Romeo and Juliet Get Married
| Romeo and Juliet Are Getting Married (O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta) | |
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 original film poster | |
| Directed by | Bruno Barreto |
| Written by | Marcos Caruso Jandira Martini |
| Produced by | Paula Barreto |
| Starring | Luana Piovani Marco Ricca Luís Gustavo Martha Mellinger Berta Zemmel Mel Lisboa Leonardo Miggiorin |
| Music by | Guto Graça Mello |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista International Miramax (US) |
Release dates | 2007 (US) 18 March, 2005 (Brazil) |
Running time | 93 min |
| Language | Portuguese |
O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta (English title: Romeo and Juliet are getting married) is a 2005 Brazilian film directed by Bruno Barreto and starring Brazilian actress and model Luana Piovani as well as Marco Ricca. The film is loosely based on the William Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, set in Sao Paulo amid two feuding soccer clubs, the Palmeiras and the Corinthians.
Plot summary
The tomboyish, outgoing Julieta is the daughter of the Chairman of the Palmeiras soccer club. She's constantly frustrated by what she sees as institutional bias against women in soccer. One day while watching her beloved Palmeiras, she is struck by a handsome man, Romeu, that she sees rooting for the Palmeiras' chief rivals, the Corinthians. After meeting the same man again in the middle of eye exam, Julieta and Romeu quickly become a couple. However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of her parents, Romeu is forced to pretend to be an adoring Palmeiras fan, an increasingly difficult task for the die-hard Corinthian.
Finally, Romeu is forced to admit his true allegiance to Julieta's father on a turbulent plane flight following the Palmeira's disastrous defeat in an international match in Tokyo. Romeu and Julieta are shunned by both members of their family, including Romeu's spry grandmother. Eventually the two families face off in a heated confrontation oustide Romeu's apartment, an argument that is escalated particularly after it is revealed that Julieta is pregnant.
Eventually, the two feuding families are able to rally around their love for both Romeu and Julieta , even if they are unable to look past their different sport affiliations.
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