Mao’s Last Dancer
German title: Maos letzter Tänzer
Francaise title: Le dernier danseur de Mao
Spain title: El último bailarín de Mao
Greek title: Ο τελευταίος χορευτής του Μάο
Russian title: Последний танцор Мао
Original title: Mao’s Last Dancer
Alternative titles:
Последний танцор Мао | O teleftaios horeftis tou Mao | El prodigio
Biography – Australia
Production year: 2008
Movie length: 117 minutes
Director: Bruce Beresford
Writer: Jan Sardi, Cunxin Li
Cinematograph: Peter James
Music: Christopher Gordon
Mao’s Last Dancer
Movie description:
In a village of China, the eleven year-old Li Cunxin is selected by the Comunist Party to study ballet at the Madame Mao’s Dance Academy in Beijing. Years later, he travels to Houston in a cultural exchange program invited by the artistic director Ben Stevenson and he is promoted to principal dancer of the Houston Ballet. Meanwhile he secretly dates and falls in love with the dancer Elizabeth Mackey. When the China’s government asks Li Cunxin to return to his country, he marries Liz and defects to USA. He is forbidden to return to China and has no news of his parents and family. Meanwhile, his marriage with Liz ends and he misses his parents. But five years later, he has a great surprise during a performance.
Boy Actors
Wen Bin Huang
(Li Cunxin, 11 years old)
Shu Guang Liang
(Jing Tring, 8 years old)
Ye Wang
(Li Cunxin, 14 years old)
Ming Yue Ma
(Lau, 11 years old)
Jian Wang
(Su, 11 years old)
Chang He
(Tong, 11 years old)
Jun Ming Tian
(Lujun, 12 years old)
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