映画「ハムネット』 ”Hamnet”

映画「ハムネット』　

I saw “Hamnet.” Hamnet is Shakespeare’s son, who died at the age of ten.

The film is 99 percent fictional, but I did not mind. It is well developed with a moving ending.

Agnes Hathaway grieves over the death of her son Hamnet so much that she almost goes crazy. She becomes angry with her husband, complaining, “You were not here when he died.”

The last scene is moving. She goes to Shakespeare’s theater to see “Hamlet.” The instant she sees Hamlet on the stage, she sees her deceased Hamnet—somehow a reincarnation of her son. She understands how her husband has grieved over his son’s death. She understands his grief was as much as hers. At the end of “Hamlet,” she reaches out to take Hamlet’s hand to console him. He is poisoned and is going to die soon. She looks around and sees everyone sobbing. She realizes that she is not the only sad person. Everyone has experienced the same grief over their family member’s death. Then she smiles, and at that moment, she is relieved of her sadness. She overcomes grief and understands her husband.