Project Detail

Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words

Synopsis

In autumn 2019, Footwork Films invites you to experience a groundbreaking reimagining of the best-known love story of all time. Set to a unique recording of Sergei Prokofiev’s original score, International Emmy award-winning Michael Nunn and William Trevitt restage and direct Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s remarkable choreography in an audacious first in contemporary filmmaking.
The cinematic costume drama features the current generation of stars of The Royal Ballet, internationally known as the strongest actor-dancers in the world, starring William Bracewell as Romeo and Francesca Hayward as Juliet in their feature film debuts.
As members of the feuding Capulet and Montague families, Romeo and Juliet should be sworn enemies, but they fall deeply in love and marry in secret. That very day, disastrous circumstances lead Romeo to fight and kill Juliet's cousin Tybalt, setting off a chain of events that culminate in tragedy. Juliet takes a potion to avoid the love-match her parents have set up for her, and Romeo, believing she is dead, poisons himself. When she wakes from her deep sleep, Juliet finds the body of her love, and is so distraught that she stabs herself, joining him in death.

Details

Year
2019
Type of film
Features
Running time
93 mins
Director
Michael Nunn
Producer
Michael Nunn, William Trevitt, Kwesi Dickson
Executive Producer
Jan Younghusband, Kevin O'Hare, Judit Sós
Editor
Jimmy Piper
Screenwriter
Kenneth MacMillan
Director of Photography
William Trevitt
Composer
Sergei Prokofiev
Principal cast
William Bracewell, Francesca Hayward, Matthew Ball, Marcelino Sambe, James Hay, Christopher Saunders, Kristen McNally
Costume Design
Nicholas Georgiadis

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Production Status

Production Company

Footwork Films Ltd

Nike van Schie

Sales Company

White Light International Media Ltd

Andrew Winter

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