Genre: Drama
Release: 1 October 2009

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.

Starring:

Kyle MacLachlan ... Charles Foster
Brce Greenwood ... Ben Stevenson
Amanda Schull ... Elizabeth Mackey
Joan Chen ... Niang
Jack Thompson ... US Federal Judge
Christopher Kirby
Aden Young ... Dilworth
Chi Cao ... Li Cunxin - adult
Ian Meadows ... Backstage manager
Penne Hackforth-Jones ... Cynthia
Suzie Steen ... Betty Lou

Director:
Bruce Beresford