Balzac and the Little Chinese Semstress

This Film Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress was actually a novel by Dai Sijie which was originally a french film. Its about two young boys named Lou and Ma who are sent off to the mountains to be "re- educated". When they get there the Chief looks through there things and notices book and ask Lou and Ma what is it, and of course they are taking back because its a book and anyone can see that. Lu and Me realize that no one can read on this mountain. They soon meet the granddaughter or a tailor little seamstress and they both end up falling for her. Both Lou and Ma decided to help the little seamstress out by reading to her Western books, which aren't allowed. They found these books from another young boy called Four Eyes who is also being Re-educated. Four eyes has been really successful in being re- educated however he has been hiding these books. So Lou and Ma end up stealing them from his room.
Lou and Ma keep this a secret from everyone and each day they read new storys to the little seamstress and hes gets every inspired by the storyies that they read to her. They wanted her to be educated about the world and see whats out there and they know reading these books to her would be the only way. I also feel it was a way to keep her around then since they both loved her so much. Lou however became real close with her they begame to have a physical realtionship and the little semstress became pregnet later on in the film but found a doctor that would do an ilegal abortion. When lou comes back from the city visting his father everything great, but then his plan to educate little semstress backfires and she falls in love with the story Balzc feels that its her time to leave the mountains and start a better life. Lou and Ma never see her again after that day.
This Film was good but it was alittle slow for me I thought it would have alittle more action in it. It was alittle werid to see how different people in the city and mountains lived. It was like two different worlds, and it seemed like the people in the mountains didn't even care to learn how to read or move forward. over all it was a good film i would recomand it but it was alittle slow.