72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Yuli

Icíar Bollaín
Spain - Cuba - UK - Germany      109 m.
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Yuli tells the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta (who plays himself), from his beginnings in a poor neighbourhood of Havana until becoming the star of one of the biggest ballet companies in the world. Yuli (Carlos's nickname) is a gifted boy who doesn't want to be a dancer but who, forced by his father Pedro, and tutored by the professor and director of the Cuban National School of Ballet, Cherry, will become one of the best dancers of his generation, breaking taboos on becoming the first black dancer to play Romeo at the Royal Ballet in London, where he forged his stellar career and his legend for 17 years. Yuli is a film about roots, about the relationship between Carlos and his father, with his family, with Cuba. Yuli is about art, about the sacrifice of dedicating one's life to that art and, above all, about what we are. 

Director
Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
Screenplay
Paul Laverty
Production
Morena Films (Spain)
Juan Gordon
Potboiler Productions Limited (United Kingdom)
Andrea Calderwood
Producciones de la 5ta Avenida (Cuba)
Claudia Calviño
Galápagos Media (Spain)
Pau Calpe
Hijo de Ogún A.I.E (Spain)
Pilar Benito
Sales
The Match Factory (Germany)
Distribution
Entertainment One (Spain)
Photography
Alex Catalán
Edition
Nacho Ruíz Capillas
Music
Alberto Iglesias
Cast
Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez, Edison Manuel Olbera, Laura de la Uz
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Running Time
109 m.
Country
Spain - Cuba - UK - Germany
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