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Yuli
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Title: Yuli

Release Date: 14 Dec 2018

Runtime: 1h 55m

Genre: Drama

Director: Morena Films, Potboiler Productions, Producciones de la 5ª Avenida, The Match Factory, Movistar+, ICAIC, Eurimages

Production Companies: Morena Films, Potboiler Productions, Producciones de la 5ª Avenida, The Match Factory, Movistar+, ICAIC, Eurimages

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 7 (92 votes)

Cast

  • Pedro: Santiago Alfonso
  • Carlos Acosta (Actual): Carlos Acosta
  • Carlos Acosta (Joven): Keyvin Martínez
  • Carlos Acosta (1983): Edison Manuel Olbera
  • Maestra Chery: Laura de la Uz
  • María: Yerlín Pérez López
  • Enrique: Carlos Enrique Almirante
  • Berta: Andrea Doimeadios
  • Amiga Inglesa: Alexandra Prokhorova
  • Julieta: Tamara Rojo
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