Movie·2009·1h 57m
Mao’s Last Dancer
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
Directed By
Bruce Beresford
Country
Australia
Language
Mandarin
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// overview
The Story
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.
Written By
Jan Sardi
Producer
Troy Lum, Jane Scott
Cinematography
Peter James
Editor
Mark Warner
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
121 votes
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// cast
Cast
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
Joan Chen
Niang
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Jack Thompson
US Federal Judge
Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry
Madeleine Eastoe
Lori
Steven Heathcote
Bobby Cordner
Aden Young
Dilworth
Wang Shuangbao
Barbara Bush
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George H. W. Bush
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mao Zedong
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bruce Greenwood
Kip Gamblin
David
// crew
Crew
Bruce Beresford
Director
Troy Lum
Executive Producer
Peter James
Director of Photography
Mark Warner
Editor
Jan Sardi
Screenplay
Jane Scott
Producer
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