Mao

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Actors: Bruce Greenwood , Jack Thompson , Sam Anderson , Kyle MacLachlan , Ian Meadows , Christopher Kirby , Ferdinand Hoang , Chi Cao , Steven Heathcote , Chengwu Guo , Robin Choi , Suzie Steen , Yang Li , Tony Hall , Laurence Fuller

Director: Bruce Beresford

IMDB Rate: 7.5 out of 10 (442 votes)

Plot Summary:A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Maos 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.