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La Yuma (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cartagena Film Festival
Malaga Spanish Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2009 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )
Nicaragua ( Latin America, Mexico )
Spain ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Florence Jaugey

Written By:
Edgar Soberón Torchia
Florence Jaugey

Actors:
Alma Blanco ..... Virginia Roa 'La Yuma'
Rigoberto Mayorga ..... Culebra
Gabriel Benavides ..... Ernesto
Juan Carlos García ..... La Cubana
Eliézer Traña ..... Yader
María Esther López ..... Scarlett
Salvador Espinoza ..... Alfonso
Sobeyda Téllez ..... La Yuma's Mother
Guillermo Martínez ..... Polvorita
Emir Cabezas ..... El Down
Raul Cabeza ..... El Down
Jerson Espinoza ..... El Guapo
Elton Valverde ..... El Chino
Marlon Tapia ..... El Gato
Mauricio Bustamante ..... Gabriel

Synopsis:

On the surface, this debut feature by writer-director Florence Jaugey is about a girl boxer, Yuma (Alma Blanco), struggling to escape the barrios of Managua. She lives in a concrete-floor shack with her often-absent mother, unemployed pedophilic stepdad, teen junkie brother, and two younger siblings. She loves and protects the children but despises the adults. Meanwhile, outside her home, Yuma's street thug boyfriend, Culebra -- whose name means "snake" -- tries to control her, saying, "Women don't box." But Yuma is wild and tough. She continues training and soon starts an affair with Ernesto, a middle-class journalism student at Universidad Centroamericana.

This is the story of Yuma a strong-willed and rebellious girl from the poor neighborhoods of Managua who dreams of being a boxer. Managua, today. Yuma wants to be a boxer. In her poor neighborhood, gangs fight for control of the street. In her home, lovelessness is the name of the game. She dreams of the ring, energy and agile feet and hands. They are also her only options. A street, a theft, a chance encounter: Yuma meets Ernesto, a journalism student from the other side of the city. Despite their differences, they fall in love, attracted to each other by their shared desire to find their own space in the world.

La Yuma is a 2009 Nicaraguan drama film directed by Florence Jaugey.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 16 August, 2012.

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