| Title | : | Mao's Last Dancer |
|---|---|---|
| Release | : | 2009 |
| Rating | : | 7.3 |
| Language | : | English, Mandarin |
| Runtime | : | 117 |
| Genre | : | Biography,Drama,Music,Romance |
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.
Jan Sardi (screenplay), Cunxin Li (autobiography)
