All language subtitles for MDANCE

Love...

Hey, it's time to wake up.

Good morning.

How did you sleep?

Good, mama.

Hey!

You!

Where is the Gorini woman?

This way!

This one, right here!

Giulio... Come, Giulio. Come, Giulio.

That time we hoped
would never come, is here.

Fioretta Gorini, open the door!

I know you'll be brave,
whatever happens.

- You know I love you.
- Open the door or I'll break it down!

I know you're there!

Hush.

Go to Father Timothy.
He knows where to take you.

Break it down!

Fioretta Gorini, your son...

Where is he?

I have no son.
You've got the wrong house.

Lies.

Where is your son?

Where is he?

He's not here.

Here! Here!

He's getting away!

Find him, now! Let's go!

No sign this way!

Check around the back!

This way!

Giulio! Come here!

Over here.

Listen, we must go to your family,

to Lorenzo de' Medici.

Lorenzo?

I've painted the corpses of eight men.

When will it end?

When every man, who is responsible
for your brother's murder is dead.

One more must die.

At what cost to yourself?

Any cost.

And to Florence?

No.

Father!

You said we would play chess.

Maybe.

Did I? Tomorrow. How's that?

- I want to play now! And you said...
- Piero?

Come on, your father's very busy.
Go and play with Giovanni.

Pope Sixtus has threatened war.

His army is less than a
week's march from the city.

Why does he not attack?

You're pale.

I'm tired, that's all.

Because you don't sleep.

You cannot carry this
burden on your own.

You must let others help.

At least, let your wife.

What are you thinking?

No, no, no, no, no!
Come on! What did I say?

No, come on! What did I say? Come on.

Your father's very busy.
You can play out here.

I'm Girolamo Riario,

...Lord of Imola, Vicar
General of Pope Sixtus's army.

I bear a message from the Holy
Father for Lorenzo de' Medici.

- Go home, Riario!
- Conspirators!

You dare to enter our house

with my son's blood
still wet on your hands.

I could kill you, right now.

Well, speak.

Sixtus offers Florence peace.

On what terms?

Go to Rome.

Beg for the Lord's forgiveness
of your mortal sin.

His sins?

The hanging of Bishop Salviati
in his holy vestments.

Right, right.

And Sixtus approving the butchering
of the Medici in God's house,

that's not a mortal sin...?

And if Lorenzo does not
agree to Sixtus' terms?

His Holiness declares
Florence excommunicated.

There will be no baptisms until he does.

The Pope is determined to
guide the people of this city

back to the right path to freedom,

...from the grip of Medici tyranny.

What, by not allowing man, woman or
child to receive the holy sacrament?

Let the people choose
between their love of you

...and their love of God, Lorenzo.

Thanks to the tyrant Lorenzo de' Medici,

...your city is excommunicated!

This is a cynical political move.

By closing the churches and
cutting the people off from God,

he hopes to turn the people against us.

He's a Pope, but he's also a man.

In all matters except doctrine
he's as fallible as any other.

Do as he asks.

You want me to beg
forgiveness for the man

- who condoned the murder of you son?
- Want?

No. But what are the alternatives? War?

Our city can't afford to see
any more of its sons die in vain.

- Giuliano did not die in vain.
- Then what did he die for?

Venice is threatened by the Turks and

has sent no troops to help us.

Milan is still paralyzed

while the young Duke's uncles
all maneuver to become regent,

and Naples, with the largest army
of all, commit to neither side.

We have no allies, Lorenzo.
We stand alone.

Where are you going?

I must speak with the Priori.
I need their support.

And say what?

I don't know.

Go! Go!

There's been enough waiting.

Where's the boy?

Speak.

The boy escaped, sir.

Your dagger.

Hand it to me.

He's only a child.

He's a Medici.

Messer Medici, may I have a word?

- Messer Medici?
- You stand back!

What? What, will I slap your master's...

...face with my fat clerk's hands?

It's alright, Vanni, Vanni.

I'm sorry, friend.
I've got business with the Priori.

Like Aesop's mice.

They'll suggest all you need
do is hang a bell from the cat.

Messer Medici.

For Sixtus to declare war on our city

...in the aftermath of this
conspiracy on the pretext

that we hung one of the conspirators,

...is a sick joke.

But to excommunicate it is a crime.

Hear, hear!

Messer Spinelli.

All Sixtus asks,

is that Lorenzo asks forgiveness.

I simply will not

ask forgiveness of a Pope

who allowed my brother's murder.

You see, Messer Spinelli
here, like Aesop's mice,

finds it easy

...to propose impossible remedies.

If I go to Rome, I'll be killed.
It's that simple.

And Florence will be seized by
Riario. That's what he wants.

And we've all heard
how he rules in Imola.

Crushing any dissent with an iron
fist. Is that what you wish here?

No! No! Never!

Ardinghelli.

The churches are being locked.

The holy sacraments are forbidden to us.

People's prayers go unanswered,
confessions unheard.

Soon the dead will lie unburied.

At least consider the Pope's offer

and see an end to this excommunication.

Messer Medici. We must not accept

peace at any cost, but on our own terms.

Then you will make a counter offer?

That's what I said, Messer Ardinghelli.

Good.

Vanni?

- Messer?
- I'm going into the church.

I'll be outside.

Come with me.

Every time.

Damn you.

Again!

Anyone would think you
enjoy being beaten...

Well, one day you'll lose at something.

- You think so?
- I know so!

And it'll hurt you more.

How's that?

You never lost at anything.

And I'll be there.

Oh, I'm sure. To gloat.

To pick you up.

Messer Medici...

Do I know you?

The Prior at Saint Marco sent
me to close up the church.

But if you wish to pray,
I would be happy to join you.

No, no, I don't wish to pray.

Father?

Sixtus threatens the poor
with eternal damnation

in order to benefit
himself and his family.

Does your Prior approve of such a view?

Do you?

Do not confuse the Lord with those
who are supposed to serve him.

Rome is now a sewer of profanity

and ungodliness in which the
Pope and those around him swim.

That's true.

The people don't seem to see it.

If you wish them to
see Sixtus as a man...

...who cares only for what benefits him,

...show them that you are different.

Thank you.

- Father...?
- Girolamo.

Girolamo Savonarola.

If it's charity you're after,

go to the convent of San Marco.

I'm Father Timoteo.

The boy's mother, Fioretta
Gorini said to bring him here.

Let them in. Come.

Fetch Maria and tell her to bring food

- and clean clothes.
- Let me see.

Why did the boy's mother
tell you to bring him here?

Madonna, this boy's name is Giulio.

He is the son of Giuliano de' Medici.

Did you hear that?

I heard it.

And you have nothing to say?

Well? What, you don't believe it?

Well, you don't think it's
strange he turns up now?

His name is Giulio.

The boy could be anybody's bastard.

A ruse to profit from our grief.

He is your brother's son.

And there's no doubt in your mind?

I know for a fact that he and this...

...woman, Fioretta Gorini,
were involved.

Half the women of Florence
were involved...

...with Giuliano at one
point or another.

Come, Piero.
Let's go see where Giovanni is.

My mother sees what she wants to see.

Whoever the boy is,
he's clearly damaged...

...by whatever has happened to him.

Just let him stay for
it for a day or two.

Please, if-if not for him,
then for your mother.

Alright.

Thank you.

I want to send a message to the Pope.

An offer of peace?

On my terms.

You were successful.

I played the errand boy for my uncle.

I must have Florence.

Sixtus will see sense eventually.

Eventually?

Don't you understand anything?

Sixtus' power is ephemeral.

When he dies, he'll leave me nothing.

No kingdom, no army, no money.

I must have real power.

You still have the dream?

Every night.

The assassin opens my throat,
a ghost without a face.

The Medici will not rest
until I am dead.

And I cannot sleep until
every one of them is buried.

Bread and a florin. Go with God.

Thank you.

There's no more, Madonna.

How is that possible?

- Take me to the Prior.
- Yes.

I'm sorry. We'll be back.

Madonna Medici.

Sorry to disturb you, Prior.

But there was not enough
coin today for the poor.

While we eat from gold plates.

Bearing the Medici crest.

Gifts...

...given for the glory of God

and not for that of his humble servants.

The poor also benefit from
having beauty around them.

Does it deaden their hunger?

Intransigence is a form of arrogance,

Father Girolamo.

Please, reflect on that.

I will ask for donations from
the convent's other benefactors.

We will give more to the poor.

Thank you.

My family will also give more.

Come. Greet your cousin.

Giovanni?

- Hello.
- Piero.

He's not my cousin.
He could be anybody's bastard.

Never say that again!

Good bye.

Listen.

Know you are safe.

I'll never let any harm come to you.

Come.

You're a good Christian to intercede
for those less fortunate.

It is my duty.

I've found helping others allows me
to find a measure of peace myself.

And the Prior is a good
Christian also, Father.

What's going on?

They believe God has
turned his back on them.

Madonna!

Madonna, help me!

Look! She's sick.
And she cannot be baptized.

And if she dies she'll burn in hell.

I beg you...

Ask your husband to help.

Dearest Carlo,

I trust that despite your
imprisonment you are safe.

I do all that I can to
secure your freedom.

And though it may not be tomorrow,

it will be soon,

perhaps in exchange for Sixtus'
nephew, Cardinal Raffaele.

A young boy claiming to be my
brother's son was brought to us.

I recall his mother, though whether
he is Giuliano's son I cannot say.

When I look upon him,
I see he already carries

the weight of the world
upon his shoulders.

At least the youth that
Giuliano and I shared

was carefree and full of laughter.

- Lorenzo.
- Cardinal Raffaele.

Well, clearly you've not
suffered too much discomfort.

All I lack is my freedom.

Well, when Sixtus took
my uncle Carlo hostage,

I had no choice.

I've never wished to be his enemy.

He didn't want to be yours either.

He's a good man.

And you, a naïve one.

I'm here to set you free.

You may return to your uncle in Rome.

And in return, I trust that
he will not harm Carlo.

Why would you do this?

I wish to make the
Pope a peace offering.

And you will carry it to him.

So, now that I'm no longer your
jailer, you can offer me a drink.

There will be no attack on
Florence until I'm ready.

The excommunication weakens
Lorenzo's grip on Florence

...and makes it possible he will...

...surrender to your will without a war.

I'm glad you see it.

But if war becomes unavoidable,

...it must be won quickly.

It cannot be allowed to drag on,

with the loss of many
lives on both sides.

No, only Naples has the military
might to crush Florence decisively.

If we agree to share the city,

its army will march on Florence with us.

And naturally,
excommunication must be given time

to have its desired effect, but it might

be prudent to make this
request of King Ferrante now...

So that if, God forbid,
war becomes inevitable,

...we are prepared.

Raffaele.

Nephew!

- Are you harmed?
- On the contrary.

Lorenzo treated me well.

He wishes to make an offer of peace.

Cousin, I'm so pleased to see you safe.

You must understand that nothing
but a personal act of contrition

could convince the Pope
to forgive his sins.

He offers all of the territories,
which the Papal States

have lost to Florence in
the last twenty years.

And his demands?

Only one.

Well?

What is it?

Admit your part in the conspiracy,

Holiness...
The murder of Lorenzo's brother.

I told you.

I made the offer on my terms.

Yes, you knew that the Pope
would never accept such terms.

Because he approved Giuliano's murder.

Is your hunger for
revenge more important...

...to you than the people of Florence?

They don't understand that this
is political. They're scared.

In fear for their souls,
for those of their children.

A woman in the San Marco convent
came to me asking for your help.

Her child is dying and
cannot be baptized.

These are the people
that stood by you...

...in the wake of the
conspiracy, Lorenzo.

And now they look to
you to protect them.

What about Carlo? Did you think about...

...what might happen to
him if you did this?

Sixtus knows it would
undermine his authority

if he were seen to harm a priest.

And Riario?

He murdered the boy's mother.

I understand.

The Pope has rejected my offer of peace.

There will be war.

We need to act immediately,
buy in extra supplies,

recruit mercenaries to fight
alongside our own city militia.

Messer Spinelli, proceed.

Did you make this offer without
the approval of this chamber?

I made the offer on the
advice of this chamber.

Well, if that is the case,

we should have been given
sight of the detail before

any such offer was made.

It is the Pope that is
at fault, not Lorenzo!

It seems that nothing will
please Messer Spinelli.

First, he wants peace at any price
and then only on his own terms.

Our citizens believe

God has deserted them
and have no stomach

for a fight, while the Pope's army

may already be marching on Florence!

The question...

The question is not
what Lorenzo has done.

The question is

what Lorenzo will do now.

It would be wise to send word
to King Ferrante of Naples now.

Confronted by both our
armies, Florence...

...might even surrender without a fight.

I need time to think.

About what?!

Forgive me, Holy Father.

Lorenzo's offer was an insult not...

...only to you, but to your Holy Office.

You must act.

I must pray.

See that Carlo de' Medici is released.

He is innocent in this.

As was Raffaele.

Thank you for your support.

I can't believe that
Ardinghelli would insinuate

...that you of all people,
would undermine the Republic.

Yes, that's why there's
rather a long history...

The mice are still asking
you bell the cat, signore.

Excuse me, Tommaso...

Who are you, Messer?

My name is Bruno Bernardi.

And how can I help you?

“The course I think would be
best for you, is to follow me.

And I will act as your guide, and
show a way out of here to eternity.”

First Aesop and now Dante...

Allow me to be your counselor.

I see beyond men's minds.
I read their hearts.

Do you?

You're very high-opinioned of yourself.

I know my value.

And I know your quality.

That is why I seek to be at your
side, as others look to desert it.

Or maybe I just think it's
a good time to get a job.

And what would you counsel me to do now?

Forget the war.

You can always fight fire with fire,

but without these
people you are nothing.

And they suffer under
the excommunication.

Well, go on...

Bell the cat.

Well, it's disappointing.

After all that you're
just another mouse.

But unlike them,

I know you can do it.

I will fight fire with fire.

Or at least priests with priests.

Do you play chess?

The palazzo... Tuesday evening.

Carlo de' Medici.

What do you want?

You may return to Florence.

On the Pope's order.

Return for the release
of Cardinal Raffaele.

What...?

Come on, take him away.

Why are we stopping?

What's going on?

You are a priest!

Very good. Well done...

I think we could do a little bit more...

...on those ears, don't you? That's it.

Let me help you. Come on...

Why don't we do a horse?
Like Giovanni's,

we'll start with some ears...

Sandro!

We hardly see you anymore.

Lorenzo keeps me busy
at the Loggia, Madonna.

- Is he here?
- He's at the Priori.

He moved my painting.

Sandro, look at what I'm doing?

Good boy!

A free line, just as I taught you.

Oh, this is Giulio.

A pleasure, young man.

He's Giuliano's son.

He, eh, was brought here for protection.

His mother was murdered by Riario's men.

He hasn't spoken a word since.

Hello.

Your father was a friend of mine.

None other meant as much to me.

You have Giuliano's courage.

I feel it.

In my painting the figure of Mercury
is a likeness of your father.

It's so beautiful.

The job of an artist is to capture
the beauty of God.

Piero?

I also lost my parents as a child.

And I felt alone and
shut out from the world.

Well, the Medici took me in

and they gave me a home, and a family,

my vocation.

In a way, they gave me life itself.

Papa, come join us!

My mother said you were looking for me.

It's so wonderful.

A part of Giuliano lives on in that boy.

What is it that you want?

I cannot paint the inventory
of the dead in the Loggia anymore.

No, I'm sorry, Lorenzo.
Giuliano was all about life,

so let's remember him together by
turning ourselves away from death.

No, I cannot and I will not.

What you're doing is important.

- Here.
- Why? Because it intimidates?

Because it tells the people
how you're to be feared?

You'll finish the work
that I commissioned.

Alexander the Great?

This is not you.

It's not you at all.

Messer, as you requested,

...the bishops of Tuscany await your...

...convenience at the
convent of San Marco.

Your graces, my thanks for
coming at such short notice.

We know what you want of us, Lorenzo.

To petition the Pope to
lift the excommunication.

We cannot.

We are the Lord's vassals. Not yours.

We guide our flock
towards the next world.

And yet your flock live in this world.

And the Pope's actions are
causing them to suffer,

and you all have it within your
power to end that suffering.

How so?

You fight fire with fire.

Excommunication is just an act
of ecclesiastical jurisdiction.

As Bishops of Tuscany

...you can all form a court
with powers of its own.

Don't change your mind.

Fioretta!

That girl you just passed

she just finished with me.

I know, I'm struggling with it
myself. I mean, is she blind?

You weren't in church.

- God missed me?
- Well, mother did.

He only gives with one hand,
He takes away with the other.

Father!

Look!

Giulio, will you come with me?

Come here.

Come with me.

Giulio, do you like it here?

Would you like to stay
for this to be your home?

I wanted my brother to
help me change the world.

Then I lost him.

I miss your father very very much.

Would you help me in his place?

What is it?

Why didn't you show me this before?

You wanted to see that
you were safe first?

Well, you are, Giulio.

You are.

You were born a Medici.

Now you're going to learn to be one.

Go.

When I have learned,

...can I have a knife?

For the man who killed my mother?

Maria told me that Giulio spoke.

How is he?

He needs time.

Come with me.

Come on.

Ego te baptizo...

in nomine Patris... et Filii...

et spiritus sancti.

Amen.

And now I ask thee, Lorenzo,

and thee, Clarice,

dost thou desire to obtain
eternal life in the church of God,

...through faith in Jesus Christ?

I do.

I do.

How did you persuade the Pope
to lift the excommunication?

Holy Father, a letter from
the Bishops of Tuscany.

Open it.

This cannot be.

They dare to challenge the legitimacy
of the excommunication?

...Who do they think they are?

They threaten to call
an Episcopal Council

...to excommunicate you.

I am St. Peter's successor!

This is the work of the Devil.

It is the work of Lorenzo de' Medici.

The Pope has caused the people to
suffer so that he might harm us.

So you did this to spare
the people of Florence pain?

- Sir...
- What of the pain they will suffer

when the Papal army is
marching to the city?

- A war is inevitable.
- Yes,

because you made it so by
leaving Sixtus no alternative.

We can defeat him.

And what of the Church that
you've set to tear itself apart?

Let God look to his church.

I owe him no favors.

Lorenzo.

Do not turn your face from heaven.

Christ looked down from his cross

when my brother was
butchered, and did nothing.

I owe him nothing.

Tell King Ferrante I want Naples'
help to drive Lorenzo from Florence

and to put those heretical
bishops on trial.

It is done already.

You defied my will?

Anticipated it, Holy Father.

I will take our forces and join
the army of Alfonso of Naples.

Who is even now marching on Florence.

Carlo!

Carlo!

- Where's Lorenzo?
- He'll come.

- I need to see Lorenzo now!
- And fetch the physician!

Carlo?

What happened?

I saw Riario receive
a letter from Naples.

It bore the King's seal.

Take him upstairs! Take him upstairs!

If Naples allies
itself with the Papacy...

...and its army marches against us...

Then we fight or die.