A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. 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 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.
Release Date: 1 October 2010Runtime: 117 min
Stars:
- Aden Young
- Bruce Greenwood
- Chi Cao
- Christopher Kirby
- Hui Cong Zhan
- Ji Feng Sun
- Madeleine Eastoe
- Neng Neng Zhang
- Penne Hackforth-Jones
- Shao Wei Yi
- Shu Guang Liang
- Suzie Steen
- Wan Shi Xu
- Wen Bin Huang
- Ye Wang
Director: Bruce Beresford
