Mao’s Last Dancer
Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

"Before you can fly, you have to be free."

6.5 (120 votes)
1h 57m
October 1, 2009
English

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.

Director

Bruce Beresford

Writers

Jan Sardi

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Original Title

Mao’s Last Dancer

Status

Released

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$23,914,731

Production

Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.