Mao's Last Dancer

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.



CRITICAL NOTES

Bruce Beresford delivers one of his best films in the story of Chinese ballet star Li Cunxin. --Nick Dent, Time Out Sydney
FILM INFORMATION

Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen
Year: 2009
Runtime: 117 minutes
Country: Australia
Language: English, Mandarin
Distributor: Mongrel Media


Ratings: ON NR / BC NR / AB NR / SK NR / MB NR / QC NR / Maritmes NR

SCREENING DATES AND TIMES 

Aug 30, 2010 
Circuit Centre: Picton
Province: Ontario
Circuit Group Name: Cinefest Picton
Venue:Regent Theatre
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