Mao’s Last Dancer
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
6.6(117 votes)
October 1, 2009
1h 57m
DramaRomance
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.
Director
Bruce Beresford
Writers
Jan Sardi
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$23,914,731
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