Mao’s Last Dancer 2009
7.3 / 10
Mao’s Last Dancer
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.
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.
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... Li Cunxin - adult
CG
Chengwu Guo... Li Cunxin - teenage
WBH
Wen Bin Huang... Li Cunxin - boy
... Niang
... Ben Stevenson
... Elizabeth Mackey
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Release Date:
Oct 01, 2009 (Australia,China)
Run Time:
1hr 57`
MMPA Rating:
PG
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
Australia,China
Status:
Released
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Mao’s Last Dancer
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... Director
Cast
... Li Cunxin - adult
CG
Chengwu Guo... Li Cunxin - teenage
WBH
Wen Bin Huang... Li Cunxin - boy
... Niang
... Ben Stevenson
... Elizabeth Mackey
... Charles Foster
... US Federal Judge
... Mary McKendry
... Lori
... Bobby Cordner
... Dilworth
...
... Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
... Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
... David
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