YULI

By Iciar BOLLAIN

MORENA FILMS - as PROD

Biography - Completed 2018

Inspired by Carlos Acosta's best-selling autobiography, "No Way Home".

Festivals
& Awards

San Sebastian FF 2018
Official selection Jury Prize for Best Screenplay
    • Year of production
    • 2018
    • Genres
    • Biography
    • Countries
    • SPAIN
    • Languages
    • SPANISH
    • Duration
    • 115 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Iciar BOLLAIN
    • Writer(s)
    • Paul LAVERTY
    • Synopsis
    • "Yuli" is the nickname given to Carlos Acosta by his father Pedro. From a young age, Yuli fleg any kind of discipline and education; the streets of a run-down neighborhood in Havana was where he learned most of his schooling. But Pedro knows his son has natural talent and forces him to attend Cuba's National Dance School. Against his will and despite his initial discipline, Yuli ends up being captivated by the world of dance, and from childhood he will begin to forge his own legend, as one of the best dancers of his generation, often breaking tabus and becaoming the first black artist to dance Romeo in the Royal Ballet in London, where he forged a legendary career as a principal dancer for 17 years.