Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
DramaRomance
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he falls in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
"Before you can fly, you have to be free."
Rating
6.6
113 votesPopularity
1.7273
Origin & Countries
AUCNUS | en | Australia,China
Production
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Runtime
117 min.
Budget (M$)
23.9 / 25ROI 96%
Status
Released
Release: 10/1/2009
Credits
Bruce BeresfordDirector
Chi CaoLi Cunxin - adult
Chengwu GuoLi Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin HuangLi Cunxin - boy
Joan ChenNiang
