Mao’s Last Dancer
- 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.
Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 drama film based on the true story of Li Cunxin, a Chinese ballet dancer who defected to the United States during the Cold War. The film follows his journey from a poor village boy selected for elite ballet training under Mao's regime to an international principal dancer who risked everything for love and freedom.
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Amanda SchullElizabeth Mackey
Chi CaoLi Cunxin - adult- Chengwu GuoLi Cunxin - teenage
- Wen Bin HuangLi Cunxin - boy
Joan ChenNiang
Bruce GreenwoodBen Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlanCharles Foster
Jack ThompsonUS Federal Judge- Camilla VergotisMary McKendry
- Madeleine EastoeLori
Steven HeathcoteBobby Cordner
Aden YoungDilworth
Wang Shuangbao
Barbara BushHerself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George H. W. BushHimself (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Mao's Last Dancer - Official HD Trailer by Bruce Beresford
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When was Mao's Last Dancer released?
The film was released on October 1, 2009.
What is Mao's Last Dancer about?
The movie tells the true story of Li Cunxin, who was selected at age 11 from a rural Chinese village to study ballet in Beijing. In 1979, while on a cultural exchange in Texas, he falls in love with an American woman and defects two years later to pursue a career as a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and Australian Ballet.
What genres does this film fall under?
Mao's Last Dancer is a drama and romance film.
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