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Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer

# Before you can fly, you have to be free.
Drama   Romance
📜 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 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.
💵 Budget: USD 25,000,000
🌏 Languages Available: Mandarin , English
📆 Date Released: 2009-10-01
⌚ Running Time: 117 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 6.559

Beloved Cast

Amanda Schull original image
Elizabeth Mackey
Amanda Schull
Chi Cao original image
Li Cunxin - adult
Chi Cao
Chengwu Guo original image
Li Cunxin - teenage
Chengwu Guo
Wen Bin Huang original image
Li Cunxin - boy
Wen Bin Huang
Joan Chen original image
Niang
Joan Chen
Bruce Greenwood original image
Ben Stevenson
Bruce Greenwood
Kyle MacLachlan original image
Charles Foster
Kyle MacLachlan
Jack Thompson original image
US Federal Judge
Jack Thompson
Camilla Vergotis original image
Mary McKendry
Camilla Vergotis
Madeleine Eastoe original image
Lori
Madeleine Eastoe
Steven Heathcote original image
Bobby Cordner
Steven Heathcote
Aden Young original image
Dilworth
Aden Young
Wang Shuangbao original image
Wang Shuangbao
Barbara Bush original image
Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Barbara Bush
George H. W. Bush original image
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George H. W. Bush
Mao Zedong original image
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mao Zedong
Bruce Greenwood original image
Bruce Greenwood
Kip Gamblin original image
David
Kip Gamblin
George Ellis original image
Houston Ballet Conductor
George Ellis

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