Romeo and Juliet in Yiddish

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The play Romeo and Juliet has been translated around the world. Now Eve Annenbergs gritty, funny feature film sets William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in contemporary New York City with Brooklyn-inflected English and Yiddish spoken by a talented cast.

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