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Release Year: 2009
Country: Australia
Runtime: Canada:117 min (Toronto International Film Festival)
Languages: English | Mandarin
Director:
Tagline: Before You Can Fly You Have To Be Free.
Writers: Jan Sardi (screenplay) Cunxin Li (based on the autobiography by)
Cast: Bruce Greenwood … Ben Stevenson
Kyle MacLachlan … Charles Foster
Joan Chen … Niang
Chi Cao … Li Cunxin – as an adult
Amanda Schull … Elizabeth Mackey
Shuangbao Wang … Dia (as Shuang Bao Wang)
Chengwu Guo … Li Cunxin – as a teenager
Wen Bin Huang … Li Cunxin – as a child
Aden Young … Dilworth
Madeleine Eastoe … Lori
Camilla Vergotis … Mary McKendry
Penne Hackforth-Jones … Cynthia Dodds
Jack Thompson … US Federal Judge
Christopher Kirby … Mason (as Chris Kirby)
Suzie Steen … Betty Lou
Plot: A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese… See » Add synopsis »
Awards: 4 wins & 7 nominations See »