Mao's Last Dancer

Mao's Last Dancer

   

   Hello guys, Jaegyu Choi here and today I'm doing a movie review on the recent movie we saw, named Mao's Last Dancer, made in 2009. It's based on a true story, and the main character is currently living in Australia. His name is Li Cunxion. The movie is about his career as a ballet dancer. I think this movie is very interesting because it's very romantic, and I love romantic movies.

   Li Cunxion was born in China, yet moved to the U.S ON his days at China, he was taken to Beijing for a special training to become an expert ballet dancer. Before he went, his grandfather told him a story about a frog in a well. He said that, if you think that everything you see is all, you'll not success. But, if you think forward, you will one day successfully climb out of the well, thinking that there is something else other than walls. Thinking of this, Cunxion made up his mind and went to Beijing.  He passed the test, and went into the boarding school. He studied a lot and practiced, and soon he was performing. There was one thing that prevented Cuxion to dance with all his might in China. The politics. The dance was required to be political, and Cunxion didn't just like it, After all, he decided to go the US, contracted to come back to China in three months. There, he met Elizabeth.

   Elizabeth is an ex-wife of Cunxion. They soon fell in love together. Every time his roommate asked where we went, he made up an excuse for meeting Elizabeth. During the time of US, Elizabeth and Cuxion were happy - Cunxion danced, and Elizabeth watched. After few months, Cunxion got in love with her enough that he made a decision to stay in the US. He had some oppositions against it, though. He wanted to see his family, but China stated that Cunxion will be permanently prohibited to step on the land of China. After his thoughts, he still decided to stay in the US, thinking that one day once he success, probably he will be able to go back. China couldn't hold him, but went against the US government for having a non-citizen stay on their land. But with the help of Bruce, Cunxion was able to stay in Houston, New York with Elizabeth. But soon, they broke up because of mismatch of their thoughts. This let Cunxion concentrate more on his dances. Of course, he had a dance partner, and it would've bee weird if they don't fall into relationship for dancing for more than three months. Soon, they fell in love. It was easier for both because they had a same job. They currently live in Australia with three children now.

   I think this movie was fun and both sad because of how Cunxion successes in ballet, but broke up with Elizabeth. This diffidently shows how difficult life is, and we always have to try our best.

Thank you for taking time to read this post!

Sincerely,

John