Romeo und Julia. Reloaded

"Immortal are those who love." The young Muslim woman Aischa and Romeo, the son of a Catholic family, fall hopelessly in love with each other. In 2014, they flee from their devout families in North Hesse to Northern Italy. At the site of the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet, they are confronted with their fate. They become entangled in a criminal case involving feuds, blood revenge, murder, and suicide, which actually took place in Mantua and Verona in 1594. "Love gives them strength, time, and means to find each other. And to connect the greatest distress with the greatest joy." ROMEO AND JULIET, 1594 "We are free, aren't we?" she asks almost anxiously. - "Of course, my dear. We have everything in our hands." ROMEO AND JULIET, 2014 The story of Romeo and Juliet is always relevant. The rebellion of young people against familial and societal constraints inspires the minds and feelings of new generations. Now, the Berlin writer Berndt Schulz, who has been living in Schwalm for some time, has retold this story in a completely new way.