Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
IN 1971 CHINA, TWO UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ARE SENT TO A MOUNTAIN MINING VILLAGE AS PART OF THEIR REEDUCATION TO PURGE THEM OF THEIR WESTERN ORIENTED EDUCATION. AMID THE BACKBREAKING WORK & STIFLING IGNORANCE, THEY FIND MUSIC & THE BEAUTIFUL LOCAL WOMEN ARE THE ONLY PLEASANT THINGS IN THE MISERABLE LIVES.