFI Fest)
Spain: November 22, 2002
United States: 2003 (San Diego Asian Film Festival)
Belgium: January 15, 2003
United States: January 15, 2003 (Palm Springs International Film Festival)
Hong Kong: January 23, 2003
Japan: January 25, 2003 (Tokyo)
Sweden: January 28, 2003 (Göteborg Film Festival)
France: February 14, 2003 (Les Lumières)
Japan: February 22, 2003 (limited)
Japan: March 1, 2003 (Nagoya)
Japan: March 29, 2003 (Sapporo)
Turkey: April 21, 2003 (Istanbul Film Festival)
United Kingdom: May 9, 2003
Japan: May 24, 2003 (limited)
Australia: May 29, 2003
Greece: May 30, 2003
Poland: June 6, 2003
Russia: June 22, 2003 (Moscow Film Festival)
New Zealand: July 11, 2003 (Auckland International Film Festival)
Denmark: August 16, 2003 (Copenhagen International Film Festival)
Russia: August 21, 2003
Argentina: September 4, 2003
Mexico: November 15, 2003 (Muestra Internacional de Cine)
Mexico: December 10, 2003 (Mexico City)
Philippines: December 10, 2003 (limited)
Germany: December 25, 2003
Netherlands: March 27, 2004 (CinemAsia Film Festival)
United Kingdom: April 26, 2004 (DVD premiere)
Austria: June 4, 2004
Philippines: June 4, 2004 (French Film Festival)
Italy: July 9, 2004
Brazil: July 19, 2004
Norway: September 30, 2004
United States: October 28, 2004 (Milwaukee International Film Festival)
Denmark: November 19, 2004
United States: July 2005 (Boston French Film Festival)
United States: July 29, 2005 (New York City, New York)
United States: August 26, 2005 (Los Angeles, California)
United States: November 29, 2005 (DVD premiere)
Finland: March 7, 2007 (TV premiere)

Nominee | 2003 | Golden Globes, USA | Golden Globe | Best Foreign Language Film | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | France
Nominee | 2003 | Golden Horse Film Festival | Golden Horse Award | Best Adapted Screenplay | Sijie Dai, Nadine Perront, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Nominee | 2004 | Hong Kong Film Awards | Hong Kong Film Award | Best Asian Film | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress | China.
Nominee | 2003 | Istanbul Film Festival | Golden Tulip | Sijie Dai, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Nominee | 2002 | Marrakech International Film Festival | Golden Star | Sijie Dai, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Nominee | 2002 | Ghent International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Sijie Dai, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Winner | 2005 | National Board of Review, USA | NBR Award | Top Foreign Films | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Nominee | 2002 | Chicago International Film Festival | Gold Hugo | Best Feature | Sijie Dai, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Nominee | 2005 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | DFWFCA Award | Best Foreign Language Film | Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Nominee | 2002 | Cannes Film Festival | Un Certain Regard Award | Sijie Dai, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Argentina: USD 34406
Austria: USD 125436
Australia: USD 156839
Germany: USD 1196572
Spain: USD 204954
France: USD 662714
Norway: USD 17901
New Zealand: USD 54587
Taiwan: USD 12946
Domestic: USD 666327
Period: Jan 1 – Dec 31, 2003 | Rank: 138 | Weeks in release: 1 | Theaters: 9 | Gross to date: USD 34406 | Interval gross: USD 34406 | Per theater average: USD 3822