Mao's Last Dancer
Where: |
Shandong Province Texas |
When: |
The 1970s The 1980s |
Before you can fly, you have to be free. — 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.
Released in 2009 — 117 minutes
Genres: |
Drama Romance |
Languages: |
English Mandarin |