110 mins |
Rated
M
This adventurous depiction of the life and success of ballet dancer Carlos Acosta glides between childhood re-enactments and scenes of Acosta directing fellow dancers in artistically interpreted moments from his life. Director Icíar Bollaín mixes crowd-pleasing biopic conventions with a range of clever filmmaking techniques, affording the real Acosta the stage to convey his own history, expressed indelibly through the language of movement.
Stars: Carlos Acosta (Carlos Acosta), Santiago Alfonso (Pedro Acosta), Keyvin Martínez (young Carlos Acosta), Edilson Manuel Olbera Nuñez (Carlos Acosta, child), Laura de la Uz (Chery), Mario Sergio Elías (Mario), Yerlín Perez (María), Andrea Doimeadíos (Berta), César Domínguez (Opito)
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This adventurous depiction of the life and success of ballet dancer Carlos Acosta glides between childhood re-enactments and scenes of Acosta directing fellow dancers in artistically interpreted moments from his life. Director Icíar Bollaín mixes crowd-pleasing biopic conventions with a range of clever filmmaking techniques, affording the real Acosta the stage to convey his own history, expressed indelibly through the language of movement.
Stars: Carlos Acosta (Carlos Acosta), Santiago Alfonso (Pedro Acosta), Keyvin Martínez (young Carlos Acosta), Edilson Manuel Olbera Nuñez (Carlos Acosta, child), Laura de la Uz (Chery), Mario Sergio Elías (Mario), Yerlín Perez (María), Andrea Doimeadíos (Berta), César Domínguez (Opito)