Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer

2009
1h 57m
6.6

6.6/10

126 votes
Drama Romance

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $25,000,000

Revenue: $23,914,731

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Production Countries
Australia China
Spoken Languages
Mandarin English

Keywords

dance dancer village ballet dancer rags to riches based on true story promise ballet communism

Quick Facts

Release Date October 1, 2009
Status Released
Language EN

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