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Yuli (2018)
Directed by Icíar Bollaín
Drama · 1h 55m
Yuli is the nickname given to Carlos Acosta by his father, Pedro, who considers him the son of Ogun, an African god and a fighter. As a child Yuli avoids discipline and education, learning from the streets of an impoverished and abandoned Havana. His father, however, has other ideas, and knowing that his son has a natural talent for dance, sends him to the National Ballet School of Cuba. Despite his repeated escapes and initial poor behaviour, the boy is inevitably drawn to the world of dance, and begins to shape his legendary career from a young age, becoming the first black dancer to be cast in some of the most prestigious ballet roles, originally written for white dancers, in companies such as the Houston Ballet or the Royal Ballet in London.
Cast
Santiago Alfonso
Pedro
Carlos Acosta
Carlos Acosta (Actual)
Keyvin Martínez
Carlos Acosta (Joven)
Edison Manuel Olbera
Carlos Acosta (1983)
Laura de la Uz
Maestra Chery
Andrea Doimeadios
Berta
Alexandra Prokhorova
Amiga Inglesa
Tamara Rojo
Julieta
Héctor Noas
Guía
Crew
- Director
- Icíar Bollaín
- Writer
- Paul Laverty
- Director of Photography
- Álex Catalán
- Original Music Composer
- Alberto Iglesias
Details
- Release date
- 2018-12-14
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- ES
- Spoken languages
- Spanish
- Countries
- Germany, Cuba, Spain, France, United Kingdom
- Production
- Morena Films, Potboiler Productions, Producciones de la 5ª Avenida, The Match Factory, Movistar Plus, ICAIC, Eurimages