Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao’s Last Dancer

Before you can fly, you have to be free.

6.6(118 votes)
2009
1h 57m

Overview

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.

Details

Status:Released
Release Date:October 1, 2009
Runtime:1h 57m
Budget:$25.0M
Revenue:$23.9M
Language:EN

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