This is the second six episodes of the hit Brazilian LGBT web series that is very loosely adapted (!) from Shakespeare’s classic love story Romeo & Juliet and has been made into a contemporary queer romantic drama. Set in the fictional city of Verona not too far from Sao Paolo, and is where the Campelos and Monteiros families live and who have vehemently hated each other for generations so that now no-one is really sure why
It continues the story of how openly gay Romulo (ARTHUR CHERMONT) who had fallen for Ramon (JOÃO MESQUITA) from the family he is supposed to hate, and the two are ready to take their clandestine relationship to another level. That will, of course, mean telling their respective parents, and that is where the histrionics come in.
There is also this intriguing side plot as 24-year-old Romulu has been diagnosed with the little-known disease Precocious Parkinson which very few young people get. They use this plot twist to do a mini public service feeding in information on how it is treated and on how it will affect the young man’s future
The award-winning series co-created and co-written by its two young stars is directed by JONATHAN MENDONÇA. It has its fair quota of melodrama that one has come to expect from a Brazilian drama. It is a very cute and sentimentalized love story played out by these very charming and extremely watchable young men and has a cozy feel-good factor about it.
This easy of the eyes drama is no big Shakespearean production, and in fact, the Bard may even turn over in his grave if he knew how they have changed his classic ending, but hey sometimes even tragic young lovers deserve a chance of a happy ever after.
Labels: 2018, brazilian, romance, Web series
