Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
2009 · PG · 1h 57m · Drama, Romance
Genres: 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.
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writers: Jan Sardi
Music by: Christopher Gordon
Cinematography: Peter James
Editor: Mark Warner
Box office: $24M · Budget: $25M · Rated 6.6/10 by 123 viewers
Cast
Bruce Greenwood as Ben StevensonKyle MacLachlan as Charles FosterJoan Chen as NiangChi Cao as Li Cunxin - adultAmanda Schull as Elizabeth MackeyWang Shuangbao as DiaAden Young as DilworthJack Thompson as Judge Woodrow SealsPenne Hackforth-Jones as Cynthia DoddsChengwu Guo as Li Cunxin - teenageWen Bin Huang as Li Cunxin - boyMadeleine Eastoe as LoriMore like this
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