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Leonardo signed something.

What is it?
A confession?

Yes.

Well, then, you have
everything you need.

It's not worth
the paper it's written on.

He's lying.

You don't want to believe he's
guilty. You admire him too much.

I admire the artist. I'm
frustrated by the man.

And still, I won't hang a man
until I know he's guilty.

Give me that confession. And
stop playing games, Stefano.

There's something I must find.

There's one detail still missing.

You've seen everything.

Talk to me.

Tell me what I'm missing.

Where shall we put this, Madonna?

Just leave it there.
Thank you.

Good day.

Thank you.

God takes your child and yet you smile?

I am grateful for the time
I had with her.

Four days. Four days it's been up
and still people stop and stare.

Everyone comes to look
at the new sculpture.

Who's that?

Another new arrival.

So... what's the arrangement,
you being here?

The... Nothing.
There is no arrangement.

A man invites a woman into his home.

Naive to think it's for the
pleasure of her conversation.

You're an apprentice.

I'm the lady of the house.

Is it usual to talk to me this way?

I've been with him longer than anyone.

I can say whatever I want to say.

If you say so.

This used to be my room.

So you came in here to complain?

He won't ever get rid of me,
you know that?

Then why do you seem so nervous of me?

This is yours.

Hello.Oh. Hello.

Do you have everything you need?

Yes, thank you.

Everything's perfect.

How many months have you
been working on this portrait?

It's important
to get it right.Mmm.

And I find her puzzling.

She didn't seem like a puzzle to me.

She seemed... honest
and decent.

Is that so hard to paint?

Mmm.

I remember the last time

you found it impossible
to paint someone.

It was only a few streets from here.

She had mystery, too.

Not so much anymore.
I hope.

Why did she have to
come and live with us?

Are you jealous?

I'm not jealous.

Jealousy just poisons what's
good in us. Don't give in to it.

You love her.

Yes, but it's a different...

I... I have different love
for you both.

I just want you to be happy for me.

I'm finally surrounded
by the people I love.

Leonardo.

Gonfaloniere.

We have business together.

We do.

Come follow me.

Why weren't you at the ceremony?

The unveiling of
Michelangelo's new statue.

You know my opinion.
It doesn't belong here.

Well, all the other artists
were in favor. You...

You were outvoted.

Now everyone is talking about it.

Yeah, it's 17 feet.

It's hard to miss.Oh.

Half of Florence has
been living in its shadow

while he's been sculpting it.

We haven't seen the sun in weeks.

Why do you detest Michelangelo so much?

God gave him a gift.

All of God's creation to explore

and he creates this idealized nonsense.

It... It expresses
no feeling.

No, no. I think...

I think that it bothers you
that he's popular.

No. No, it bothers me
that his art has no truth.

But there's room in Florence

for more than one artist,
Leonardo. Oh, please.

Anyway, I came here today to tell you that
I have a new commission for you, too.

I have to be honest with you.

If you value art like this, this...

Imitation of the Ancients,
then I'm sorry.

I have no desire to work for you.

Very well.

Good day, Leonardo.

What's the matter with you?
What are you smiling at?

Jealousy has poisoned
what's good in us.

Maybe you should take
your own advice for once.

I am not jealous.

Why does it make you so unhappy?

I'm merely saying that art is the
key to understanding the world.

It's the key to understanding
science and nature!

That thing... That thing
over there, that isn't art.

People say he searches for the divine.

Oh.Heaven on earth.

Please! Thank you.

Heaven does not exist
in the mind of Michelangelo.

Leonardo!

Michelangelo!

You came to see it?

Yes. Uh, congratulations.

Your statue is a success.

How kind.

Didn't get your vote, though.

No.

Please. The master, Leonardo.

Yes!

Let's go. Come on.

It's been a while since you heard

anyone applauding as loud as this.

Well...

You say you seek the spirit.Mmm-hmm.

That you seek the divine, and
this is what comes to you?

A bland reproduction of the classics?

I expected more.

How many pieces have you abandoned?

Well...

Try to finish something for a change.

You'll find it helps your reputation.

To the Master!

To the Master!

Thanks. You're welcome.

I saw the new statue in the square.

I love it. It's impressive.

What's the matter?

Do we have to talk about it?

Why? What's wrong?/

They offered it to me.

What?

The materials, the same marble.

They offered it to me,
but I turned it down.

Mmm. I see.

So you didn't want it...

But you can't bear to see anyone
else get their hands on it.

Don't laugh at me. I wasn't laughing.

You were trying not to laugh. You
make it rather hard, Leonardo.

You're like a child who
wants another child's toys.

Well, Soderini did try to make amends.

He offered me
a different commission. Oh, you have to accept it.

No.Yes.

I'll speak to him
on your behalf, then. You will not.

Fine.

Let's just sit around here feeling
sorry for ourselves, right?

No.

You have a gift, Leonardo.
And you know that.

You can't keep it shut in here.

Please show it to the world again.

Do you want breakfast? Yes, please.

That's a start.

The city is keen to commission
a major new fresco

to commemorate the Battle of Anghiari.

Ah.

So, we would like to have
something here on this panel,

with a military theme.

You want me to create a battle?

Well, we thought something
more like, you know,

a victorious soldier raising the
city standard, for instance...

A battle contains so many dramas.

Too many to be crammed
into this tiny space.

How about the entire wall?

Now, that's a...
That's a huge undertaking.

Well, I... I'm not interested
in more money.

You can pay me... No...

Whatever you would
for a smaller painting.

I'm not talking about
the money, Leonardo. Uh...

The problem is that I need it
finished for the Battle'sanniversary.

Well, if you would like me
to devote my time

to a new, major work...

I will need the space to dream.

For the glory of Florence.

Here is what we need.
Can you come tomorrow?

Uh, let me check. I have
some deliveries in the area.

Thank you.

Tomorrow's fine.

Good. Thank you.

Is it the whole wall
that you're painting? Yes.

Look at the size of it.

You haven't bought enough
wood to make a scaffold that big.

I know. I don't need
a traditional scaffold.

I just need you to build
what's on that page there.

Keep it going.

Keep going.

Hold it there. Stop.

It's too unstable.

It's like powder.

We'll need new plaster.

Strip this off and reapply it.

That will take days.
Weeks.

We'll have to find another way, then.

So we begin our journey together.

I've got some news!

Lapo!

You look like you need a drink.

Leonardo da Vinci.
Have you heard?

What? A fresco.

The Hall of the Five Hundred.

But that's huge! What?

He's been commissioned
to paint the entire wall.

Nine-hundred square arms.
It's vast!

The surface of the wall is powder.

It needs to be sealed.

Are you mixing the paint with wax?

Has anyone ever done that before?

Not that I know of.

Are you really going to
paint the whole wall in it?

No...

You are. Oh, right.

He'll never finish it.

Still, you have to admire the ambition.

Everyone is talking about it.

He'll come of old age
before he finishes it. LAPO: Oh.

Which is a shame. 'Cause
I'd like to see what he'd do.

The old man might still
have something left in him.

Yeah, the fading remains
of his reputation.

There, you see?

It doesn't bleed.

We'll use the wax paint
for the whole wall.

We're done.

Ah.

Leave it overnight.

It will be dry in the morning.

Are you coming?

No, I'm going to keep working here.

Good night. Good night.

Let's go.

Hello?

Is anyone there?

Once a thief...

Always a thief.

At least I've never lied
about who I am.

What are you talking about?

You're deceiving him.

What? I saw you in the street.

Who was that man you were visiting?

You followed me?

Who do you think you are?

I'm someone who cares about him.

I'm someone who's looked
after him year after year.

I am the one who shields him when
someone tries to cut out his heart.

What are you talking about? What is this?

Why were you hiding it? Give it to me.

Which secret are you keeping?
Give it to me, Salai! Give it to...

Huh? I said give it to me!

I won't let you deceive him.

It's not what you think.

You're living here at his expense

while you're climbing in and
out of another man's bed!

You know nothing about me!

I promise I won't ever hurt him.

And the person who gave me
this, he's not my lover. All right?

Please. You'll only hurt
Leonardo if you tell him.

Give it to me.

So, what sections
do we have ready to go up now?

These ones.

That's...
That one there? Yeah.

What about these three sections?

Can we lay them out on the floor?

Okay. Tell me what you need.

I want to see them before they go up.

Yes.
So we have this one... Leonardo!

Forgive the intrusion.

I'm sorry, this is not a good moment.

You must excuse me.
I have to show someone around.

Come here. No spectators.
Not right now.

Please.

What's he doing here?

I'm sorry, Michelangelo needs
to look at the other wall.

There's a new commission
for the hall, just here.

But, uh...
No, no, no.

Please...

You have to ask them to leave.

Leonardo, how could I
resist this offer?

The two finest artists in the
city, each painting a fresco.

Believe me, it will be a great
duel between two giants,

because you are both giants!

And Florence will be the winner!

You'll hardly even notice me.

Oh. Not bad, Leonardo.
Not bad.

Leonardo...

Yes. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yes. Thank you. Thank you.

Yes.

Hey, go on.

Help him.
Help him, please.Yeah.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

Oh...

Look, I...
I can't work like this.

Why do they have to make so much noise?

Look, we can't stop now.
We have to finish it.I... I'm not stopping,

but I just can't focus.

Do you know what he's planning?

Yes.

The Battle of Cascina, apparently.
I heard them discussing it.

I tried to get a glimpse,
but he's very secretive.

I can think of one or two
other words to describe him.

Now.

Everybody go home.
We are done.

Did you hear the Master?
We go home, boys!

Go home, boys. Come on.
You heard the maestro.

I think that's enough for today.

Uh, Metello?

Oh.

Well, that definitely
says "battle."

Everyone is talking, so I
thought I'd come and see.

So, this is it?

The famous fresco.

You've been here before.
I saw you.

I didn't know if you'd want to see me.

It's been so long.

Do you remember our last conversation?

You admonished me
for failing in business.

I didn't come here to have
a row with you, my son.

They said you were in peril
for a time in Imola.

Oh, you heard!

I suppose you were
very concerned for me.

You don't know me.

You don't know what I feel. No, I don't!

But I've never been
given an opportunity, have I?

Well... What... What were
you expecting?

Why are you here?

I... You what?

I just wanted to say...

You have an astonishing gift.

Yes.

When I went to work in
Milan, I met this young boy...

Who also had an astonishing gift.

He was a talented young artist.

But he was also forced to live alone.

Of course his situation
was different to mine.

His prison wasn't a haybarn.
It was a palace.

Leonardo... How old was I when you
sent me away, Father?

I don't recall.

I remember.

I was five.

They didn't care for me, Father.

Every night,
I slept on filth, for years.

Oh...

You had power over my life.

But there was no love to temper it.

Well...

At least you had this chance
to admonish me for it.

My father came to see me tonight.

What did he say?

He's like me. Some words
just aren't in his vocabulary.

I'm sorry, but...

You keep expecting him to be
something that he never will.

There's something
I should have told you.

When you were in Imola, I saw him.

He was visiting Soderini.

And I don't know for certain,

but I think it may have been him

who got you released from Imola.

Yes.

I believe he loves you, Leonardo.

Even if he can't say the words.

Maestro Leonardo!

Sir.

I didn't know you were in Florence.

I came to find you.

It's been some years.

Indeed.

Salai, you go ahead.
I'll join you.

Why are you here?

The King of France still governs Milan.

My friends, they would like to
see Ludovico back on the throne.

Ludovico is still in prison, surely.

Yes, which is why we need
Florence to support his claim.

You know him to be a man
of some... character.

Perhaps...

You could speak on his behalf.

Persuade Soderini to petition the
French for Ludovico's reinstatement.

You must forgive me, sir.
I must get back to work.

Oh. Damn it.

Oh.

It needed more time.
It wasn't properly set.

The wax in the paint
has melted.Yes.

Oh.

Oh, interesting!

Is this another one
of your bold experiments?

Leonardo.

No...

What?

Leonardo is a has-been.

To think we have
thought he was an artist.

I know. He hasn't
finished anything in years.

Leonardo can't even complete a yawn.

Let me tell you
something else about Leonardo.

Something funny?
Something amusing?

Oh, look who it is.
Leonardo's little friend.

I hear your master's reputation
has taken a bit of a battering.

Perhaps we could find
you a job with Michelangelo.

Yeah.

If you get down on
your knees and beg him.

And being on your knees
is something you're used to.

Isn't it?

What happened to you?

- Bit of a disagreement.
- Nothing to worry about.

But your face!

Oh, I need you to work!

I need you to paint,
not get into brawls!

What were you thinking?

There must be something
wrong with me. Oh, Salai...

I hang around here like a
lapdog waiting to be kicked.

What are you talking about?

Everyone else sees
exactly what you are.

Doesn't take them long
before they walk out,

but me, I just wait around.

Maybe I should have quit
a while back.Oh.

Oh, come here.

They were making fun of you.

Michelangelo's admirers.

And I couldn't bear to listen.

I couldn't bear what they
were saying about you!

Come here. No, you look,
but you don't see!

I am the only one who's truly loyal!

You don't know what I've done for you.

You don't know what I've sacrificed,

whoring myself in Milan just so
you can create your masterpiece!

You think you are the great
teacher! The great mentor!

You're nothing.

You'd be lost without me beside you.

I'm so sorry.

Don't touch me.

Leonardo.

You need to come.

What's the matter? Just come.

Can I help you?

I heard the news.

You are Leonardo.

I'm Guglielmo.

I'm your brother.

Please.

I know he came to visit you.

Yes.

He knew he was dying, you see.

He was determined to see you
one last time.

To tell you how proud he was
of your achievements.

I met you...

In this house, years ago,
when you were a baby.

He knew he treated you badly, Leonardo.

I think he regretted it.

Is your father proud of you?

What?

I bet he is.

I bet he bores the neighbors rigid.

"My son, the artist!"

"My son has masterpieces
coming out of his arse!"

What's the matter with you?

Are you drunk, Leonardo? No.

No, I'm not drunk.

It's all meaningless, isn't it?

It's... It's nothing.

Are you talking about the art?

Nothing we ever do, nothing...

Nothing we can ever paint
can make us feel whole again.

Mmm-hmm.

My father died today.

I'm sorry.

It's all right.

He never understood any of this.

He didn't understand what I wanted.

He never understood me, really.

My mother died when I was a child.

Never knew her.

A child grows up not knowing love.

They spend their lives
trying to find it.

I never wanted to paint this fresco.

I began it all for the
wrong reasons, I think.

I wanted Florence to know that
I was a better artist than you.

Oh.

I saw you once, when I was a boy.

I saw you riding past me.

Everyone knew your name.

Everyone knew the genius
from Verrocchio's studio.

Mmm-mmm. That was
a long time ago.

You know...

More than anything in the
world, I wanted to be you.

I grew up in this city idolizing you.

Of course I knew I could never be...

I could never hope to compete.

I had to create my own style of work,

I had to dream my own dreams.

It was painful for me, meeting you.

Hearing that someone
I admired hated my work.

That's why I began this thing.

To spite you.

Wh...

What are you doing, Leonardo?

I told you.

This is meaningless.

If... If you stop now, people will
say you ran away from a fight.

Well...

They can say what they want.

What is it?

You should be at work.

No.

Not this evening.

This evening I'm taking care of you.

I came to say I'm sorry.

There is a sentence
I never thought I'd hear.Mmm.

I know the sacrifices you've
made to help me, Giacomo.

Uh, you're calling me Giacomo.

Now I'm really worried.

I will find a way to repay you...

For what you've done for me.

Your Excellency.

Leonardo.

Have you come to gloat?

I'm sorry?

About the news.

Michelangelo's gone, left the city.

He wrote to me,
resigning from the commission.

Thank God you are still here. Thank
God I have an artist that I can rely on.

Your Excellency, I'm finished here.

I'm resigning also.

What?

Our contract is over.

What do you want? I already explained.

I want you to petition the governor.

Lord Ludovico needs powerful allies.

Look, you can't deny him.
He gave you everything.

He raised you up when you were no one.

Remember what happened in Milan?

Yes, I remember what happened in Milan.

I remember the face of that poor boy.

I remember him dying in my arms.

Ludovico gets nothing from me
except my anger and condemnation.

Leonardo.

Caterina?

Caterina?

She's not here.
She's gone out.

Oh.

Hmm.

You seem very content today.

I am.

And what's brought
that smile to your face?

I don't need them to love me.

Everything I need is right here.

Where did she go?

She didn't say, but...

What?

What is it?

She's keeping a secret from you.

Fragment of a letter from a priest.

Father Pacioli.

The boy of Niccolini.

Who is that?

The painting I made for him.

I'm looking for Father Luca Pacioli.

He's at the altar.

The boy of Niccolini.
Where is he?

He? You mean the painting?

Leonardo was lying to me
and now you are too, Father.

If you want to save
the life of your friend,

you'd better start with the truth.

I've told you... I can be the confessor

and you can beg God's forgiveness.

Keepsakes... from a child.

A boy to his mother.

Francesco, I told you
to stay in the vestry.

Who are you, boy?

Please.

I'm trying to save Leonardo's
life. Who are you?

I'm his son.