The Little Chinese Seamstress / Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2002)

Directed by

Sijie Dai

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two young intellectuals are sent to a remote mountain camp for reeducation during China's Cultural Revolution. They befriend a local seamstress and share forbidden Western novels with her, which stirs up dreams of escape and romance.

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