1 00:00:39,130 --> 00:00:43,009 WONDROUS BOCCACCIO 2 00:01:47,908 --> 00:01:51,369 FLORENCE 1348 AT THE TIME OF THE PLAGUE 3 00:03:18,665 --> 00:03:20,667 I’m dying... 4 00:03:22,294 --> 00:03:24,504 without having enjoyed life... 5 00:03:24,588 --> 00:03:26,464 Not even... 6 00:03:28,466 --> 00:03:30,218 this much. 7 00:03:56,536 --> 00:04:00,290 I’ve lost a daughter, I won’t have these two taken from me! 8 00:04:00,332 --> 00:04:02,542 - Keep away! - You touched her! 9 00:04:02,626 --> 00:04:04,169 Keep away! 10 00:04:11,343 --> 00:04:13,553 Don’t come looking for us. 11 00:04:52,217 --> 00:04:54,219 I’m going with them, Lauretta. 12 00:04:54,886 --> 00:04:56,555 I’ll accompany them. 13 00:04:56,596 --> 00:04:58,557 I won’t abandon them. 14 00:05:00,016 --> 00:05:01,935 We’re done. 15 00:05:02,018 --> 00:05:04,062 We have to go. 16 00:05:04,104 --> 00:05:06,857 Not like that! Don’t treat my family like that! 17 00:05:06,898 --> 00:05:08,400 Here, give him a hand. 18 00:05:08,900 --> 00:05:10,861 I want them close together. 19 00:05:10,902 --> 00:05:12,737 Side by side. 20 00:05:29,880 --> 00:05:31,006 No, no! 21 00:05:31,089 --> 00:05:33,425 - Come here! - Come back up here! 22 00:05:33,466 --> 00:05:35,552 Come away! 23 00:05:35,594 --> 00:05:37,304 Come back here! 24 00:05:43,935 --> 00:05:46,813 We’re in a hurry, we’re paid to work. 25 00:05:46,897 --> 00:05:48,857 Get out! 26 00:05:48,940 --> 00:05:50,775 Or we’ll bury you too! 27 00:05:53,528 --> 00:05:56,072 He’s not the first to react this way. 28 00:05:56,656 --> 00:05:59,951 You saw them the other day. At least two of them. 29 00:06:49,251 --> 00:06:51,878 - Shame on you! - We’re not harming anyone! 30 00:06:51,962 --> 00:06:55,090 Many say the scent of flowers keeps the plague away. 31 00:07:42,929 --> 00:07:44,723 I’ve got the plague, fair rose. 32 00:07:47,559 --> 00:07:49,978 Why shouldn’t you catch it too? 33 00:07:56,735 --> 00:07:58,153 Wait! 34 00:07:58,236 --> 00:08:00,238 Anna! Paola! 35 00:08:49,829 --> 00:08:52,666 - Are we all here? - All except Elisabetta. 36 00:08:55,460 --> 00:08:58,547 I’m over here. I’m over here. 37 00:08:58,630 --> 00:09:00,465 I’m staying here! 38 00:09:00,507 --> 00:09:04,386 Elisabetta, all of us together, remember? 39 00:09:04,469 --> 00:09:06,638 We’ll save ourselves. 40 00:09:06,721 --> 00:09:08,306 We’re leaving. 41 00:09:11,643 --> 00:09:13,186 I’m staying here. 42 00:09:20,777 --> 00:09:22,988 If you can forget, I can’t. 43 00:09:24,155 --> 00:09:25,949 I’ll leave on my own tomorrow. 44 00:09:28,451 --> 00:09:31,246 You count the day’s dead in the evening. 45 00:09:31,955 --> 00:09:34,749 I’m going up into the hills, in the open air. 46 00:09:35,417 --> 00:09:38,003 And if death finds me up there, so be it. 47 00:09:38,837 --> 00:09:42,382 What’s wrong, Fiammetta? You were the most determined. 48 00:09:43,258 --> 00:09:44,759 To abandon everything... 49 00:09:44,843 --> 00:09:47,220 We ourselves have been abandoned! 50 00:09:47,762 --> 00:09:49,806 I know that. Many of you know that. 51 00:09:49,848 --> 00:09:51,850 We can’t put it off any longer. 52 00:10:10,744 --> 00:10:13,830 We’ve been looking for you for days, where were you? 53 00:10:13,872 --> 00:10:15,874 We even thought... 54 00:10:22,756 --> 00:10:25,467 Dioneo, Filostrato... 55 00:10:26,384 --> 00:10:27,677 Panfilo... 56 00:10:28,470 --> 00:10:30,639 we’re leaving Florence tomorrow. 57 00:10:33,558 --> 00:10:35,435 Will you come with us? 58 00:10:37,687 --> 00:10:39,189 Are you joking? 59 00:10:39,231 --> 00:10:41,650 We’ve decided we need some peace. 60 00:10:43,068 --> 00:10:45,654 These last few days have been... 61 00:10:46,404 --> 00:10:47,906 They’ve been... 62 00:10:49,699 --> 00:10:51,201 Come with us. 63 00:11:02,420 --> 00:11:03,755 Listen! 64 00:11:07,759 --> 00:11:10,512 We’ll meet at Holy Trinity bridge two hours from now. 65 00:12:47,859 --> 00:12:50,028 Come over here! 66 00:12:55,992 --> 00:12:58,036 This is beautiful! 67 00:13:44,749 --> 00:13:46,501 Friends... 68 00:13:47,169 --> 00:13:49,171 what are you doing? 69 00:13:50,130 --> 00:13:52,174 What are we doing? 70 00:14:02,434 --> 00:14:06,188 Girls, your good judgment brought us here. 71 00:14:06,271 --> 00:14:09,065 I don’t know what you plan to do, what you’re thinking. 72 00:14:09,691 --> 00:14:11,776 I left my worries down there. 73 00:14:13,153 --> 00:14:15,113 You did too, didn’t you, Fiammetta? 74 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:19,784 We can spend these days together pleasantly, 75 00:14:20,327 --> 00:14:22,329 or say farewell 76 00:14:22,412 --> 00:14:24,456 and return to Florence. 77 00:14:25,707 --> 00:14:27,292 Stay, Dioneo. 78 00:14:27,375 --> 00:14:29,461 For our friendship’s sake at least. 79 00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:32,255 We’re all very tired... 80 00:14:48,271 --> 00:14:51,566 Dioneo, I want what you want, we all do. 81 00:14:52,150 --> 00:14:55,278 Let’s give ourselves rules, the days will be long. 82 00:14:56,821 --> 00:14:59,991 Neifile and Filomena came up with a good idea. 83 00:15:00,534 --> 00:15:02,452 Tell them, Neifile. 84 00:15:02,994 --> 00:15:06,790 Every day we’ll tell a story, we’ll all tell a different one. 85 00:15:06,831 --> 00:15:08,667 A good one. 86 00:15:08,708 --> 00:15:11,378 You might know some of them, they’re a century old. 87 00:15:11,461 --> 00:15:14,840 Oh, God, I can’t even think of one. What shall I do? 88 00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:16,675 I know a lot... 89 00:15:16,716 --> 00:15:20,720 but we’re free to choose any topic we want, right? 90 00:15:47,914 --> 00:15:49,416 No, Dioneo. 91 00:15:52,669 --> 00:15:54,337 Don’t be angry. 92 00:15:54,379 --> 00:15:58,383 I think the three of us should set another rule. 93 00:16:00,385 --> 00:16:01,887 No romancing. 94 00:16:04,639 --> 00:16:07,392 Then there’ll be no envy among the others. 95 00:16:15,567 --> 00:16:17,485 All right, please yourself! 96 00:16:18,528 --> 00:16:21,698 But no one can stop me kissing my beloved right now. 97 00:16:22,199 --> 00:16:24,159 Then no more, I promise. 98 00:17:51,162 --> 00:17:53,248 Filomena, are you asleep? 99 00:17:53,331 --> 00:17:54,708 Listen! 100 00:18:33,705 --> 00:18:35,207 All right then... 101 00:18:36,291 --> 00:18:40,754 I’m really happy to be the first to tell a story, about love 102 00:18:40,837 --> 00:18:42,547 and resurrection. 103 00:18:43,548 --> 00:18:45,383 It’s about the plague too. 104 00:18:46,218 --> 00:18:47,385 Forgive me, 105 00:18:47,427 --> 00:18:50,889 but you’ll see that he, and her too... 106 00:18:52,891 --> 00:18:54,434 This is my story: 107 00:18:54,518 --> 00:18:58,563 about Catalina, a very beautiful and respectable wife. 108 00:18:58,647 --> 00:19:00,815 But she falls seriously ill. 109 00:19:01,441 --> 00:19:03,568 But they don’t know what her sickness is. 110 00:19:10,909 --> 00:19:12,702 This is her husband, Nicoluccio, 111 00:19:12,744 --> 00:19:15,372 a good husband and a successful merchant, 112 00:19:15,413 --> 00:19:18,917 but like everyone in that house, he takes orders from his mother, 113 00:19:18,959 --> 00:19:22,379 Lady Lucrezia, who has ordered the servant and doctor 114 00:19:22,420 --> 00:19:25,298 to take Catalina far away from them 115 00:19:25,382 --> 00:19:27,175 to their country house. 116 00:19:28,176 --> 00:19:30,136 She’s given the coachman the order. 117 00:19:35,350 --> 00:19:37,686 This is Master Gentile Carisendi, 118 00:19:37,769 --> 00:19:39,688 young, handsome and distraught. 119 00:19:39,771 --> 00:19:42,065 He was touched by the plague, but he survived. 120 00:19:43,483 --> 00:19:45,777 For days he’s waited below the window 121 00:19:45,819 --> 00:19:48,488 where the woman he loves might die, 122 00:19:48,572 --> 00:19:50,949 the woman he has always loved. 123 00:20:21,980 --> 00:20:25,400 If we don’t get her out of here, we’ll all perish! 124 00:20:49,716 --> 00:20:53,678 While they were taking Catalina far away from her home, 125 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,224 the doctor and servant witnessed her death. 126 00:20:58,975 --> 00:21:02,187 They stopped, but didn’t turn back. 127 00:21:05,232 --> 00:21:09,027 They left her in the crypt of an abandoned church. 128 00:21:21,748 --> 00:21:24,084 Doctor, I won’t get into trouble for this? 129 00:21:24,167 --> 00:21:26,336 No, the sooner you bury them, 130 00:21:26,378 --> 00:21:29,548 the more grateful their relatives and friends are. 131 00:21:29,589 --> 00:21:31,883 - Where did you put her? - Where do you think? 132 00:21:31,967 --> 00:21:34,511 On top of the slab. 133 00:25:24,366 --> 00:25:26,618 I realized she was still alive. 134 00:25:27,452 --> 00:25:30,121 - Alive? - Yes, I’ve brought her here. 135 00:25:42,467 --> 00:25:44,553 Do you love her that much? 136 00:25:48,765 --> 00:25:50,308 Look at me. 137 00:25:52,811 --> 00:25:54,145 Yes... 138 00:25:55,021 --> 00:25:56,940 I know you. 139 00:25:57,649 --> 00:25:59,192 You do. 140 00:26:14,332 --> 00:26:16,334 No, you can see her later. 141 00:26:18,628 --> 00:26:21,423 Go back to your room... 142 00:26:21,923 --> 00:26:23,592 and wait. 143 00:26:56,291 --> 00:26:58,335 Who are you? 144 00:27:03,465 --> 00:27:06,927 - Am I alive or dead? - You’re a little dazed, but alive. 145 00:27:09,179 --> 00:27:12,307 You’re with friends, don’t be afraid. 146 00:27:12,390 --> 00:27:16,061 Yes, you have fought off your illness. 147 00:27:16,561 --> 00:27:18,522 My doctor examined you, 148 00:27:18,563 --> 00:27:21,733 he says you’re weak but you’ll get better. 149 00:27:27,572 --> 00:27:29,699 And we will help you. 150 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,910 I won’t touch you, if you don’t want. 151 00:27:32,827 --> 00:27:35,539 The plague has been kind. 152 00:27:35,580 --> 00:27:37,999 It’s kept away from our valley. 153 00:27:38,583 --> 00:27:43,338 And everyone’s saying it’s now leaving Florence too. 154 00:28:23,962 --> 00:28:27,549 Good morning, Catalina. Sorry for coming into your room. 155 00:28:30,969 --> 00:28:33,096 There, I won’t look at you. 156 00:28:33,889 --> 00:28:35,682 But let me speak. 157 00:28:36,349 --> 00:28:40,478 You know why you’re here in our home, my mother’s told you everything. 158 00:28:43,690 --> 00:28:47,319 And you’ve known of my love for some time. 159 00:28:50,488 --> 00:28:54,826 But for God to use this love of mine to bring you back to life... 160 00:28:56,203 --> 00:28:57,996 it amazes me. 161 00:28:59,164 --> 00:29:00,665 Really. 162 00:29:01,833 --> 00:29:03,835 And I am grateful to Him. 163 00:29:07,672 --> 00:29:09,382 So am I. 164 00:29:10,091 --> 00:29:12,093 But I would ask you a favor. 165 00:29:12,177 --> 00:29:15,597 Remain here until you are well. 166 00:29:18,558 --> 00:29:20,268 Why? 167 00:29:21,186 --> 00:29:23,813 Your family believes you dead, 168 00:29:23,855 --> 00:29:26,525 and there’s no one waiting for you at home. 169 00:29:26,608 --> 00:29:28,109 That’s why. 170 00:29:29,986 --> 00:29:31,863 I don’t understand. 171 00:29:33,073 --> 00:29:38,703 I want to give your husband a wonderful surprise. 172 00:29:39,871 --> 00:29:41,498 Me and you... 173 00:29:42,207 --> 00:29:44,709 No, I’ll come no closer. 174 00:29:46,211 --> 00:29:48,547 I will organize a banquet here... 175 00:29:48,588 --> 00:29:50,465 outside in the grounds. 176 00:29:51,383 --> 00:29:54,845 I will invite your friends and mine. 177 00:29:54,886 --> 00:29:56,972 From Florence. 178 00:31:45,705 --> 00:31:47,916 Let’s have a go at this game. 179 00:31:49,835 --> 00:31:51,336 You try. 180 00:32:00,846 --> 00:32:02,347 Well done! 181 00:32:42,512 --> 00:32:44,055 Leave us. 182 00:32:45,557 --> 00:32:46,975 Friends... 183 00:32:48,268 --> 00:32:50,437 you have honored my table, 184 00:32:51,062 --> 00:32:53,732 and I wish to honor you too. 185 00:32:54,733 --> 00:32:58,737 I want you to meet the person I love most in the world. 186 00:33:00,530 --> 00:33:02,032 But first... 187 00:33:02,574 --> 00:33:05,076 I’d like you to clear up a doubt I have. 188 00:33:06,953 --> 00:33:08,496 Right... 189 00:33:09,623 --> 00:33:13,126 a gentleman has in his home... 190 00:33:13,835 --> 00:33:15,962 a kind and loyal servant 191 00:33:17,130 --> 00:33:19,132 who falls seriously ill. 192 00:33:19,716 --> 00:33:22,969 And this gentleman, without waiting for the end, 193 00:33:23,053 --> 00:33:25,597 takes him into the street and abandons him there. 194 00:33:28,266 --> 00:33:30,393 A stranger, moved by compassion, 195 00:33:30,435 --> 00:33:32,521 takes him to his home, 196 00:33:33,146 --> 00:33:34,648 and he’s cured. 197 00:33:36,358 --> 00:33:37,901 Now then... 198 00:33:38,735 --> 00:33:41,196 if the first gentleman 199 00:33:41,279 --> 00:33:43,823 wishes to take his servant back 200 00:33:43,907 --> 00:33:46,785 and the second refuses to let him... 201 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:51,331 who do you think is right? 202 00:33:57,838 --> 00:34:02,259 I have been entrusted with the task of giving you an answer, 203 00:34:02,968 --> 00:34:04,845 because in their opinion... 204 00:34:04,928 --> 00:34:07,264 you are quite wrong, my friends... 205 00:34:07,305 --> 00:34:10,642 I am a good... speaker. 206 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:13,061 It’s Nicoluccio! 207 00:34:21,486 --> 00:34:23,905 How can I go out there now? 208 00:34:23,989 --> 00:34:25,949 We all agree. 209 00:34:25,991 --> 00:34:29,744 The first gentleman, the one who abandoned his sick servant 210 00:34:30,537 --> 00:34:33,164 and left him in the street, was wrong. 211 00:34:35,417 --> 00:34:37,669 Because of the kindness received, 212 00:34:37,711 --> 00:34:40,505 the servant should remain with the second gentleman. 213 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:43,675 Good. 214 00:34:43,717 --> 00:34:47,012 Then it’s time I kept my promise. 215 00:35:05,488 --> 00:35:06,948 Friends... 216 00:35:07,824 --> 00:35:10,035 this is the woman I hold dearest. 217 00:35:10,994 --> 00:35:13,371 Tell me if I’m right to want her. 218 00:35:31,097 --> 00:35:34,392 It’s the dead woman! The dead woman! 219 00:35:34,476 --> 00:35:36,895 - Catalina! - Friends, wait! 220 00:35:36,937 --> 00:35:39,523 Listen, let me explain! 221 00:35:40,065 --> 00:35:43,318 This woman is the loyal servant I spoke of. 222 00:35:43,401 --> 00:35:46,696 Yes, Catalina, I took her in and snatched her from death. 223 00:35:46,738 --> 00:35:50,158 She’s mine now, and no one can take her away from me. 224 00:35:55,288 --> 00:35:57,249 But she must decide. 225 00:37:37,516 --> 00:37:39,601 You’ve come from hell. 226 00:37:43,313 --> 00:37:44,689 No. 227 00:37:46,358 --> 00:37:48,985 I’ve come from Paradise. 228 00:38:10,757 --> 00:38:12,259 There! 229 00:38:14,594 --> 00:38:16,221 Well done! 230 00:38:17,472 --> 00:38:19,432 That was a fine story. 231 00:38:30,652 --> 00:38:34,489 It’s nice, but I don’t want to be like Catalina. 232 00:38:35,073 --> 00:38:37,617 Look at me and listen to what I say. 233 00:38:38,285 --> 00:38:41,413 If I were to die before you... 234 00:38:42,038 --> 00:38:44,332 stay away from my body, 235 00:38:44,416 --> 00:38:46,668 and don’t touch my cold breasts. 236 00:38:53,133 --> 00:38:55,802 Have someone cover me with a white sheet. 237 00:38:55,886 --> 00:38:57,971 Linen preferably, and say goodbye. 238 00:38:59,556 --> 00:39:01,349 You, my love, must flee. 239 00:39:01,433 --> 00:39:03,476 Seek a place far from everyone 240 00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:05,520 and think of me from there. 241 00:39:17,782 --> 00:39:19,784 Come inside the house. 242 00:39:49,940 --> 00:39:51,983 It’s very hot today, everyone. 243 00:39:52,484 --> 00:39:55,278 I’ll cheer you up with a pleasant story. 244 00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:57,864 Yesterday we had a gloomy one, 245 00:39:57,948 --> 00:40:01,326 today we will travel to a playful Florence. 246 00:40:02,911 --> 00:40:05,163 So just picture 247 00:40:05,789 --> 00:40:08,959 one of our artists’ workshops, where... 248 00:40:10,001 --> 00:40:11,670 Calandrino worked. 249 00:40:13,171 --> 00:40:17,884 He was a bit of a dolt, a fool. 250 00:40:17,968 --> 00:40:20,178 He couldn’t see past the end of his nose. 251 00:40:20,262 --> 00:40:25,141 He was always being teased by two cunning painters, 252 00:40:25,183 --> 00:40:26,184 Bruno and Buffalmacco. 253 00:40:26,268 --> 00:40:27,644 Bruno. 254 00:40:28,395 --> 00:40:30,146 Look at Calandrino. 255 00:40:30,188 --> 00:40:32,440 - What a chump! - He’s so clumsy. 256 00:40:32,524 --> 00:40:35,777 What’s he done with that gold leaf? They should fire him. 257 00:40:35,861 --> 00:40:38,989 He adores you, he considers you his master! 258 00:40:39,030 --> 00:40:40,574 You know that? 259 00:40:46,872 --> 00:40:49,040 I wonder what he thinks about. 260 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:51,960 I don’t understand him. 261 00:40:55,172 --> 00:40:57,340 What are you doing? 262 00:40:57,382 --> 00:40:59,384 That’s not right. 263 00:41:00,677 --> 00:41:04,055 And this scribbling won’t do either. 264 00:41:04,097 --> 00:41:06,641 Look at your pupil with Master Andrea. 265 00:41:08,101 --> 00:41:09,895 He’ll get on his knees now. 266 00:41:10,896 --> 00:41:12,397 I told you. 267 00:41:13,732 --> 00:41:16,359 Come on, let go. 268 00:41:16,401 --> 00:41:18,695 Go on, get back to work. 269 00:41:28,038 --> 00:41:29,497 Bruno... 270 00:41:40,425 --> 00:41:43,428 What did you say that stone was called? 271 00:41:43,470 --> 00:41:45,639 Heliotrope. 272 00:41:45,722 --> 00:41:48,183 It gets its name from the sun 273 00:41:48,266 --> 00:41:52,020 because its magic powers come from the sun’s rays. 274 00:41:52,103 --> 00:41:55,357 - And he who finds it... - Becomes invisible. 275 00:41:56,441 --> 00:41:58,026 Invisible? 276 00:41:59,110 --> 00:42:02,656 I don’t believe that, Buffalmacco! They were fooling you. 277 00:42:02,739 --> 00:42:06,493 Perhaps, but the mason who works there... 278 00:42:06,576 --> 00:42:09,162 - At Monte Morello? - He’s a friend, an honest man. 279 00:42:09,246 --> 00:42:10,747 He says they found it there. 280 00:42:10,789 --> 00:42:14,125 - He did? - No, a friend of his. 281 00:42:14,167 --> 00:42:17,045 He was so happy, he showed it to everybody... 282 00:42:17,128 --> 00:42:19,881 - Then what happened? - No one knows. 283 00:42:19,965 --> 00:42:22,425 - What do you mean? - He vanished. 284 00:42:22,467 --> 00:42:24,094 Vanished? 285 00:42:24,135 --> 00:42:26,763 - What does this stone look like? - All we know is it’s black. 286 00:42:26,805 --> 00:42:29,975 Forgive me for interrupting... 287 00:42:30,058 --> 00:42:33,311 but this stone... 288 00:42:34,312 --> 00:42:35,981 this stone! 289 00:42:37,566 --> 00:42:41,027 - This stone... - What does it look like? 290 00:42:41,111 --> 00:42:43,071 It comes in all shapes. 291 00:42:44,322 --> 00:42:46,491 And they’re all black. 292 00:42:48,618 --> 00:42:50,871 And you only find them at Monte Morello? 293 00:42:50,954 --> 00:42:53,331 No, you can find them here too. 294 00:42:53,373 --> 00:42:55,500 Where exactly? 295 00:42:55,542 --> 00:42:59,045 I hear they found one on the bed of the River Mugnone. 296 00:42:59,129 --> 00:43:01,047 The Mugnone! 297 00:43:06,928 --> 00:43:07,929 Mugnone... 298 00:43:08,513 --> 00:43:10,182 Buffalmacco! 299 00:43:11,308 --> 00:43:14,936 - Shall we go to the Mugnone? - No, it’s too hot. 300 00:43:15,020 --> 00:43:18,231 Good, the black stones will stand out from the dry white ones. 301 00:43:18,315 --> 00:43:20,859 Let’s go and look for this stone... 302 00:43:20,942 --> 00:43:23,612 this... what’s it called? 303 00:43:23,695 --> 00:43:25,197 Heliotrope. 304 00:43:26,573 --> 00:43:28,533 We’ll strike it rich. 305 00:44:02,984 --> 00:44:04,569 Calandrino! 306 00:44:05,695 --> 00:44:07,572 We’ve had no luck. 307 00:44:44,067 --> 00:44:45,652 Bruno... 308 00:44:46,611 --> 00:44:48,363 where’s Calandrino? 309 00:45:02,878 --> 00:45:05,964 I don’t know. He was here a moment ago! 310 00:45:13,430 --> 00:45:15,432 There’s the church bell, Buffalmacco. 311 00:45:15,932 --> 00:45:17,475 It’s time to eat. 312 00:45:17,517 --> 00:45:20,312 That’s where Calandrino will be, having lunch. 313 00:45:21,646 --> 00:45:25,483 He couldn’t find a stone, so he left us here to go insane. 314 00:45:32,824 --> 00:45:35,327 Let’s go. Let’s head back. 315 00:45:36,411 --> 00:45:38,163 Yes, I’ll come too. 316 00:45:38,663 --> 00:45:41,374 But I swear if that rogue were here now... 317 00:45:41,458 --> 00:45:43,835 I would throw this black stone at him! 318 00:45:49,508 --> 00:45:51,384 Look how nice this stone is! 319 00:45:51,468 --> 00:45:53,845 I’d throw it at his back! 320 00:46:53,905 --> 00:46:54,990 What’s wrong? 321 00:46:57,450 --> 00:46:59,744 Pretend you can’t see him! 322 00:46:59,786 --> 00:47:03,415 Calandrino’s coming this way. Your eyes must not see him! 323 00:47:13,091 --> 00:47:15,010 Young maid! 324 00:47:18,054 --> 00:47:20,432 Pretend you can’t see him. 325 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,393 Go inside! 326 00:47:23,435 --> 00:47:25,187 Master Andrea! 327 00:47:28,607 --> 00:47:30,108 No! 328 00:47:35,197 --> 00:47:38,325 Bruno, is Calandrino coming now? 329 00:47:38,408 --> 00:47:39,910 - Yes. - I’m in! 330 00:48:57,362 --> 00:48:58,864 Thank you! 331 00:51:38,315 --> 00:51:40,192 Calandrino, is that you? 332 00:51:46,072 --> 00:51:47,741 Did you get lost? 333 00:51:47,824 --> 00:51:50,702 Everyone else has had their lunch, and now you come home. 334 00:51:57,042 --> 00:51:58,543 You can see me... 335 00:51:59,586 --> 00:52:02,380 - You can see me! - Of course. 336 00:52:02,422 --> 00:52:05,383 Why shouldn’t I be able to see you? 337 00:52:07,594 --> 00:52:09,679 You’ve ruined everything. 338 00:52:09,721 --> 00:52:11,389 You’ve ruined everything! 339 00:52:12,390 --> 00:52:14,267 Wicked woman! 340 00:52:16,228 --> 00:52:17,812 She’s a witch! 341 00:52:20,065 --> 00:52:21,900 You’re a witch! 342 00:52:26,071 --> 00:52:29,699 You’ve taken away the magic from the black stone! 343 00:52:38,124 --> 00:52:42,128 I’ll teach you! I’ll teach you! 344 00:52:42,212 --> 00:52:45,131 Curse you, daughter of the devil! 345 00:52:45,215 --> 00:52:48,260 Curse you, daughter of the devil! 346 00:53:42,981 --> 00:53:45,192 Tessa, have you already eaten? 347 00:54:25,732 --> 00:54:28,443 Listen to me! 348 00:54:28,527 --> 00:54:31,363 I know what you’d have done, but it didn’t happen. 349 00:54:31,404 --> 00:54:33,907 Bruno and Buffalmacco got there just in time. 350 00:54:33,990 --> 00:54:35,534 They saved Calandrino, 351 00:54:35,617 --> 00:54:38,537 and with great difficulty reconciled husband and wife. 352 00:54:38,578 --> 00:54:40,705 Nice story, except for the ending. 353 00:54:41,373 --> 00:54:43,291 Here’s our ending! 354 00:54:46,127 --> 00:54:47,629 Right! 355 00:54:50,382 --> 00:54:53,260 For every end you need a finale! 356 00:55:09,276 --> 00:55:11,069 Friends! 357 00:55:15,073 --> 00:55:17,242 Have you forgotten? 358 00:55:22,080 --> 00:55:25,417 - We need to bake some bread. - I’m coming! 359 00:55:39,639 --> 00:55:44,352 I just wanted to say I know a bit about farmhouse chores. 360 00:55:44,436 --> 00:55:46,438 My grandparents were country folks. 361 00:55:46,980 --> 00:55:50,942 And when I was a child, in summer, I would watch them baking. 362 00:55:51,735 --> 00:55:54,946 So, if you trust me, I can help you. 363 00:55:55,739 --> 00:55:57,908 Yes, give us a hand. 364 00:55:58,867 --> 00:56:00,702 Thanks. 365 00:56:01,870 --> 00:56:04,664 You, Pampinea, Neifile, and Lauretta, 366 00:56:04,748 --> 00:56:07,250 fetch the flour and spread it on the tables. 367 00:56:07,292 --> 00:56:09,544 Filomena, Emilia, you bring some water. 368 00:56:09,628 --> 00:56:13,924 Fiammetta, it’s your home, find us some yeast. 369 00:56:13,965 --> 00:56:17,135 Filostrato, you’re the strongest, you will chop the wood. 370 00:56:17,177 --> 00:56:21,473 Dioneo and Panfilo, you will light the oven. 371 00:56:21,556 --> 00:56:23,308 Let’s get started! 372 00:56:43,328 --> 00:56:44,829 Just look at them! 373 00:56:46,998 --> 00:56:49,251 You’d think they’d always been peasant girls. 374 00:56:51,378 --> 00:56:53,630 You only need the first letters. 375 00:56:53,672 --> 00:56:56,174 - Name or surname? - As you wish. 376 00:57:08,979 --> 00:57:11,857 I’d rather have you underneath, not the loaf. 377 00:57:12,858 --> 00:57:14,860 We’ve been fasting too long. 378 00:57:14,901 --> 00:57:18,238 “Eating without drinking, is like bricklaying without cement.” 379 00:57:18,321 --> 00:57:21,950 Listen to mine: “When Bacchus triumphs, all worries flee!” 380 00:57:23,660 --> 00:57:25,495 I wish, Emilia. 381 00:57:25,537 --> 00:57:27,622 I drink... 382 00:57:27,706 --> 00:57:31,042 but all my worries stay with me. 383 00:57:31,084 --> 00:57:32,878 So do mine. 384 00:57:33,545 --> 00:57:36,590 I’ve said something stupid, I’m sorry. 385 00:57:50,937 --> 00:57:54,149 But the devil has the right proverb for us! 386 00:57:54,232 --> 00:57:56,109 “He who eats and drinks well, 387 00:57:56,193 --> 00:57:59,321 craps at length and fears not death!” 388 00:58:33,772 --> 00:58:37,776 Duke Tancredi only had one daughter, Ghismunda. 389 00:58:37,817 --> 00:58:41,530 He loved her so much he didn’t want to marry her off. 390 00:58:41,613 --> 00:58:44,824 But then for reasons of status, he found her a husband, 391 00:58:44,908 --> 00:58:46,952 noble and elderly. 392 00:58:47,953 --> 00:58:51,122 After the marriage Tancredi became melancholy. 393 00:58:53,083 --> 00:58:54,835 But today, 394 00:58:54,918 --> 00:58:56,795 seven years later, 395 00:58:57,796 --> 00:59:00,549 Ghismunda is returning to him, a widow. 396 00:59:04,678 --> 00:59:08,265 Tancredi’s only consolation during those seven years 397 00:59:08,306 --> 00:59:12,352 was his affection for Guiscardo, a young man of humble origin, 398 00:59:12,435 --> 00:59:15,689 but a master in the working of steel, silver and gold. 399 00:59:33,623 --> 00:59:34,833 Hey there! 400 00:59:38,670 --> 00:59:40,589 You let me win. 401 00:59:42,340 --> 00:59:46,303 But I’m not for the trash heap, I’m not that old. 402 00:59:46,845 --> 00:59:48,597 You look rejuvenated! 403 00:59:48,680 --> 00:59:50,849 Happiness is the best medicine. 404 00:59:51,683 --> 00:59:53,810 It makes one’s face more handsome. 405 00:59:55,187 --> 00:59:57,480 And I was testing my new sword. 406 01:00:00,233 --> 01:00:01,776 It’s a fine one. 407 01:00:01,860 --> 01:00:04,029 Light but easy to handle. 408 01:00:04,070 --> 01:00:07,115 I surely would have won with this. 409 01:00:09,326 --> 01:00:11,119 What’s that? 410 01:00:14,539 --> 01:00:17,292 It’s a gift for your daughter Ghismunda. 411 01:00:18,251 --> 01:00:19,794 It’s nice. 412 01:00:20,545 --> 01:00:23,423 Well done, Guiscardo. You’re a bright boy. 413 01:00:23,507 --> 01:00:25,967 A fine swordsman and a fine craftsman. 414 01:00:28,094 --> 01:00:31,181 Ghismunda will drink our milk from this cup. 415 01:01:08,885 --> 01:01:10,971 Thank you, Father. 416 01:01:11,054 --> 01:01:14,140 Come here, talk to me. 417 01:01:14,224 --> 01:01:16,810 - Do you remember? - Do I remember? 418 01:01:16,893 --> 01:01:19,145 You’ve no idea how many times when I was far away 419 01:01:19,229 --> 01:01:22,357 I’ve thought of our special corner. 420 01:01:23,859 --> 01:01:25,694 But not today. 421 01:01:25,777 --> 01:01:28,780 Don’t be upset, but I want to be on my own today. 422 01:01:28,822 --> 01:01:31,283 My husband has only been dead a few days. 423 01:01:32,576 --> 01:01:36,121 But he was an old man, and you didn’t love him. 424 01:01:36,162 --> 01:01:38,290 - Did you? - That’s right. 425 01:01:39,249 --> 01:01:41,501 But now he’s gone, he is dear to me. 426 01:01:42,002 --> 01:01:44,629 He was kind to me, and I respect him. 427 01:01:45,839 --> 01:01:49,301 I will mourn him for a month and keep to my chamber. 428 01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:52,387 Please be patient. 429 01:01:54,472 --> 01:01:56,308 Patience is for the elderly. 430 01:01:57,017 --> 01:01:59,644 You don’t think I’m that old, do you, Ghismunda? 431 01:02:01,479 --> 01:02:03,481 Then let me stay here. 432 01:02:15,535 --> 01:02:17,245 You want me to leave? 433 01:02:18,330 --> 01:02:19,873 Really? 434 01:02:20,540 --> 01:02:21,750 Yes. 435 01:02:21,833 --> 01:02:23,460 Is that so? 436 01:02:23,502 --> 01:02:25,337 Is that so? 437 01:02:40,018 --> 01:02:42,354 A MONTH LATER 438 01:02:43,522 --> 01:02:45,023 Look at me. 439 01:02:45,106 --> 01:02:47,901 - Do I look pretty? - Yes. 440 01:02:51,321 --> 01:02:53,865 - Is my mantle pretty? - Yes. 441 01:03:09,589 --> 01:03:11,091 Here she is. 442 01:03:12,133 --> 01:03:16,930 I would die of envy if I saw a father with such a daughter. 443 01:03:23,353 --> 01:03:25,063 Now arrange a good marriage for her. 444 01:03:25,146 --> 01:03:27,274 This is no time for marriage! 445 01:03:27,357 --> 01:03:29,150 She’s staying here. 446 01:03:45,709 --> 01:03:47,752 She won’t give it to him. 447 01:03:49,754 --> 01:03:52,883 She’s a cheeky little swallow, she won’t let him have it. 448 01:04:37,802 --> 01:04:41,640 The man with the swallows, is he your protégé? 449 01:04:41,681 --> 01:04:43,934 That’s Guiscardo. 450 01:04:43,975 --> 01:04:48,647 Make me happy and go and thank him for the cup he gave you. 451 01:04:52,025 --> 01:04:54,236 He’s really ingenious, but so uncouth. 452 01:04:54,319 --> 01:04:57,697 - Uncouth? Why? - The language he uses. 453 01:04:57,781 --> 01:05:00,325 You heard him this morning in the square! 454 01:05:01,368 --> 01:05:03,495 The swallows romancing! 455 01:05:06,206 --> 01:05:07,207 He’s uncouth! 456 01:05:07,290 --> 01:05:10,669 You’re right, he goes too far sometimes, and I lose my patience... 457 01:05:11,837 --> 01:05:14,506 but he’s so creative... 458 01:05:15,382 --> 01:05:18,343 You should see the crest he’s working on for us. 459 01:05:19,261 --> 01:05:21,847 Pity I will lose him one of these days. 460 01:05:22,806 --> 01:05:24,808 Why will you lose him? 461 01:05:24,850 --> 01:05:27,978 He’s too talented, word has gotten out to the workshops. 462 01:05:32,732 --> 01:05:36,319 You brought him up, educated him, and you’d let him go? 463 01:05:39,573 --> 01:05:43,535 - It’s not like you. - I’m happy for him. 464 01:05:43,618 --> 01:05:45,287 He deserves it. 465 01:05:46,997 --> 01:05:49,124 May Florence admire him! 466 01:06:13,481 --> 01:06:15,483 I’ve been expecting you. 467 01:06:17,903 --> 01:06:19,905 - Why? - Why? 468 01:06:19,946 --> 01:06:22,991 No reason. You’re here, that’s all that matters. 469 01:06:30,916 --> 01:06:34,169 Is this the crest? My father told me about it. 470 01:06:34,252 --> 01:06:36,379 He’s right, it’s lovely. 471 01:06:36,421 --> 01:06:38,590 No it’s not, it’s awful. 472 01:06:39,758 --> 01:06:42,594 It’s my 100th attempt, there’s too much on it. 473 01:06:42,636 --> 01:06:45,931 - There’s no central idea. - But it’s imaginative. 474 01:06:47,140 --> 01:06:49,226 You shouldn’t have looked, it’s crap. 475 01:06:49,267 --> 01:06:52,687 Why must an artist be so uncouth? 476 01:07:02,113 --> 01:07:04,199 You made this with love, didn’t you? 477 01:07:05,700 --> 01:07:07,327 Yes, Ghismunda. 478 01:07:08,745 --> 01:07:10,789 I’d like to act indifferent, but... 479 01:07:11,665 --> 01:07:14,709 this horse was forged by torment... 480 01:07:14,793 --> 01:07:17,128 I’d make a mistake and lie awake all night. 481 01:07:17,212 --> 01:07:19,673 But I’d have happy awakenings too. 482 01:07:23,093 --> 01:07:25,303 Don’t go to Florence. 483 01:07:39,359 --> 01:07:40,861 Come here! 484 01:07:43,738 --> 01:07:44,739 Come with me. 485 01:08:24,029 --> 01:08:26,072 It’s my room! 486 01:08:39,044 --> 01:08:41,755 I’m looking at it through your eyes, 487 01:08:41,838 --> 01:08:43,798 and it looks beautiful. 488 01:08:43,882 --> 01:08:45,717 Much more beautiful. 489 01:10:46,213 --> 01:10:47,756 Don’t run away. 490 01:10:48,465 --> 01:10:49,966 Don’t run away. 491 01:11:03,522 --> 01:11:05,273 I thought so too. 492 01:11:06,691 --> 01:11:09,236 I have a lump in my throat, Guiscardo. 493 01:11:09,319 --> 01:11:10,820 I want to cry. 494 01:11:10,862 --> 01:11:12,572 Why? 495 01:11:12,656 --> 01:11:14,282 Are you frightened? 496 01:11:14,366 --> 01:11:16,493 Of whom? Of what? 497 01:11:17,285 --> 01:11:19,371 I’m happy here with you. 498 01:11:22,874 --> 01:11:23,875 Me too. 499 01:11:23,917 --> 01:11:25,961 I want nothing else. 500 01:11:26,545 --> 01:11:28,755 Only to be with you. 501 01:11:32,759 --> 01:11:34,511 What about your father? 502 01:11:35,262 --> 01:11:36,888 I don’t know. 503 01:11:36,972 --> 01:11:39,724 I don’t love anyone anymore, only you. 504 01:11:40,267 --> 01:11:41,810 Or rather... 505 01:11:42,936 --> 01:11:44,771 I love everyone. 506 01:11:44,855 --> 01:11:46,356 Everyone! 507 01:12:03,582 --> 01:12:05,333 Hey there. 508 01:12:15,260 --> 01:12:17,512 Why did you do this to me? 509 01:12:19,389 --> 01:12:22,184 - Now I... - I know what awaits me. 510 01:12:26,021 --> 01:12:28,523 But, sire... 511 01:12:30,233 --> 01:12:33,862 what can we do when love strikes? 512 01:12:35,864 --> 01:12:37,490 Nothing. 513 01:12:38,700 --> 01:12:40,202 Nothing. 514 01:12:40,785 --> 01:12:43,788 If you do him harm, my lord... 515 01:12:45,290 --> 01:12:47,876 you’ll hurt yourself even more. 516 01:13:32,045 --> 01:13:34,422 What must I do with you? 517 01:13:34,506 --> 01:13:37,175 You can’t imagine how much I love you. 518 01:13:37,717 --> 01:13:41,555 A father can’t do any more, or rather he mustn’t do any more. 519 01:13:45,100 --> 01:13:47,102 You know my disposition. 520 01:13:47,769 --> 01:13:51,314 Those who offend me must be wiped out. 521 01:13:51,982 --> 01:13:55,068 He must be wiped out. 522 01:13:55,610 --> 01:13:58,154 But as for you, before I decide, 523 01:13:58,196 --> 01:14:02,075 I want to know what you’ve got to say to me. 524 01:14:08,540 --> 01:14:10,125 Tancredi... 525 01:14:12,377 --> 01:14:15,213 I won’t answer you to beg you or to deny it. 526 01:14:17,716 --> 01:14:19,968 I have loved Guiscardo, 527 01:14:20,051 --> 01:14:22,095 and for as long as I live... 528 01:14:23,013 --> 01:14:25,390 which won’t be for long, I will love him. 529 01:14:27,100 --> 01:14:29,227 And if love exists after death... 530 01:14:31,354 --> 01:14:33,440 I will love him still. 531 01:14:41,907 --> 01:14:43,408 You’re made of flesh, 532 01:14:43,450 --> 01:14:45,911 your daughter’s made of flesh, not stone. 533 01:14:48,538 --> 01:14:52,125 You can’t have forgotten the pleasures of youth. 534 01:14:53,543 --> 01:14:56,046 I experienced them in my marriage bed, 535 01:14:57,047 --> 01:15:00,300 I sought them out again, and you helped me find them. 536 01:15:01,092 --> 01:15:04,012 You sang the virtues of Guiscardo. 537 01:15:06,473 --> 01:15:08,558 I have found them again, Tancredi. 538 01:15:21,154 --> 01:15:24,991 I mean no disrespect by calling you by name. 539 01:15:26,701 --> 01:15:30,205 But can I go on loving a father who now wants... 540 01:15:30,747 --> 01:15:32,958 What was it you said? 541 01:15:32,999 --> 01:15:35,085 To “wipe out” his favorite. 542 01:15:42,092 --> 01:15:44,427 You don’t know what to do with me? 543 01:15:44,469 --> 01:15:46,805 Don’t worry about it, 544 01:15:46,847 --> 01:15:49,140 what you do to him and not to me... 545 01:15:50,642 --> 01:15:52,811 I will do with my own hands. 546 01:16:03,697 --> 01:16:05,323 Father... 547 01:16:06,950 --> 01:16:08,743 you won’t do it... 548 01:16:36,146 --> 01:16:37,772 She’s a woman, 549 01:16:37,856 --> 01:16:40,025 he’ll vanish from her sight, 550 01:16:40,108 --> 01:16:42,277 and she will forget him. 551 01:16:47,199 --> 01:16:51,244 Strangle him, and bring me his heart. 552 01:16:59,211 --> 01:17:01,963 The next morning a servant came to me 553 01:17:02,047 --> 01:17:06,301 and brought me the gold cup my father had ordered for me, 554 01:17:07,177 --> 01:17:09,554 the one Guiscardo had made. 555 01:17:11,264 --> 01:17:13,225 Inside it was his heart. 556 01:17:14,059 --> 01:17:16,811 I washed it with my tears and kissed it. 557 01:17:17,812 --> 01:17:21,441 I poured in the poisoned herbs I had picked that morning. 558 01:17:23,860 --> 01:17:25,445 And I drank. 559 01:17:27,739 --> 01:17:29,449 I dried my eyes. 560 01:17:30,325 --> 01:17:33,870 I didn’t want to go to Guiscardo with tears on my cheeks. 561 01:17:36,581 --> 01:17:38,834 I lay down on the bed without fear. 562 01:17:41,044 --> 01:17:44,130 When... I don’t remember, at dawn... 563 01:17:45,423 --> 01:17:47,133 I felt a hand 564 01:17:47,926 --> 01:17:49,636 on my hair. 565 01:17:50,428 --> 01:17:52,764 It was my father’s hand. 566 01:17:52,848 --> 01:17:54,349 He was there. 567 01:18:03,817 --> 01:18:05,610 Forgive me. 568 01:18:06,945 --> 01:18:08,613 Forgive you? 569 01:18:11,783 --> 01:18:12,951 Yes... 570 01:18:16,621 --> 01:18:18,206 forgive you. 571 01:18:43,440 --> 01:18:46,026 Her face had softened again. 572 01:18:48,111 --> 01:18:50,030 She seemed to be smiling... 573 01:18:51,865 --> 01:18:54,993 when they buried her next to Guiscardo. 574 01:18:56,161 --> 01:18:58,371 According to her family’s wishes. 575 01:19:02,959 --> 01:19:04,503 I’ve finished. 576 01:19:26,816 --> 01:19:29,236 - Where are you going? - What are you doing? 577 01:19:30,195 --> 01:19:33,073 - No more sadness! - What did you say? 578 01:19:33,156 --> 01:19:35,408 Come on, I’m going for a swim. 579 01:19:35,492 --> 01:19:37,619 There’s a lake down there. 580 01:19:37,702 --> 01:19:40,455 - What? - The ladies’ lake. 581 01:19:40,539 --> 01:19:42,707 - That’s what the peasants call it. - Why’s that? 582 01:19:42,749 --> 01:19:45,293 I don’t know. It’s a nice name, isn’t it? 583 01:20:19,578 --> 01:20:24,374 You almost made us feel guilty when you wept before. 584 01:20:25,333 --> 01:20:27,961 I hope this one will make you laugh. 585 01:20:28,044 --> 01:20:30,589 Well, you should know that not far from here, 586 01:20:31,548 --> 01:20:33,300 perhaps over there, 587 01:20:33,383 --> 01:20:36,261 was a convent famous for its holiness. 588 01:20:36,803 --> 01:20:39,639 To be honest, not many nuns had a real vocation, 589 01:20:39,723 --> 01:20:42,184 most were sent there by powerful families. 590 01:20:42,267 --> 01:20:44,102 You know that, right? 591 01:20:44,936 --> 01:20:48,190 All destined for the convent from childhood. 592 01:20:54,070 --> 01:20:58,617 Like Isabetta, unaware of the odd future that awaited her. 593 01:21:00,368 --> 01:21:03,288 Like Usimbalda, the future abbess. 594 01:21:08,126 --> 01:21:10,212 And what an abbess she was! 595 01:21:24,309 --> 01:21:26,978 Isabetta was the prettiest nun in the convent 596 01:21:28,021 --> 01:21:29,981 and the unhappiest. 597 01:21:39,157 --> 01:21:43,411 One morning Isabetta went to greet her family at the grating, 598 01:21:44,204 --> 01:21:47,082 and she fell in love with Leonetto, 599 01:21:47,165 --> 01:21:48,667 the handsome Leonetto 600 01:21:48,708 --> 01:21:51,086 who had gone to visit with them. 601 01:23:15,295 --> 01:23:17,005 What’s the matter? 602 01:23:30,936 --> 01:23:34,606 - What’s the matter? - We must call the abbess! 603 01:23:34,648 --> 01:23:37,108 Isabetta has done something terrible! 604 01:23:37,150 --> 01:23:38,401 Let’s go! 605 01:23:43,615 --> 01:23:45,283 Quiet! 606 01:23:46,451 --> 01:23:49,371 Don’t make a noise, or they’ll run away. 607 01:24:04,427 --> 01:24:09,516 How dare you wake up your abbess in the dead of night? 608 01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:12,936 - A man... - A naked man. 609 01:24:16,815 --> 01:24:19,484 - Where? - With Sister Isabetta. 610 01:24:19,568 --> 01:24:20,569 Naked. 611 01:24:22,195 --> 01:24:23,905 Wait! 612 01:25:07,574 --> 01:25:09,075 Are you all right? 613 01:25:09,701 --> 01:25:11,536 Can you breathe? 614 01:25:22,380 --> 01:25:24,549 My long johns! 615 01:25:25,717 --> 01:25:27,260 Usimbalda... 616 01:25:29,095 --> 01:25:31,389 My long johns on her head! 617 01:25:43,068 --> 01:25:45,612 Keep your eyes to the floor. 618 01:26:24,818 --> 01:26:26,736 On your knees. 619 01:26:26,778 --> 01:26:28,613 Cursed by God! 620 01:26:32,284 --> 01:26:34,119 Go on, tremble... 621 01:26:34,160 --> 01:26:39,165 In some corner of hell they’re making room for you. 622 01:26:58,685 --> 01:27:00,312 Forgive me. 623 01:27:03,607 --> 01:27:07,068 What sin could be more shameful 624 01:27:07,152 --> 01:27:09,571 than to ruin the reputation of this convent, 625 01:27:09,654 --> 01:27:12,157 sanctified over centuries? 626 01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:15,202 Your own convent, my daughters. 627 01:27:15,285 --> 01:27:19,122 You honor it with your prayers, with your purity, 628 01:27:19,706 --> 01:27:23,502 and this sister of yours has sullied it with her shame. 629 01:27:27,714 --> 01:27:31,843 And we’re supposed to blush before the eyes of God and the world 630 01:27:31,885 --> 01:27:34,012 for your sake? 631 01:27:34,679 --> 01:27:36,765 We can make you disappear, 632 01:27:36,848 --> 01:27:39,643 you’ve no idea what we can do. 633 01:27:43,980 --> 01:27:46,858 And now dare to look me in the eye... 634 01:27:58,370 --> 01:28:00,330 Mother... 635 01:28:00,372 --> 01:28:02,207 may God help you... 636 01:28:03,667 --> 01:28:06,837 fasten those ties that are hanging down. 637 01:28:07,879 --> 01:28:09,464 What ties? 638 01:28:10,382 --> 01:28:12,551 What are you talking about, you wicked girl? 639 01:28:13,510 --> 01:28:15,345 Holy Mother, I beg you... 640 01:28:16,012 --> 01:28:18,348 fasten those ties, 641 01:28:18,390 --> 01:28:21,726 and then tell me what you want to say. 642 01:29:06,313 --> 01:29:08,481 Yes, you wicked girl, 643 01:29:08,565 --> 01:29:11,109 this is what I have to say to you. 644 01:29:13,320 --> 01:29:16,948 Look up, sisters, because this is meant for everyone. 645 01:29:19,284 --> 01:29:23,038 In a corner of your souls you are all wicked women. 646 01:29:24,289 --> 01:29:26,291 Many of you know that... 647 01:29:32,172 --> 01:29:33,757 and keep it hidden. 648 01:29:36,134 --> 01:29:39,262 I don’t. I don’t hide it. 649 01:29:39,804 --> 01:29:43,892 I am a wicked woman, because that’s how the Lord made us. 650 01:29:45,977 --> 01:29:47,646 Spirit... 651 01:29:52,150 --> 01:29:53,902 and Flesh. 652 01:29:53,985 --> 01:29:56,196 Faith and Sin. 653 01:29:56,988 --> 01:30:00,033 And we should glorify the Almighty for that too, 654 01:30:00,116 --> 01:30:05,205 who wants his children free to know the Beatitudes of the Faith 655 01:30:05,288 --> 01:30:07,666 and the tribulations of the Flesh. 656 01:30:07,707 --> 01:30:10,669 It’s impossible to give these things up 657 01:30:10,752 --> 01:30:14,005 because with this clay he molded us. 658 01:30:16,716 --> 01:30:18,343 Isabetta... 659 01:30:19,511 --> 01:30:21,388 this is your key. 660 01:30:21,471 --> 01:30:24,516 Go back to your room where someone awaits, 661 01:30:24,558 --> 01:30:27,853 and I will return to mine where someone awaits me. 662 01:30:29,187 --> 01:30:32,399 I would ask you to put aside envy and resentment 663 01:30:33,316 --> 01:30:37,028 and find what we have found for yourselves. 664 01:30:39,865 --> 01:30:42,409 Not everyone will find it easy. 665 01:30:42,492 --> 01:30:45,537 Nature, unfortunately, did not make us all equal. 666 01:30:45,579 --> 01:30:47,998 But it’s not impossible. 667 01:30:48,707 --> 01:30:51,042 Now, quietly... 668 01:30:51,543 --> 01:30:55,046 try and enjoy yourselves as much as you can. 669 01:31:40,425 --> 01:31:42,928 It’s the story of the falcon. 670 01:31:42,969 --> 01:31:47,599 They told it to me when I was a child, but I would believe it and laugh and cry. 671 01:31:49,184 --> 01:31:52,229 I loved that falcon and its young master. 672 01:31:52,270 --> 01:31:53,813 They were friends. 673 01:31:55,565 --> 01:31:58,610 Right, I’ll start with Cavalier Federico Alberighi, 674 01:31:58,693 --> 01:32:02,822 young, handsome, wealthy and much esteemed with weapons. 675 01:32:02,906 --> 01:32:05,534 Yet lovelorn for Monna Giovanna, 676 01:32:05,617 --> 01:32:08,620 a beautiful, respectable and loving wife. 677 01:32:09,412 --> 01:32:12,332 For her, he had squandered on banquets, jousts and gifts 678 01:32:12,415 --> 01:32:14,417 all his wealth. 679 01:32:14,459 --> 01:32:17,045 But she didn’t care, she totally ignored him. 680 01:32:47,325 --> 01:32:51,204 And Federico became poor, creditors took all his money. 681 01:33:33,371 --> 01:33:35,457 You’ll never have my friend! 682 01:33:58,355 --> 01:34:02,400 He sought solitude in the only property he had left. 683 01:34:36,893 --> 01:34:40,105 TWO YEARS LATER 684 01:35:00,458 --> 01:35:02,669 She’s beautiful, isn’t she? 685 01:35:04,880 --> 01:35:07,465 - Do you know her? - Yes. 686 01:35:08,300 --> 01:35:10,677 She’s been here a year now. 687 01:35:12,971 --> 01:35:15,682 - She came here for her son’s sake. - Is he sick? 688 01:35:16,433 --> 01:35:19,477 It’s strange, it comes and goes. 689 01:35:20,145 --> 01:35:23,982 But he’s doing well now, the fresh air will do him good. 690 01:35:24,065 --> 01:35:25,984 It does everyone good. 691 01:35:26,026 --> 01:35:29,154 It would have done the master good, too. 692 01:35:29,654 --> 01:35:31,489 Is he dead? 693 01:35:32,657 --> 01:35:35,952 Yes, we were all very sad. 694 01:35:46,880 --> 01:35:48,507 Yes... 695 01:35:49,341 --> 01:35:50,342 it’s Giovanna. 696 01:35:50,425 --> 01:35:53,261 Go and say hello to her. 697 01:36:30,674 --> 01:36:32,467 Here you are! 698 01:36:48,775 --> 01:36:50,735 He’s my best friend. 699 01:36:51,236 --> 01:36:53,238 And he’s your friend too now. 700 01:36:55,949 --> 01:36:58,743 So that means that you and I are friends too. 701 01:36:59,369 --> 01:37:02,205 If you promise to bring him every morning 702 01:37:02,247 --> 01:37:04,499 and teach me to hold him. 703 01:37:07,169 --> 01:37:08,420 Yes. 704 01:38:02,807 --> 01:38:04,643 What’s he saying? 705 01:38:06,353 --> 01:38:08,146 What’s he saying, Bellindia? 706 01:38:08,980 --> 01:38:10,482 What? 707 01:38:15,320 --> 01:38:17,280 Bellindia, I don’t understand him. 708 01:38:22,160 --> 01:38:26,039 Rinuccio, what are you trying to say? What are you saying? 709 01:38:39,052 --> 01:38:41,555 Mama, look at the falcon up there. 710 01:38:50,021 --> 01:38:53,859 If you get him for me, I promise I will get better. 711 01:39:11,585 --> 01:39:13,086 You’re lovely! 712 01:39:21,845 --> 01:39:25,557 He’s a hunter too, you know, like your falcon. 713 01:39:35,192 --> 01:39:37,944 But I want to hold the falcon. 714 01:39:38,028 --> 01:39:40,238 And what will we do with this puppy? 715 01:40:13,647 --> 01:40:15,315 I’m here... 716 01:40:18,276 --> 01:40:20,028 My son Rinuccio... 717 01:40:21,780 --> 01:40:23,782 Forgive me, I’d like to sit down. 718 01:40:29,913 --> 01:40:31,831 It’s hot today, isn’t it? 719 01:40:34,918 --> 01:40:38,296 I’ve come here, Federico, how can I put it... 720 01:40:39,339 --> 01:40:43,593 to compensate you for the damage your love for me has caused. 721 01:40:43,635 --> 01:40:47,138 What damage, Giovanna? It’s been a good thing. 722 01:40:47,848 --> 01:40:51,601 If I am what I am, I owe it to the love I feel for you. 723 01:40:52,686 --> 01:40:56,815 I’ve come here to eat with you, as a friend. 724 01:40:56,857 --> 01:40:59,150 Here, in my home? 725 01:40:59,192 --> 01:41:00,485 Yes. 726 01:41:01,194 --> 01:41:02,612 Here... 727 01:41:03,238 --> 01:41:04,739 What’s wrong? 728 01:41:05,282 --> 01:41:06,867 Nothing. 729 01:41:06,950 --> 01:41:09,160 You’ve gone as white as a sheet. 730 01:41:09,786 --> 01:41:13,540 - I live on my own here. - I knew that. 731 01:41:13,623 --> 01:41:15,750 I cook my own food. 732 01:41:15,834 --> 01:41:19,296 Yes, the game you hunt with your falcon, I knew that too. 733 01:41:19,337 --> 01:41:22,007 - You’re very good. - It’s not the hunting season now. 734 01:41:22,799 --> 01:41:25,760 - I’ll help you. - No, thank you. 735 01:41:25,844 --> 01:41:27,762 Wait here, please. 736 01:41:28,388 --> 01:41:31,141 Or over there, the view’s better. 737 01:41:32,976 --> 01:41:35,020 I’ll go and prepare something. 738 01:42:13,892 --> 01:42:15,810 Help me. 739 01:42:15,894 --> 01:42:17,395 What do I do? 740 01:42:18,313 --> 01:42:20,398 She’s come to my home 741 01:42:21,107 --> 01:42:23,235 to ask me for something simple, and I... 742 01:42:24,069 --> 01:42:25,946 She won’t come again. 743 01:42:27,280 --> 01:42:29,324 You’ll be surprised, Federico... 744 01:42:30,158 --> 01:42:32,827 when I tell you my little boy... 745 01:42:35,247 --> 01:42:36,957 When do I tell him? 746 01:42:37,040 --> 01:42:39,000 Before or after we’ve eaten? 747 01:43:39,686 --> 01:43:41,646 Don’t look at me like that. 748 01:44:25,440 --> 01:44:27,234 This linen’s nice. 749 01:44:27,901 --> 01:44:30,195 The tablecloth’s nice too. 750 01:44:32,531 --> 01:44:34,533 What is it, Gubbio linen? 751 01:44:43,041 --> 01:44:45,293 Why haven’t you eaten anything? 752 01:44:46,962 --> 01:44:48,880 Aren’t you feeling well? 753 01:45:00,851 --> 01:45:02,394 Federico... 754 01:45:04,062 --> 01:45:08,275 you’ll be surprised when I tell you why I came. 755 01:45:09,568 --> 01:45:11,570 It’s been nice, of course... 756 01:45:12,445 --> 01:45:15,866 but I also came to ask you for a gift. 757 01:45:19,077 --> 01:45:20,662 A gift? 758 01:45:22,080 --> 01:45:25,250 I am a poor man, but if it makes you happy... 759 01:45:27,252 --> 01:45:28,962 What kind of gift? 760 01:45:32,632 --> 01:45:34,676 Something you love dearly. 761 01:45:35,760 --> 01:45:40,140 Let’s say it’s your only solace amidst your misfortune. 762 01:45:43,101 --> 01:45:45,270 - Your falcon. - What? 763 01:45:47,772 --> 01:45:49,774 Your falcon, Federico! 764 01:45:49,816 --> 01:45:52,861 My son is so obsessed with it, I’m worried if I don’t take it back, 765 01:45:52,944 --> 01:45:55,363 his health will deteriorate. 766 01:46:01,828 --> 01:46:04,456 - The falcon... - Yes. 767 01:46:06,875 --> 01:46:09,127 There are no falcons here. 768 01:46:21,139 --> 01:46:22,807 You don’t want to, eh? 769 01:46:23,892 --> 01:46:25,852 I see, Federico. 770 01:46:45,830 --> 01:46:47,791 There’s my falcon. 771 01:48:48,453 --> 01:48:50,288 Federico degli Alberighi! 772 01:48:53,583 --> 01:48:55,418 We’re Monna Giovanna’s brothers. 773 01:48:57,003 --> 01:48:59,256 No, let’s talk here. 774 01:48:59,297 --> 01:49:02,801 I am Ricciardo, the eldest, and the first to speak. 775 01:49:02,884 --> 01:49:05,846 I’ll be honest with you, we came here reluctantly. 776 01:49:05,929 --> 01:49:10,058 Since her son died, Giovanna has not left the house. 777 01:49:10,141 --> 01:49:12,769 It’s been a year now, and she must remarry. 778 01:49:12,811 --> 01:49:16,648 We’ve been back and forth from Florence with names of suitors, 779 01:49:16,690 --> 01:49:19,317 the finest in the city, but in vain! 780 01:49:19,401 --> 01:49:20,902 She’s not interested. 781 01:49:20,986 --> 01:49:24,656 One day Giovanna called us to her: “I will marry again”, she said... 782 01:49:24,698 --> 01:49:27,993 “as you wish, but only one man will do... 783 01:49:28,076 --> 01:49:29,578 Federico degli Alberighi.” 784 01:49:29,661 --> 01:49:32,664 “But Federico doesn’t own a scrap of land, you know that!” 785 01:49:32,706 --> 01:49:34,332 “I know”, she replied. 786 01:49:34,416 --> 01:49:40,005 “He is poor, but you, my brothers, know not the riches of his soul. I do.” 787 01:49:40,088 --> 01:49:43,008 It’s a woman’s whim. 788 01:49:43,049 --> 01:49:44,843 You, Federico... 789 01:49:44,885 --> 01:49:47,637 standing there in silence on your own... 790 01:49:47,679 --> 01:49:50,056 is it a yes or a no? 791 01:51:00,877 --> 01:51:04,756 I’ve found the drinking fountain. The water’s nice and cool! 792 01:51:18,144 --> 01:51:21,106 Come on, Filostrato! I’ve found some blackberries! 793 01:51:24,109 --> 01:51:25,819 Here’s the basket. 794 01:53:01,706 --> 01:53:04,042 What are you doing? We’ll do that later. 795 01:53:05,001 --> 01:53:06,920 Dioneo’s about to begin. 796 01:53:11,049 --> 01:53:13,134 Neifile, you sit down too. 797 01:53:14,261 --> 01:53:19,015 Don’t be surprised, but I’m not going to tell you my story. 798 01:53:19,891 --> 01:53:22,477 I’ve had something else on my mind all day. 799 01:53:24,563 --> 01:53:28,567 I don’t know if you’ve counted, but we’ve been here 15 days. 800 01:53:29,734 --> 01:53:32,904 Only ten crazy people could have hoped to forget 801 01:53:32,946 --> 01:53:35,240 and rediscover the joys of life. 802 01:53:36,283 --> 01:53:38,285 And perhaps we have succeeded. 803 01:53:38,952 --> 01:53:41,204 With our rules... 804 01:53:41,246 --> 01:53:44,249 I think the chastity rule was too much. 805 01:53:45,876 --> 01:53:47,794 But now... 806 01:53:54,634 --> 01:53:56,678 I want to ask you something. 807 01:53:59,055 --> 01:54:02,934 Do we have the courage to admit that 15 nights is a long time... 808 01:54:04,811 --> 01:54:08,690 and that the fine weather cannot last much longer? 809 01:54:11,610 --> 01:54:16,489 And we may grow tired of each other? 810 01:54:16,573 --> 01:54:17,991 No! 811 01:54:18,074 --> 01:54:22,746 It’s just that it’s only right we go back where we came from. 812 01:54:22,787 --> 01:54:26,625 No one knows what we’ll find there. Not even you, Dioneo! 813 01:54:27,334 --> 01:54:29,586 Who knows! 814 01:54:34,591 --> 01:54:35,967 When? 815 01:54:39,304 --> 01:54:40,472 Tomorrow. 816 01:54:42,224 --> 01:54:43,725 Tomorrow. 817 01:54:44,434 --> 01:54:47,312 - All right. - That’s too soon. 818 01:54:47,354 --> 01:54:50,315 - Everyone! - Just a bit longer! 819 01:55:15,173 --> 01:55:16,883 It’s raining... 820 01:55:17,384 --> 01:55:20,846 Listen to the raindrops! 821 01:55:59,259 --> 01:56:02,596 Filostrato, Pampinea, Filomena, Lauretta, everyone! 822 01:56:02,679 --> 01:56:04,389 Come over here! 823 01:56:04,890 --> 01:56:06,725 Let’s say goodbye now, here, 824 01:56:07,225 --> 01:56:09,561 in this lovely rain! 825 01:56:09,644 --> 01:56:13,356 Will we meet again? I hope so. 826 01:56:13,398 --> 01:56:18,153 And if we do, we’ll remember our days together in this house. 827 01:56:19,279 --> 01:56:23,074 Tomorrow feel free to leave when you want. 828 01:56:23,825 --> 01:56:27,245 I will stay here with some of you to tidy up the house.