Overview
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 falls 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.
DirectorBruce Beresford
ProducersJane Scott
ScreenplayJan Sardi
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LanguageMandarin, English
Production companiesGreat Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
Budget25000000
TaglineBefore you can fly, you have to be free.
