All language subtitles for Leonardo s01e06_English

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[FOOTSTEPS]

[DOOR OPENING]

Do you stare at that wall
like it's a painting?

This room
is not a prison.

I can see all the way
to the horizon.

I went to the
Santa Maria delle Grazie.

You saw the painting.

Yes.

What did it make you feel?

I was captivated.

I felt I was sitting
at Christ's table.

It was glorious.

It's a trick.
It's an illusion.

Perspective is
just geometry.

A sequence of lines
radiating

from a vanishing
point.

Leonardo?

You know the strange thing
about a vanishing point?

There's no dimensions.
It can't be measured.

So, technically,
it's invisible.

Leonardo,
I want the truth.

You're chasing
an invisible point,

an invisible truth.

They'll hang you.
You need to give me something.

Anything.

LEONARDO: I was chasing truth,

but I was chasing it
all the wrong way.

I was blinded by my ambition.

Prepared to sacrifice
anything,

anyone who got in my path.

A path
that led me to darkness.

You look at that image
on the wall and you see glory?

I see emptiness.

And that's the reason
why I came back to Florence,

and you want
to know the awful truth?

I entered
an even darker world.

What happened?

What was the darkness
that led you back
to Caterina?

GIOCONDO: It's good
to be back in Florence.

I don't remember it
being so crowded though.

We just moved here
from the south.

We have a new villa
in the countryside.

Oh.More space.

And you wish
to commission

a portrait?

It looks empty.

We have so
little furniture,

and I thought,
perhaps,

an image of my wife.

Ah. Hmm.

[SIGHS]

Forgive me sir, but...

I'm not taking
on any portraits.

Of course.
Of course.

You're a busy man,
an important artist.

I understand,
I just thought
you might be

persuaded.

[SIGHS]

Signora,please,
take a seat for a moment.

I need to begin
by making some sketches.

Yes, certainly,
of course.

GIOCONDO:
When would suit you?

Um, day after tomorrow?

Thank you.

[DOOR CLOSING]

"Not taking on
any portraits"?

She's an interesting subject.

You're late.

Your meeting
with the Gonfaloniere.

Oh, yes, yes, yes.
Thank you.

Thank you.

Everyone in Florence
talks of it.

It's whispered about
in every salon.

I'm very
flattered.

It's true.

They say Leonardo's
Last Supper

is a work of art
like no other.

And I'm so happy
the great artist is home.

Now it's time
we commissioned you,
Leonardo.

Create us
a public work of art

to rival with
that one.

I thought about
a sculpture

to adorn
the city square.

Imagine it.

What do you say?

[SIGHS]

I DEVOTED MY LIFE
TO THE LAST SUPPER.

And it left me empty.

[SIGHING]
Please, understand.

I cannot confine myself
to another major work.

And besides, I've already
been commissioned
for another portrait.

I'm sorry.

Forgive me, Madonna,
but you are in mourning.

Yes, my daughter Lucrezia.

She left us when she was only
six months old.

I'm so sorry.

I miss her every day.

She was so sweet-natured,
so full of life.

Your eyes shine
when you speak of her.

Is there a problem,
Maestro?

I'm sorry,
Madonna.

I'm not sure
I know how to paint you.

I don't understand.

If I'm to paint you,

I must see more
than your outward appearance.

I must see

who you really are.

[BREATHING]
The soul inside.

Surely, that is not
so difficult.

God takes your child...

[SIGHS]
And yet you smile.

I am grateful
for the time I had with her.

I am so grateful
for the memories.

Suffering brings
you closer to God.

I've sought only to get closer
to God's truth through beauty.

If it is truth
you are seeking,

then perhaps you are looking
in the wrong place.

There is only one truth we as
mortals can ever hope to know.

And that is love.

Didn't go so well. Pity.

Forty florins.
Doesn't that inspire you
just a little bit?

Something's missing.
Something's wrong.

And I know what it is.

We've already searched
all the old addresses.

That's why
you can't paint this woman.

She reminds you too much
of Caterina. I told you.

If she's here in this city,
eventually, we'll find her.

I'm Piero Soderini,
Gonfaloniereof Florence.

Excellency,
Lieutenant Ramiro.

We've heard
about your conquests.

Half of Romagna
is under your...
"protection"?

Is that the word?

My master, Cesare Borgia,
has a noble vision,

to bring together the warring
factions of this land.

By installing himself
as ruler?

That's extremely
noble of him.

My master seeks
only peace.

But he's willing
to burn and loot towns,

and string men up
to achieve it?

Each city living
under his protection

is required to pay him
30,000 florins.

Protection money?

There is another
alternative.

Cesare Borgia
asked for me by name?

He has great plans
for his court at Imola.

I think that you should put
down your paintbrush a while

and take up service
as his court engineer.

I've lived
that life before.

At the beck and call
of a wealthy patron,

and I already told you I've
taken another commission.

Take this opportunity,
Leonardo!

You alone can realize
his ambitions.

Florence desires
peace with Cesare.

And you could be
the architect
of that peace.

He will forgo the tribute
of 30,000 florins

if you will join him
in his court.

And you will prove
to the world

that you're not only
a great artist,

but also
a great engineer.

We've had a new offer
of work.

But I turned it down.

What?

I told you I would find her.

[OVERLAPPING VOICES]

MAN: [IN ITALIAN] Caterina?
Please, look at me!

I suppose it was
only a matter of time.

I've been looking
for you for months.

Congratulations.
You've found me.

Caterina, I'm so sorry...

I'm sorry about
what happened.

You were right

when you said
ambition was destroying me.

I was stupid.

Blind.

I've written to you
so many times
trying to explain.

What are you doing here?I'm working!

Same as
.all these other women.

This is the way
most people live.

We don't stare at the skies
for a living. We just toil.

Well... Well,
you don't have to
anymore.

[SCOFFS]I have a new studio.

Just leave me alone,
Leonardo.

Caterina...

I need you.

[SCOFFS] Right.

Nothing is the same...

I can't paint.

So that's why
you're here?No.

You didn't come because
you care about me.

You came because you need me.
Very different.

I want it to be
the way it was.

Please come with me.
Please.

MAN: [IN ITALIAN] Caterina,
I did not tell you can stop.

I can't be what you want me
to be. I'm sorry.

I have to work.

[IN ITALIAN]
Come on, quickly.

Maestro,
what's wrong?

Pack our things.

We're leaving.

[OVERLAPPING VOICES]

Your Excellency.

Ah, here he is.
The refectory painter.

[CHUCKLING]
Welcome, my friend.

Your Excellency.I did not know
if you would come.

I owe you a debt.
You saved my painting.

[CHUCKLING]

Fire and steel are not
the only weapons

in a soldier's arsenal.

I need a great mind,
like yours.

I'm at your command.Come.

See? The Santerno River
runs beyond our walls.

We're vulnerable
to a siege.

If we were attacked,
we'd have no water.

Bring the water to me,
Leonardo.

You want me to play God?

Re-route the river
he's made?

Your genius knows
no bounds.

I'm offering you the chance
to put it to work here.

I'm offering you the greatest
canvas you've ever painted.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

[GRUNTS]

[LAUGHING]

A feather bed.

GIACOMO: It looks great.

Do you want some wine?No.

So, what's he like...
Il Valentino?

He is possessed
of great ambition.

I reckon he's hardly
old enough to wipe
his own bum,

and yet, he's conquered
half of Italy.

He does have a quality
that is rare.

He's a visionary.

And an army at his back.
That can't hurt.

[METALLIC SOUND]

What is that sound?

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Forgive the intrusion,
Maestro Leonardo.

I'm the emissary
from Florence,
Niccolo Macchiavelli.

Oh, yes.Thank you for coming.

It's my honor,
MonsieurMachiavelli.

You have everything
you need here?

Yes. The Duke
has been most gracious.

Please, look at me
as a friend.

Anything you need during
your stay,

be sure to come
and ask mefirst.

Of course.

I'm at your command.

Something's changed.

You're different
since you came here.

You even smiled
this morning.

Water...
has its own personality.

It can be angry,
restless,

and unpredictable.

Seems like you're talking
about a person.

Water has its own emotions,
like people.

And we mustn't fight it.

We must use its energy
to divert it.

We build a second channel
from the banks.

Straight through
to the city walls.

LEONARDO: It's difficult,
but it's not impossible,
Your Excellency.

We would need 40 days,
40 men...

What we would do is
we would make a trench

using the walls
of the Red Fort,

right under
the sluice gate.

And then the water would be
diverted along the canal

using a dam here,

and then reconnect
with the river

on the western side.

It would rage like an animal
when you try to trap it.

It will bolt
to find its freedom,

right into the bowels
of the Red Fortress.

You would have
all the water you need.

What do you think?

[CHUCKLES]

You've not disappointed me,
Leonardo.

It's an honor to have
served you, Your Excellency.

Diverting the river
is just the start.

Come, sit beside me.

The walls of
the Red Fort
are old.

They would never
withstand a siege.No.

We must redesign them.
Strengthen our defenses.

Can you do it?

Yes, of course, but...

[CHUCKLES]

It's a huge undertaking.
It would take months.

Years...

What do you have in Florence
to go back to?

Draw up the plans.
Start by mapping the city.

The soldiers are prepared
for tomorrow?

RAMIRO: Yes.
The drill is prepared.

[OVERLAPPING VOICES]

[DOG BARKING,
HORSE NEIGHING]

[KNOCKING]

Can I help you?

Yes, I was...

I was looking
for Leonardo da Vinci.

He's not here.LISA: Excuse me...

I'm here to see
the Maestro.

I'm afraid, Madonna,
he is not here.

He's gone to Imola.
A commission
for Cesare Borgia.

Thank you.
Will you tell him
that I called?

This is you.

LISA: It's meant
to be.

He was having some trouble
capturing my image.

He had the same problem
with me.

I was his model once.

He has a peculiar sense.

He can see suffering
in people's faces.

There must be a truth
about you.

The suffering
you've gone through,

that he can't
understand.

Truth gets in his way.

I assume
you're a friend of his.

Yeah, I... I used to be.

Good luck.

Stay away
from them.

[SIGHS]

GIACOMO: I recognize
that sound.

It's just not a true depiction
of the city. Look.

Looks all right
to me.

Some of the buildings
are missing! What are you
talking about?

They're obscured!

A map can't
keep secrets.

Why are you getting so angry?
Calm down.

No, no, I won't calm down.

If I'm going to do something,
I'm going to do it right.

[WINGS FLUTTERING]

I need to draw the city
from the air.

Oh, sure. Easy.

Hitch a ride
with the birds.
No problem.

You get crazier
by the minute.

[CHUCKLES]

Where are you going?

Leonardo?

LEONARDO:
If you're connected
to the earth,

it's impossible to see
with God's eyes.

So... Eight sectors.
Each one

we measure step by step.

Every tiny detail.
See?

All right.
How exactly?

It took you long enough,
but congratulations.

You've made
a new kind of barrow.

Il Valentino
will be thrilled.

[CHUCKLES]

You can see what's
happening here, right?

As we walk,
the wheel revolves,

the balls drop down,

so we can measure
perfect distances.

All right.

How many do we have?

Don't talk to me
or I'll lose count!

Forty-three,
forty-four...

LEONARDO: 67, 68, 69...
23 plus 41...

One, two,
three...

Twenty,
twenty-one...

Seven, eight,
nine...

Fifty-four plus
seventy-six...

Forty-five...

You said a map
can't ever hold secrets.

So?

Look at all these people.

The faces,
they are frightened.

There's something
going on here
we don't know about.

How does it feel
to live in this city?

That's what's missing
from your parchment here.

[METALLIC SOUND]

GIACOMO: That's it.
That's the sound
you heard before.

LEONARDO: Yes.

[GRINDSTONE METALLIC SOUND]

Oh.

That's fascinating.

The Duke was very smart
to pick you.

May I speak with you
a moment?

Of course.

Somewhere quiet.

Certainly, yes.

It's beautiful.

How long do you plan
to stay here, Leonardo?

I'm sorry,
I'm not quite sure I follow.

Imola.

Is this your home now?

I understand.

It's intoxicating
being with Il Valentino.

And he's undoubtedly
impressed by you.

That must be...
irresistible.

I'm sorry,
what's this about?
[CHUCKLES]

Why did you need
to speak to me?

Florence has sent me here
so that I may study him.

I need to know
what threat he poses.

I need to know if he harbors
plans to invade our city,

and you are getting
in my way.

You were sent here
merely to appease him.

Not to make him
into an even bigger threat.

I... No, no,
it was never my intention.

I understand
you've been flattered,

but once you give him
one success,

he will expect another,
and then another

and then another.

I understand.

Of course, um...

I'll leave as soon as
my work is finished.

No, you don't understand.

He values you too highly.
He won't let you go.

What are you talking about?

Think of a child
with a favorite toy.

He won't share you.
Ever.

That's the price
of becoming indispensable

to a man like Cesare Borgia.

Your Excellency...

Ah, Leonardo.
Show me, show me.

Is this Imola from above?

It is.

I can see the entire city
at a glance.

[CHUCKLES]

I've never seen anything
like it before.

How have you
done this?

Build these defenses

and the fort will be
unassailable.

There is real power
in these drawings. Look.

What? What is it?

[DOOR OPENING]

Your Excellency.

Duke Guidobaldo da Montefeltro
requests an audience.

Two toads
trying to balance
on the same log.

Come and watch.

I don't see
my 30,000 florins.

I bring you nothing.
But I demand nothing.

Then this meeting is a waste
of time for both of us.

I have a son,
and I want him
to have a future.

I don't want him growing up
in a war-torn land.

Surrender your arms
and he will live in peace.

A man raises a sword
against me.

I must respond in kind.

Well...

What do you suggest?

I've come
to propose a truce.

Our sons and daughters
may grow up

without a sword
at their throats.

We both lay down our arms.

Does anyone smell something?

Something...
foul and pungent?

Something I can never abide.

Weakness.

You reek of it.

The aroma sickens me.

[CESARE CHUCKLES]

Go back to your valley
and wait for me, Guidobaldo,

for I'm surely coming.

For you,

for your son,

for your whole family.

But the defenses
are not yet built.

Would it not be better
to have waited

before you threaten him?

Boldness is a shield,
Niccolo.

They see that
I am not frightened.

Courage is stronger
than any wall.

Yes, but
Your Excellency...But?

You surprise me
with that word, Niccolo.

You are not as fearless
as I thought.

See Leonardo there.

He builds
strong battlements.

You will make little cracks
appear in them

with your cowardly "but."

A man like that will try
to outrun his own shadow.

Your Excellency...
I was thinking...

You no longer
have need of me here.

You have enough
men to do this work.

You plan to quit
my court

and step straight
into the patronage
of another?

No... No,
no, of course not.

Guidobaldo would
pay handsomely for you
to build him battlements.

I plan to return
to Florence,
to my studio.

I'll build you
a studio here.

Write and tell the Florentines
this is your home now.

CESARE: Is that horse ready?[HORSE NEIGHING]

CATERINA: Dearest Leonardo.
I'm so sorry we parted

the way we did.

I'm sorry I pushed you away.

I met Lisa del Giocondo
at your studio today.

We had both come to see you,

but learned that you had left for Imola.

Please, let's not leave things as we have.

I didn't think I wanted you
back in my life.

But I was wrong. We're all misguided sometimes.

I am worried about you,
Leonardo.

I know
you're not a bad person.

Why have you chosen
to leave your work here?

What are you running away
from this time?

Come back, I miss you.
Yours, Caterina.

CATERINA: You didn't come
because you care about me.

You came because you need me. Very different.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Hello?

LEONARDO: Hello?

Hello?

Go to the
audience chamber.

Demand to see him.[GRUNTS]

Quiet.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

I need to see
the Duke.

ASSASSIN: Call to him.
Go on!

Your Excellency!

Again.Your Excellency!

Leonardo?

What's wrong?

[SHOUTS] Guards!

[SCREAMS]

One of Guidobaldo's men
in my own fort!

There must be a traitor.

RAMIRO: If there is,
my Lord, we'll find him.

You have my word.
I'll tear the city apart.

Do you see
what danger we face?

Hiding behind walls
will not win campaigns.

We must attack!

I need weapons,
engines of death.

You are my engineer.

Create me weapons
that will destroy
my enemies.

This is not why
I came here.

You've re-routed rivers
from their course.

You've designed cities,
all in my name.

What man was ever given
this chance?

I've made you into a God,
Leonardo.

You cannot forsake me.

I wish to go home.

You and I,
we are the same.

We don't need the things
that others need.

We don't need
to be loved.

Not when we can inspire
awe and fear.

A hundred miles
along the Roman road.

Give me
a hundred corpses.

What?

You truly wish
to go home?

Design a weapon that will
slaughter a hundred souls.

That is the only way that you
will buy your own soul back.

What are you doing?

[SIGHS]

He wants weapons.
Engines of war.

Niccolo was right.

He seduced you
with his flattery.

This cannot be your legacy.

Oh, I have to, Giacomo.

It's the only way I can buy
passage to our freedom.

CESARE: Design a weapon
that will slaughter
a hundred souls.

That is the only way that you
will buy your own soul back.

[SCREAMS][SCREECHES]

[BANG]

Get up!
The Duke wants you.

Yes.

I don't understand it.

He's your finest soldier.

Your most loyal.

Everyone will see
that I was willing
to sacrifice him.

Everyone will know

that I am willing
to do the unthinkable.

They will all tremble
at my name.

[TENSE MUSIC]

Cruelty has its value.

You are wrong.

We are not the same.

Niccolo, Niccolo...
He's killed him.

He's killed Ramiro.

Yes.
Everyone knows.

And everyone is terrified,
just as he intended.

You have to get me away
from here. Please.

I warned you.
Didn't I?

I told you,
do not make yourself
too valuable to him.

He wants me to make weapons.
I can't do it.

I will not be responsible
for the death of his enemies.

You stand too close
to the light

and you risk being burned.

You admire him.
You admire what he's done!

I admire his purity
of spirit.

What does that mean?

He's unclouded by thought
of conventional morality.

He believes
in his unassailable right

to re-make the world.

Listen to me. If you get me
far away from here,

I will never get
in your way again.

LEONARDO:
My dearest Caterina,

everything you said about me
was true.

You were right
not to trust me.

I ran to Imola
in the foolish hope

that I could run away
from myself.

I hated the man
I became in Milan,

but, no matter how far I run, he is still here.

Inside me.

I have made a terrible error. War is on the horizon.

And I have yoked myself
to yet another tyrant

with bloody ambitions,

who has no intention
of ever letting me leave.

Signoreda Vinci,
I'm a friend of Leonardo.

I need to talk to you.
Please, it's important.

Why have you
come here?

Leonardo is in trouble.

He rode to Imola
to Cesare Borgia's
court there.

Yes, we heard. So?

So there is to be war,
and Leonardo is
Cesare's prisoner.

We need to get him back home.

"We"?He is your son.

He needs you now
more than ever.

But I have no power.
No political allies.

You know people
of influence.

He's your first-born.
You can't forsake him
like this.

I beg you. Don't fail him.
Not again.

Who are you to come in here
and lecture my husband?

Please leave.

Gonfaloniere,
Gonfaloniere,
I need to talk to you.

Don't touch me.
Please, I have to...

Go away.Please just...

Leonardo da Vinci
needs your help!

Guards, remove her!CATERINA: I need
to talk to you.

Please, Gonfaloniere,
listen to me. Please!Guards!

Listen to me for a second!
Please! Get off me!

Go away,
you beggar!

Don't want to see you
around here again!

Your Excellency.

A bargain is a bargain.

It's a ballister,
25-meters long, on 6 wheels.

It can fire rocks
and bombs.

Not only will it cause
great damage,

but it will also invoke fear
and panic in your enemies.

This is genius, Leonardo.

A weapon such as the world
has never seen.

You don't seem pleased
by it.

No, Your Excellency.
I'm not proud of this.

What do you think, Niccolo?

Do you think
I can afford to let him go?

Perhaps.

This is only a design.

What if it doesn't actually
work, this... little toy?

I assure you...

It doesn't matter
if it works.

It's not the machine
you need.

It's the threat
that you may use it.

Send Leonardo
back to Florence.

Let him tell them
about his deadly creation.

No one will ever dare
breach your walls.

Leonardo's reputation
is much stronger
than any defenses.

You may leave.

You're surprised
I let him go.

I hoped you would.

But dared not expect it.

Thirty-thousand florins.
Just arrived from Florence.

[CESARE CHUCKLES]

[WHISPERING]
"You are an ocean.

"An all-covering heaven
grew into separate..."

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

Who is it?

May I come in?

Yes, come in.

You've been away,
then?

You'd noticed.

Crossed my mind
once or twice.

I've been so worried.

I was afraid
they would never
release you.

Come with me.

I have to have you
by my side.

Leonardo.

There are so many things
you don't know about me.

Above everything,
I know I need you with me.

Ambition can destroy
a man's soul.

Are you talking about me?

I heard the guards talking.

They said
your promotion depends

on getting my confession.

I'm not going
to put you on the rack.

If that's what
you're worried about.

Why not?

Torturing gets people tell us
what we want to hear.

I want the truth.

Even at the cost
of your own self-interest?

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

Give me pen and paper.

What for?I wish to write
my confession.

You said all the evidence
and witnesses point
to my guilt.

I'm going to hang,
no matter what I say.

I don't want a confession,
not like this.

You don't have a choice.

Now, will you give me pen
and paper,

or shall I ask
your captain for it?

[SIGHS]

Mama? Are you all right?

Never mind. Come here.

Francesco, listen.
You need to go back.

Sorry.