1 00:01:10,572 --> 00:01:12,073 Open it to the page I marked. 2 00:01:13,157 --> 00:01:14,158 Tell me what you see. 3 00:01:26,254 --> 00:01:27,589 It's a list of ingredients. 4 00:01:28,256 --> 00:01:32,468 To make "composition of death". The poison from which you saved Ludovico. 5 00:01:32,552 --> 00:01:36,389 The same poison used to murder Caterina da Cremona. 6 00:01:38,516 --> 00:01:39,892 Oh, you think this is funny? 7 00:01:39,976 --> 00:01:41,060 I think it's absurd. 8 00:01:41,144 --> 00:01:42,937 You deny poisoning her? 9 00:01:43,021 --> 00:01:44,230 Mmm, I do. 10 00:01:44,314 --> 00:01:47,900 Why, then, didn't you give her the same antidote you gave Il Moro? 11 00:01:47,984 --> 00:01:49,944 I lacked the necessary ingredients. 12 00:01:50,028 --> 00:01:51,908 Tell me what they are. We'll search your studio. 13 00:01:51,988 --> 00:01:55,700 If it's true you didn't have them, it will add credibility to your story. 14 00:01:55,783 --> 00:01:57,118 I don't recall the names. 15 00:01:57,201 --> 00:02:01,414 Leonardo, every witness I've spoken to believes you're guilty. 16 00:02:01,497 --> 00:02:02,665 Do you wish to hang? 17 00:02:13,843 --> 00:02:17,597 You told me how much Caterina da Cremona meant to you. 18 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:19,432 I told you she was love. 19 00:02:19,515 --> 00:02:21,768 Yet you're accused of killing her, 20 00:02:21,851 --> 00:02:24,395 simply because she burnt some of your work. 21 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:27,023 That is the most credible part of the accusation. 22 00:02:27,649 --> 00:02:32,445 That you killed love itself for destroying mere ink on paper? 23 00:02:32,528 --> 00:02:34,989 Some daubs of paint on wood? 24 00:02:36,157 --> 00:02:39,327 You doubt I would spill blood for my art. 25 00:02:43,956 --> 00:02:45,249 But I already have. 26 00:02:46,793 --> 00:02:51,339 And now, gentlemen, our next speaker on the topic this evening, 27 00:02:51,422 --> 00:02:53,216 Leonardo da Vinci. 28 00:03:04,602 --> 00:03:08,856 What is the most noble endeavour mankind can pursue? 29 00:03:13,903 --> 00:03:16,864 Others have made the case for the study of plants, 30 00:03:16,948 --> 00:03:20,201 the design and engineering of man-made structures, 31 00:03:20,284 --> 00:03:22,912 the understanding of complex machines 32 00:03:22,995 --> 00:03:25,998 the kind of which the world has never seen before. 33 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:29,794 Very good, Madonna. Another push, please. 34 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:32,338 I'm with you, my darling. I'm here now. 35 00:03:32,422 --> 00:03:34,257 Don't leave me. Don't leave me. 36 00:03:34,340 --> 00:03:37,927 But only one endeavour combines these disciplines 37 00:03:38,010 --> 00:03:39,971 to make something... 38 00:03:41,889 --> 00:03:43,057 magical. 39 00:03:44,642 --> 00:03:46,018 Only art... 40 00:03:47,311 --> 00:03:49,772 can take the pain and suffering of our lives 41 00:03:49,856 --> 00:03:51,357 and turn it into beauty. 42 00:03:53,401 --> 00:03:54,777 Something is wrong! 43 00:03:59,115 --> 00:04:00,658 Do something, damn you! 44 00:04:04,370 --> 00:04:05,955 Beauty. 45 00:04:06,038 --> 00:04:12,086 Great beauty is a truth that echoes through the centuries, defying time, 46 00:04:14,005 --> 00:04:18,301 giving the artist and his patron a kind of immortality. 47 00:04:18,885 --> 00:04:24,640 And that, gentlemen, is why art is the noblest endeavour. 48 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:42,241 Maestro. 49 00:04:43,117 --> 00:04:45,119 - Come, quickly. - What is it? 50 00:04:45,703 --> 00:04:46,954 Just come. 51 00:04:49,582 --> 00:04:50,666 Your Grace. 52 00:04:51,918 --> 00:04:55,546 Yes. Uh... Come. Come. 53 00:05:07,225 --> 00:05:08,351 The... 54 00:05:10,019 --> 00:05:11,062 child is gone. 55 00:05:15,316 --> 00:05:16,818 But my wife... 56 00:05:21,364 --> 00:05:22,782 You must bring her back. 57 00:05:24,450 --> 00:05:25,618 Like you did me. 58 00:05:29,497 --> 00:05:34,377 Your Excellency, the poison only briefly stopped your heart. 59 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:39,799 There is no potion, no... medicine, 60 00:05:40,508 --> 00:05:43,803 that can restore life once life has been taken away. 61 00:05:48,266 --> 00:05:49,392 No. 62 00:05:51,435 --> 00:05:54,564 No, that cannot be. 63 00:06:01,070 --> 00:06:02,572 Do something. 64 00:06:04,615 --> 00:06:08,160 I assure you, Your Excellency, if there was anything I could do, 65 00:06:08,244 --> 00:06:10,955 anything at all, I... 66 00:06:39,609 --> 00:06:40,985 It's about time. 67 00:06:47,116 --> 00:06:48,284 Leonardo. 68 00:06:49,327 --> 00:06:50,995 What's wrong? 69 00:07:21,025 --> 00:07:22,276 Leonardo? 70 00:07:30,159 --> 00:07:31,661 - Leonardo. - What? 71 00:07:31,744 --> 00:07:34,497 - It's the bronze. - What about it? 72 00:07:34,580 --> 00:07:37,458 They're taking it all. All the bronze for the horse. 73 00:07:37,541 --> 00:07:39,835 - They're taking it? - Yes. 74 00:07:44,006 --> 00:07:46,926 - What is the meaning of this? - He says it's been confiscated. 75 00:07:46,968 --> 00:07:49,345 - On whose authority? - The Duke's. 76 00:07:50,930 --> 00:07:53,182 That bronze is for the statue he commissioned. 77 00:07:53,265 --> 00:07:56,769 Not any more, it's not. I'm sorry, Leonardo. 78 00:07:56,852 --> 00:07:58,980 The French are threatening towns nearby. 79 00:07:59,063 --> 00:08:01,065 We have to cast cannons to defend ourselves. 80 00:08:01,148 --> 00:08:05,861 No, no, please. Tell them to stop. At least until I've spoken to Il Moro. 81 00:08:05,945 --> 00:08:07,989 It'll mean all the work we've done has been wasted! 82 00:08:08,072 --> 00:08:10,700 Perhaps you should have used the bronze when you got it. 83 00:08:10,783 --> 00:08:12,410 Instead of dawdling. 84 00:08:12,493 --> 00:08:13,619 Where is the Duke? 85 00:08:13,703 --> 00:08:17,748 Il Moro is grieving. But I advise you not to disturb him. 86 00:08:17,832 --> 00:08:19,750 Where is he? 87 00:08:35,933 --> 00:08:38,811 Leonardo. He's been here all night. 88 00:08:43,816 --> 00:08:47,194 Your Excellency? Sorry to disturb you. 89 00:08:49,113 --> 00:08:52,324 Sanseverino, he's taking all the bronze. 90 00:08:54,285 --> 00:08:55,369 Yes, I know. 91 00:08:55,953 --> 00:08:57,038 But he can't do this. 92 00:09:00,750 --> 00:09:01,917 He can't? 93 00:09:03,461 --> 00:09:04,462 He works for me. 94 00:09:06,839 --> 00:09:08,382 Do you mean to say... 95 00:09:11,093 --> 00:09:12,178 I can't? 96 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:18,976 This statue is to honour your family. I've been working on it for a long time. 97 00:09:20,561 --> 00:09:23,606 And do you think I don't know that? 98 00:09:26,358 --> 00:09:29,153 You trespass on my grief! 99 00:09:35,534 --> 00:09:36,994 Look into my eyes, Leonardo. 100 00:09:40,206 --> 00:09:41,540 What do you see? 101 00:09:42,708 --> 00:09:43,709 I see pain. 102 00:09:52,259 --> 00:09:56,138 I will never again hear my sweet wife's voice. 103 00:09:58,974 --> 00:10:01,977 I will never feel the softness of her touch. 104 00:10:06,649 --> 00:10:08,776 Have you ever borne such a loss? 105 00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:13,656 Do you know what it is to live with such a wound? 106 00:10:18,744 --> 00:10:21,872 I will honour my family. 107 00:10:23,624 --> 00:10:25,084 But in a different way. 108 00:10:25,918 --> 00:10:27,169 Come. 109 00:10:42,143 --> 00:10:46,480 The entire convent is to become a mausoleum for my beloved Beatrice. 110 00:10:46,564 --> 00:10:51,485 Bramante will redesign the dome and the crossing, and you... 111 00:10:54,155 --> 00:10:55,156 You will paint this. 112 00:10:56,115 --> 00:10:57,116 What? 113 00:10:58,617 --> 00:11:00,077 A fresco. 114 00:11:01,871 --> 00:11:06,250 Our Lord's final night with the apostles, before death came. 115 00:11:06,333 --> 00:11:08,002 Your Excellency, um... 116 00:11:09,753 --> 00:11:11,630 I don't know how to work in fresco. 117 00:11:14,216 --> 00:11:15,217 Then you will learn. 118 00:12:09,605 --> 00:12:12,274 Thank you for coming, Father. He's in his room upstairs. 119 00:12:12,358 --> 00:12:14,902 He hasn't eaten or spoken to anyone in days. 120 00:12:15,486 --> 00:12:18,364 I understand his disappointment, 121 00:12:18,447 --> 00:12:21,033 but the fresco could be an even more important commission. 122 00:12:21,617 --> 00:12:23,494 Well, he's refusing to accept it. 123 00:12:23,577 --> 00:12:27,498 If he doesn't take this commission, it's not just the statue he's lost. 124 00:12:27,581 --> 00:12:28,832 It's his place in this city. 125 00:12:30,334 --> 00:12:31,502 And ours. 126 00:12:41,470 --> 00:12:43,430 It's not just about him, you know? 127 00:12:47,142 --> 00:12:48,143 Come in. 128 00:12:52,982 --> 00:12:56,235 Maestro, I'm Friar Luca Pacioli, from the court. 129 00:12:56,819 --> 00:12:58,404 I know who you are, Father Luca. 130 00:12:58,487 --> 00:13:01,365 I read your books on mathematics. They're inspired. 131 00:13:02,491 --> 00:13:05,536 Your friends think you are in need of spiritual guidance. 132 00:13:06,120 --> 00:13:07,579 I am beyond consolation. 133 00:13:07,663 --> 00:13:10,207 No one is beyond the love of Christ. 134 00:13:10,291 --> 00:13:13,627 I've devoted myself to a folly. 135 00:13:13,711 --> 00:13:16,213 And now I am commanded to begin another. I... 136 00:13:16,297 --> 00:13:19,758 I am a toy for His Excellency's pleasure. 137 00:13:24,179 --> 00:13:25,973 It's a kind of living hell. 138 00:13:27,766 --> 00:13:31,312 You cannot find beauty or truth in the story of the Last Supper? 139 00:13:33,605 --> 00:13:34,773 You heard my address. 140 00:13:34,857 --> 00:13:36,942 I was quite persuaded by it. 141 00:13:37,026 --> 00:13:39,403 I have no desire to search for truth in this subject. 142 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:41,655 Then you must find it in yourself. 143 00:13:46,785 --> 00:13:49,038 What is your truth, Leonardo? 144 00:13:51,248 --> 00:13:52,249 My truth? 145 00:13:52,333 --> 00:13:54,501 As a man, not as an artist. 146 00:13:55,627 --> 00:14:00,007 What is the thread that runs through the tapestry of your life? 147 00:14:03,469 --> 00:14:04,720 Betrayal. 148 00:14:07,056 --> 00:14:08,766 Betrayal by whom? 149 00:14:11,477 --> 00:14:13,604 My mother, my father, as a child. 150 00:14:18,525 --> 00:14:20,402 Papa! Papa! 151 00:14:21,487 --> 00:14:25,282 By a man I trusted when I came to Milan. 152 00:14:27,493 --> 00:14:29,078 And now Il Moro. 153 00:14:34,666 --> 00:14:38,670 And do you not think Jesus suffered betrayal also? 154 00:14:49,473 --> 00:14:50,474 He'll see you now. 155 00:14:51,141 --> 00:14:52,518 Thank you. 156 00:14:59,066 --> 00:15:01,235 Tell Giulio to order wood for the scaffolding. 157 00:15:01,318 --> 00:15:04,079 I want Marco to get pigments from the convent at San Giusto alle Mura. 158 00:15:04,154 --> 00:15:06,115 - Then we get to work? - We've wasted enough time. 159 00:15:06,198 --> 00:15:08,117 - Where are you going? - Research. 160 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:09,440 - Where? - The market. 161 00:15:10,119 --> 00:15:12,329 The apostles will need faces, won't they? 162 00:15:13,205 --> 00:15:14,790 "Dearest Caterina, 163 00:15:14,873 --> 00:15:18,127 I send this letter to Florence not knowing if it will reach you, 164 00:15:18,752 --> 00:15:20,921 or whether you'll read it if it does. 165 00:15:21,630 --> 00:15:23,757 I am desperate to know how you are, 166 00:15:23,841 --> 00:15:26,802 and I never should have let you leave in anger. 167 00:15:26,885 --> 00:15:30,597 Your absence has torn a hole in my heart that cannot be mended. 168 00:15:31,682 --> 00:15:34,351 So I seek consolation in my work. 169 00:15:34,435 --> 00:15:36,770 I spend day after day in the market, 170 00:15:36,854 --> 00:15:39,857 seeking to find truth in the faces I see there. 171 00:15:40,858 --> 00:15:43,068 I've been given a last chance to create a masterpiece." 172 00:15:44,820 --> 00:15:46,905 "After all I've lost, I must seize it." 173 00:16:00,461 --> 00:16:05,466 "I don't expect you to understand, but I hope, in time, you will forgive. 174 00:16:05,549 --> 00:16:07,634 Yours, Leonardo." 175 00:16:18,770 --> 00:16:20,814 This is not how a fresco is painted. 176 00:16:20,898 --> 00:16:23,734 How would you know? Verrocchio never taught us the technique. 177 00:16:23,817 --> 00:16:24,860 Precisely. 178 00:16:25,652 --> 00:16:28,530 I am not suited for fast work like you are. 179 00:16:28,614 --> 00:16:30,782 But that is the only way a fresco can be painted. 180 00:16:30,866 --> 00:16:33,285 It was, until now. 181 00:16:33,368 --> 00:16:36,705 On a fresco, the plaster is damp. 182 00:16:36,788 --> 00:16:39,500 Which means we can only paint a small section each day 183 00:16:39,583 --> 00:16:41,919 before the work has to be completed and the plaster dries. 184 00:16:42,002 --> 00:16:44,922 - Just so. - Well, this is a new type of fresco! 185 00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:47,132 One that will allow us more time. 186 00:16:48,800 --> 00:16:50,135 Leonardo... 187 00:16:52,095 --> 00:16:55,349 People have painted frescos the same way for hundreds of years. 188 00:16:55,432 --> 00:16:58,685 - This is impossible. - Would you stop saying it's impossible! 189 00:17:00,979 --> 00:17:02,022 All right. 190 00:17:03,524 --> 00:17:05,275 Listen, I'm sorry. 191 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:09,613 This method not only allows us to work more carefully, 192 00:17:09,696 --> 00:17:13,951 but it ensures that the fresco retains its true colours for longer. 193 00:17:14,034 --> 00:17:15,244 It sounds excellent. 194 00:17:15,327 --> 00:17:16,662 - Inspired. - It is. 195 00:17:16,745 --> 00:17:17,746 And what is this method? 196 00:17:17,829 --> 00:17:22,626 So, we apply our special kind of tempera onto a dry wall 197 00:17:22,709 --> 00:17:25,712 and after it dries, we're able to paint another layer. 198 00:17:25,796 --> 00:17:28,507 And another, and another. We can do this maybe five or six times. 199 00:17:28,590 --> 00:17:31,218 This is something we couldn't do with a traditional fresco. 200 00:17:32,511 --> 00:17:34,638 All right, then. If you say so. 201 00:17:34,721 --> 00:17:37,558 But it's not if I say so, is it? 202 00:17:38,850 --> 00:17:42,479 I need you all to use your minds to ensure this works. 203 00:17:57,744 --> 00:18:01,290 You know, loyalty doesn't just mean agreeing with him. 204 00:18:01,957 --> 00:18:05,294 Sometimes it means telling him the truth when no one else will. 205 00:18:06,670 --> 00:18:08,463 Awfully gloomy, aren't you? 206 00:18:10,173 --> 00:18:13,677 So you just smile and nod? Like everything will be fine? 207 00:18:14,511 --> 00:18:16,054 Better than piling your fears 208 00:18:16,138 --> 00:18:18,473 on top of the weight that's already on his shoulders. 209 00:18:48,253 --> 00:18:49,963 Girls, listen. 210 00:18:51,340 --> 00:18:54,760 Make another 20 in green and a dozen in yellow. 211 00:18:56,970 --> 00:18:57,971 Good, go on. 212 00:19:01,183 --> 00:19:03,685 I beg you, sir, I need a job. 213 00:19:03,769 --> 00:19:06,813 There isn't one. We've got all the women we need. 214 00:19:08,398 --> 00:19:10,817 - But surely you could use one more? - No. 215 00:19:10,901 --> 00:19:13,570 - You're wasting my time. - Please. 216 00:19:14,655 --> 00:19:15,822 Please. 217 00:19:17,658 --> 00:19:19,242 I'll work at half wages. 218 00:19:20,285 --> 00:19:21,703 Please, sir. 219 00:19:37,552 --> 00:19:39,888 Marco says the pigments have been delivered 220 00:19:39,971 --> 00:19:42,224 to the convent at San Giusto alle Mura. 221 00:19:42,307 --> 00:19:43,308 Thank you. 222 00:19:48,522 --> 00:19:49,856 Still sketching faces? 223 00:19:49,940 --> 00:19:53,568 Mmm. Just as one selects actors for a play, 224 00:19:55,278 --> 00:19:58,198 one must select the right faces 225 00:19:58,281 --> 00:20:01,243 to express the temperament of each of the apostles. 226 00:20:02,911 --> 00:20:04,621 Are you sure you're not doing too much? 227 00:20:07,958 --> 00:20:09,418 What do you mean? 228 00:20:09,501 --> 00:20:12,003 Well, you told me the Adoration of the Magi failed 229 00:20:12,087 --> 00:20:15,340 because you tried to cram it full of too many ideas. 230 00:20:16,216 --> 00:20:20,011 Are you sure you're not repeating the same mistake here? 231 00:20:22,597 --> 00:20:23,765 No. 232 00:20:25,434 --> 00:20:26,768 No, I'm not sure. 233 00:20:29,312 --> 00:20:32,107 You tell everyone we'll start work at the convent tomorrow. 234 00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:33,358 Of course. 235 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:01,845 My coins! They have disappeared from my bag. 236 00:21:04,389 --> 00:21:05,474 Salaì? 237 00:21:08,018 --> 00:21:09,686 Were those your coins? 238 00:21:11,855 --> 00:21:15,442 I found them on the floor and put them in my pocket for safekeeping. 239 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,153 You really must be more careful, boy. 240 00:21:18,737 --> 00:21:19,780 Let's see. 241 00:21:20,614 --> 00:21:24,576 One, two, three. Anything left? No. 242 00:21:26,203 --> 00:21:27,496 Salaì, a word. 243 00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:32,834 You have talent. You could be a great artist. 244 00:21:33,877 --> 00:21:35,629 But if I catch you stealing again, 245 00:21:35,712 --> 00:21:38,507 I'll kick you out on the street where you came from. Am I clear? 246 00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:45,847 - It's like asking a fish not to swim. - Mmm. 247 00:21:46,515 --> 00:21:48,558 Will you find another place for these friars to eat? 248 00:21:48,642 --> 00:21:49,643 Of course. 249 00:21:50,769 --> 00:21:51,853 Friars, please. 250 00:22:17,921 --> 00:22:19,339 Are you with child? 251 00:22:21,925 --> 00:22:23,009 Mind your own business. 252 00:22:41,903 --> 00:22:45,490 This is the vanishing point, the farthest place in the room 253 00:22:45,574 --> 00:22:48,326 in which Jesus and the apostles are seated. 254 00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:54,124 The walls in that room extend out from it. 255 00:22:55,458 --> 00:22:57,419 So when people enter and look up, 256 00:22:57,502 --> 00:23:01,882 it will seem as if this room continues into that one. 257 00:23:02,674 --> 00:23:04,801 That they are, in fact, one. 258 00:23:04,885 --> 00:23:07,679 It will feel as if we are in the room with Jesus 259 00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:10,682 as he ate his final meal before the crucifixion. 260 00:23:12,309 --> 00:23:14,436 That will make disciples of us all. 261 00:23:24,112 --> 00:23:25,155 Higher. 262 00:23:32,662 --> 00:23:34,080 Straighten. 263 00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:10,408 What will people think about the way they are sat? 264 00:24:11,242 --> 00:24:16,915 Well, the placement of the apostles suggests their relationship to Christ, 265 00:24:16,998 --> 00:24:20,627 while their facial expressions convey their emotions. 266 00:24:20,710 --> 00:24:22,087 What emotions? 267 00:24:22,796 --> 00:24:25,924 He's talking about the bread becoming his body, so... 268 00:24:26,007 --> 00:24:28,885 No, no, this is a different moment. This is from the Gospel of John. 269 00:24:28,969 --> 00:24:30,887 So, if you see this triad here, 270 00:24:30,971 --> 00:24:34,557 we see John is leaning away from Jesus towards Peter 271 00:24:34,641 --> 00:24:38,603 who's whispering in his ear while Judas here recoils. 272 00:24:38,687 --> 00:24:42,607 "Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you shall betray me." 273 00:24:44,859 --> 00:24:47,278 I've been to church. Occasionally. 274 00:24:48,405 --> 00:24:50,073 I hope they locked up the silverware. 275 00:24:51,449 --> 00:24:53,910 The moment Jesus reveals he will be betrayed. Exactly. 276 00:24:54,577 --> 00:24:58,999 Betrayal? Surely Il Moro means this work to celebrate our Lord. 277 00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:03,294 If the Duke wishes to celebrate our Lord, 278 00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:08,091 let him do so by remembering Jesus was also a man. 279 00:25:09,217 --> 00:25:10,719 With passions and feelings. 280 00:25:12,303 --> 00:25:13,888 As were the apostles who loved him. 281 00:25:14,931 --> 00:25:17,058 Leonardo? Come. 282 00:25:17,142 --> 00:25:19,477 - What is it? - You'll see. Come. 283 00:25:24,941 --> 00:25:27,861 I'm not sure this is what the Duke expected. 284 00:25:27,944 --> 00:25:32,657 I think the Duke expected that Leonardo would exceed his expectations. 285 00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:45,462 - How many of the pigments have they mixed? - All of them. 286 00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:51,843 Beautiful. 287 00:25:53,636 --> 00:25:56,139 Do you remember how we used to stare at the alchemist's closet 288 00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:58,933 at the back of Verrocchio's workshop? 289 00:25:59,517 --> 00:26:01,019 It all seemed so unreachable then. 290 00:26:01,102 --> 00:26:02,479 Not any more. 291 00:26:04,272 --> 00:26:05,982 Now we have the key to everything. 292 00:26:07,358 --> 00:26:11,488 "Dearest Caterina, we were not the only ones celebrating. 293 00:26:12,155 --> 00:26:14,991 Il Moro triumphed in battle against the French. 294 00:26:15,825 --> 00:26:19,496 It seems he put to good use those cannons he cast from our bronze. 295 00:26:20,872 --> 00:26:23,792 But yesterday, while walking in the market, 296 00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:26,419 I witnessed an event that made my blood run cold." 297 00:26:28,296 --> 00:26:33,343 "Despite his victory, Ludovico's grip on power is not as secure as it seems." 298 00:26:36,888 --> 00:26:39,724 Open the gates! Ludovico Sforza wants to exit. 299 00:26:40,391 --> 00:26:41,476 Let's go! 300 00:26:42,644 --> 00:26:43,770 Death to the tyrant! 301 00:26:49,234 --> 00:26:51,069 "Two supporters of the French 302 00:26:51,152 --> 00:26:53,279 made a daring attempt on his life in broad daylight." 303 00:26:53,363 --> 00:26:55,865 - After him! - "One of the men escaped, 304 00:26:55,949 --> 00:26:57,700 and looked right into my eyes." 305 00:27:05,959 --> 00:27:07,001 Would you like some wine? 306 00:27:07,627 --> 00:27:10,547 No. I'd rather get some sleep. 307 00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:12,048 So should you. 308 00:27:55,383 --> 00:27:57,802 - Where are the pigments? - They were right here yesterday. 309 00:27:57,886 --> 00:27:59,526 It's a church. We thought they'd be safe. 310 00:28:05,894 --> 00:28:07,020 Where have they gone? 311 00:28:07,979 --> 00:28:09,105 You don't think I took them. 312 00:28:09,189 --> 00:28:11,524 Who else? Everyone knows you're a thief. 313 00:28:11,608 --> 00:28:13,528 Leonardo, you know I would never do such a thing. 314 00:28:13,610 --> 00:28:14,736 We're ruined. 315 00:28:14,819 --> 00:28:17,155 - We have to replace them. - With what? 316 00:28:17,238 --> 00:28:19,038 Do you have any idea what those pigments cost? 317 00:28:19,115 --> 00:28:20,867 No, that will take weeks. 318 00:28:21,576 --> 00:28:22,911 If not months. 319 00:28:24,662 --> 00:28:26,789 Leonardo, what do you want to do? 320 00:28:27,874 --> 00:28:29,375 All the men must be laid off. 321 00:28:30,627 --> 00:28:33,296 The work is stopped until we can replace what we've lost. 322 00:29:17,465 --> 00:29:19,884 Well, if it isn't the pretty boy. 323 00:29:19,968 --> 00:29:22,512 I was getting to think we'd never see you again, Giacomo. 324 00:29:23,096 --> 00:29:25,348 I certainly hoped I'd never see you again. 325 00:29:25,932 --> 00:29:27,267 That's not kind. 326 00:29:28,101 --> 00:29:29,477 After all the money I made you. 327 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,729 You mean all the money I made you, Filippo. 328 00:29:33,481 --> 00:29:37,694 Some pigments went missing last night from Santa Maria delle Grazie. 329 00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:38,903 I might have heard about it. 330 00:29:39,487 --> 00:29:42,824 Whoever took them, I figured they might end up in your hands. 331 00:29:44,033 --> 00:29:46,119 How much do you want for them? 332 00:29:46,703 --> 00:29:48,037 How much are you willing to pay? 333 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,331 Name your price. 334 00:29:50,415 --> 00:29:53,084 My! You're eager, aren't you? 335 00:29:54,419 --> 00:29:57,547 I might be willing to recover those paints for you. 336 00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,882 But you'll have to work them off in trade. 337 00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:01,384 I don't do that any more. 338 00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:02,760 You don't? 339 00:30:03,344 --> 00:30:04,387 I'm an artist now. 340 00:30:07,307 --> 00:30:08,725 An artist. 341 00:30:09,976 --> 00:30:11,144 Is that what you think? 342 00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:17,984 If you want those paints back, you'll do exactly what I say. 343 00:30:18,651 --> 00:30:19,777 Huh? 344 00:30:45,970 --> 00:30:47,555 Sleeping on the job? 345 00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:52,602 Oh... 346 00:30:53,770 --> 00:30:56,105 Yes, I must have drifted off. 347 00:30:59,108 --> 00:31:00,818 I was in the chapel praying. 348 00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:08,701 I understand your pigments have gone missing. 349 00:31:10,995 --> 00:31:12,330 A temporary setback. 350 00:31:21,798 --> 00:31:26,094 Rumours are circulating at court that you're in over your head. 351 00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:30,098 Some are taking bets. 352 00:31:31,057 --> 00:31:32,683 What kind of bets? 353 00:31:34,894 --> 00:31:36,396 That you'll never finish it. 354 00:31:41,484 --> 00:31:42,527 Did I frighten you? 355 00:31:45,905 --> 00:31:49,492 Well... A little fear is good for an artist. 356 00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:55,248 I have invested much in you, Leonardo. 357 00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:58,584 And you have given me... 358 00:31:59,794 --> 00:32:01,587 very little in return. 359 00:32:03,714 --> 00:32:04,757 I saved your life. 360 00:32:05,883 --> 00:32:08,511 There are times I wonder if you don't regret that. 361 00:32:09,387 --> 00:32:10,513 Why would you say that? 362 00:32:11,973 --> 00:32:15,143 You had the bronze to cast that statue for months. 363 00:32:16,227 --> 00:32:19,063 Well, no one has ever cast a statue of that size. 364 00:32:19,147 --> 00:32:21,691 I've been trying to solve the technical challenge of it. 365 00:32:23,401 --> 00:32:24,402 Possibly. 366 00:32:25,945 --> 00:32:28,197 Or possibly you were no longer eager to honour me 367 00:32:28,281 --> 00:32:30,491 after the death of my nephew 368 00:32:30,575 --> 00:32:34,954 and the abrupt departure of your friend, the lovely Caterina. 369 00:32:36,456 --> 00:32:38,958 I remain fully committed, Your Excellency. 370 00:32:41,043 --> 00:32:42,086 Then prove it. 371 00:33:08,112 --> 00:33:10,615 - Leonardo, come. Quickly. - Mmm? 372 00:33:10,698 --> 00:33:12,450 - Come on. - What? 373 00:33:22,627 --> 00:33:23,794 How did you get these? 374 00:33:25,338 --> 00:33:26,881 You just need to know who to ask. 375 00:33:31,052 --> 00:33:32,053 Everything's here! 376 00:33:32,762 --> 00:33:33,763 Yes. 377 00:33:35,097 --> 00:33:37,099 Tell the men we return to work tomorrow morning. 378 00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:38,726 Will do. 379 00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:41,437 Come here! 380 00:33:57,703 --> 00:34:01,791 "Dearest Caterina, I feel like I'm drowning without you. 381 00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:07,046 I am driven to complete the fresco and have been unable to sleep for weeks. 382 00:34:07,964 --> 00:34:10,508 The slightest error has been enough to send me into a rage." 383 00:34:10,591 --> 00:34:12,552 Oh, no, no, no! Giulio, no! 384 00:34:12,635 --> 00:34:15,846 No, don't start on the hands! Start on the shirt! 385 00:34:16,556 --> 00:34:19,517 "I felt as if all my life hanged in the balance. 386 00:34:26,941 --> 00:34:30,069 I have been consumed by a terrible foreboding." 387 00:34:43,958 --> 00:34:45,209 Good boy. 388 00:34:49,213 --> 00:34:51,841 "I sense that I have made some fatal mistake. 389 00:34:56,512 --> 00:34:59,265 And today, I realised I had." 390 00:34:59,974 --> 00:35:02,101 Stop. Everyone stop. 391 00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:04,353 It's wrong. 392 00:35:05,146 --> 00:35:06,606 What's wrong? 393 00:35:06,689 --> 00:35:07,898 The ceiling is too low. 394 00:35:07,982 --> 00:35:09,900 But it's the ceiling you drew. 395 00:35:09,984 --> 00:35:12,862 I... I know I drew it, but I drew it wrong. 396 00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:15,615 It's too low. If the apostles stood, they'd bump their heads. 397 00:35:15,698 --> 00:35:19,201 Leonardo, the ceiling may be too low, but it's a painting. 398 00:35:19,285 --> 00:35:22,371 None of them will stand. It's... It looks fine. 399 00:35:24,457 --> 00:35:26,375 Is that what you think we're here to do? 400 00:35:26,459 --> 00:35:29,128 Make things look fine? Make them look adequate? 401 00:35:30,087 --> 00:35:31,088 No one will notice. 402 00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:32,673 I will notice! 403 00:35:33,716 --> 00:35:35,509 It will torture me every time I look at it! 404 00:35:35,593 --> 00:35:37,261 Now that I've seen it, I can't unsee it! 405 00:35:40,181 --> 00:35:41,182 Did none of you notice? 406 00:35:45,269 --> 00:35:47,521 No? Nobody? 407 00:35:50,650 --> 00:35:51,859 None of you care? 408 00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:07,833 "I say to you, one of you shall betray me." 409 00:36:09,251 --> 00:36:13,839 "Dearest Caterina, I could no longer face the others. 410 00:36:13,923 --> 00:36:16,425 I felt as if I'd fallen into a black hole, 411 00:36:17,635 --> 00:36:19,637 my worst fears realised. 412 00:36:21,180 --> 00:36:25,935 The fresco, like the horse, was yet another folly. 413 00:36:27,645 --> 00:36:30,690 I wanted to be erased, to disappear." 414 00:36:36,612 --> 00:36:37,988 Well? 415 00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:40,741 We've looked everywhere. No one's seen him. 416 00:36:40,825 --> 00:36:42,410 He can't have just vanished. 417 00:36:42,493 --> 00:36:45,746 What are we going to do tomorrow? The men are asking. 418 00:37:36,464 --> 00:37:38,507 How did you find me? 419 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,719 There are no secrets in Milan. 420 00:37:43,179 --> 00:37:44,305 At least, not from me. 421 00:37:45,514 --> 00:37:48,392 I'm sorry, Your Lordship. I haven't completed the fresco yet. 422 00:37:50,394 --> 00:37:51,604 You're afraid. 423 00:37:53,105 --> 00:37:56,192 - You said fear was good for artists. - I said a little fear. 424 00:37:57,568 --> 00:37:58,569 I made an error. 425 00:38:01,405 --> 00:38:04,575 If I'm to fix it, it could take weeks. 426 00:38:06,118 --> 00:38:07,161 Is that all? 427 00:38:07,745 --> 00:38:10,664 Do you know how many times great men fail before they succeed? 428 00:38:15,795 --> 00:38:17,713 I heard about your speech. 429 00:38:18,881 --> 00:38:24,595 How art invests the artist and his patron with immortality. 430 00:38:25,429 --> 00:38:26,680 Great art, yes. 431 00:38:27,848 --> 00:38:29,183 I demand nothing less. 432 00:38:32,478 --> 00:38:33,562 For my beloved wife. 433 00:38:35,856 --> 00:38:37,358 And for me. 434 00:38:41,654 --> 00:38:42,655 You don't have much time. 435 00:38:45,533 --> 00:38:46,617 What are you talking about? 436 00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:48,786 My grasp on power is... 437 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,831 tenuous. 438 00:38:54,959 --> 00:38:58,128 But the celebration, you... You defeated the French. 439 00:38:58,212 --> 00:39:01,757 The taxes that paid for that victory have turned the people against me. 440 00:39:02,550 --> 00:39:05,886 Meanwhile, the French have formed an alliance with the Venetians. 441 00:39:05,970 --> 00:39:08,597 It's only a matter of time before they strike again. 442 00:39:24,822 --> 00:39:26,407 Where is everyone? 443 00:39:26,490 --> 00:39:28,075 Leonardo. They're gone. 444 00:39:28,158 --> 00:39:29,743 Send a messenger, get them back now. 445 00:39:29,827 --> 00:39:31,078 Right away. 446 00:40:00,149 --> 00:40:01,442 We begin again. 447 00:41:34,326 --> 00:41:35,494 Oh, my God. 448 00:41:36,245 --> 00:41:37,287 Oh, my God! 449 00:41:40,666 --> 00:41:43,377 Giulio! Come and help me with this. 450 00:41:46,922 --> 00:41:48,173 You can't be in here. 451 00:41:59,518 --> 00:42:00,853 What do you think? 452 00:42:11,822 --> 00:42:15,117 Leonardo! Leonardo! 453 00:42:27,379 --> 00:42:29,298 His throat has been cut. 454 00:42:29,381 --> 00:42:31,633 - Who did this? - French colours. 455 00:42:32,634 --> 00:42:35,179 It's a message, designed to frighten Sforza loyalists. 456 00:42:35,971 --> 00:42:40,017 They dare not kill Leonardo, but this is a message for the rest of you. 457 00:42:41,351 --> 00:42:42,603 We're not safe here. 458 00:42:43,187 --> 00:42:44,313 We'll be safe. 459 00:42:44,396 --> 00:42:45,773 How can you say that? 460 00:42:46,356 --> 00:42:49,943 Salaì, inform Sanseverino we need guards posted outside the convent. 461 00:42:50,027 --> 00:42:51,195 Right away. 462 00:42:52,279 --> 00:42:55,115 - Leonardo, we must... - The work continues. 463 00:42:55,991 --> 00:42:58,786 No one leaves here. You understand? 464 00:43:06,627 --> 00:43:08,170 The work continues. 465 00:43:59,304 --> 00:44:01,098 Hyah! 466 00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:09,606 He's not here. 467 00:44:09,690 --> 00:44:11,191 Then he's at the convent. 468 00:44:35,799 --> 00:44:37,176 Leonardo da Vinci? 469 00:44:37,801 --> 00:44:40,429 - Yes. - The tyrant Ludovico has fled 470 00:44:40,512 --> 00:44:43,348 and Milan is now under the control of Louis XII. 471 00:44:44,141 --> 00:44:46,852 He orders me to cut this fresco from the wall 472 00:44:46,935 --> 00:44:48,687 and bring it to him in France. 473 00:44:49,438 --> 00:44:51,690 You do that, and you will destroy it. 474 00:44:51,773 --> 00:44:55,194 I said he gave me orders, not that I intend to follow them. 475 00:44:55,777 --> 00:44:57,946 You will remain here with your men, Ramiro. 476 00:44:58,697 --> 00:45:03,660 Make sure Maestro Leonardo is free to complete his work undisturbed. 477 00:45:06,997 --> 00:45:07,998 Why are you doing this? 478 00:45:09,333 --> 00:45:11,335 Because I want you to know to whom you're indebted. 479 00:45:13,003 --> 00:45:15,088 I am Cesare Borgia. 480 00:45:21,136 --> 00:45:25,224 So, Leonardo, the painting is safe at last. 481 00:45:26,767 --> 00:45:29,102 - So it seems. - And that means I can go now. 482 00:45:29,853 --> 00:45:30,979 Tommaso... 483 00:45:31,063 --> 00:45:33,857 Caterina knew better. Leaving you when she did. 484 00:45:33,941 --> 00:45:36,443 - What are you talking about? - You put our lives in danger. 485 00:45:36,526 --> 00:45:39,947 And for what? For what? For some paint on a wall? 486 00:45:41,114 --> 00:45:43,659 Marco's dead because of you. 487 00:45:45,619 --> 00:45:47,120 Tommaso, that's not fair. 488 00:45:47,204 --> 00:45:50,457 Of course you defend him. His friend. 489 00:45:51,375 --> 00:45:54,461 The great artist. He said so. 490 00:45:55,379 --> 00:45:57,464 And it's way more than he's ever said to me. 491 00:45:57,547 --> 00:46:00,509 You said you wanted to create a masterpiece, and look. 492 00:46:00,592 --> 00:46:02,302 A masterpiece? 493 00:46:02,886 --> 00:46:06,807 I have news for you, Leonardo. This paint will decay. 494 00:46:07,808 --> 00:46:10,060 Your masterpiece will not survive. 495 00:46:11,603 --> 00:46:13,105 So much for immortality. 496 00:46:13,188 --> 00:46:15,899 Tommaso, I understand you're upset. But listen to me... 497 00:46:15,983 --> 00:46:20,320 You speak of betrayal. When it's you who's the betrayer. 498 00:46:22,322 --> 00:46:24,074 You're the Judas. 499 00:46:29,162 --> 00:46:30,247 Are you coming? 500 00:46:39,923 --> 00:46:41,258 Let's go. 501 00:46:59,818 --> 00:47:01,695 Tommaso's words cut you. 502 00:47:02,779 --> 00:47:04,323 Because they were true. 503 00:47:06,241 --> 00:47:08,660 You would have killed for your art. 504 00:47:10,370 --> 00:47:12,331 But I did not kill Caterina. 505 00:47:21,506 --> 00:47:24,009 Do you regret painting The Last Supper? 506 00:47:29,765 --> 00:47:32,225 I regret the sacrifices I demanded. 507 00:47:34,061 --> 00:47:35,937 The pain I inflicted. 508 00:47:36,730 --> 00:47:38,899 But not the fresco itself? 509 00:47:38,982 --> 00:47:41,443 It's only a short walk from here. 510 00:47:43,904 --> 00:47:46,239 You tell me how I should answer the question.