Yellow (2006)

Family: a necessary burden. Amaryllis Campos is young and beautiful, a classically trained dancer delivering pizzas in Puerto Rico, living with her parents and her drug-selling chump of a ... See full summary »

Director:

Alfredo Rodriguez de Villa (as Alfredo De Villa)

Writers:

Nacoma Whobrey (screenplay), Nacoma Whobrey (story)

Stars:

Roselyn Sanchez, Bill Duke, D.B. Sweeney

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Roselyn Sanchez	...	Amaryllis Campos (as Roselyn Sánchez)
Bill Duke	...	Miles Emory
D.B. Sweeney	...	Christian Kile
Jamie Tirelli	...	Franco Campos
Sully Diaz	...	Carmen Campos
Richard Petrocelli	...	Jack Frawley
Nancy Millan	...	Hilda (as Nancy Millán)
Manny Perez	...	Angelo
Erika Michels	...	Elizabeth
Jorge R. Calderon	...	Joeli (as Jorge R. Calderón)
Sammi Rotibi	...	Red
Carlton Wilborn	...	Broadway Choreographer
Ricardo Alvarez	...	Johnny Cantu (as Ricardo Álvarez Santiago)
Carmen Gutierrez	...	Old Lady
Freddi de Arcé	...	Rocco (as Freddie De Arce)

Storyline

Family: a necessary burden. Amaryllis Campos is young and beautiful, a classically trained dancer delivering pizzas in Puerto Rico, living with her parents and her drug-selling chump of a boyfriend, her dream deferred. When family tragedy and betrayal hit in the same week, she goes to New York with help from an unlikely friend. There, she lucks into an apartment and befriends an elderly neighbor. She looks for work, taking a job at a strip club. By day, she answers casting calls; at night, she's a hit at the Club Labrador. When the possibility of romance appears unexpectedly, Amaryllis must choose between its promise and the faint shadow of her dream.

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Plot Keywords:

dancer | voyeurism | breasts | cleavage | female frontal nudity | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes you have to lose everything before you find yourself

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, nudity and language

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Cinema Puerto Rico: una antropología visual (2014)

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Soundtracks

Fall Is Here
Written by Dan Ostermann
Performed by Liela Avila

User Reviews

Roselyn Sanchez Lights Up the Screen!

Roselyn Sanchez Lights Up the Screen!, August 3, 2007 By Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME) YELLOW may be fairly easy to dismiss as a soap opera story of little girl makes good despite a troubling journey, but the presence of Roselyn Sanchez is reason enough to see this little art film, She has what it takes to make a film magic, she acts well, dances well, and creates a credible persona from a rather superficial script.

Based on a story by Nacoma Whobrey about the gifted daughter of a once famous male ballet dancer who leaves her native Puerto Rico in the grief of her father/tutor's death to find a better life in New York - the city where her father found fame. Amaryllis Campos (Roselyn Sanchez) worshiped her famous father (Jaime Tirelli), learned ballet under his tutelage, then grew up in a home after her father's leg crushing accident, with a mother (Erika Michels) and a live-in druggie boyfriend Angelo (Manny Perez), supporting her helpless family by delivering pizzas. When her life falls apart one person befriends her - Hilde (Nancy Millan) - and provides her money to move to New York and a cousin with whom to live.

Once in new York Amaryllis finds the cousin's apartment occupied by a sweet old poet Miles Emory (Bill Duke) who allows her to stay. Finding work proves difficult until she signs on as a pole dancer in a sleazy nightclub. There she meets an emotionally bruised physician (D.B. Sweeney) who befriends her and who with the help of her new found friends finally makes her way back to the legitimate stage.

Yes, the story has been done before, but it is the pacing of director Alfredo De Villa that keeps the film pulsatile, and the shimmering screen presence of Roselyn Sanchez that makes this little film worth watching. Story 5, Performance by Sanchez 10. In Spanish and English with subtitles. The additional features on the DVD are even more interesting than the script! Grady Harp

Details

Country:

Puerto Rico USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

7 June 2007 (Puerto Rico)

Also Known As:

A Cor do Perdão

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Royal McBee, Yellow Productions Corp.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1