Romeu e Julieta

Alternative title: Romeo and Juliet
Synopsis: Made-for-television film. A modernised version of Romeo and Juliet created round the historic town of Ouro Preto in Brazil. Romeo and Juliet are two students from the north-eastern state of Minas Gerais, whose love is prohibited because of family rivalry.
Language: Portuguese (Brazil)
Country: Brazil
Medium: Film; Television; Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 1980
Transmission details: 24 Dec 1980 (Channel: TV Globo)
Duration: 94 mins
Availability: Hire

Director

Paulo Alfonso Grisolli

Writer

William Shakespeare

Screenplay

Walter George Durst

Cast

General: `..combines the spectacle of Renato Castellani’s 1954 ROMEO AND JULIET, the operatic flavour of Zeffirelli’s and the topicality of Bernstein’s WEST SIDE STORY.' (Kenneth Rothwell & Annabelle Henkin Meltzer Shakespeare on Screen: an International Filmography and Videography’. London: Mansell, 1990. p. 263).
History: Broadcast on Dutch television (NOS) 9 November 1985. The programme was never broadcast in the US (8/2010).
Textual information: Portuguese dialogue with English subtitles. First transmitted in Great Britain on Channel 4 on 31 August 1983.

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