Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009) is a Drama, Romance film directed by Bruce Beresford, rated 6.6/10 by 123 viewers.

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 falls 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.

Where to stream (US): Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Directed by Bruce Beresford. Starring Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull.