Movie Description:
Two city-bred teenage bestfriends,Luo and Ma are sent to a backwards mountainous region for a Maoist re-education. The two see and fall inlove with the local beauty, thedaughterof the most renowned tailor in the region. They never know her name - referring to her only as "the LittleSeamstress" - but she captivates them with her innocence and sensuality. When they discover a hidden suitcase filled with banned books bywestern writers, they read these works to the little seamstress for hours on end in a secretmeeting place. Thirstingfor knowledge of the world beyond, shecomes to love, in particular, Balzac andhis friends. On her mystical journey, the Little Seamstress finds the courage to leave her village for broaderhorizons.
