Mao’s Last Dancer

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.

Country:

Australia,

China

Genre:

Drama,

Romance

Duration:

117 minutes

Year:

2009

Director:

Bruce Beresford

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Company:

Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.

Budget:

$25,000,000

Revenue:

$23,914,731

Cast:

Elizabeth Mackey

Li Cunxin - adult

Li Cunxin - teenage

Li Cunxin - boy

Niang

Crew:

Director

Screenplay

Author

Co-Producer

Executive Producer