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Rating: 6.6/10 by 113 users

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

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 fell 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.

Directing:
  • Bruce Beresford
Writing:
  • Jan Sardi
  • Cunxin Li
Stars:
Release Date: Thu, Oct 01, 2009

Rating: 6.6/10 by 113 users

Alternative Title:
O Último Dançarino de Mao - BR
El último bailarín de Mao - ES
L'últim ballarí de Mao - AD

Country:
Australia
China
Language:
English
普通话
Runtime: 01 hour 57 minutes
Budget: $25,000,000
Revenue: $23,900,000

Plot Keyword: dance, dancer, village, ballet dancer, rags to riches, promise, ballet, communism

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