Mao’s Last Dancer
In Theaters
October 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 57m
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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Cast & Crew
Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster
Joan Chen
Niang
Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult
Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey
Wang Shuangbao
Dia
Aden Young
Dilworth
Jack Thompson
Judge Woodrow Seals
Penne Hackforth-Jones
Cynthia Dodds
- CG
Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage
- WH
Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy
- ME
Madeleine Eastoe
Lori
- CV
Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry
Steven Heathcote
Bobby Cordner
Kip Gamblin
David
Christopher Kirby
Mason
Suzie Steen
Betty Lou
- YL
Yang Li
Cunmao - 19 yrs
Bruce Beresford
Director
- JS
Jan Sardi
Screenplay
Media
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