Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer

2009
1h 57m
6.6

6.6/10

126 votes • View on IMDb
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
IMDb ID tt1071812

Cast

Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood

Ben Stevenson

Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan

Charles Foster

Joan Chen
Joan Chen

Niang

Chi Cao
Chi Cao

Li Cunxin - adult

Amanda Schull
Amanda Schull

Elizabeth Mackey

Wang Shuangbao
Wang Shuangbao

Dia

Aden Young
Aden Young

Dilworth

Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson

Judge Woodrow Seals

Penne Hackforth-Jones
Penne Hackforth-Jones

Cynthia Dodds

Chengwu Guo
Chengwu Guo

Li Cunxin - teenage

Wen Bin Huang
Wen Bin Huang

Li Cunxin - boy

Madeleine Eastoe
Madeleine Eastoe

Lori

Key Crew

Bruce Beresford
Director
Jane Scott
Producer
Jan Sardi
Screenplay
Troy Lum
Executive Producer