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[theme music playing]
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[Leonardo sighs]
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Open it to the page I marked.
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Tell me what you see.
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It's a list of ingredients.
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To make "composition of death".
The poison from which you saved Ludovico.
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The same poison used to murder
Caterina da Cremona.
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[scoffs]
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Oh, you think this is funny?
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I think it's absurd.
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You deny poisoning her?
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Mmm, I do.
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Why, then, didn't you give her
the same antidote you gave Il Moro?
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I lacked the necessary ingredients.
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Tell me what they are.
We'll search your studio.
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If it's true you didn't have them,
it will add credibility to your story.
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I don't recall the names.
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Leonardo, every witness I've spoken to
believes you're guilty.
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Do you wish to hang?
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You told me how much Caterina da Cremona
meant to you.
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I told you she was love.
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Yet you're accused of killing her,
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simply because she burnt
some of your work.
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That is the most credible part
of the accusation.
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That you killed love itself
for destroying mere ink on paper?
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Some daubs of paint on wood?
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You doubt I would spill blood for my art.
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But I already have.
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[man] And now, gentlemen, our next speaker
on the topic this evening,
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Leonardo da Vinci.
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What is the most noble endeavour
mankind can pursue?
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[shuddered breaths]
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[straining]
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Others have made the case
for the study of plants,
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the design and engineering
of man-made structures,
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the understanding of complex machines
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the kind of which
the world has never seen before.
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[Beatrice grunts in pain]
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Very good, Madonna.
Another push, please.
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I'm with you, my darling.
I'm here now.
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Don't leave me. Don't leave me.
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But only one endeavour
combines these disciplines
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to make something...
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magical.
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Only art...
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can take the pain
and suffering of our lives
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and turn it into beauty.
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[screaming]
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Something is wrong!
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[Beatrice groans]
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Do something, damn you!
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[Leonardo] Beauty.
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Great beauty is a truth that echoes
through the centuries, defying time,
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giving the artist and his patron
a kind of immortality.
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And that, gentlemen,
is why art is the noblest endeavour.
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Maestro.
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- Come, quickly.
- What is it?
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Just come.
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Your Grace.
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Yes. Uh... Come. Come.
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The...
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child is gone.
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But my wife...
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You must bring her back.
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Like you did me.
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Your Excellency, the poison
only briefly stopped your heart.
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There is no potion, no... medicine,
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that can restore life
once life has been taken away.
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No.
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[sobbing] No, that cannot be.
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Do something.
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I assure you, Your Excellency,
if there was anything I could do,
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anything at all, I...
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[crying]
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[door opens]
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It's about time.
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Leonardo.
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What's wrong?
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[knocking on door]
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[Tommaso] Leonardo?
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[knocking continues]
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- Leonardo.
- What?
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- It's the bronze.
- What about it?
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They're taking it all.
All the bronze for the horse.
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- They're taking it?
- Yes.
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- [Leonardo] What is the meaning of this?
- He says it's been confiscated.
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- On whose authority?
- The Duke's.
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That bronze is for the statue
he commissioned.
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Not any more, it's not.
I'm sorry, Leonardo.
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The French are threatening towns nearby.
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We have to cast cannons
to defend ourselves.
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No, no, please. Tell them to stop.
At least until I've spoken to Il Moro.
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It'll mean all the work we've done
has been wasted!
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Perhaps you should have
used the bronze when you got it.
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Instead of dawdling.
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Where is the Duke?
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Il Moro is grieving.
But I advise you not to disturb him.
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Where is he?
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Leonardo. He's been here all night.
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Your Excellency? Sorry to disturb you.
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Sanseverino, he's taking all the bronze.
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Yes, I know.
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But he can't do this.
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He can't?
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He works for me.
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Do you mean to say...
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I can't?
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This statue is to honour your family.
I've been working on it for a long time.
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And do you think I don't know that?
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[shouting] You trespass on my grief!
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Look into my eyes, Leonardo.
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What do you see?
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I see pain.
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I will never again hear
my sweet wife's voice.
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I will never feel
the softness of her touch.
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Have you ever borne such a loss?
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Do you know what it is
to live with such a wound?
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I will honour my family.
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But in a different way.
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Come.
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The entire convent is to become
a mausoleum for my beloved Beatrice.
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Bramante will redesign
the dome and the crossing, and you...
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You will paint this.
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What?
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[Ludovico] A fresco.
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Our Lord's final night with the apostles,
before death came.
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Your Excellency, um...
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I don't know how to work in fresco.
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Then you will learn.
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[breathing heavily]
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[crying]
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[knocking on door]
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Thank you for coming, Father.
He's in his room upstairs.
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He hasn't eaten
or spoken to anyone in days.
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I understand his disappointment,
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but the fresco could be
an even more important commission.
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Well, he's refusing to accept it.
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If he doesn't take this commission,
it's not just the statue he's lost.
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It's his place in this city.
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And ours.
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[sighs]
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It's not just about him, you know?
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[knocking on door]
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Come in.
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[door closes]
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Maestro, I'm Friar Luca Pacioli,
from the court.
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I know who you are, Father Luca.
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I read your books on mathematics.
They're inspired.
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Your friends think you are in need
of spiritual guidance.
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I am beyond consolation.
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No one is beyond the love of Christ.
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I've devoted myself to a folly.
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And now I am commanded
to begin another. I...
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I am a toy for His Excellency's pleasure.
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It's a kind of living hell.
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You cannot find beauty or truth
in the story of the Last Supper?
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You heard my address.
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I was quite persuaded by it.
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I have no desire to search for truth
in this subject.
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Then you must find it in yourself.
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What is your truth, Leonardo?
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My truth?
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As a man, not as an artist.
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What is the thread that runs through
the tapestry of your life?
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Betrayal.
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Betrayal by whom?
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My mother, my father, as a child.
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[horse neighing]
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Papa! Papa!
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[Leonardo] By a man I trusted
when I came to Milan.
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And now Il Moro.
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And do you not think
Jesus suffered betrayal also?
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He'll see you now.
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Thank you.
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Tell Giulio to order wood
for the scaffolding.
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I want Marco to get pigments
from the convent at San Giusto alle Mura.
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- Then we get to work?
- We've wasted enough time.
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- Where are you going?
- Research.
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- [Tommaso] Where?
- The market.
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The apostles will need faces, won't they?
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[Leonardo] "Dearest Caterina,
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I send this letter to Florence
not knowing if it will reach you,
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or whether you'll read it if it does.
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I am desperate to know how you are,
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and I never should have
let you leave in anger.
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Your absence has torn a hole in my heart
that cannot be mended.
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So I seek consolation in my work.
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I spend day after day in the market,
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seeking to find truth
in the faces I see there.
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I've been given a last chance
to create a masterpiece."
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[indistinct]
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"After all I've lost, I must seize it."
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[inaudible]
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"I don't expect you to understand,
but I hope, in time, you will forgive.
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Yours, Leonardo."
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[sighs]
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[Tommaso] This is not
how a fresco is painted.
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How would you know?
Verrocchio never taught us the technique.
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Precisely.
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I am not suited for fast work
like you are.
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But that is the only way
a fresco can be painted.
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It was, until now.
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On a fresco, the plaster is damp.
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Which means we can only paint
a small section each day
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before the work has to be completed
and the plaster dries.
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- Just so.
- Well, this is a new type of fresco!
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One that will allow us more time.
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Leonardo...
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People have painted frescos the same way
for hundreds of years.
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- This is impossible.
- Would you stop saying it's impossible!
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All right.
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Listen, I'm sorry.
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This method not only allows us
to work more carefully,
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but it ensures that the fresco
retains its true colours for longer.
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It sounds excellent.
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- Inspired.
- [Leonardo] It is.
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And what is this method?
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So, we apply our special kind of tempera
onto a dry wall
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and after it dries,
we're able to paint another layer.
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And another, and another.
We can do this maybe five or six times.
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This is something we couldn't do
with a traditional fresco.
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All right, then. If you say so.
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But it's not if I say so, is it?
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I need you all to use your minds
to ensure this works.
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[groans]
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[sighs]
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You know, loyalty doesn't just mean
agreeing with him.
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Sometimes it means telling him the truth
when no one else will.
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Awfully gloomy, aren't you?
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So you just smile and nod?
Like everything will be fine?
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Better than piling your fears
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on top of the weight
that's already on his shoulders.
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[in Italian] Girls, listen.
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Make another 20 in green
and a dozen in yellow.
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Good, go on.
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[in English] I beg you, sir, I need a job.
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There isn't one.
We've got all the women we need.
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- But surely you could use one more?
- No.
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- You're wasting my time.
- Please.
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Please.
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I'll work at half wages.
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Please, sir.
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Marco says
the pigments have been delivered
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to the convent at San Giusto alle Mura.
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Thank you.
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[Tommaso] Still sketching faces?
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Mmm. Just as one selects actors
for a play,
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one must select the right faces
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to express the temperament
of each of the apostles.
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Are you sure you're not doing too much?
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What do you mean?
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Well, you told me
the Adoration of the Magi failed
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because you tried
to cram it full of too many ideas.
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Are you sure you're not repeating
the same mistake here?
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No.
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No, I'm not sure.
257
00:20:29,312 --> 00:20:32,107
You tell everyone we'll start work
at the convent tomorrow.
258
00:20:32,190 --> 00:20:33,358
Of course.
259
00:20:47,164 --> 00:20:49,291
[men speaking indistinctly]
260
00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:01,845
My coins!
They have disappeared from my bag.
261
00:21:04,389 --> 00:21:05,474
Salaì?
262
00:21:08,018 --> 00:21:09,686
Were those your coins?
263
00:21:11,855 --> 00:21:15,442
I found them on the floor
and put them in my pocket for safekeeping.
264
00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:18,153
You really must be more careful, boy.
265
00:21:18,737 --> 00:21:19,780
Let's see.
266
00:21:20,614 --> 00:21:24,576
One, two, three. Anything left? No.
[chuckles]
267
00:21:26,203 --> 00:21:27,496
Salaì, a word.
268
00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:32,834
You have talent.
You could be a great artist.
269
00:21:33,877 --> 00:21:35,629
But if I catch you stealing again,
270
00:21:35,712 --> 00:21:38,507
I'll kick you out on the street
where you came from. Am I clear?
271
00:21:43,303 --> 00:21:45,847
- It's like asking a fish not to swim.
- Mmm.
272
00:21:46,515 --> 00:21:48,558
Will you find another place
for these friars to eat?
273
00:21:48,642 --> 00:21:49,643
Of course.
274
00:21:50,769 --> 00:21:51,853
Friars, please.
275
00:22:17,921 --> 00:22:19,339
Are you with child?
276
00:22:21,925 --> 00:22:23,009
Mind your own business.
277
00:22:41,903 --> 00:22:45,490
This is the vanishing point,
the farthest place in the room
278
00:22:45,574 --> 00:22:48,326
in which Jesus and the apostles
are seated.
279
00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:54,124
The walls in that room extend out from it.
280
00:22:55,458 --> 00:22:57,419
So when people enter and look up,
281
00:22:57,502 --> 00:23:01,882
it will seem as if this room
continues into that one.
282
00:23:02,674 --> 00:23:04,801
That they are, in fact, one.
283
00:23:04,885 --> 00:23:07,679
It will feel as if we are in the room
with Jesus
284
00:23:07,762 --> 00:23:10,682
as he ate his final meal
before the crucifixion.
285
00:23:12,309 --> 00:23:14,436
That will make disciples of us all.
286
00:23:24,112 --> 00:23:25,155
Higher.
287
00:23:32,662 --> 00:23:34,080
Straighten.
288
00:24:08,114 --> 00:24:10,408
What will people think
about the way they are sat?
289
00:24:11,242 --> 00:24:16,915
Well, the placement of the apostles
suggests their relationship to Christ,
290
00:24:16,998 --> 00:24:20,627
while their facial expressions
convey their emotions.
291
00:24:20,710 --> 00:24:22,087
What emotions?
292
00:24:22,796 --> 00:24:25,924
He's talking about
the bread becoming his body, so...
293
00:24:26,007 --> 00:24:28,885
No, no, this is a different moment.
This is from the Gospel of John.
294
00:24:28,969 --> 00:24:30,887
So, if you see this triad here,
295
00:24:30,971 --> 00:24:34,557
we see John is leaning away from Jesus
towards Peter
296
00:24:34,641 --> 00:24:38,603
who's whispering in his ear
while Judas here recoils.
297
00:24:38,687 --> 00:24:42,607
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
one of you shall betray me."
298
00:24:44,859 --> 00:24:47,278
I've been to church. Occasionally.
299
00:24:48,405 --> 00:24:50,073
I hope they locked up the silverware.
300
00:24:50,156 --> 00:24:51,366
[snickering]
301
00:24:51,449 --> 00:24:53,910
The moment Jesus reveals
he will be betrayed. Exactly.
302
00:24:54,577 --> 00:24:58,999
Betrayal? Surely Il Moro means this work
to celebrate our Lord.
303
00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:03,294
If the Duke wishes to celebrate our Lord,
304
00:25:05,213 --> 00:25:08,091
let him do so by remembering
Jesus was also a man.
305
00:25:09,217 --> 00:25:10,719
With passions and feelings.
306
00:25:12,303 --> 00:25:13,888
As were the apostles who loved him.
307
00:25:14,931 --> 00:25:17,058
[Marco] Leonardo? Come.
308
00:25:17,142 --> 00:25:19,477
- What is it?
- You'll see. Come.
309
00:25:24,941 --> 00:25:27,861
I'm not sure
this is what the Duke expected.
310
00:25:27,944 --> 00:25:32,657
I think the Duke expected that
Leonardo would exceed his expectations.
311
00:25:42,917 --> 00:25:45,462
- How many of the pigments have they mixed?
- All of them.
312
00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:51,843
[Leonardo] Beautiful.
313
00:25:53,636 --> 00:25:56,139
Do you remember how we used to stare
at the alchemist's closet
314
00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:58,933
at the back of Verrocchio's workshop?
315
00:25:59,517 --> 00:26:01,019
It all seemed so unreachable then.
316
00:26:01,102 --> 00:26:02,479
[Leonardo] Not any more.
317
00:26:04,272 --> 00:26:05,982
Now we have the key to everything.
318
00:26:07,358 --> 00:26:11,488
[Leonardo] "Dearest Caterina,
we were not the only ones celebrating.
319
00:26:12,155 --> 00:26:14,991
Il Moro triumphed in battle
against the French.
320
00:26:15,825 --> 00:26:19,496
It seems he put to good use
those cannons he cast from our bronze.
321
00:26:20,872 --> 00:26:23,792
But yesterday,
while walking in the market,
322
00:26:23,875 --> 00:26:26,419
I witnessed an event
that made my blood run cold."
323
00:26:26,503 --> 00:26:28,213
[horse neighing]
324
00:26:28,296 --> 00:26:33,343
"Despite his victory, Ludovico's grip
on power is not as secure as it seems."
325
00:26:36,888 --> 00:26:39,724
[announcer] Open the gates!
Ludovico Sforza wants to exit.
326
00:26:40,391 --> 00:26:41,476
Let's go!
327
00:26:42,644 --> 00:26:43,770
Death to the tyrant!
328
00:26:49,234 --> 00:26:51,069
[Leonardo]
"Two supporters of the French
329
00:26:51,152 --> 00:26:53,279
made a daring attempt on his life
in broad daylight."
330
00:26:53,363 --> 00:26:55,865
- After him!
- "One of the men escaped,
331
00:26:55,949 --> 00:26:57,700
and looked right into my eyes."
332
00:27:05,959 --> 00:27:07,001
Would you like some wine?
333
00:27:07,627 --> 00:27:10,547
No. I'd rather get some sleep.
334
00:27:10,630 --> 00:27:12,048
So should you.
335
00:27:55,383 --> 00:27:57,802
- Where are the pigments?
- They were right here yesterday.
336
00:27:57,886 --> 00:27:59,526
It's a church. We thought they'd be safe.
337
00:28:05,894 --> 00:28:07,020
Where have they gone?
338
00:28:07,979 --> 00:28:09,105
You don't think I took them.
339
00:28:09,189 --> 00:28:11,524
Who else? Everyone knows you're a thief.
340
00:28:11,608 --> 00:28:13,528
Leonardo, you know
I would never do such a thing.
341
00:28:13,610 --> 00:28:14,736
We're ruined.
342
00:28:14,819 --> 00:28:17,155
- We have to replace them.
- With what?
343
00:28:17,238 --> 00:28:19,038
Do you have any idea
what those pigments cost?
344
00:28:19,115 --> 00:28:20,867
[Tommaso] No, that will take weeks.
345
00:28:21,576 --> 00:28:22,911
If not months.
346
00:28:23,578 --> 00:28:24,579
[sighs]
347
00:28:24,662 --> 00:28:26,789
Leonardo, what do you want to do?
348
00:28:27,874 --> 00:28:29,375
All the men must be laid off.
349
00:28:30,627 --> 00:28:33,296
The work is stopped
until we can replace what we've lost.
350
00:28:58,321 --> 00:28:59,948
[chattering]
351
00:29:17,465 --> 00:29:19,884
Well, if it isn't the pretty boy.
352
00:29:19,968 --> 00:29:22,512
I was getting to think
we'd never see you again, Giacomo.
353
00:29:23,096 --> 00:29:25,348
I certainly hoped I'd never see you again.
354
00:29:25,932 --> 00:29:27,267
That's not kind.
355
00:29:28,101 --> 00:29:29,477
After all the money I made you.
356
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,729
You mean all the money
I made you, Filippo.
357
00:29:33,481 --> 00:29:37,694
Some pigments went missing last night
from Santa Maria delle Grazie.
358
00:29:37,777 --> 00:29:38,903
I might have heard about it.
359
00:29:39,487 --> 00:29:42,824
Whoever took them,
I figured they might end up in your hands.
360
00:29:44,033 --> 00:29:46,119
- [chuckles]
- How much do you want for them?
361
00:29:46,703 --> 00:29:48,037
How much are you willing to pay?
362
00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:50,331
Name your price.
363
00:29:50,415 --> 00:29:53,084
My! You're eager, aren't you?
364
00:29:54,419 --> 00:29:57,547
I might be willing
to recover those paints for you.
365
00:29:57,630 --> 00:29:59,882
But you'll have to work them off in trade.
366
00:29:59,966 --> 00:30:01,384
I don't do that any more.
367
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:02,760
You don't?
368
00:30:03,344 --> 00:30:04,387
I'm an artist now.
369
00:30:04,470 --> 00:30:05,638
[laughs]
370
00:30:07,307 --> 00:30:08,725
An artist.
371
00:30:09,976 --> 00:30:11,144
Is that what you think?
372
00:30:14,230 --> 00:30:17,984
If you want those paints back,
you'll do exactly what I say.
373
00:30:18,651 --> 00:30:19,777
Huh?
374
00:30:45,970 --> 00:30:47,555
Sleeping on the job?
375
00:30:51,517 --> 00:30:52,602
Oh...
376
00:30:53,770 --> 00:30:56,105
Yes, I must have drifted off.
377
00:30:59,108 --> 00:31:00,818
I was in the chapel praying.
378
00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:08,701
I understand your pigments
have gone missing.
379
00:31:10,995 --> 00:31:12,330
A temporary setback.
380
00:31:16,501 --> 00:31:17,585
[tapping bench]
381
00:31:21,798 --> 00:31:26,094
Rumours are circulating at court
that you're in over your head.
382
00:31:28,888 --> 00:31:30,098
Some are taking bets.
383
00:31:31,057 --> 00:31:32,683
What kind of bets?
384
00:31:34,894 --> 00:31:36,396
That you'll never finish it.
385
00:31:41,484 --> 00:31:42,527
Did I frighten you?
386
00:31:45,905 --> 00:31:49,492
Well...
A little fear is good for an artist.
387
00:31:52,912 --> 00:31:55,248
I have invested much in you, Leonardo.
388
00:31:57,208 --> 00:31:58,584
And you have given me...
389
00:31:59,794 --> 00:32:01,587
very little in return.
390
00:32:03,714 --> 00:32:04,757
I saved your life.
391
00:32:05,883 --> 00:32:08,511
There are times I wonder
if you don't regret that.
392
00:32:09,387 --> 00:32:10,513
Why would you say that?
393
00:32:11,973 --> 00:32:15,143
You had the bronze
to cast that statue for months.
394
00:32:16,227 --> 00:32:19,063
Well, no one has ever
cast a statue of that size.
395
00:32:19,147 --> 00:32:21,691
I've been trying to solve
the technical challenge of it.
396
00:32:23,401 --> 00:32:24,402
Possibly.
397
00:32:25,945 --> 00:32:28,197
Or possibly you were
no longer eager to honour me
398
00:32:28,281 --> 00:32:30,491
after the death of my nephew
399
00:32:30,575 --> 00:32:34,954
and the abrupt departure of your friend,
the lovely Caterina.
400
00:32:36,456 --> 00:32:38,958
I remain fully committed, Your Excellency.
401
00:32:41,043 --> 00:32:42,086
Then prove it.
402
00:32:49,218 --> 00:32:50,511
[sighs]
403
00:33:08,112 --> 00:33:10,615
- [whispers] Leonardo, come. Quickly.
- Mmm?
404
00:33:10,698 --> 00:33:12,450
- Come on.
- What?
405
00:33:22,627 --> 00:33:23,794
How did you get these?
406
00:33:25,338 --> 00:33:26,881
You just need to know who to ask.
407
00:33:31,052 --> 00:33:32,053
Everything's here!
408
00:33:32,762 --> 00:33:33,763
Yes.
409
00:33:35,097 --> 00:33:37,099
Tell the men we return to work
tomorrow morning.
410
00:33:37,183 --> 00:33:38,726
Will do.
411
00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:41,437
- [chuckling]
- Come here!
412
00:33:57,703 --> 00:34:01,791
[Leonardo] "Dearest Caterina,
I feel like I'm drowning without you.
413
00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:07,046
I am driven to complete the fresco
and have been unable to sleep for weeks.
414
00:34:07,964 --> 00:34:10,508
The slightest error has been enough
to send me into a rage."
415
00:34:10,591 --> 00:34:12,552
Oh, no, no, no! Giulio, no!
416
00:34:12,635 --> 00:34:15,846
No, don't start on the hands!
Start on the shirt!
417
00:34:16,556 --> 00:34:19,517
"I felt as if all my life
hanged in the balance.
418
00:34:26,941 --> 00:34:30,069
I have been consumed
by a terrible foreboding."
419
00:34:43,958 --> 00:34:45,209
Good boy.
420
00:34:49,213 --> 00:34:51,841
[Leonardo] "I sense that
I have made some fatal mistake.
421
00:34:56,512 --> 00:34:59,265
And today, I realised I had."
422
00:34:59,974 --> 00:35:02,101
Stop. Everyone stop.
423
00:35:03,102 --> 00:35:04,353
It's wrong.
424
00:35:05,146 --> 00:35:06,606
What's wrong?
425
00:35:06,689 --> 00:35:07,898
The ceiling is too low.
426
00:35:07,982 --> 00:35:09,900
But it's the ceiling you drew.
427
00:35:09,984 --> 00:35:12,862
[Leonardo] I... I know I drew it,
but I drew it wrong.
428
00:35:12,945 --> 00:35:15,615
It's too low. If the apostles stood,
they'd bump their heads.
429
00:35:15,698 --> 00:35:19,201
Leonardo, the ceiling may be too low,
but it's a painting.
430
00:35:19,285 --> 00:35:22,371
None of them will stand. It's...
It looks fine.
431
00:35:24,457 --> 00:35:26,375
Is that what you think we're here to do?
432
00:35:26,459 --> 00:35:29,128
Make things look fine?
Make them look adequate?
433
00:35:30,087 --> 00:35:31,088
No one will notice.
434
00:35:31,172 --> 00:35:32,673
[shouting] I will notice!
435
00:35:33,716 --> 00:35:35,509
It will torture me
every time I look at it!
436
00:35:35,593 --> 00:35:37,261
Now that I've seen it, I can't unsee it!
437
00:35:40,181 --> 00:35:41,182
Did none of you notice?
438
00:35:45,269 --> 00:35:47,521
No? Nobody?
439
00:35:50,650 --> 00:35:51,859
None of you care?
440
00:36:04,705 --> 00:36:07,833
"I say to you,
one of you shall betray me."
441
00:36:09,251 --> 00:36:13,839
[Leonardo] "Dearest Caterina,
I could no longer face the others.
442
00:36:13,923 --> 00:36:16,425
I felt as if I'd fallen
into a black hole,
443
00:36:17,635 --> 00:36:19,637
my worst fears realised.
444
00:36:21,180 --> 00:36:25,935
The fresco, like the horse,
was yet another folly.
445
00:36:27,645 --> 00:36:30,690
I wanted to be erased, to disappear."
446
00:36:35,111 --> 00:36:36,529
[chattering]
447
00:36:36,612 --> 00:36:37,988
[Giacomo] Well?
448
00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:40,741
We've looked everywhere.
No one's seen him.
449
00:36:40,825 --> 00:36:42,410
He can't have just vanished.
450
00:36:42,493 --> 00:36:45,746
What are we going to do tomorrow?
The men are asking.
451
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,777
[horse whinnying]
452
00:37:20,322 --> 00:37:22,241
[horses galloping]
453
00:37:36,464 --> 00:37:38,507
How did you find me?
454
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,719
There are no secrets in Milan.
455
00:37:43,179 --> 00:37:44,305
At least, not from me.
456
00:37:45,514 --> 00:37:48,392
I'm sorry, Your Lordship.
I haven't completed the fresco yet.
457
00:37:50,394 --> 00:37:51,604
You're afraid.
458
00:37:53,105 --> 00:37:56,192
- You said fear was good for artists.
- I said a little fear.
459
00:37:57,568 --> 00:37:58,569
I made an error.
460
00:38:01,405 --> 00:38:04,575
- If I'm to fix it, it could take weeks.
- [laughing]
461
00:38:06,118 --> 00:38:07,161
Is that all?
462
00:38:07,745 --> 00:38:10,664
Do you know how many times
great men fail before they succeed?
463
00:38:15,795 --> 00:38:17,713
I heard about your speech.
464
00:38:18,881 --> 00:38:24,595
How art invests the artist
and his patron with immortality.
465
00:38:25,429 --> 00:38:26,680
Great art, yes.
466
00:38:27,848 --> 00:38:29,183
I demand nothing less.
467
00:38:32,478 --> 00:38:33,562
For my beloved wife.
468
00:38:35,856 --> 00:38:37,358
And for me.
469
00:38:41,654 --> 00:38:42,655
You don't have much time.
470
00:38:45,533 --> 00:38:46,617
What are you talking about?
471
00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:48,786
My grasp on power is...
472
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,831
[scoffs] tenuous.
473
00:38:54,959 --> 00:38:58,128
But the celebration, you...
You defeated the French.
474
00:38:58,212 --> 00:39:01,757
The taxes that paid for that victory
have turned the people against me.
475
00:39:02,550 --> 00:39:05,886
Meanwhile, the French have formed
an alliance with the Venetians.
476
00:39:05,970 --> 00:39:08,597
It's only a matter of time
before they strike again.
477
00:39:24,822 --> 00:39:26,407
[Leonardo] Where is everyone?
478
00:39:26,490 --> 00:39:28,075
Leonardo. They're gone.
479
00:39:28,158 --> 00:39:29,743
Send a messenger, get them back now.
480
00:39:29,827 --> 00:39:31,078
Right away.
481
00:39:32,746 --> 00:39:34,915
[breathes deeply]
482
00:40:00,149 --> 00:40:01,442
We begin again.
483
00:41:31,073 --> 00:41:32,992
[groans]
484
00:41:34,326 --> 00:41:35,494
Oh, my God.
485
00:41:36,245 --> 00:41:37,287
Oh, my God!
486
00:41:40,666 --> 00:41:43,377
[Marco] Giulio!
Come and help me with this.
487
00:41:46,922 --> 00:41:48,173
You can't be in here.
488
00:41:56,724 --> 00:41:58,559
[breathes deeply]
489
00:41:59,518 --> 00:42:00,853
What do you think?
490
00:42:11,822 --> 00:42:15,117
[Giulio shouting] Leonardo! Leonardo!
491
00:42:27,379 --> 00:42:29,298
His throat has been cut.
492
00:42:29,381 --> 00:42:31,633
- Who did this?
- French colours.
493
00:42:32,634 --> 00:42:35,179
It's a message,
designed to frighten Sforza loyalists.
494
00:42:35,971 --> 00:42:40,017
They dare not kill Leonardo,
but this is a message for the rest of you.
495
00:42:41,351 --> 00:42:42,603
We're not safe here.
496
00:42:43,187 --> 00:42:44,313
We'll be safe.
497
00:42:44,396 --> 00:42:45,773
How can you say that?
498
00:42:46,356 --> 00:42:49,943
Salaì, inform Sanseverino
we need guards posted outside the convent.
499
00:42:50,027 --> 00:42:51,195
Right away.
500
00:42:52,279 --> 00:42:55,115
- Leonardo, we must...
- The work continues.
501
00:42:55,991 --> 00:42:58,786
No one leaves here. You understand?
502
00:43:06,627 --> 00:43:08,170
The work continues.
503
00:43:47,501 --> 00:43:49,044
[people screaming]
504
00:43:59,304 --> 00:44:01,098
- Hyah!
- [grunts]
505
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:09,606
He's not here.
506
00:44:09,690 --> 00:44:11,191
Then he's at the convent.
507
00:44:35,799 --> 00:44:37,176
Leonardo da Vinci?
508
00:44:37,801 --> 00:44:40,429
- Yes.
- The tyrant Ludovico has fled
509
00:44:40,512 --> 00:44:43,348
and Milan is now under the control
of Louis XII.
510
00:44:44,141 --> 00:44:46,852
He orders me
to cut this fresco from the wall
511
00:44:46,935 --> 00:44:48,687
and bring it to him in France.
512
00:44:49,438 --> 00:44:51,690
You do that, and you will destroy it.
513
00:44:51,773 --> 00:44:55,194
I said he gave me orders,
not that I intend to follow them.
514
00:44:55,777 --> 00:44:57,946
You will remain here
with your men, Ramiro.
515
00:44:58,697 --> 00:45:03,660
Make sure Maestro Leonardo
is free to complete his work undisturbed.
516
00:45:06,997 --> 00:45:07,998
Why are you doing this?
517
00:45:09,333 --> 00:45:11,335
Because I want you to know
to whom you're indebted.
518
00:45:13,003 --> 00:45:15,088
I am Cesare Borgia.
519
00:45:21,136 --> 00:45:25,224
[Tommaso] So, Leonardo,
the painting is safe at last.
520
00:45:26,767 --> 00:45:29,102
- So it seems.
- And that means I can go now.
521
00:45:29,853 --> 00:45:30,979
Tommaso...
522
00:45:31,063 --> 00:45:33,857
Caterina knew better.
Leaving you when she did.
523
00:45:33,941 --> 00:45:36,443
- What are you talking about?
- You put our lives in danger.
524
00:45:36,526 --> 00:45:39,947
And for what? For what?
For some paint on a wall?
525
00:45:41,114 --> 00:45:43,659
Marco's dead because of you.
526
00:45:45,619 --> 00:45:47,120
Tommaso, that's not fair.
527
00:45:47,204 --> 00:45:50,457
Of course you defend him. His friend.
528
00:45:51,375 --> 00:45:54,461
The great artist. He said so.
529
00:45:55,379 --> 00:45:57,464
And it's way more
than he's ever said to me.
530
00:45:57,547 --> 00:46:00,509
You said you wanted to create
a masterpiece, and look.
531
00:46:00,592 --> 00:46:02,302
[scoffs] A masterpiece?
532
00:46:02,886 --> 00:46:06,807
I have news for you, Leonardo.
This paint will decay.
533
00:46:07,808 --> 00:46:10,060
Your masterpiece will not survive.
534
00:46:11,603 --> 00:46:13,105
So much for immortality.
535
00:46:13,188 --> 00:46:15,899
Tommaso, I understand you're upset.
But listen to me...
536
00:46:15,983 --> 00:46:20,320
You speak of betrayal.
When it's you who's the betrayer.
537
00:46:22,322 --> 00:46:24,074
You're the Judas.
538
00:46:29,162 --> 00:46:30,247
Are you coming?
539
00:46:39,923 --> 00:46:41,258
Let's go.
540
00:46:59,818 --> 00:47:01,695
[Stefano] Tommaso's words cut you.
541
00:47:02,779 --> 00:47:04,323
Because they were true.
542
00:47:06,241 --> 00:47:08,660
You would have killed for your art.
543
00:47:10,370 --> 00:47:12,331
But I did not kill Caterina.
544
00:47:21,506 --> 00:47:24,009
Do you regret painting
The Last Supper?
545
00:47:29,765 --> 00:47:32,225
I regret the sacrifices I demanded.
546
00:47:34,061 --> 00:47:35,937
The pain I inflicted.
547
00:47:36,730 --> 00:47:38,899
But not the fresco itself?
548
00:47:38,982 --> 00:47:41,443
It's only a short walk from here.
549
00:47:43,904 --> 00:47:46,239
You tell me
how I should answer the question.
550
00:48:04,424 --> 00:48:05,967
[door closes]
551
00:48:21,900 --> 00:48:23,735
[breath trembling]