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Rome & Jewel is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 22 february 2008 with Nate Parker
Rome & Jewel (2008)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 22 february 2008
Length 1h30
OriginUSA
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about suicide, Hip hop films, Musical films, Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Gangster films
Rating42%
Rome & Jewel is a 2006 hip-hop musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet set in Los Angeles that deals with interracial love. The film stars Nate Parker as Rome and Lindsey Haun as Jewel. The 2008 re-release had modest box office results and mostly negative critical commentary.
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Compton-native Rome (Nate Parker) is the son of Reverend Q (Cleavant Derricks) and has angst for Jewel (Lindsey Haun), the daughter of Los Angeles Mayor Capps (John Rubinstein) who lives in Beverly Hills. Using a reworked dialogue such as "deep inside I’m tender/sweeter than Splenda/and if you must know the truth/my heart's not bulletproof" and despite his father's wishes that he avoid upper-class white women, Rome meets Jewel at her sweet 16 party. They achieve love-at-first sight over bilateral rap discourse and have a quick wedding in Las Vegas. After the tragic ending befalls both teens, the fathers come to a realization that color should not distinguish humanity.Actors
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