Romeo and Juliet can't be rewritten?

If you thought that there wasn't another angle to the love story that defies families and traditions, how about soccer? Soccer is a huge passion for millions of people in the world. Latin Americans take it very seriously. Bruno Barreto masterfully directs this comedy which mixes various genres. Is it a romance? In O Casamento De Romeu E Julieta, Julieta follows the family line and is a fan and player for the Palmeiras Soccer Club. She has been raised that way by her lawyer father--Alfredo Baragatti. Unfortunatly, she falls in love with a fan of the rival team--the Corinthian-worshipping Romeu. Marco Ricca and Luana Piovani play the characters as loveable people you'd like to have as friends and neighbors--if they didn't have family. Bruno Barreto is the famed director of Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands and Bossa Nova. This year is a tribute to this great director (there are other movies directed by him you can see at the festival...). Mukul Khurana