Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
- Drama
- Romance
6.6
117
October 1, 2009
1h 57m
Synopsis
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.
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Original Title
Mao’s Last Dancer
Spoken Languages
Mandarin, English
Production Countries
Australia, China
Budget
$25,000,000
Revenue
$23,914,731
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