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Mao's Last Dancer
In a village of China, the eleven year-old Li Cunxin is selected by the Communist Party to study ballet at the Madame Mao's Dance Academy in Beijing. Years later, he travels to Houston in a cultural exchange program invited by the artistic director Ben Stevenson and he is promoted to principal dancer of the Houston Ballet. Meanwhile he secretly dates and falls in love with the dancer Elizabeth Mackey. When the China's government asks Li Cunxin to return to his country, he marries Liz and defects to USA. He is forbidden to return to China and has no news of his parents and family. Meanwhile, his marriage with Liz ends and he misses his parents. But five years later, he has a great surprise during a performance.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music, Biography
Actor: Bruce Greenwood, Christopher Kirby, Aden Young, Chi Cao, Penne Hackforth Jones, Suzie Steen, Madeleine Eastoe, Wen Bin Huang
Director: Bruce Beresford
Country: Australia
Duration: 117 min
Quality: HD
Release: 2009
IMDb: 7.3
Keywords: mao's last dancer