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.
Released: Oct 01, 2009
Runtime: 117 minutes
Stars: Chi Cao, Chengwu Guo, Wen Bin Huang, Joan Chen, Bruce Greenwood, Amanda Schull
Crew: Bruce Beresford (Director), Jan Sardi (Screenplay), Cunxin Li (Author), Geng Ling (Co-Producer), Troy Lum (Executive Producer), Sue MacKay (Line Producer)