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Mao's Last Dancer (2009)

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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 ... See full summary »

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Cynthia Dodds
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Mason (as Chris Kirby)
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Madeleine Eastoe ...
Lori
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Dilworth
Wen Bin Huang ...
Shu Guang Liang ...
Jing Tring - 8 yrs
Ye Wang ...
Cunfar - 14 yrs
Neng Neng Zhang ...
Gong Mei
Wan Shi Xu ...
Shen Yu
Shao Wei Yi ...
Yang Ping
Hui Cong Zhan ...
Teacher Song
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

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Rated PG for a brief violent image, some sensuality, language and incidental smoking | See all certifications »

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Opening Weekend:

$199,657 (USA) (20 August 2010)

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$4,806,750 (USA) (3 December 2010)
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Joan Chen and Cunxin Li share similar experiences in life: both were born in 1961, they were picked at a young age to pursue an artistic career and they both came to the United States in 1981. See more »

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When his parents came from China to Houston, Li was dancing "Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring)". According to Li's book, he danced Nutcracker at the time of that surprise visit. See more »

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Li - as an adult: In night, I think of my family in China
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Referenced in Maltin on Movies: The Switch (2010) See more »

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Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso (Prelude 1)
Written by George Gershwin
Performed by Simon Tedeschi
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A sure fire Oscar contender
5 September 2010 | by (15th Row Orchestra) – See all my reviews

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.


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