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Release Date: 2009

Cast: Chi Cao, Chengwu Guo, Joan Chen, Shuangbao Wang, Wen Bin Huang, Jack Thompson, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christopher Kirby, Aden Young, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Madeleine Eastoe ...MORE

Cast: Chi Cao, Chengwu Guo, Joan Chen, Shuangbao Wang, Wen Bin Huang, Jack Thompson, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Christopher Kirby, Aden Young, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Madeleine Eastoe, Suzie Steen, Amanda Schull, Camilla Vergotis ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Dance film, World cinema, Film adaptation, Period piece, Political drama, Musical, Biopic [feature], Romance Film, Biographical film

Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian biographical film, directed by Bruce Beresford, based on ballet dancer Li Cunxin's autobiography Mao's Last Dancer. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao (simplified Chinese: 曹驰; traditional Chinese: 曹馳; pinyin: Cáo Chí), Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo (Chinese: 郭承武; pinyin: Guō Chéngwǔ) and Huang Wen Bin. The film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Wang Shuangbao and Amanda Schull. The film premiered on 13 September 2009, at the Toronto International Film Festival.... MORE

Mao's Last Dancer is a 2009 Australian biographical film, directed by Bruce Beresford, based on ballet dancer Li Cunxin's autobiography Mao's Last Dancer. Li Cunxin is portrayed by Birmingham Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Chi Cao (simplified Chinese: 曹驰; traditional Chinese: 曹馳; pinyin: Cáo Chí), Australian Ballet dancer Chengwu Guo (Chinese: 郭承武; pinyin: Guō Chéngwǔ) and Huang Wen Bin. The film also stars Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Wang Shuangbao and Amanda Schull. The film premiered on 13 September 2009, at the Toronto International Film Festival. General release in Australia and New Zealand began on 1 October 2009. It began screening in the United States on 33 screens in August 2010. In the era of the Mao's Cultural Revolution, 11-year-old Chinese boy Li Cunxin resides in a rural village commune in Shandong Province, destined to labour in the fields. As often occurred in those times, government officials fanning out across the nation seeking young candidates for centralized training arrive at this school. At first bypassed but selected after a plea by his teacher during the school visit, Li seems bewildered although piqued by the gruff preliminary inspection LESS