Film screening | Ulya

Ulya

Genre: drama, biographical

Recommended age: 12+

Film length: 1 hour 43 minutes

Language: in Latvian with subtitles in Latvian and English

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

The film “Ulya” is an emotional story about identity and belonging, set in Latvia in the 1960s. Ulya is a teenager from the Old Believers, whose unusual height of almost two meters attracts 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 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 female basketball player in the world.