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Dai Sijie was born in China in 1954 to an educated middle-class family. He had to go to a reeducation
camp in rural Sichuan from 1971 to 1974, during the Cultural Revolution. After his return, he was able to
complete high school and university, where he studied art history. In 1984, he left China for France on a
scholarship. There, he acquired a passion for movies and became a director. China, My Sorrow (1989).
He lives in Paris and writes in French.

Dai Sijie wrote and directed. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress-( 2002) the story of two young
men, Ma and Luo, who are sent to a country village to be reeducated during the Cultural Revolution.
They become friends with a young seamstress. When they get their hands on some banned classic they
begin reading to the seamstress to educate her. The novels help the young friends cope during their
difficult time in the small village. The movie shows the power of reading literature and the changes an
education can make in a person’s life.

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 Dai Sijie was born in China in 1954 to an educated middle-class family. He had to go to a reeducation
-camp in rural Sichuan from 1971 to 1974, during the Cultural Revolution. After his return, he was able to
+camp in rural Sichuan from 1971 to 1974, during the Cultural Revolution. After his return, he completed
-complete high school and university, where he studied art history. In 1984, he left China for France on a
+high school and university, where he studied art history. In 1984, he left China for France on a
-scholarship. There, he acquired a passion for movies and became a director. China, My Sorrow (1989).
+scholarship. There, he became passionate for movies and became a director. ''China, My Sorrow'' (1989) was his first.
 He lives in Paris and writes in French.
-Dai Sijie wrote and directed. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress-( 2002) the story of two young
+Dai Sijie wrote and directed. ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress''-( 2002) the story of two young
 men, Ma and Luo, who are sent to a country village to be reeducated during the Cultural Revolution.
 They become friends with a young seamstress. When they get their hands on some banned classic they

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Hollyspendlove at 07:32, 19 April 2012

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