Berta Coll

Anna Pujol

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YEAR:

2005

DIRECTOR: Chris Columbus

SCRIPTWRITER: Stephen Chbosky

ORIGINAL LANGUAGE: American english

THEATRE VERSION:

1996

AWARDS• Pulitzer Prize of Drama

in 1996

• Obie

Rent has been the one of the longest running shows of Broadway

• New York Drama Critics Circle

• 4 Tony

• 3 Drama Desk

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Rent tells the story of a GROUP IMPOVERISHED YOUNG ARTISTS and MUSICIANS

They STRUGGLING TO LIVE AND PAY THEIR RENT

in the GRITTY BACKGROUND OF THE NEW YORK’S EAST VILLAGE

in THE LATE-1980S, EARLY-1990S

These bohemians STRIVE FOR SUCCESS AND ACCEPTANCE while enduring THE OBSTACLES OF POVERTY, ILLNESS AND THE SIDA EPIDEMIC.

CHARACTERS

ACTORS

Rosario Dawson

Mimi

Adam Pascal

Mark

CHARACTERS

ACTORS

Idina Menzel

Maureen

Tracie Thoms

Joanne

CHARACTERS

ACTORS

Tom Collins

Jesse L. Martin

Wilson Heredia

Angel

CHARACTERS

ACTORS

Anthony Rapp

Mark

Taye Diggs

Benny

LOCATIOLOCATIONN• Where is the film set?

New York City ( specifically East Víllage )

TIMETIME• When is it set?

Late-80’s, early-90’s

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In Rent there are 23 songs

Titles of the most important songs:

• Seasons of love• Rent• No day, but today• La vie Bohème• I Should Tell You

PERSONAL OPINION:Rent is a good film and we’ve enjoyed it.It’s a film which we can see an other part of the life and it shows us that the life is not always easy and that it’s necessary to fight for be someone in this world.