La Yuma
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La Yuma is a 2009 Nicaraguan drama film
directed by Florence Jaugey. The film was selected as the Nicaraguan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Florence Jaugey. The film was selected as the Nicaraguan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Cast
- Alma Blanco - La Yuma
- Gabriel Benavides - Ernesto
- Rigoberto Mayorga - Culebra
- María Esther López - Scarlett
- Eliézer Traña - Yader
- Guillermo Martínez - Polvorita
- Juan Carlos García - La Cubana
- Salvador Espinoza - Alfonso
- Sobeyda Téllez - La Yuma's Mother