Mao's Last Dancer

Title: Mao’s Last Dancer

Genre: Drama

Directed by Bruce Beresford

Script: Jan Sardi

Stars: Bruce Green wood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Wang Shuang Bao, Chengwu Guo, Huang Wen Bin, Aden Young, Madeleine Eastoe, Camilla Vergotis, Penne Hackforth-Jones

Nationality: Australia

STORYLINE

This movie is based on the autobiography of Li Cunxin Mao’s Last Dancer.

It is an inspiring true story that tells how, in the middle of the chaos of the Cultural Revolution in China, Cunxin has to leave their family. He is from a family of farmers. He embarks on an amazing travel… which ended up moving toward freedom and personal triumph.

Li’s history unfolds when China was emerging from Mao’s great vision. It couldn’t be better time for Li Cunxin for discover the West, and for the West discovers Li Cunxin.  Mao’s Last Dancer tells us how Li’s get to overcome the adversity, and how he discovered ans esplored their natural abilities and talent as a classical dancer. To do this, he not only have to deal with their own physical limitations, but also with the punishment imposed by the Chinese suspicious government after his defection to the United States. In the USA, Li found a fascinating new world, in spite of the difficulty that he had never imagined. Although he had the support of many friends, she felt alone, and, despite his growing fame, he could still see their future with uncertainly.