Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story

M
2019
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111 mins
Trailer
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Superstar ballet dancer and choreographer Carlos Acosta shares and explores his life story, culminating at the peak of dance. Reenactments... More

Where to watch Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story

Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story is available to stream in... More New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV Store and Vimeo On Demand and Academy On Demand and Beamafilm and AroVision.

Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story | Ratings & Reviews

"The biopic follows the life of decorated Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta, and exists as a stunning embodiment of perseverance told through the art of cinema and dance."

FilmInkFilmInk

"Racial prejudice and Cuba’s rocky economic history play a prominent part in a biopic that moves back and forth in time to produce a dreamily introspective profile of an international talent whose homesickness follows him everywhere."

Sydney Morning HeraldSydney Morning Herald

"Acosta's journey to super-stardom – he went on to be feted as the greatest male dancer of his generation, with lead roles at The Royal Ballet, Sadler Wells and The Bolshoi and, next year, he will become artistic director of the Birmingham Ballet – makes for an engrossing yarn. Yuli isn't a particularly flashy or revolutionary film. But it is a more-than-competent retelling of a remarkable life's trajectory."

StuffStuff

"The genius in the film is in how each section feeds each other, and indeed needs each other (the dance comments on the drama, and vice versa), and produces a wholly original and deeply affecting movie."

The TimesThe Times

"Crafted with passion, integrity and determination, much like Acosta himself."

Little White LiesLittle White Lies

"What's perhaps surprising given the insider involvement from Acosta is the film's insight and emotional generosity that extends even to overbearing Pedro."

The GuardianThe Guardian

"Superstar Cuban ballet dancer Carlos Acosta takes us through his life in unusual style in a mix of drama and dance, fiction and reality."

Time OutTime Out

"Fandom of, or even familiarity with, Acosta's work isn't a prerequisite for enjoying a film that, accurately or otherwise, shapes his life story into a classical rags-to-riches (or at least street-to-stage) arc."

VarietyVariety

"A story hitting every thematic note - family, sacrifice, maleness, black identity, exile and the transforming power of art - that's likely to touch a chord with audiences."

Screen DailyScreen Daily

Yuli: The Carlos Acosta Story | Details

Rating
M, Offensive language
Runtime
111
Genre
Documentary
Country of origin
Cuba, Germany, Spain, UK

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