A city is divided by the conflict between two feuding families - the fathers are bitter business rivals, and the younger generation are continually fighting in the streets. The son of one household falls in love at first sight with his enemy's daughter - but the vendetta threatens their secret romance. Baz Luhrmann's modern update of Shakespeare's tragic love story, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Pete Postlethwaite and Miriam Margolyes