Tristan and Isolde

My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears,

And true plain hearts do in the faces rest;

Where can we find two better hemispheres

Without sharp north, without declining west?

Whatever dies, was not mix'd equally;

If out two loves be one, or thou and I 

Love so alike that none can slacken, none can die.

                                The Good-Morrow

                                      -  John Donne

Before Romeo and Juliet there was Tristan and Isolde. Two countries at war. A boy Tristan is orphaned by an Irish attack and left to rebuild with his devastated community. Years pass and the Irish come back to pick off the remains but this time the English are ready. Tristan, as the leader and father figure's right hand man, lead in the attack and victory is killed by the poison of the sword of the Irish's leader who he kills. Or so they think. Tristan's funeral boat drifts ashore Irish land where the Irish princess finds him, heals him, and they fall in love. But he does not know she is lying about her identity. He must leave her before the King finds him. He returns a man raised from the dead, but alone. The Irish are devastated and wants the English to fight for leadership among each other, so the King offers forth his daughter as a price and peace among the Irish and English countries. Tristan sets forth to win the princess, but on behalf of his adaptive father. Not until he wins and claims the princess as the future wife of their future King does he learn that his savior and love Bragnae, is actually Isolde the Irish Princess. Now they must live among each other, but not as one. Could you let the one you love leave you for the betterment of all people?

This is the most incredible love story. Love of family. Love of a country. Love of a your other half. It will make you cry, is does for me every time. It raises questions of every caliber, ones that make you think of how you would react to this situation.

Prepare your eyes for dark picture techniques, and your ears for listening through the Irish accents. Attention will be needed throughout this entire film. But it is most definitely worth the little effort.