Synopsis
The play Romeo and Juliet has been translated around the world. Now this gritty, funny new feature film retells William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" in Yiddish. A middle-aged ER nurse, Ava, in graduate school-and bitterly lapsed observant Jew-undertakes a Yiddish translation of Shakespeare's great classic, Romeo and Juliet. Meanwhile, her houseguest, also a Hasidic dropout, is "leaking" Kabbalistic magic, and enchants her studio apartment. In what might be the first Yiddish "mumblecore" film, Annenberg creates a parallel universe (aka Williamsburg, Brooklyn), where Romeo and Juliet stem from divergent streams of ultra-orthodox Judaism and speak their lines in street-smart Yiddish.
Metrics
Movie Details
| Domestic Releases: | July 8th, 2011 (Limited) by Nancy Fishman Releasing |
| Running Time: | 89 minutes |
| Comparisons: | Create your own comparison chart… |
| Keywords: | Foreign Language, Religious, Performing Arts, Writing and Writers, Mumblecore, Romance, Directing Yourself |
| Source: | Based on Play |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Production Method: | Live Action |
| Creative Type: | Fantasy |
| Production/Financing Companies: | Vilna City Films |
| Production Countries: | United States |
| Languages: | English, Yiddish |