Gables Art Cinema
November 21 – December 2
A determined group of filmmakers and actors in Nicaragua have completed that country’s first feature in more than two decades – La Yuma. It tells the story of a strong-willed and rebellious young woman from a poor neighborhood of Managua who dreams of being a boxer, and is simultaneously a realistic and lyrical work that provides insight into today’s Central Amercan reality. La Yuma paints a portrait of the heroine’s violent family and community, along with her “band-of-outsider” friends, while at the same time following her affair with a university student who is from “the other side of the tracks.” Unusual in its intensity and authenticity, La Yuma is Nicaragua’s submission for this year’s Academy Awards. Although it has played at many international festivals, broken box office records in Managua, and opened theatrically in Europe, this is its first regular theatrical release in all of North America. La Yuma, In Spanish with English subtitles, begins its exclusive U.S. theatrical engagement presented in 35mm at the Coral Gables Art Cinema on Sunday evening, November 21, and will run through Thursday, December 2. Tickets $9 and under, available only at the box office, cash or credit card, for same-day screenings and advance sales. Call 786-385-9689 or visit http://www.gablescinema.com for full seven-days-a-week screening times, film trailers and more.