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Chi Cao | ... | |
Bruce Greenwood | ... | ||
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Penne Hackforth-Jones | ... |
Cynthia Dodds
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Christopher Kirby | ... |
Mason
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Suzie Steen | ... | ||
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Madeleine Eastoe | ... |
Lori
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Aden Young | ... |
Dilworth
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Wen Bin Huang | ... | |
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Shu Guang Liang | ... |
Jing Tring - 8 yrs
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Ye Wang | ... |
Cunfar - 14 yrs
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Neng Neng Zhang | ... |
Gong Mei
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Wan Shi Xu | ... |
Shen Yu
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Shao Wei Yi | ... |
Yang Ping
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Hui Cong Zhan | ... |
Teacher Song
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Ji Feng Sun | ... |
Headmaster
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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. Written by Anonymous
A charming, stirring, visually and emotionally stirring film. The best I've thus far seen in '10. The story of a mainland Chinese 11 year old boy,supposedly forever indoctrinated by daily school- taught commie propaganda garbage,is chosen to attend a special school to be trained for ballet. He does well and in due time, is sent to the USA to the Houston Ballet Company. Then and there he awakens to not only his manhood but to the realization that all he's been taught about the "glory of Chairman Mao's communist revolution, was the furthest thing from the truth. Not only is the lead a wonderful danseur but his acting ability could win him a Best Actor nomination as well. A film NOT TO BE MISSED.