[Audio] "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress" Plays at MSU's Cinema International

WKMS | By Todd Hatton

Published October 12, 2017 at 12:00 PM CDT

This Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at 7:30, Murray State's Cinema International features the 2002 French/Chinese film "Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress." This acclaimed coming-of-age film is based on the director's semi-autobiographical novel of the same name. Set during China's cultural revolution, two boys are sent to the country for Maoist re-education. They discover a cache of forbidden French books and awaken the imagination of a young seamstress. Todd Hatton speaks with Cinema International director Dr. Therese St. Paul about "Balzac and the Little Seamstress."

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Todd Hatton hails from Paducah, Kentucky, where he got into radio under the auspices of the late, great John Stewart of WKYX while a student at Paducah Community College. He also worked at WKMS in the reel-to-reel tape days of the early 1990s before running off first to San Francisco, then Orlando in search of something to do when he grew up. He received his MFA in Creative Writing at Murray State University. He vigorously resists adulthood and watches his wife, Angela Hatton, save the world one plastic bottle at a time.

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