Dai Sijie

Chinese–French author, screenwriter and film director

March 2, 1954 (70 years old)

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The Chinese Botanist's Daughters

V.O.: Zhiwuyuan

Fr. 2005. Sentimental drama by Dai Sijie with Mylène Jampanoi, Li Xiaoran, Dongfu Lin. In China in the 1980s, an orphaned student has a forbidden love affair with the daughter of the botanist she is interning with.

Runtime: 98 min.

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Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

V.O.: Xiao cai feng

Fr. 2001. Dramatic comedy by Dai Sijie with Zhou Xun, Chen Kun, Liu Ye. In China, during the Cultural Revolution, two teenagers undergoing re-education in a mountain village take on the task of teaching a young illiterate seamstress.

Runtime: 111 min.

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Tang le onzième

V.O.: Nguol Thua

Fr. 1998. Tale by Dai Sijie with Akihiro Nishida, Tapa Sudana, Nguyen Minh Chau. A Vietnamese father of nine and his pregnant wife are lured to a mountain village so that the newborn child can fulfill an ancient prophecy.

Runtime: 91 min.

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La Plante humaine

Can. 1996. Animation by Pierre Hébert with Michael Lonsdale, Sotigui Kouyaté, Ignacio Ramonet.

Runtime: 80 min.

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China, My Sorrow

V.O.: Chine, ma douleur

Fr. 1989. Social drama by Dai Sijie with Guo Liang Yi, Tieu Quan Nghieu, Vuong Han Lai. The hardships of a teenager locked up in a rehabilitation camp for trivial reasons during the Cultural Revolution in China.

Runtime: 87 min.