CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 1h 57m · PG

Mao’s Last Dancer

Before you can fly, you have to be free.

66%(126)IMDbDramaRomance

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.

Directed byBruce Beresford

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 57m
Language
EN
Released
October 1, 2009
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$23,914,731
Studios
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.

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Trailers & teasers

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Mao's Last Dancer - Official HD Trailer by Bruce Beresford

Mao's Last Dancer - Official HD Trailer by Bruce Beresford

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Bruce Greenwood

Bruce Greenwood

Ben Stevenson

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Charles Foster

Joan Chen

Joan Chen

Niang

Chi Cao

Chi Cao

Li Cunxin - adult

Amanda Schull

Amanda Schull

Elizabeth Mackey

Wang Shuangbao

Wang Shuangbao

Dia

Aden Young

Aden Young

Dilworth

Jack Thompson

Jack Thompson

Judge Woodrow Seals

Penne Hackforth-Jones

Penne Hackforth-Jones

Cynthia Dodds

Chengwu Guo

Li Cunxin - teenage

Creative team
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford
Written by
Jan Sardi
Produced by
Jane Scott
Jane Scott

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