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Verona - a fictional run-down city in the 21st century,
whose inhabitants are all more or less involved
in the conflict between the two families Montague and Capulet.
whose inhabitants are all more or less involved
in the conflict between the two families Montague and Capulet.
In the midst of this madness live two young people,
who do not really fit into this world of corruption, violence and intrigue.
who do not really fit into this world of corruption, violence and intrigue.
Gareth McGregor alias Romeo Montague.
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Romeo is the leader of the Montague gang
and is looking for a way to make sense of his life in a city
without prospects and to escape the eternal madness of everyday life.
and is looking for a way to make sense of his life in a city
without prospects and to escape the eternal madness of everyday life.
Juliet is the niece of the most influential woman in Verona.
Well protected and guarded like a treasure by her family,
she has never seen the streets of Verona
and lives a life that is more like imprisonment.
Well protected and guarded like a treasure by her family,
she has never seen the streets of Verona
and lives a life that is more like imprisonment.
Julia Stiegler alias Juliet Capulet.
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The Montague Boys (Tom Wolf-Pflug, Nhut Minh Huynh, Gareth McGregor, Gyan Roß-Zimmermann, Richard Petter).
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The Montagues are a gang of young men and women,
who came to Verona as foreigners, strangers and migrants,
and who are still looking for their place in society.
who came to Verona as foreigners, strangers and migrants,
and who are still looking for their place in society.
The Capulets, an old-established clan with a mafia structure,
are trying to gain influence through political intrigue.
are trying to gain influence through political intrigue.
The Capulet Gang (Arthur Hieb, Florian Beck, Luka Radovic, Anna Vieira Auer, Nils Almer).
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First and foremost, the two street gangs, to which teenagers and young adults of the two families belong, wage a bitter street war with each other,
which totally escalates when Romeo Montague and Julia Capulet fall in love with each other, although the latter is promised to the local politician Paris Rossi.
which totally escalates when Romeo Montague and Julia Capulet fall in love with each other, although the latter is promised to the local politician Paris Rossi.
Paris Rossi (Moritz Tostmann) and Juliet (Julia Stiegler) meet each other the first time.
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Romeo (Gareth McGregor) and Juliet (Julia Stiegler) see each other for the first time.
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The film provides an insight into the microcosm of a fictional Verona, tells every story,
no matter how small, that leads to the ultimately devastating hatred and shows the abysses
and futile glimmers of hope of a society built on precisely this titular hatred,
drawing clear parallels to the current social situation and the division developing within it.
no matter how small, that leads to the ultimately devastating hatred and shows the abysses
and futile glimmers of hope of a society built on precisely this titular hatred,
drawing clear parallels to the current social situation and the division developing within it.
Romeo (Gareth McGregor) is watching Juliet dancing with Paris Rossi (Moritz Tostmann). ©Studio104a
Juliet (Julia Stiegler) only has eyes for Romeo while she dances with Paris (Moritz Tostmann). ©Studio104a
Julia's wet nurse and best friend Sofia (Ronja Seyfried) realises that her plan has gone wrong. ©Studio104a
Julia's mother (Anna Seidl) Cornelia Capulet is the secret ruler of the town. ©Studio104a
Tybalt Capulet (Luka Radovic) tries to save his life. ©Studio104a
Romeo (Gareth McGregor) is about to commit murder. ©Studio104a
Mercutio (Gyan Roß-Zimmermann) takes a breath as the police search for him. ©Studio104a
The story is told from the point of view of the survivors and their memories of what happened, because, as we know, the most famous love tragedy of all time does not have a happy ending.
Those survivors sit in the police interrogation and tell how they experienced the past events.
Those survivors sit in the police interrogation and tell how they experienced the past events.
