The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.
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Santiago Alfonso | ... | Pedro Acosta |
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Keyvin Martínez | ... | Carlos Acosta (joven) |
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Edlison Manuel Olbera Núñez | ... | Carlos Acosta (niño) |
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Laura De la Uz | ... | Maestra Chery |
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Yerlín Pérez | ... | María |
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Mario Elias | ... | Mario (as Mario Segio Elías) |
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Andrea Doimeadiós | ... | Berta (as Andrea Doimeadíos) |
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Cesar Domínguez | ... | Opito (as César Domínguez) |
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Yailene Sierra | ... | Profesora 1 |
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Héctor Noas | ... | Guía |
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Carlos Enrique Almirante | ... | Enrique |
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Betiza Bistmark Calderón | ... | Marilín |
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Tamara Rojo | ... | Julieta (archive footage) |
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The director Icíar Bollaín presents the story of the Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta, a legend on the dance world and the first black dancer to perform some of the most famous ballet roles. A dancer who did not want to dance.
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Written by Paul Laverty this is the story of Acosta's life: a loving yet brutally determined father, a schizophrenic sister, a poor childhood in Cuba, racism, career vs. family and becoming the principal dancer at the English National Ballet in London. Acosta recreates his own life, directing other dancers to play characters from that life with Acosta occasionally playing his own father. Like a child recreating its own past in order to feel comfortable within the known - or to change it - Acosta does it with dance.
This is a beautiful piece of work and takes us into the graceful world and mind of a man working through his demons with dance.