Mao's Last Dancer

Mao's Last Dancer was released on October 1, 2009.

Mao's Last Dancer was directed by Bruce Beresford.

Mao's Last Dancer has a runtime of 1h 57m.

Mao's Last Dancer was produced by Jane Scott.

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.

The key characters in Mao's Last Dancer are Elizabeth Mackey (Amanda Schull), Li Cunxin - adult (Chi Cao), Li Cunxin - teenage (Chengwu Guo).

Mao's Last Dancer is rated PG.

Mao's Last Dancer is a Drama, Romance, Biography film.

Mao's Last Dancer has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.

Mao's Last Dancer had a budget of $25M.

Mao's Last Dancer has made $23.9M at the box office.