1 00:02:36,108 --> 00:02:38,828 Giulia. 2 00:02:38,948 --> 00:02:42,188 You returned. Giulia. 3 00:02:45,868 --> 00:02:48,068 Come back. 4 00:02:48,188 --> 00:02:52,548 We're sorry. We did not mean to hit you. 5 00:03:02,828 --> 00:03:05,468 No, Lucrezia. 6 00:03:05,588 --> 00:03:07,068 No. 7 00:03:18,228 --> 00:03:20,708 You are back from Lyon. 8 00:03:32,788 --> 00:03:34,708 Giulia. Stay. 9 00:03:36,748 --> 00:03:41,988 Giulia. When we open this door, we want you on the other side. 10 00:03:42,108 --> 00:03:44,188 No tricks. 11 00:03:44,308 --> 00:03:47,188 - Do not go through that door. - Giulia. 12 00:03:47,308 --> 00:03:50,748 - Holiness... - Get out of my way. 13 00:04:20,948 --> 00:04:24,508 May the reception of this sacrament... 14 00:04:24,628 --> 00:04:26,988 Oh Lord, our God... 15 00:04:27,108 --> 00:04:30,988 as also the confession of our Faith... 16 00:04:31,108 --> 00:04:34,988 in the Holy and Everlasting Trinity... 17 00:04:35,108 --> 00:04:38,788 and in its Undivided Unity... 18 00:04:38,908 --> 00:04:43,868 prosper us in body and soul. 19 00:04:49,348 --> 00:04:53,828 These poisons made my soul feel so lofty. 20 00:04:53,948 --> 00:04:59,188 Yet in truth they divided my soul from my flesh and my brain. 21 00:05:02,348 --> 00:05:04,988 The three must rejoin... 22 00:05:05,108 --> 00:05:09,748 like the Trinity. I will endure. 23 00:05:09,868 --> 00:05:12,108 I will renew myself. 24 00:05:14,748 --> 00:05:17,348 We are the Vicar of Christ. 25 00:05:39,868 --> 00:05:41,668 Remarkable. 26 00:05:41,788 --> 00:05:46,988 You bring musicians and pages and nobles and bravi and grooms... 27 00:05:47,108 --> 00:05:50,788 and yet still all eyes look to you alone. 28 00:05:53,708 --> 00:06:00,308 There's only one woman whose love I want. And one man she still may love. 29 00:06:00,428 --> 00:06:05,948 And one King who can separate the two. And none of them were among these folk. 30 00:06:12,348 --> 00:06:15,388 A sign of welcome, or a threat. 31 00:06:18,028 --> 00:06:22,628 Cesare Borgia, envoy of His Holiness Pope Alexander VI. 32 00:06:22,748 --> 00:06:25,908 Ah, my old friend. 33 00:06:26,028 --> 00:06:30,228 Dressed so much more extravagantly than last I saw you... 34 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:33,868 the night you murdered the Shahzadeh Djem... 35 00:06:33,988 --> 00:06:37,908 butchered four of my soldiers, torched my encampment... 36 00:06:38,028 --> 00:06:43,988 and used the Cappadocian horses, which you had gifted me, to escape. 37 00:06:44,108 --> 00:06:46,388 I did not murder the Shahzadeh. 38 00:06:46,508 --> 00:06:52,028 - Do you not bow? - Of course. Particularly to Your Highness. 39 00:07:15,308 --> 00:07:20,068 We send to you, Most Christian King, our hearts... 40 00:07:20,188 --> 00:07:22,948 that is to say, our son, Cesare... 41 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:26,548 who is prized by us beyond all measure. 42 00:07:26,668 --> 00:07:30,148 Let him be a signal of our endless affection for you... 43 00:07:30,268 --> 00:07:33,988 your Queen and for France. 44 00:07:37,708 --> 00:07:41,828 I understand I missed quite the arrival. 45 00:07:41,948 --> 00:07:46,148 - What happened again? - I counted at least 14 carts with gifts... 46 00:07:46,268 --> 00:07:49,868 and 16 armored thoroughbreds. 47 00:07:49,988 --> 00:07:52,508 I saw at once those horses were Italian. 48 00:07:52,628 --> 00:07:55,228 Their shoes were made of silver. 49 00:08:04,508 --> 00:08:07,428 Your Highness, I travelled up the Apennines... 50 00:08:07,548 --> 00:08:11,308 across the Alps, over the fields of Provence... 51 00:08:11,428 --> 00:08:15,908 to talk to you about the night I killed a man. 52 00:08:16,028 --> 00:08:22,068 This man whom I killed had been viciously intimate with my mother. 53 00:08:22,188 --> 00:08:24,588 When I learned of the assault, I was... 54 00:08:27,628 --> 00:08:31,668 I felt myself disappear... 55 00:08:33,428 --> 00:08:35,788 and became a man made of straw. 56 00:08:38,188 --> 00:08:41,868 Who here knows such devastation? 57 00:08:41,988 --> 00:08:44,908 We all do. 58 00:08:45,028 --> 00:08:49,668 When I learned the identity of the assailant, I found him. 59 00:08:49,788 --> 00:08:52,388 He happened to be French. 60 00:08:52,508 --> 00:08:58,508 And I looked him in the eye and I stuck him with my dagger. 61 00:08:58,628 --> 00:09:01,788 I twisted the blade until his insides bled. 62 00:09:04,788 --> 00:09:09,228 He whimpered and collapsed... 63 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:11,428 and I had won. 64 00:09:11,548 --> 00:09:14,308 The world minus another devil. 65 00:09:15,788 --> 00:09:17,868 Who here knows such victory? 66 00:09:17,988 --> 00:09:21,268 - Some of us do. - And how does it feel? 67 00:09:23,628 --> 00:09:25,708 - Triumphant. - How else? 68 00:09:27,308 --> 00:09:28,988 - Blissful. - How else? 69 00:09:38,348 --> 00:09:41,388 Frightening. 70 00:09:41,508 --> 00:09:47,348 Because the only way to rid the world of evil, is by putting yourself in its path. 71 00:09:48,708 --> 00:09:51,708 Exposing your own insides. 72 00:09:51,828 --> 00:09:55,628 Calm are the complacent, never rising from their chairs. 73 00:09:55,748 --> 00:09:59,708 Calm are the judgmental, never putting themselves at risk. 74 00:09:59,828 --> 00:10:02,148 But show me a man who feels fright... 75 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:06,068 and I'll show you a man with values and loved ones. 76 00:10:06,188 --> 00:10:08,788 With his heart's blood filling his muscles. 77 00:10:08,908 --> 00:10:11,868 Because he is willing to stake his last breath... 78 00:10:11,988 --> 00:10:15,108 on something that is more than nothing. 79 00:10:17,188 --> 00:10:19,108 I have taken a life. 80 00:10:20,388 --> 00:10:22,308 I have created a son. 81 00:10:24,668 --> 00:10:26,988 I have been in love. 82 00:10:29,868 --> 00:10:32,908 Each time I was afraid. 83 00:10:33,908 --> 00:10:37,308 Those who do not know such fear... 84 00:10:37,428 --> 00:10:39,868 do not know courage. 85 00:10:43,548 --> 00:10:50,108 Majesty, at this moment, the crescent of Islam darkens the world. 86 00:10:50,228 --> 00:10:53,148 Catholic mothers suffer at Muslim hands. 87 00:10:53,268 --> 00:10:55,988 Pilgrims to the Holy Land are massacred. 88 00:10:56,108 --> 00:10:59,908 There is a trail of straw men from here to Jerusalem. 89 00:11:00,028 --> 00:11:03,788 Take your army. Light them on fire. 90 00:11:03,908 --> 00:11:08,348 Prove yourself the Most Christian of Kings. 91 00:11:16,628 --> 00:11:21,108 You tried to apologize at my wedding reception and I refused. 92 00:11:21,228 --> 00:11:26,228 - I am sorry. - I am sorry that I hurt you. 93 00:11:26,348 --> 00:11:31,108 When I learned that I was to be a father, I became giddy. 94 00:11:31,228 --> 00:11:34,428 A man is never giddy unless he hears such news. 95 00:11:34,548 --> 00:11:38,828 - I understand. - So... 96 00:11:40,748 --> 00:11:43,068 you still love me? 97 00:11:44,068 --> 00:11:47,788 - I do. - Then why are you on that horse? 98 00:11:55,348 --> 00:11:57,948 Do you love me? 99 00:12:01,428 --> 00:12:07,548 How can I remain in Rome, with my leg now unquestionably healed? 100 00:12:07,668 --> 00:12:10,708 My wife will accept few excuses. 101 00:12:13,548 --> 00:12:17,748 I thought my marriage a punishment from God. 102 00:12:17,868 --> 00:12:21,428 With my son once again in my arms, I know... 103 00:12:21,548 --> 00:12:26,228 that for the sake of his happiness, I must be happy as well. 104 00:12:54,068 --> 00:12:56,348 Let me try again. 105 00:12:57,508 --> 00:13:01,388 You asked me to teach you self-defense, but women shouldn't fight like men. 106 00:13:01,508 --> 00:13:04,988 Then women should not be hit by men. 107 00:13:05,948 --> 00:13:08,788 - With which hand did the Pope strike you? - His right. 108 00:13:14,068 --> 00:13:15,588 Better. 109 00:13:15,708 --> 00:13:18,468 Eminence. Signora. 110 00:13:25,348 --> 00:13:28,228 His Holiness requests your return to Rome. 111 00:13:28,348 --> 00:13:31,748 And Francesc Gacet requests yours. 112 00:13:34,908 --> 00:13:38,468 Since when is the Captain-General a messenger boy? 113 00:13:42,188 --> 00:13:47,148 If you refuse to obey, I will come back, not as a messenger... 114 00:13:47,268 --> 00:13:51,548 but as the Captain-General, with the full force of my guard. 115 00:14:02,548 --> 00:14:05,388 You ungrateful conniving cow... 116 00:14:05,508 --> 00:14:10,508 tell whatever man clasped between your legs to dismount. 117 00:14:10,628 --> 00:14:13,628 We demand that you return to Rome this instant. 118 00:14:13,748 --> 00:14:20,868 If not, we will judge the evil of your soul and you will suffer. 119 00:14:20,988 --> 00:14:22,508 What a lout. 120 00:14:25,068 --> 00:14:28,828 - Gacet says Alexander is sickly. - Because of the vitriolo. 121 00:14:28,948 --> 00:14:31,468 Let him go away. It is best. 122 00:14:31,588 --> 00:14:34,868 Our family has accepted his generosity. We owe him his wrath. 123 00:14:34,988 --> 00:14:38,308 He's an old lecher... 124 00:14:38,428 --> 00:14:43,828 who will die, if not now, by the next fever or a sour grape. 125 00:14:43,948 --> 00:14:50,388 Where will that leave Laura? The bastard daughter of a dead pope's whore? 126 00:14:50,508 --> 00:14:54,828 Rodrigo believes in family. He'll arrange provisions for his child. 127 00:14:54,948 --> 00:14:57,548 For Vannozza Catanei's children, yes. 128 00:14:57,668 --> 00:15:01,628 He gave her a husband. Several. To provide an income and... 129 00:15:05,428 --> 00:15:12,308 Angelo, dear, please. Do not hurt yourself. 130 00:15:14,188 --> 00:15:19,628 If that vulture does not leave you alone, Giulia... 131 00:15:19,748 --> 00:15:24,188 - I will kill him. Where is my sword? - Calm down. 132 00:15:24,308 --> 00:15:27,348 Please, calm down. 133 00:15:27,468 --> 00:15:34,028 Alessandro, go to Rome. Tell Rodrigo to put down his filthy pen... 134 00:15:34,148 --> 00:15:36,548 and secure a marriage for your sister. 135 00:15:59,868 --> 00:16:03,868 - Any word from Giulia? - She is no antidote. 136 00:16:07,028 --> 00:16:10,468 Bring Vannozza Catanei. 137 00:16:17,188 --> 00:16:21,428 - Highness, please. - Step away. I'm coming through. 138 00:16:21,548 --> 00:16:25,828 Your Highness, no. Highness, please. 139 00:16:25,948 --> 00:16:29,108 The Borgia have all turned mad. 140 00:16:29,228 --> 00:16:31,788 - Princess, what is this? - I must see Father. 141 00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:35,188 - Please, dismount at once. - He is dying? 142 00:16:35,308 --> 00:16:39,668 - No, the illness is temporary. - Then as Camerlengo you speak for him. 143 00:16:39,788 --> 00:16:43,188 Alfonso must be named to a position in the Vatican. 144 00:16:43,308 --> 00:16:45,588 You dabble in politics now, Highness? 145 00:16:45,708 --> 00:16:51,828 I trample cockroaches, secretary. Doesn't Ferrara too often favor Milan over Rome? 146 00:16:51,948 --> 00:16:55,748 Duke Ercole is a pious dolt. 147 00:16:55,868 --> 00:16:58,188 He even supported Savonarola. 148 00:16:58,308 --> 00:17:01,428 What better way to make an ally than by hiring his son. 149 00:17:01,548 --> 00:17:03,548 She has good logic. 150 00:17:03,668 --> 00:17:07,508 We haven't had a Papal Archivist since the demise of Zeno. 151 00:17:07,628 --> 00:17:09,548 The salary is substantial? 152 00:17:09,668 --> 00:17:13,468 The office is in Rome. Is that not all the payment you seek? 153 00:17:28,428 --> 00:17:32,108 Cesare, do you not enjoy venison? 154 00:17:32,228 --> 00:17:35,988 I'm sorry. My wits are not with me. 155 00:17:37,828 --> 00:17:42,668 There is a woman, one of your ladies-in-waiting... 156 00:17:42,788 --> 00:17:46,668 Carlotta d'Aragona. 157 00:17:46,788 --> 00:17:49,748 Carlotta. 158 00:17:49,868 --> 00:17:52,468 I love Carlotta. 159 00:17:52,588 --> 00:17:56,148 Love? From a Borgia? 160 00:17:58,988 --> 00:18:03,508 - I grant my blessing. - No, she's betrothed to your cousin. 161 00:18:03,628 --> 00:18:06,228 - Which one? - Guy de Leval. 162 00:18:06,348 --> 00:18:10,108 Ah, yes. I had forgotten. 163 00:18:10,228 --> 00:18:14,028 These palace courtships... 164 00:19:00,748 --> 00:19:06,348 When I gaze upon the two of you, Majesties, I am tormented by jealousy. 165 00:19:06,468 --> 00:19:10,428 Jealousy? Of us? 166 00:19:10,548 --> 00:19:13,148 The love between you. 167 00:19:13,268 --> 00:19:17,948 Love is a trait that Jesus displayed. 168 00:19:19,428 --> 00:19:21,188 Compassion for others. 169 00:19:25,188 --> 00:19:28,028 I can see that you have known such love. 170 00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:35,268 Our son, Charles Orlando, died four months ago. 171 00:19:36,268 --> 00:19:40,548 He was three years old. Our only issue. 172 00:19:40,668 --> 00:19:45,828 - How cruel to lose a child. - Yet, I did not cry. 173 00:19:45,948 --> 00:19:51,988 Such weakness, such indulgence never felt proper for someone of my birth. 174 00:19:53,228 --> 00:19:56,428 During my son's funeral cortege... 175 00:19:56,548 --> 00:20:01,628 I followed his tiny body as we approached the Cath?drale de Saint Martin. 176 00:20:02,748 --> 00:20:05,188 Passing my subjects who lined the streets... 177 00:20:05,308 --> 00:20:09,588 I remained, as always, stoic. 178 00:20:11,588 --> 00:20:16,748 And then Cardinal Briconnet whispered: 179 00:20:16,868 --> 00:20:22,468 Your Highness, you do not need your people's respect... 180 00:20:22,588 --> 00:20:25,428 because you have their love. 181 00:20:27,028 --> 00:20:30,668 And I looked upon the mourners... 182 00:20:30,788 --> 00:20:35,508 and I saw all of France... 183 00:20:35,628 --> 00:20:37,228 bereaved. 184 00:20:40,028 --> 00:20:43,948 I touched my boy's hand... 185 00:20:44,068 --> 00:20:48,108 and I wept every tear... 186 00:20:48,228 --> 00:20:50,828 I have ever withheld. 187 00:20:54,868 --> 00:20:58,908 What my people showed me, was true love. 188 00:21:00,188 --> 00:21:02,788 - Yes. - But... 189 00:21:02,908 --> 00:21:08,188 you do not speak of love, Cesare Borgia. You speak of romance. 190 00:21:09,308 --> 00:21:12,148 Romance is for young girls. 191 00:21:13,948 --> 00:21:19,108 - I am a man. - Ah, so you really speak of lust. 192 00:21:20,828 --> 00:21:24,428 What did Jacob feel when he set his eyes upon Rachel? 193 00:21:25,588 --> 00:21:31,228 - Name that and you know of what I speak. - No scripture, please. 194 00:21:37,388 --> 00:21:40,988 Cesare, I can see that you are a man in need. 195 00:21:41,108 --> 00:21:44,948 So, following Christ's example, I will show you compassion. 196 00:21:45,068 --> 00:21:48,428 Charles, do not bargain on that girl's future. 197 00:21:48,548 --> 00:21:52,948 She has a chance to have a good life by marrying whom she chooses. 198 00:21:53,068 --> 00:21:56,148 - Unlike us. - Are you still a sporting man? 199 00:21:56,268 --> 00:21:59,428 With your racing horses and your bullfights? 200 00:21:59,548 --> 00:22:03,348 - I favor nothing more than competition. - Guy de Leval is a Breton. 201 00:22:03,468 --> 00:22:07,308 - My countryman. - He is my cousin and my subject. 202 00:22:07,428 --> 00:22:10,788 Beat me at a palm game and I'll forbid Guy to marry her. 203 00:22:10,908 --> 00:22:15,268 - She is my lady-in-waiting. - Could she do better than the Pope's son? 204 00:22:28,788 --> 00:22:32,188 You challenge me to a palm game? 205 00:22:32,308 --> 00:22:34,828 I am a master. 206 00:22:36,188 --> 00:22:40,908 - I accept. - Not now. Tomorrow. 207 00:22:41,028 --> 00:22:44,988 Tonight we have lust to discuss. 208 00:22:45,108 --> 00:22:47,348 And food to digest. 209 00:22:53,748 --> 00:22:58,868 The Pope gave Cesare 200,000 ducats to spend for his campaign to Lyon. 210 00:22:58,988 --> 00:23:04,628 Yes, he was resplendent, but his absence leaves a gaping hole in the Treasury. 211 00:23:04,748 --> 00:23:10,228 The Pope epitomizes fiscal restraint, except in terms of his own children. 212 00:23:12,708 --> 00:23:20,108 While in Capodimonte, I devised a way to bolster Mother Church's finances. 213 00:23:20,228 --> 00:23:26,268 - What do many Roman noblemen have? - Eminence, I'm in no mood to play puzzles. 214 00:23:26,388 --> 00:23:30,268 Money and facial hair. 215 00:23:30,388 --> 00:23:33,668 I propose a tax on beards. 216 00:23:33,788 --> 00:23:36,268 The rich will pay to prove they can afford to. 217 00:23:36,388 --> 00:23:39,828 And the poor will look better without the scrags. 218 00:23:39,948 --> 00:23:43,548 You'll present your plan at today's Consistory. 219 00:23:45,788 --> 00:23:48,068 Should I not first tell the Pope? 220 00:23:53,428 --> 00:23:58,388 Is this your attempt to ferret out the state of Alexander's health? 221 00:23:58,508 --> 00:24:02,068 My sister wants to remarry. 222 00:24:02,188 --> 00:24:08,588 When next you meet the Pope, you won't even mention the name Giulia Farnese. 223 00:24:19,028 --> 00:24:21,788 My love... 224 00:24:21,908 --> 00:24:25,068 Do your new duties as Prefect of the Papal Archives... 225 00:24:25,188 --> 00:24:28,188 give you the freedom to travel the city mid-day? 226 00:24:28,308 --> 00:24:32,228 The Archives are in total disarray. 227 00:24:32,348 --> 00:24:38,108 The monks have been fobbed off from elsewhere due to their incompetence. 228 00:24:38,228 --> 00:24:41,068 And the place smells. 229 00:24:41,188 --> 00:24:44,748 Oh, what I endure to be near you. 230 00:24:44,868 --> 00:24:47,548 Poor soul. 231 00:25:04,748 --> 00:25:07,548 - Alfonso. - Yes? 232 00:25:07,668 --> 00:25:12,388 Come see baby Giovanni. 233 00:25:12,508 --> 00:25:14,708 I am dirty from the hunt. 234 00:25:16,788 --> 00:25:22,588 four, five, six, seven, eight. 235 00:25:24,228 --> 00:25:27,428 To keep our sanity, we count our footsteps. 236 00:25:29,388 --> 00:25:32,428 With eight, we make a circle. 237 00:25:32,548 --> 00:25:36,948 There's a chip in my toe. That's not what we meant. 238 00:25:37,068 --> 00:25:40,948 We cannot speak the right words. 239 00:25:41,068 --> 00:25:43,868 I'll bandage your hands to keep you from scratching. 240 00:25:43,988 --> 00:25:47,708 - You slept with Della Rovere. - I did not. 241 00:25:47,828 --> 00:25:51,148 While I was a Cardinal Vice Chancellor and he a mere Bishop. 242 00:25:51,268 --> 00:25:53,228 I did not. 243 00:25:54,948 --> 00:25:57,748 After my uncle died and I was locked in the conclave. 244 00:25:57,868 --> 00:26:00,268 I did not even know you then. 245 00:26:00,388 --> 00:26:04,428 Water, water, water. 246 00:26:11,428 --> 00:26:14,948 The tax is voluntary. Shave if you don't wish to pay. 247 00:26:15,068 --> 00:26:19,828 This is what comes from putting the papal purse in the hands of a pauper. 248 00:26:19,948 --> 00:26:24,748 A beard... Brothers. Silence. 249 00:26:27,148 --> 00:26:29,868 A beardless Rome will improve cleanliness. 250 00:26:29,988 --> 00:26:34,908 Clean-shaven men foul the streets just as much as those with whiskers. 251 00:26:35,028 --> 00:26:37,468 The seat of the Church must appear civil. 252 00:26:37,588 --> 00:26:40,908 The seat of Holy Mother Church is empty. 253 00:26:41,028 --> 00:26:45,948 You're trying to line your pockets while Borgia is incapacitated. 254 00:26:46,068 --> 00:26:50,308 This is no true session unless a Pope is present. 255 00:26:50,428 --> 00:26:55,548 I concur. How dire is his health? 256 00:26:55,668 --> 00:26:59,388 The Pope has a mild fever and an upset stomach. 257 00:26:59,508 --> 00:27:03,268 Whilst he recovers, the Pontiff names a regent. 258 00:27:03,388 --> 00:27:05,188 Farnese? 259 00:27:08,788 --> 00:27:14,588 Pope Alexander VI hereby announces Vice Chancellor of the Holy See... 260 00:27:14,708 --> 00:27:16,308 Cardinal... 261 00:27:18,748 --> 00:27:21,868 Rafaele Riario-Sansoni. 262 00:27:25,148 --> 00:27:28,908 - What is this? - Oh, Della Rovere... 263 00:27:29,028 --> 00:27:33,548 always the sinking ship to Sansoni's rat. 264 00:27:36,468 --> 00:27:40,108 As Camerlengo I have proven myself true to the Word of Christ. 265 00:27:40,228 --> 00:27:42,668 What in holy hell is this? 266 00:27:42,788 --> 00:27:47,148 I am honored and accept the position. I'll attend to the office dutifully. 267 00:27:47,268 --> 00:27:50,748 Is this Borgia's signature or another of your forgeries? 268 00:27:50,868 --> 00:27:58,228 My first act as Vice Chancellor will be to approve the taxation on facial hair. 269 00:27:58,348 --> 00:28:03,268 Where is Borgia? We demand to see Borgia in the flesh. 270 00:28:03,388 --> 00:28:10,388 Our second act is to reinstate Giuliano Cardinal Della Rovere... 271 00:28:10,508 --> 00:28:14,628 - as Papal Legate to France. - Have you abducted the Bishop of Rome? 272 00:28:14,748 --> 00:28:18,548 Does he even live? Are you hiding a corpse? 273 00:28:18,668 --> 00:28:23,108 The Pope has a mild fever and an upset stomach. 274 00:28:38,108 --> 00:28:39,948 I love you. 275 00:28:41,228 --> 00:28:43,988 And I accept you for who you are. 276 00:28:44,108 --> 00:28:46,628 Why can you not love me for who I am? 277 00:28:50,108 --> 00:28:52,828 Because you don't truly love me for who I am. 278 00:28:52,948 --> 00:28:56,788 - I am merely an echo of someone else. - You are wrong. 279 00:28:56,908 --> 00:28:58,908 I love only you. 280 00:29:13,828 --> 00:29:16,308 Already warm I see. 281 00:29:18,468 --> 00:29:23,428 When one's future happiness is at stake, a man must do all he can. 282 00:29:24,748 --> 00:29:27,908 I married Anne to control Bretagne. 283 00:29:28,028 --> 00:29:31,628 Not for love or romance or lust. 284 00:29:31,748 --> 00:29:35,068 But then I felt all three. 285 00:29:35,188 --> 00:29:37,628 She did not. 286 00:29:40,548 --> 00:29:45,868 I challenged you, because in your defeat I hope to see for a brief moment... 287 00:29:45,988 --> 00:29:50,028 my wife smile at me. 288 00:29:50,148 --> 00:29:55,508 If you were to lose, then you should grant me the thoroughbreds you brought. 289 00:29:55,628 --> 00:29:57,788 I accept. 290 00:29:57,908 --> 00:30:00,948 And the chest of gold in your possession. 291 00:30:03,548 --> 00:30:05,508 I accept. 292 00:30:05,628 --> 00:30:07,588 I will serve first. 293 00:30:13,668 --> 00:30:15,468 Pareil. 294 00:30:26,228 --> 00:30:31,508 If I win, you will help me mount a second campaign against King Federigo... 295 00:30:31,628 --> 00:30:34,468 the father of your one true love. 296 00:30:36,548 --> 00:30:42,188 You add conditions to our wager to see when I will say: She isn't worth this much. 297 00:30:42,308 --> 00:30:44,748 She is. 298 00:30:44,868 --> 00:30:46,868 You serve. 299 00:30:48,068 --> 00:30:49,948 Pareil. 300 00:30:57,268 --> 00:31:01,388 - The game has begun. - I'm praying for His Highness. 301 00:31:01,508 --> 00:31:04,388 Have you told Guy? 302 00:31:07,108 --> 00:31:09,508 I will pray as well. 303 00:31:11,828 --> 00:31:14,148 For King Charles to win? 304 00:31:16,308 --> 00:31:18,988 For Almighty God to choose. 305 00:31:35,868 --> 00:31:37,548 Ace. 306 00:31:39,348 --> 00:31:41,828 I won. 307 00:31:45,428 --> 00:31:48,628 - You will keep your word? - Yes. 308 00:31:48,748 --> 00:31:51,348 I will tell Guy. 309 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:05,508 But first I ask you to contemplate the passion you have for Carlotta. 310 00:32:05,628 --> 00:32:11,828 - Is it love or is it obsession? - Are they different? 311 00:32:15,028 --> 00:32:17,228 Come. 312 00:32:17,348 --> 00:32:21,668 Let us make ourselves presentable for my cousin Guy de Leval. 313 00:32:21,788 --> 00:32:25,548 Bad news should not be delivered in sweat-stained clothes. 314 00:32:32,108 --> 00:32:36,748 If you don't mind me saying so, you run gracefully. 315 00:32:36,868 --> 00:32:42,828 The reason why I adore this game. When I play, I can forget who I am. 316 00:32:46,268 --> 00:32:48,828 Are you hurt? 317 00:32:57,548 --> 00:33:00,748 My husband doesn't want you to visit. 318 00:33:00,868 --> 00:33:04,988 - You're right about that smell. - Look at this mess. 319 00:33:05,108 --> 00:33:09,908 Not one scrap of paper has been thrown out since the time of Pope Nicholas. 320 00:33:11,308 --> 00:33:13,468 How am I to organize it? 321 00:33:15,788 --> 00:33:18,388 Burn it. 322 00:33:18,508 --> 00:33:21,908 - Set the room ablaze. - No. 323 00:33:22,028 --> 00:33:24,788 Then I wouldn't have a hiding place to enjoy you... 324 00:33:24,908 --> 00:33:28,628 away from that idiot Neapolitan. 325 00:33:44,308 --> 00:33:48,788 - Where is my wife? - Looking for a document in the Archives. 326 00:33:51,468 --> 00:33:54,468 I will have a servant fetch her. 327 00:34:01,508 --> 00:34:04,428 Your eyes are so pretty. 328 00:34:04,548 --> 00:34:08,468 - Your Highness... - People praise Lucrezia's beauty... 329 00:34:08,588 --> 00:34:12,148 yet here you are. Standing right next to her. 330 00:34:13,388 --> 00:34:16,828 - The eyes of Cleopatra. - Yes, Highness. 331 00:34:16,948 --> 00:34:20,508 My suitors go on endlessly about my eyes. 332 00:34:20,628 --> 00:34:24,148 But it's all they ever notice. Me? 333 00:34:24,268 --> 00:34:28,068 I have yet to see a pair of eyes which make me blink. 334 00:34:49,868 --> 00:34:52,868 Your Majesty called for me? 335 00:34:52,988 --> 00:34:56,508 Yes, dear cousin. 336 00:34:56,628 --> 00:34:59,228 I summoned you... 337 00:35:05,348 --> 00:35:06,828 Highness? 338 00:35:09,148 --> 00:35:10,868 Guy... 339 00:35:13,548 --> 00:35:18,428 I summoned you to impart news... 340 00:35:18,548 --> 00:35:20,868 which you will not enjoy t... 341 00:35:32,148 --> 00:35:34,108 Doctor. 342 00:35:34,228 --> 00:35:36,228 Bring a doctor. 343 00:35:46,188 --> 00:35:48,268 He is near death. 344 00:36:04,428 --> 00:36:06,188 You cry. 345 00:36:13,188 --> 00:36:16,428 In bitterness, there is security. 346 00:36:18,828 --> 00:36:22,348 When one goes, so does the other. 347 00:36:28,868 --> 00:36:31,708 You will keep his promise? 348 00:36:35,268 --> 00:36:38,388 Leave this room, Borgia. 349 00:37:00,388 --> 00:37:02,468 He may not live. 350 00:37:02,588 --> 00:37:05,788 His cousin and heir Louis, Duke of Orleans was sent for. 351 00:37:05,908 --> 00:37:07,788 Even when I win, I lose. 352 00:37:07,908 --> 00:37:12,828 And when you lose, you must win. As you did with Charles, charm Louis. 353 00:37:12,948 --> 00:37:16,428 Once I killed a witch, who with her last breath cursed me. 354 00:37:16,548 --> 00:37:18,948 So did Savonarola. 355 00:37:19,068 --> 00:37:24,428 Strange. When I believed in God, I did not believe in curses. 356 00:37:31,828 --> 00:37:35,588 Your righteous indignation was quite convincing, cousin. 357 00:37:35,708 --> 00:37:38,228 As was your moral superiority. 358 00:37:38,348 --> 00:37:42,628 Perhaps instead of priests, we should have been actors. 359 00:37:44,308 --> 00:37:46,628 Even as Papal Legate to France... 360 00:37:46,748 --> 00:37:51,748 I am not convinced that you can keep Cesare from becoming King of Naples. 361 00:37:51,868 --> 00:37:56,508 Then I will cheer him onwards. Just as you will be Borgia's biggest supporter. 362 00:37:56,628 --> 00:37:59,228 Until you hurt him. 363 00:38:04,268 --> 00:38:06,748 Your entourage waits at the Piazza del Popolo? 364 00:38:06,868 --> 00:38:09,308 Yes, a hundred of my bravi... 365 00:38:14,388 --> 00:38:18,708 - Giuliano, what have I done? - We are being watched. Judas. 366 00:38:19,988 --> 00:38:22,308 Judas. 367 00:38:23,868 --> 00:38:26,548 My passport to France. 368 00:38:26,668 --> 00:38:31,468 Goodbye, Borgia sycophants. 369 00:38:31,588 --> 00:38:33,788 Cardinal Farnese. 370 00:38:36,468 --> 00:38:39,148 An urgent message from your sister. 371 00:38:42,948 --> 00:38:47,108 Angelo's soul has gone to heaven. 372 00:39:03,308 --> 00:39:07,788 Mama remains in Capodimonte to prepare his body for burial. 373 00:39:09,708 --> 00:39:13,948 I am sorry to give you such sad tidings on this happy day. 374 00:39:14,068 --> 00:39:18,508 - Why happy? - Has Silvia not told you? 375 00:39:22,748 --> 00:39:25,908 You and I are going to have another child. 376 00:40:01,825 --> 00:40:04,265 When will this end? 377 00:40:05,425 --> 00:40:08,465 My insides have nothing left to give. 378 00:40:08,585 --> 00:40:13,745 The poison is almost completely removed from your system, Rodrigo. 379 00:40:13,865 --> 00:40:19,545 You said that this morning. I cannot do this. 380 00:40:19,665 --> 00:40:22,265 Bring me some vitriolo. 381 00:40:22,385 --> 00:40:26,345 - Rodrigo... - You heard me. 382 00:40:26,465 --> 00:40:29,025 Get me some vitriolo. 383 00:40:30,385 --> 00:40:35,105 We are the Pope. You are a cunt, Vannozza. 384 00:40:35,225 --> 00:40:41,905 You're excommunicated. I curse you, you Muslim sodomite. 385 00:40:57,625 --> 00:41:00,745 Make way for Louis, Duke of Orleans. 386 00:41:05,785 --> 00:41:08,745 Out of my way. Out of my way. 387 00:41:12,145 --> 00:41:14,185 Where am I walking? 388 00:41:16,585 --> 00:41:20,625 - Where am I walking? - Your Grace. 389 00:41:20,745 --> 00:41:25,145 I am sorry to meet you under such circumstances. 390 00:41:25,265 --> 00:41:28,105 Cesare Borgia. 391 00:41:28,225 --> 00:41:33,545 I understand that my cousin's injury happened during a game with you. 392 00:41:35,505 --> 00:41:38,665 You must immediately banish all feelings of guilt. 393 00:41:38,785 --> 00:41:44,945 You are innocent and I and Jesus and the good people of France consider you thus. 394 00:41:46,745 --> 00:41:51,145 - Thank you, Your Grace. - Look at you, sturdy young man. 395 00:41:51,265 --> 00:41:55,305 What was Charles thinking, opposing you? 396 00:41:55,425 --> 00:41:59,305 Still, I will insist upon a rematch, to defend the name of Anjou. 397 00:41:59,425 --> 00:42:01,825 Guy, show me to my cousin. 398 00:42:13,425 --> 00:42:15,545 Ah, Charles. 399 00:42:21,025 --> 00:42:25,065 - What say you? - My Lord, we are moments away. 400 00:42:29,145 --> 00:42:32,945 - Where is Anne? - She left when she heard you'd arrived. 401 00:42:36,785 --> 00:42:42,505 My cousin and I have not always agreed on foreign policy or family matters. 402 00:42:42,625 --> 00:42:45,345 But he is my sovereign. 403 00:42:45,465 --> 00:42:49,185 To see him die here, like a withered crone... 404 00:42:49,305 --> 00:42:51,105 It is a tragedy. 405 00:42:56,545 --> 00:43:00,345 - What are you doing? - Help me. 406 00:43:02,305 --> 00:43:04,905 - Stop this. - Come on, Louis. 407 00:43:06,065 --> 00:43:07,825 Guy, the door. 408 00:43:09,065 --> 00:43:11,225 - Clear a path. - Which way are we going? 409 00:43:11,345 --> 00:43:12,945 This way. 410 00:43:14,185 --> 00:43:16,345 No, we have him. 411 00:43:37,465 --> 00:43:40,425 Yes, Cesare Borgia... 412 00:43:40,545 --> 00:43:42,265 this is better. 413 00:43:43,785 --> 00:43:45,785 Where is the crown? 414 00:44:02,345 --> 00:44:04,705 There you are, Majesty. 415 00:44:14,945 --> 00:44:17,185 Her Majesty, Queen Anne. 416 00:44:27,865 --> 00:44:30,905 - My Lord. - My Queen. 417 00:45:12,665 --> 00:45:15,305 Please rise, Your Royal Highness. 418 00:45:22,745 --> 00:45:25,785 The King is dead, long live the King. 419 00:45:28,345 --> 00:45:31,425 The King is dead, long live the King. 420 00:45:33,985 --> 00:45:36,585 The King is dead, long live the King. 421 00:46:44,465 --> 00:46:46,505 Francesc. 422 00:46:48,025 --> 00:46:50,105 Vannozza. 423 00:46:52,745 --> 00:46:55,145 We are ready. 424 00:47:04,065 --> 00:47:08,345 - It goes on your head. - I must await the coronation. 425 00:47:08,465 --> 00:47:11,145 Otherwise I tempt fate. 426 00:47:12,025 --> 00:47:16,465 Wearing the crown will take some getting used to. I thought... 427 00:47:16,585 --> 00:47:22,225 if I just have it laying around, I'll be more at ease. 428 00:47:22,345 --> 00:47:24,745 Have you informed your wife she'll be queen? 429 00:47:24,865 --> 00:47:29,745 Oh, my wife. Dear Jeanne. 430 00:47:29,865 --> 00:47:31,785 Not yet. 431 00:47:36,785 --> 00:47:40,985 Anne does not have to leave the royal bedchamber. 432 00:47:42,585 --> 00:47:45,385 Of course she does. 433 00:47:45,505 --> 00:47:50,585 The Queen, now the Dowager Queen, must return to Bretagne and... 434 00:47:50,705 --> 00:47:52,545 You love her. 435 00:47:55,545 --> 00:47:59,905 I will hate to lose such strategic lands. The Tudor King... 436 00:48:00,025 --> 00:48:02,265 You love her. 437 00:48:03,705 --> 00:48:06,265 Come, Highness. 438 00:48:06,385 --> 00:48:12,225 As a man in love, I can recognize the signs of a man in the same turmoil. 439 00:48:13,265 --> 00:48:18,185 When one is royalty, appearance is supreme. 440 00:48:18,305 --> 00:48:23,025 As King I can do anything my subjects would allow. 441 00:48:23,145 --> 00:48:27,785 - You are forced to lead a moral life. - A regulated one. 442 00:48:31,985 --> 00:48:35,785 I am the son of Pope Alexander VI. 443 00:48:35,905 --> 00:48:39,265 He who decides morals. 444 00:48:39,385 --> 00:48:42,545 He who alters regulations. 445 00:48:42,665 --> 00:48:46,425 Ah, alright. 446 00:48:46,545 --> 00:48:48,705 I get to see the Borgia mind at work. 447 00:48:48,825 --> 00:48:52,745 I can secure for you a papal annulment from the Duchess Jeanne. 448 00:48:52,865 --> 00:48:55,625 So you may love whom you love. 449 00:48:55,745 --> 00:48:58,065 And keep Bretagne away from England. 450 00:48:58,185 --> 00:49:02,145 Oh, I see that we shall be good friends. 451 00:49:02,265 --> 00:49:05,865 I will do all I can to ensure your happiness. 452 00:49:05,985 --> 00:49:11,265 In return, you will do all you can to ensure mine. 453 00:49:11,385 --> 00:49:15,585 I see that we shall be best friends. 454 00:49:25,185 --> 00:49:27,825 King. 455 00:49:27,945 --> 00:49:30,225 Cesare must become a king. 456 00:49:31,745 --> 00:49:34,665 Of Naples or Italy. 457 00:49:34,785 --> 00:49:39,145 The first Borgia whose children will inherit respect... 458 00:49:39,265 --> 00:49:41,865 instead of fighting for it. 459 00:49:43,025 --> 00:49:49,505 Their name. Their blood. A dynasty to outlast time. 460 00:49:57,545 --> 00:50:02,305 The Vice Chancellor would like to present you with a gift, Holiness. 461 00:50:02,425 --> 00:50:06,985 - Who? - Riario-Sansoni. 462 00:50:07,105 --> 00:50:10,305 - I appointed him Vice Chancellor? - Yes. 463 00:50:12,105 --> 00:50:15,625 Are you well enough for an audience, Rodrigo? 464 00:50:15,745 --> 00:50:17,345 Yes. 465 00:50:26,025 --> 00:50:28,945 Holiness. 466 00:50:35,425 --> 00:50:38,345 In gratitude for my promotion... 467 00:50:38,465 --> 00:50:42,505 and in celebration of your recovery... 468 00:50:42,625 --> 00:50:47,105 I present you with this exquisite Crucifix. 469 00:51:13,345 --> 00:51:16,505 Who did this? Which genius? 470 00:51:16,625 --> 00:51:19,705 - He waits outside. - Bring him to us. 471 00:51:21,585 --> 00:51:23,905 Buonarroti. 472 00:51:31,145 --> 00:51:36,025 I present you the artist Michelangelo Buonarroti... 473 00:51:37,625 --> 00:51:40,305 formerly of Florence. 474 00:51:42,625 --> 00:51:46,945 - How did you create something so divine? - With my hands, Good Father. 475 00:51:48,865 --> 00:51:52,705 Many men work with their hands. 476 00:51:52,825 --> 00:51:55,025 Few connect to the eternal. 477 00:51:57,145 --> 00:51:59,665 We are so distant from Christ now. 478 00:52:00,625 --> 00:52:04,625 In 1500 years He has become an idea alone. 479 00:52:04,745 --> 00:52:08,225 I need to know the Jesus who was also flesh. 480 00:52:09,505 --> 00:52:13,745 He had a head and a heart, a penis and an arse. 481 00:52:13,865 --> 00:52:17,505 His tongue could taste grapes and his teeth could ache. 482 00:52:17,625 --> 00:52:22,225 His hands may have felt callous when they caressed another skin. 483 00:52:22,345 --> 00:52:25,785 God created the human body, Good Father. 484 00:52:25,905 --> 00:52:29,385 We are duty-bound to celebrate such an extraordinary creation. 485 00:52:29,505 --> 00:52:31,625 Yes. 486 00:52:31,745 --> 00:52:34,105 Yes. 487 00:52:34,225 --> 00:52:38,505 We count on Gracious God, ever old, ever new. 488 00:52:40,705 --> 00:52:43,425 You shall design our tomb. 489 00:52:53,777 --> 00:54:01,290 Subtitles by MemoryOnSmells http://UKsubtitles.ru. 490 00:54:01,340 --> 00:54:05,890 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0