Mônica e Cebolinha: No Mundo de Romeu e Julieta (1979)

Original title

Mônica e Cebolinha no Mundo de Romeu e Julieta

Directed by

José Amâncio

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

43 min

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Monica and her friends perform a comedic musical version of Romeo and Juliet. The story follows the classic romance but with the familiar children's characters acting out the parts.

playfullightheartedwhimsicalmusicalcampychild-friendlyenergetictheatrical

What happens

Mônica e Cebolinha: No Mundo de Romeu e Julieta (Portuguese for Monica and Jimmy Five: In the World of Romeo & Juliet) is a film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, starring Monica's Gang. It was originally staged at theater in 1978 with a comic and LP adaptation out in the same year. In 1979 the feature film adaptation of the play was released, filmed in Ouro Preto, as a special for the Children's Day on Rede Bandeirantes. Along with A Rádio do Chico Bento, is one of the two films inspired by Mauricio de Sousa characters completely done in live-action. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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