Mao’s Last Dancer
Release Date: 2009-10-01
Overview: 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.
Rating: 6.6 / 10
Cast
Amanda Schull
as Elizabeth Mackey
Chi Cao
as Li Cunxin - adult
Chengwu Guo
as Li Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin Huang
as Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen
as Niang
Crew
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Bruce Beresford - Director
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Jan Sardi - Screenplay
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Cunxin Li - Author
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Geng Ling - Co-Producer
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Troy Lum - Executive Producer
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