Released Date:
2010-10-01
Languages:
English, Mandarin
Countries:
Australia
Runtime:
117 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (5756 Reviews)
Director:
Bruce BeresfordJan Sardi (screenplay)
Cunxin Li (autobiography)
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. 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 fell 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.
Released Date:
2010-10-01
Languages:
English, Mandarin
Countries:
Australia
Runtime:
117 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (5774 Reviews)
Director:
Bruce BeresfordJan Sardi (screenplay)
Cunxin Li (autobiography)
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. 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 fell 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.
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