While visiting Verona, Italy, with her busy fiance, a young woman named Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) visits a wall where the heartbroken leave notes to Shakespeare's tragic heroine, Juliet Capulet. Finding one such letter from 1957, Sophie decides to write to its now-aged author, Claire (Vanessa Redgrave) . Inspired by Sophie's actions, Claire sets out to find her long-lost lover, accompanied by Sophie and her disapproving grandson (Christopher Egan) .
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Running Time: 101 minutes
- Release Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: PG [ Brief Rude Behavior, Incidental Smoking, Sensual Images, Some Language ]
- Starring: Amanda Seyfried [Sophie], Vanessa Redgrave [Claire], Christopher Egan [Charlie], Gael GarcĂa Bernal [Victor], Franco Nero [Lorenzo], Oliver Platt [Bobby], Luisa Ranieri [Isabella]
- Directed by: Gary Winick [Director], Jose Rivera [Screenwriter], Tim Sullivan [Screenwriter], Caroline Kaplan [Producer], Ellen Barkin [Producer], Mark Canton [Producer], Ron Schmidt [Executive Producer], Marco Pontecorvo [Cinematographer], Stuart Wurtzel [Production Design], Bill Pankow [Film Editor], Andrea Guerra [Original Music], Nicoletta Ercole [Costume Designer], Cindy Tolan [Casting], Ellen Lewis [Casting], Beatrice Kruger [Casting]
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