Balzac and the Little Tailor

In China in the 1970s, educated youth Luo Ming (played by Chen Kun) and Ma Jianling (played by Liu Ye) He went to a small mountain village in western Hunan to receive re-education from poor lower-middle peasants. However, the poor life in the countryside gradually made them tired of it. They met a little tailor (played by Zhou Xun) in the village. The lively and cheerful little tailor brought light to their stagnant life. And they also discovered a box of so-called "forbidden books". From then on, the only joy in their lives was to peek at a book in the box-Balzac's novel. The ban on books suddenly opened up the fantasy world of the boy and the little tailor. Slowly, they both fell in love with the little tailor at the same time. Their love became more and more intense...