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‘Ulya’ Review: A Striking but One-Dimensional Portrait of Basketball Legend Ulyana Semjonova
Recently premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, “Ulya” is a biopic of Latvian-born basketball phenomenon Ulyana Semjonova, who played and won many medals and championships for the Soviet Union from the late 1960s until well into the 1980s. Yet her tragedy, as director Viesturs Kairišs’ film presents it, is her height: At […]
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According to Variety’s source item, ‘Ulya’ Review: A Striking but One-Dimensional Portrait of Basketball Legend Ulyana Semjonova, Recently premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, “Ulya” is a biopic of Latvian-born basketball phenomenon Ulyana Semjonova, who played and won many medals and championships for the Soviet Union from the late 1960s until well into the 1980s. Yet her tragedy, as director Viesturs Kairišs’ film presents it, is her height: At […]
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