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Mao's Last Dancer

“Before you can fly, you have to be free.”

2009 · 1 h 57 min
Directed by Bruce Beresford · Australia · Australian New Wave
BiographyDramaMusicalRomance

Cast

Chi Cao Bruce Greenwood Kyle MacLachlan Penne Hackforth-Jones Christopher Kirby Suzie Steen

Credits

Written by: Jan Sardi

Plot

A boy plucked from a poor Chinese village becomes a ballet star and defects to the West.

Sinekatalog’s take

Bruce Beresford's biopic of Li Cunxin is moving and well danced, if conventional.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (8,599 votes)
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