Yuli
Yuli- Director
- Icíar Bollaín
- Country
- Spain, Cuba, United kingdom, Germany
- Year
- 2018
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Paul Laverty
- Cast
- Andrea Doimeadiós, Carlos Enrique Almirante, Cesar Domínguez, Yerlín Pérez, Laura de la Uz, Santiago Alfonso, Carlos Acosta, Keyvin Martínez, Mario Elias, Edison Manuel Olvera
- Production
- Morena Films, Potboiler Productions, Galápagos Media, Hijo de Ogún A.I.E., Match Factory Productions, Movistar+, Producciones de la 5ta Avenida (CU)
Storyline
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.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018
Competition - Jury Award for Best Screenplay
Releases
Spain (14 of December 2018)
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Call for proposals Distribution Selective
