Romeo and Juliet

An emotional and stylistically consistent documentary musical depicting the staging of Bernstein’s West Side Story with deaf youths. The dramatic material is intertwined with life and the emotional scenes of the musical; it creates a distinctive choreography, which is a statement of the deaf people’s craving to love this world and to be open. Reciting to music, which is the way of singing of the deaf, is the strongest and most unexpected witness of the realities of their world.

Country:

Latvia

Genre:

Documentary,

Music

Duration:

55 minutes

Year:

2004

Director:

Viesturs Kairišs

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Company:

Kaupo Filma

Cast:
Crew:
Viesturs Kairišs

Director

Viesturs Kairišs

Writer

Gints Bērziņš

Director of Photography

Ieva Jurjāne

Art Direction

Anrijs Krenbergs

Sound Director