Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a post-modern city named Verona Beach. In this version, the Capulets and the Montagues are two rival gangs. Juliet (Claire Danes) is attending a costume ball thrown by her parents. Her father Fulgencio Capulet (Paul Sorvino) has arranged her marriage to the boorish Paris (Paul Rudd) as part of a strategic investment plan. Romeo attends the masked ball and he and Juliet fall in love.

 

Ticket can be bought in advance here or at Kai Art Center before the screening. The film screening is part of Sõprus Cinema’s special program ‘Kai välikino’. More info here.

 

Country: USA, Mexico, Australia
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo
Language: English
Subtitle Language: Estonian