2009
6.6 (113 votes)
1h 57m
Genres
Drama
Romance
Production Companies
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Mao’s Last Dancer
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Bruce Beresford
Screenplay: Jan Sardi
Producer: Jane Scott
Director of Photography: Peter James
Top Cast
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen
Niang
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Jack Thompson
US Federal Judge
Videos
Mao's Last Dancer - Official HD Trailer by Bruce Beresford
