| Uniform Title |
Yuli (Motion picture : 2018) |
| Title |
Yuli. |
| Published |
Australia : Limelight Film Distribution Company : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2019. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (112 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Madman Entertainment : LFD0009. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. |
| Co-production between Spain, Cuba, United Kingdom and Germany. |
| Based on Carlos Acosta's autobiography, No Way Home: a Cuban Dancer's Story. |
| "Inspired by the life of acclaimed dancer Carlos Acosta"--Cover |
| Credits |
Director, Icíar Bollaín ; produced by Andrea Calderwood and Juan Gordon ; screenwriter, Paul Laverty. |
| Performers |
Carlos Acosta, Santiago Alfonso, Keyvin Martínez, Edilson Manuel Olbera Núñez, Laura de la Uz, Yerlín Pérez, Mario Elías. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; NTSC ; Region All ; widescreen 2.39:1. |
| Language note |
In Spanish. English subtitles. |
| Awards note |
San Sebastian International Film Festival 2018, Winner Best Screenplay, Paul Laverty. |
| Goya Awards 2019, Winner Best New Actor, Carlos Acosta. |
| Goya Awards 2019, Winner Best Cinematography, Alex Catalán. |
| Goya Awards 2019, Winner Best Adapted Screenplay, Paul Laverty. |
| Subjects |
Acosta, Carlos, -- 1973- Film adaptations |
| Acosta, Carlos, -- 1973- Drama |
| Ballet dancers -- Cuba -- Drama |
| Ballet dancers -- Great Britain -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Spain |
| Motion pictures, Spanish |
| Foreign language films |
| Genre |
Biographical films |
| Dance films |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Bollain, Icíar, 1967- director. |
| Calderwood, Andrea producer. |
| Gordon, Juan producer. |
| Laverty, Paul screenwriter. |
| Acosta, Carlos, 1973- actor. |
| Alfonso, Santiago actor. |
| Martínez, Keyvin actor. |
| Olbera Núñez, Edilson Manuel actor. |
| Acosta, Carlos, 1973-. No way home Motion picture adaptation of (work) |
| Added Corporate Names |
Morena Films (Spain) production company. |
| Potboiler Productions production company. |
| BBC Films presenter, production company. |
| Creative Scotland (Organization) presenter, production company. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Acosta, Carlos, 1973- .
- Acosta, Carlos, 1973-. No way home .
- Alfonso, Santiago .
- BBC Films .
- Bollain, Icíar, 1967- .
- Calderwood, Andrea .
- Creative Scotland (Organization) .
- Gordon, Juan .
- Laverty, Paul .
- Martínez, Keyvin .
- Morena Films (Spain) .
- Olbera Núñez, Edilson Manuel .
- Potboiler Productions .
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