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Mao’s Last Dancer

2009 · 1h 57m · Drama · Romance

Before you can fly, you have to be free.

IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Metacritic
55

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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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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

Li Cunxin - teenage

Wen Bin Huang

Li Cunxin - boy

Madeleine Eastoe

Lori

Camilla Vergotis

Mary McKendry

Steven Heathcote

Steven Heathcote

Bobby Cordner

Kip Gamblin

Kip Gamblin

David

Christopher Kirby

Christopher Kirby

Mason

Crew

Media

Details

Release date
October 1, 2009
Status
Released
Original language
English
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
PG
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$23,914,731
Genres
Drama, Romance

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