The action takes place in Verona and features two great enemy families, the Montagues and the Capulets. At a masked ball given by the Capulets, Romeo, a Montague, falls madly in love with Juliet, a Capulet promised in marriage to Count Paris, a young noble. He meets her at nightfall, under her balcony, to declare his love for her. Madly in love, they asked Brother Laurent the next day to marry them. But their happiness will be brief...