Mao's Last Dancer

7.3

/10

1h 57m 7+Drama Romance Musical

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.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 ye... Read more

Starring Chi Cao, Chengwu Guo, Wen Bin Huang, Joan Chen, Bruce Greenwood, Amanda Schull, Kyle MacLachlan, Jack Thompson, Camilla Vergotis, Madeleine Eastoe

Watch "Mao's Last Dancer" from streaming services Apple TV+ (itunes), Amazon released in 2009. It's a drama and romance movie, and has a rating of 7.3 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie, and is currently only available for purchase or rent.