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Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

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6.61h 57mDrama • Romance
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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.

Movie Information

Director
Bruce Beresford
Writers
Jan Sardi
Release Year
2009
Runtime
117 minutes
Genre
Drama, Romance
Language
EN
Country
Australia, China
Status
Released
Rating
6.6 / 10 (122 votes)

Top Cast

Amanda Schull
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Chi Cao
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
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Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
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Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen
Joan Chen
Niang
Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
US Federal Judge

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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.

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