Mao's Last Dancer
“Before you can fly, you have to be free.”
2009 · 1 h 57 min
Directed by 
Bruce Beresford
Bruce BeresfordCast
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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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