Maré, Nossa História de Amor (Another Love Story) (Mare, Our Love Story) (2007)

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Romeo and Juliet gets a new retelling with the slum of Brazil as a backdrop in this musical from writer and director Lucia Murat. Dudu (Babu Santana) is the leader of a street gang who rule a ragged shantytown on the bad side of Rio de Janeiro. Dudu's nemesis is Be (Jefchander Lucas), the leader of… More Romeo and Juliet gets a new retelling with the slum of Brazil as a backdrop in this musical from writer and director Lucia Murat. Dudu (Babu Santana) is the leader of a street gang who rule a ragged shantytown on the bad side of Rio de Janeiro. Dudu's nemesis is Be (Jefchander Lucas), the leader of a rival gang who wants to take over his turf. But Be has a beautiful cousin, Analidia (Cristina Lago), who has stolen the heart of Dudu's brother, Jonatha (Vinicius D'Black). Jonatha deeply loves Analidia in return, and their mutual friend Fernanda (Marisa Orth), provides them a neutral meeting place at her dance school. But it soon becomes clear that there is too much bad blood between their families for the young lovers to stay together without a fight. Mare, Nossa Historia de Amor (aka Another Love Story) was an official entry at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi