Mao's Last Dancer
Stars
4
Rating
PG
Author
Jan Sardi (screenplay); Cunxin Li ( 2003 autobiography)
Length
117 min
Director
Bruce Beresford
Synopsis
"A delegation from Madame Mao's Beijing Dance Academy selects 11-year-old peasant villager Li Cunxin to study ballet in far-off Beijing, where he trains for seven grueling years to become one of China's greatest dancers. His efforts win him the opportunity to dance in America, opening his eyes to a new love and the possibility of a dramatic defection from China in this remarkable true story based on Cunxin's autobiography." [Netflix]
Genre
Historical
Released
2010
Location
US & Asia
Period
Li Cunxin born in 1961; Incident at the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Houston in 1981;
Netflix
No
This movie is linked to the following periods
PeriodMinor
Begin
End
Category
Cold War (U.S.) & Counterculture
1945
1991
United States
Peoples Republic of China
1949
2020
Chinese