One night, Ophelia reads to the queen about a story of a woman who receives pleasure from another man. She smiles as she reads on about this lovers affair. For some reason te other girls laugh at the thought of Ophelia reading. They often laugh at Ophelia...Maybe it's improper teasing however something special happens to her.
After long years of being educated abroad, Hamlet returns home to greet his parents. Ophelia sees him and walks on to enjoy swimming. With no thought anyone else is there, Hamlet comes to the lake and finds Ophelia there. Ophelia is wet and it's improper for him to see her that way. And he accidentally dives in the water and Ophelia runs off. After this incident, Hamlet and Ophelia find themselves together, alone.
During a party at the palace, Hamlet follows Ophelia to the garden and kisses her. He also took a red ribbon from her hair. Strangely, Hamlet's uncle sees the ribbon and uses his sword to lift it off of his person. The two fight at swords play, and Hamlet wins first. His relationship with his uncle is dry one, full of hate.
Hamlet kisses Ophelia and says his father would never allow it. Hamlet leaves home once again. The week he leaves becomes strange. Ophelia sees a man cloaked in black and suddenly the king is poisoned by a snake and dies. And the king's brother takes his throne. Hamlet returns angry about his uncle stealing his crown. He bows and walks away enraged this happens.
Hamlet and Ophelia choose to Mary in secret and they consummate the marriage. The secret is kept and one day while Ophelia is waiting on the queen, Hamlet's uncle comes in wearing the same clothes the night the king died. She checks his cloak and finds snake poison inside its pocket. He sees Ophelia standing there and asks if his nephew gave her a trinket of their love and he discovers her ring. He holds her by the neck as her father follows them in the grand hall. She is forced to speak to Hamlet there. Ophelia tells Hamlet she found venom in his uncles cloak. They watch the two speak and they believe Hamlet is mad.
Hamlet hires actors in the palace to entertain everyone. They enacted the day the real king died. Hamlet appears mad and withdraws his sword to kill his uncle and Ophelia stands in the way. Her father is fearful he lost his position with the throne and Ophelia is removed as the queen's ladies in waiting. So her father goes to talk to the queen and Hamlet thinks he's his uncle and struck hiss sword at him and her father dies. Hamlet said he was sorry and was led away.
Ophelia's brother returns to have vengeance for his father's death. The new king tries to have Ophelia married to someone else and it doesn't go through because his uncle is strange. She takes poison from the queen's sister and pretends to be mad. She runs off to the lake and swallows the poison and pretends to drown. Ophelia is placed in a coffin and a friend helps her out. She goes to the queen's sister's place and said she to much poison. The queen appears and helps Ophelia cut her hair to appear as a boy.
The duel goes on between Hamlet and Ophelia's brother. Hamlets uncle poisons the sword Ophelia's brother uses. And they started then her brother cuts Hamlet's arm and then Hamlet cuts his arm. Then Hamlet falls down and his mother checks to see if he is alright. She knows he was poisoned and takes her son's sword and kills the king with it. Invaders force themselves in and the kingdom is lost.
Ophelia said to Hamlet before e died,he vowed to love her. His honor was more important and she leaves without him. She makes it to a safe place and had a little girl. This movie is a wonderful watch because it's full of love and hate. The romance is believable and there's definitely chemistry between the two. It receives a special five 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟 rating from RMR.
