Mao's Last Dancer (Mao’s Last Dancer )
Directed by: Bruce BeresfordCast list: Chi Cao, Chengwu Guo, Huang Wen Bin, Joan Chen, Bruce Greenwood, Wang Shuang Bao
Country: Australia
Year: 2009
Genres: Drama / Biographical /
Runtime: 117 min.
Language of the film version shown in the current academic year: Versió original en anglès subtitulada en català
A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was chosen 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 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.
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Subjects: English language / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Contemporary world / Performing arts, Music and Dance / History /
Topics: cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / film adaptation of literary or graphic work / politics, political systems /
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