An age-old vendetta between two powerful families erupts into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing a Capulet party. A young lovesick <b>Romeo Montague</b> falls instantly in love with <b>Juliet Capulet</b>, who is due to marry her father’s choice, the County Paris. With the help of Juliet’s nurse, the women arrange for the couple to marry the next day, but <b>Romeo’s </b>attempt to halt a street fight leads to the death of Juliet’s own cousin, Tybalt, for which <b>Romeo</b> is banished. In a desperate attempt to be reunited with <b>Romeo</b>, Juliet follows the Friar’s plot and fakes her own death. The message fails to reach Romeo, and believing Juliet dead, he takes his life in her tomb. <b>Juliet </b>wakes to find Romeo’s corpse beside her and kills herself. The grieving family agree to end their feud.