Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer - (2009)Released

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.

Genres

DramaRomance

Production Countries

AustraliaChina

Production Companies

Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.

Spoken Languages

普通话English

Release Date

2009-10-01

Budget

25000000

Revenue

23914731

Runtime

117 minutes

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