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Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian film based on professional dancer Li Cunxin 's 2003 autobiographical memoir of the same name. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao, Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo and Huang Wen Bin. The film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen and Amanda Schull.
- A$25 million
- Jane Scott
Oct 1, 2010 · Mao's Last Dancer: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christopher Kirby. In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
- (8.2K)
- Biography, Drama, Music
- Bruce Beresford
- 2010-10-01
Aug 20, 2010 · The ballet life of Li Cunxin begins when he 11, taken from his peasant family in rural China to train in Beijing, and he defects to the United States as a cultural exchange...
- (78)
- Bruce Beresford
- PG
- Bruce Greenwood
"Mao's Last Dancer" is the inspiring true story of Li Cunxin and his extraordinary journey from a poor upbringing in rural China to international stardom as a world-class ballet dancer. It compellingly captures the struggles, sacrifices and triumphs, as well as the intoxicating effects of first love and celebrity amid the pain of exile.
- 117 min
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In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas. A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin.
Aug 19, 2010 · Bruce Beresford's latest movie is based on a true story about a Chinese-born ballet dancer who ends up as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet. Kyle MacLachlan joins the cast as a...
