Mao's Last Dancer

Mao's Last Dancer

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-01

Languages:

English, Mandarin

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (5756 Reviews)

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Cast:

Writer:

Jan Sardi (screenplay)

Cunxin Li (autobiography)

Fullplot:

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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