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Mao’s Last Dancer
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Mao’s Last Dancer

2009-10-01 · 117 min · ★ 6.6

Drama · Romance

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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Directors
Bruce Beresford
Production companies
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Countries
Australia, China
Status
Released
Budget
USD 25,000,000
Revenue
USD 23,914,731

Top Cast

Bruce GreenwoodBruce GreenwoodBen Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlanKyle MacLachlanCharles Foster
Joan ChenJoan ChenNiang
Chi CaoChi CaoLi Cunxin - adult
Amanda SchullAmanda SchullElizabeth Mackey
Wang ShuangbaoWang ShuangbaoDia
Aden YoungAden YoungDilworth
Jack ThompsonJack ThompsonJudge Woodrow Seals
Penne Hackforth-JonesPenne Hackforth-JonesCynthia Dodds
Chengwu GuoLi Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin HuangLi Cunxin - boy
Madeleine EastoeLori
Camilla VergotisMary McKendry
Steven HeathcoteSteven HeathcoteBobby Cordner
Kip GamblinKip GamblinDavid
Christopher KirbyChristopher KirbyMason
Suzie SteenSuzie SteenBetty Lou
Yang LiCunmao - 19 yrs
Ferdinand HoangFerdinand HoangConsul Zhang
Xiguo WuDirector Wang

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