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Mao's Last Dancer. The ballet life of Li Cunxin begins when he 11, taken from his peasant family in rural China to train in Beijing, and he defects to the United States as a cultural...
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- Bruce Beresford
- PG
- Bruce Greenwood
Oct 1, 2010 · Mao's Last Dancer: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christopher Kirby. In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
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- Biography, Drama, Music
- Bruce Beresford
- 2010-10-01
Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian film based on professional dancer Li Cunxin 's 2003 autobiographical memoir of the same name. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao, Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo and Huang Wen Bin. The film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen and Amanda Schull.
Jun 3, 2010 · From the Academy Award nominated director Bruce Beresford (DRIVING MISS DAISY, TENDER MERCIES), comes the inspiring true story of Li Cunxin and his extraordinary journey from poverty to ...
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- Pursuitist
Currently you are able to watch "Mao’s Last Dancer" streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus or for free with ads on The Roku Channel, Tubi TV, Pluto TV.
- (140)
- Bruce Beresford
- PG
- Wang Shuangbao, Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Beresford's biopic of Li Cunxin, the Chinese ballet dancer who defected while on a student visa in Houston in 1981, is sometimes the movie equivalent of Oscar Meyer cold cuts. But the ...
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Aug 20, 2010 · Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerful crowd-pleaser emerged as one of the year’s most talked about independent films. It’s the fascinating and epic tale of Li Cunxin, a peasant boy from rural China who beats impossible odds to become a world-renowned ballet dancer.
