Official Plot Synopsis
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.
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Details
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn Films, ATO Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release Date: 2010-08-20
Starring: Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Joan Chen, Chi Cao, Amanda Schull, Aden Young, Madeleine Eastoe, Camilla Vergotis
Directed by: Jan Sardi
Produced by: Jane Scott
Written by: Jan Sardi
