Blood and Chocolate
- Synopsis
- Horror/werewolf movie in which some have seen parallels with Romeo and Juliet. In Bucharest, Vivian, an orphan, was raised by her aunt after losing her parents ten years before in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. His family belongs to a bloodline of werewolves and Vivian is promised to the leader of the pack, Gabriel. When the American cartoonist Aiden, who is researching werewolves for his publisher, meets Vivian, they immediately fall in love in love. However, the evil son of Gabriel, and Vivian’s cousin Rafe, poison Gabriel, forcing her to choose between her bonds with her family and her passion for Aiden.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany; Great Britain; Romania; United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 2007
- Duration
- 98 mins
Credits
- Director
- Katja von Garnier
- Producer
- Hawk Koch; Richard Wright; Wolfgang Esenwein
- Cinematographer
- Brendan Galvin
- Screenplay
- Christopher Landon; Ehren Kruger
- Music
- Johnny Klimek; Reinhold Heil
- Cast
Hugh Dancy Aiden (Romeo) Agnes Bruckner Vivien (Juliet) Olivier Martinez Gabriel
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); horror films; Teen movie
Notes
- General
- "Think Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ but with fangs and fur and you have a broad but accurate idea". {IMDb User Comment accessed 5/2009).
Based on the romantic supernatural werewolf novel of the same name aimed at young adult readers by Annette Curtis Klause.
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Blood and Chocolate". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av72171 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)