Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Before you can fly, you have to be free. 2009-10-01 Australia, China 117 Min. PG-13
6.6 113 votes

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 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.

Cast

Chi Cao is Li Cunxin - adult
Li Cunxin - adult
Chengwu Guo is Li Cunxin - teenage
Li Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin Huang is Li Cunxin - boy
Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen is Niang
Niang
Bruce Greenwood is Ben Stevenson
Ben Stevenson
Amanda Schull is Elizabeth Mackey
Elizabeth Mackey
Kyle MacLachlan is Charles Foster
Charles Foster
Jack Thompson is US Federal Judge
US Federal Judge
Camilla Vergotis is Mary McKendry
Mary McKendry
Madeleine Eastoe is Lori
Lori
Steven Heathcote is Bobby Cordner
Bobby Cordner
Aden Young is Dilworth
Dilworth

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