Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
1961. Li, onze ans, vit avec ses parents et ses six frères dans la province chinoise pauvre du Shandong. Un jour, des recruteurs de l'académie de danse de Madame Mao arrivent de Pékin à la recherche de nouvelles recrues afin d'en faire les futures étoiles de la Révolution Culturelle. Le jeune garçon est sélectionné et va devoir suivre une formation artistique et idéologique très rigoureuse...
Directeur:
Bruce Beresford
écrivain:
Jan Sardi
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Amanda Schull as Elizabeth Mackey |
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Chi Cao as Li Cunxin - adult |
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Chengwu Guo as Li Cunxin - teenage |
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Wen Bin Huang as Li Cunxin - boy |
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Joan Chen as Niang |
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Bruce Greenwood as Ben Stevenson |
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Kyle MacLachlan as Charles Foster |
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Jack Thompson as US Federal Judge |
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Camilla Vergotis as Mary McKendry |
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Madeleine Eastoe as Lori |
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Steven Heathcote as Bobby Cordner |
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Aden Young as Dilworth |
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王双宝 as |
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Barbara Bush as Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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George H. W. Bush as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Mao Zedong as Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
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Bruce Greenwood as |
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Kip Gamblin as David |
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George Ellis as Houston Ballet Conductor |
| Directing | Bruce Beresford | Director |
| Production | Jane Scott | Producer |
| Art | Elaine Kusmishko | Art Direction |
| Art | Kerrie Brown | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Borghesi | Costume Design |
| Production | Sue MacKay | Line Producer |
| Production | Geng Ling | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Christopher Gordon | Music |
| Editing | Mark Warner | Editor |
| Art | Herbert Pinter | Production Design |
| Writing | Jan Sardi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Cunxin Li | Author |
| Camera | Peter James | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ziggy Golden | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maree McDonald | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Xin Mu | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Troy Lum | Executive Producer |