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The war of the classes clashes with the war of the sexes in this romantic drama with strong overtones of Romeo and Juliet, based on a book by a young man (Gideon Sams) who reportedly had never read Shakespeare. In the story, David goes out of his way to annoy his stodgy policeman father, whose greatest entertainment is to watch shows about philately on television. One thing he does is insist on being called "Adolf." He's actually a pretty sensitive boy, as shown by his tender relationship with his mentally ill mother, but his life doesn't offer him many chances to show it. One day he meets a girl from a posh family at a local theatre...