Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Before you can fly, you have to be free.

Directed by Bruce Beresford1h 57mDrama,Romance

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.

Rated
PG
Year
2009
Country
AU
Language
English
Release date
1 October 2009
TMDB
6.6 (125)
CineVerse
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Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Joan Chen
Joan Chen
Niang
Chi Cao
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Amanda Schull
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Wang Shuangbao
Wang Shuangbao
Dia
Aden Young
Aden Young
Dilworth
Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
Judge Woodrow Seals
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Cynthia Dodds
C
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
W
Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
M
Madeleine Eastoe
Lori
C
Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry
Steven Heathcote
Steven Heathcote
Bobby Cordner
Kip Gamblin
Kip Gamblin
David
Christopher Kirby
Christopher Kirby
Mason
Suzie Steen
Suzie Steen
Betty Lou
Y
Yang Li
Cunmao - 19 yrs
Ferdinand Hoang
Ferdinand Hoang
Consul Zhang
X
Xiguo Wu
Director Wang
Jiao Gang
Jiao Gang
Teacher Gao
Yue Xiuqing
Yue Xiuqing
Madame Official
Alice Parkinson
Alice Parkinson
Assistant Stage Manager
Deni Hines
Deni Hines
Anita Jones
J
Jon-Claire Lee
Vice Consul Lan
R
Robin Choi
Security Guard
R
Ron Lee
Security Guard
C
Cory Vi
Security Guard
C
Chan Cheuk-Fai
Security Guard
G
Gibson Nolte
China Desk Officer
Ted Maynard
Ted Maynard
Newsreader
N
Nicholas McKay
TV Reporter
Nicholas Hammond
Nicholas Hammond
TV Reporter
L
Leslie Bell
TV Presenter
Ian Meadows
Ian Meadows
WTC Backstage Manager
G
George Ellis
Houston Ballet Conductor
Jane Harders
Jane Harders
Senator's Wife

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