Cinema | ULYA

We invite you to the film Ulya at Dobele City Cultural Center on October 9 at 6:00 PM. Tickets are available at Biļešu Paradīze box offices, ticket price 5 euros.

The film Ulya is an emotional story about identity and belonging, set in 1960s Latvia. Ulya is a teenage Old Believer whose unusual height of almost two meters catches the attention of basketball coaches. She is taken to Riga, where she finds herself in an unfamiliar big city and the world of professional sports. Struggling with her inner doubts, the girl soon realizes that she must make the most important choice of her life: hide from the world or accept herself and become the best basketball player in the world.

The film is in Latvian and Russian

Film length: 1h 43min

Genre: drama, biography

Recommended age: 12+

Director: Viesturs Kairišs

Cast: Kārlis Arnolds Avots, Chulpan Khamatova, Aleksas Kazanavičius, Shamil Khamatov, Kaspars Dumburs, Arturs Krūzkops, Madara Viļčuka, Dārta Cīrule, Alise Dzene, Varvara Čekhs