

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
Before you can fly, you have to be free.
Plot Summary
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.
Full Cast & Characters

Amanda Schull
Elizabeth Mackey

Chi Cao
Li Cunxin - adult

Chengwu Guo
Li Cunxin - teenage

Wen Bin Huang
Li Cunxin - boy

Joan Chen
Niang

Bruce Greenwood
Ben Stevenson

Kyle MacLachlan
Charles Foster

Jack Thompson
US Federal Judge

Camilla Vergotis
Mary McKendry

Madeleine Eastoe
Lori

Steven Heathcote
Bobby Cordner

Aden Young
Dilworth
Director & Crew
Bruce Beresford
Director
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It has an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 based on 122 votes.
Who directed Mao’s Last Dancer?
Mao’s Last Dancer was directed by Bruce Beresford and released in 2009.
How long is Mao’s Last Dancer?
Mao’s Last Dancer has a runtime of 1 hours and 57 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 2009-10-01
- Budget
- $25.0M
- Box Office
- $23.9M
- Status
- Released





