Romeo og Julie​

I Danmark elsker vi John Neumeiers legendariske ballet, men i London og New York er det Kenneth MacMillans version af kærlighedshistorien, der er den foretrukne. The Royal Ballet i London er et af verdens allerbedste balletkompagnier, og deres filmudgave af ‚Romeo og Julie‛ er optaget on location i Italien.

The film is a retelling of one of the world's best love stories, danced to Sergei Prokofiev's original music. Emmy-winning Michael Nunn and William Trevitt are behind the innovative film version.

As members of the warring Capulet and Montague families, Romeo and Juliet should be sworn enemies, but they fall in love and marry in secret. Catastrophic circumstances incite Romeo to kill Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, setting in motion a chain of events that culminates in tragedy. Juliet drinks a potion to avoid her fate, and Romeo, thinking she is dead, subsequently poisons himself. When Julie awakens from her deep sleep, she finds her lover's lifeless body. Desperate, she stabs herself with a knife and follows him to his death. 

The films are introduced by ballet critic and historian Erik Aschengreen