Mao’s Last Dancer
Mao’s Last Dancer

Information

Release DateOctober 1, 2009
Runtime1h 57m
StatusReleased
Budget$25M
Revenue$24M
ProductionGreat Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
LanguagesMandarin, English
6.6
115 votes
Popularity1

Mao’s Last Dancer

"Before you can fly, you have to be free."

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford

Featured Cast

Amanda Schull

Amanda Schull

Elizabeth Mackey

Chi Cao

Chi Cao

Li Cunxin - adult

Chengwu Guo

Li Cunxin - teenage

Wen Bin Huang

Li Cunxin - boy

Joan Chen

Joan Chen

Niang

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