Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
PG 01 Oct 2010 • Biography, Drama, Music • 1h 57m
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. 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 fell 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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Language:
English, Mandarin
Awards:
7 wins & 20 nominations
Country:
Australia
Metacritic Score:
55
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Box Office Total:
$4,817,770