All language subtitles for Leonardo.2021.S01E02.WEBRip.x264-ION10

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[SCREECHING]

[BABY CRIES]

[LEONARDO SHOUTS]

[CRIES]

[LEONARDO SHOUTS]

STEFANO: There was a pile
of ashes outside your studio.

We found this.

The fragment of a letter
from a priest...

Father Pacioli.

The reference is
"The Boy of Niccolini."

The painting I made for him.

STEFANO: What we didn't find were any paintings or drawings of Caterina.

Not even a single sketch.

That's because
she destroyed them.

-She was angry.
-What was she angry about?

I don't know.

She never
got the chance to explain.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

STEFANO: "She was love."

I'm sorry?

Leonardo's words to describe
Caterina da Cremona.

Yet there are no images of her
in his studio.

Don't you think
that's strange?

Not really, no.

Who are you?

Stefano Giraldi
of the Podesta.

You worked for Leonardo.

TOMMASO: I did, yes.

Tell me why
you don't think it's strange.

I have to go home now.

-Then I'll go with you.
-No, thank you.

Or we can continue
our conversation

at the Podesta Prison.

Leonardo was
a mass of contradictions.

Impossible to understand.

You were one of his
closest friends.

No one gets close to him...

Not really.

I'm told Caterina did.

Well, perhaps that's why
we were standing at her grave.

You believe him
capable of murder?

I believe Leonardo
is capable of anything.

You don't understand, do you?

A man like Leonardo,

his genius is forged by pain.

And that pain can drive a man
to commit terrible acts.

[GIGGLES]

Congratulations.

Your name is on
everyone's lips, Leonardo.

I'm so pleased for you.

I'm very grateful
for everything
you taught me, Maestro.

Oh...

SALTARELLI: Hey!

You're Leonardo da Vinci?

The one who painted the angel?

Yes.

Yeah, it was extraordinary.

So lifelike.

How do you do it?

I paint what I see.

You see angels?

Um... Well, no, um...

That was the face
of a peasant boy I...

I saw down by the river.

Who looks at a peasant
and sees angels?

Listen, I've modeled
for most of the artists
in this city.

And it would be an honor
to be painted by you.

I'll consider it.

Why not come home
with me and, uh,

we can discuss it?

SALTARELLI: Like what you see?

Uh...

To your good health.

And to the start
of a long friendship.

[GOBLETS CLINK]

[LEONARDO EXHALES]

[WHISPERING] You look like
a scared rabbit.

Never kissed a man before?

No.

Surely you've wanted to.

No.

But you want to now.

How was that?

Well, you got the hang of that
fairly quickly...

GUARD: Hey! Who are you?
Come back here!

More?

[BANGING ON DOOR]

OFFICER 1: Saltarelli,
open up!

We know you're in there!

OFFICER 2: Officers
of the Bargello!

OFFICER 1: Open up!

OFFICER 2: Saltarelli
and da Vinci,

you're both under arrest
for sodomy.

[GRUNTS]

[INMATES CHUCKLING]

CATERINA: Tommaso!

Tommaso!

Tomma... Did you do this?

Answer me!

Did you ruin Leonardo
from spite?

I heard he was arrested
for being with a call boy.

Jacopo Saltarelli.

He named four other men
as his lovers,

and now walks free
while they rot in jail
with Leonardo

thanks to you.

How can you possibly
blame this on me?

I saw you talking to him
the other night.

-All because I was
stupid enough to tell you...
-Caterina, listen to me.

-...that Leonardo
would not sleep with me!
-Listen to me!

I was jealous of Leonardo.

I admit it.

But I wouldn't do this.

Destroying a genius
doesn't make you one.

You'll never...

Never be half the man he is.

[LEONARDO SIGHS]

What do you want?

Can I see Leonardo da Vinci?

No visitors.

Then, please, give him this.

Thank you.

OFFICER: Da Vinci...

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING
IN DISTANCE]

TORNABUONI: May I see?

Do you know how much longer
we'll be here?

Could be
weeks, months, a year.

Depends on what
the rector says this morning.

Is there one of me?

Remarkable.

Take 'em away.

GUARD: Get up.

Come on, move!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

RECTOR: Let us begin.

[CHATTER QUIETENS]

The five of you stand accused
of committing sodomy

with Jacopo Saltarelli,
a male prostitute.

Sodomy is not just
a heinous crime,

it is a sin committed by men

who have turned away from God,

and deserving
of the harshest punishment.

I will not be inclined
to show leniency
since God Himself will not.

The condemned,
Leonardo Tornabuoni,

Bartolomeo di Pasquino,

-Leonardo da Vinci...
-Rector?

May I have a word?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INAUDIBLE]

The Lord's mercy is infinite
and His justice divine.

The charges are dismissed.

[CROWD GASPING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INAUDIBLE]

CATERINA: Charge dismissed!

[SIGHS] Can you believe it?

Well, it's the timing
I find difficult to believe.

I was arrested
just an hour
after I arrived at his house.

-It's curious,
don't you think?
-[CHILD YELLING]

Yes, I thought the same.

And to arrest
an innocent man...

Well...

What?

I'm not exactly innocent.

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

He, um...

He awoke feelings in me.

Feelings I didn't know I had.

It's all right.

How do you feel?

-Frightened.
-Mmm-hmm.

-Confused.
-Hmm.

And grateful.

Thank you for your parchment
and for your message.

-Look, um... I need to
get back to the studio.
-Yes.

-Square things
with Verrocchio, but...
-Yes.

-Of course.
Off you go, off you go!
-Thank you.

[DOOR OPENS]

VERROCCHIO: But you
must understand,

the accusation against you
is not so easily forgotten.

-I'm sorry if I put you
in a difficult position.
-[SCOFFS] Difficult?

I'm an artist.

But I'm also a businessman.

[SIGHS] My principal clients
are the Church.

They won't give me commissions
if a man accused of sodomy...

-No.
-...is allowed
to work on them.

No, no, but the charges
were dismissed.

ALFONSO: As if that makes
any difference!
VERROCCHIO: Alfonso!

It does!

Sorry, Leonardo, but...

Maestro, please.

I must consider the welfare
of everyone who works here.

I'm sorry.

[SOFTLY] I'll get my things.

-[SIGHS WEARILY]
-[CANE THUMPS]

MARCO: Leonardo?

GIULIO: This letter
just came for you.

SERVANT: Follow me, please.

Please wait here.

[WOMAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

-[DOOR CLOSES]
-You are Leonardo da Vinci?

Yes, Messere.

Do you know who I am?

Amerigo de Benci,
director of the Medici bank.

Yes.

And this young man
is a cousin of the Medici.

Which is how
I came into possession

of your
rather remarkable drawing.

Thank you, Messere.

I'm told you are
exceptionally gifted.

That the quality of your work
on the Baptism of Christ

exceeds Verrocchio himself.

No, no, I'm a mere apprentice.

I wonder if you would accept
a commission from me.

My daughter Ginevra
is to be married.

And I would like a portrait
to mark the occasion.

-A portrait?
-Yes.

In oil.

I'll pay a fair price.

-I... I accept.
-Good.

Ginevra dear, please!

There is someone
I'd like you to meet.

This is the artist
who is to paint your portrait.

Leonardo da Vinci.

MesserLeonardo,
I'm pleased to meet you.

Madonna.

CATERINA: This is
wonderful news!

You must be
so pleased, Leonardo.

-[ORDERS IN ITALIAN]
-[LEONARDO GROANS]

[IN ENGLISH] I don't know.

-I don't know.
-What's wrong?

It's the portrait.

It... It's supposed to be
a happy one
celebrating her wedding.

Yes, and?

Ginevra is not happy.

Her... Her sorrow is written
all over her face.

Oh, Leonardo, don't.

I am a disciple of experience,
Caterina.

What does that even mean?

It means I paint what I see!

I... I paint my truth.

You've lost your job
as first apprentice.

You've lost your place
at the workshop...

-[CLICKS TONGUE]
-...and now you
have a second chance.

Why do you insist
on making life so difficult?

Paint what you're asked
and don't complicate things.

All right?

[CATERINA SIGHS]

-Where are you
sleeping tonight?
-I'll find a place.

Don't be silly.
You'll sleep at mine.

-Oh.
-Uh...

As a thank you, and for...

For standing by me,

I overheard them talking,
and the Benci need a servant,

and they said they'll pay
twice as much
as the candlemaker.

Just present yourself
in the morning.

-Hmm?
-Oh!

Thank you so much!

-[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
-[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

This is Caterina da Cremona.

-She's here for
the servant's job.
-Yes, come in.

How long must I sit here?

But, Madonna,
we've only just begun.

I didn't even want
this ridiculous portrait.

Uh... Oh.

You do not wish
to commemorate your marriage?

You haven't answered
the question.

A week.

Perhaps two.

I'm supposed to sit here
for two whole weeks?

I'm making studies
of your face.
It takes time.

May I read a book?

I need your eyes looking up.

That's no problem.

I'll hold the book up
while I read.

There. How's that?

But you're looking down,
Madonna.

You need to hold
the book up higher.

Better?

You're sitting at
three-quarter profile.

A what?

Three-quarter profile.

Uh, portraits are
usually painted in full face
or in profile.

But if I hold the book
directly in front of me,
I'll block your view.

You would.

So you're now telling me
that I can't read after all?

Do you read?

Um, just the words
my father taught me.

-You're welcome to borrow that
if you like.
-[CHUCKLES]

I'd sooner borrow your gold
than your books.

Forgive me, Madonna.

I'm blunt. It's a fault.

What's your name?

Caterina.

That'll be all, Caterina.

Yes, Madonna.Thank you.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

What are you doing here?

May I come in?

PIERO: I heard
about the scandal.

I assume you've lost
your position
at Verrocchio's workshop.

Yes, Father.

It cost me a lot of money
getting you into that studio.

-Money that's all wasted now.
-No.

It's not wasted. I...
I've been commissioned.

By Amerigo de Benci,
to paint his daughter.

[SIGHS]

One client doesn't make
an artist, Leonardo.

But you know that, don't you?

If you advance me funds
to open my own workshop,

in time I could repay you.

Were you guilty?

No.

PIERO: I have my family
waiting for dinner.

Come back tomorrow.

What are you doing?

There's only one bed.

[LAUGHS] Don't be silly.
We'll share it. Come.

-Are you sure?
-Come.

[LAUGHS]

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Oh! [SIGHS]

[EXHALES]

Something's bothering you?

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I was just thinking
about something.

What is it?

It's my earliest memory.

I was just a baby

in my mother's house,
outside Vinci,

and a bird flew in
and landed on my crib.

-[BIRD SCREECHES]
-[BABY CRIES]

Shoo, you ugly beast!

LEONARDO: My mother
was a peasant girl,

her head full of superstition, and she was terrified,

she didn't know what to do, she didn't know what it meant,

so she took me
to the old woman
in the village.

[BABY COOING]

And my mother believed
what the old woman
had told her.

What?

Take him away
or the town will be cursed.

LEONARDO:
She said I was cursed.

CATERINA: What curse?

LEONARDO: It doesn't matter.

CATERINA: Leonardo,
please, tell me.

Whatever the curse was,
it made me think

maybe I was
supposed to be alone.

Forever.

No one is meant to be alone.

Perhaps.

But I never did
go home after that.

YOUNG PIERO: Leonardo?

LEONARDO: I was sent
to live with my father.

He was a notary
with no use for a bastard.

And one morning...

For me?

...he brought me a present.

Let's go for a ride.

[HORSE NICKERS]

LEONARDO: He took me
to visit my grandfather.

GRANDFATHER: Opla!

LEONARDO: I played
while they talked.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

And then...

Papa! Papa!

LEONARDO: And then
he was gone.

Papa! Papa!

[BARN DOOR SHUTS]

Papa, Papa, Papa!

My father now lives
in Florence
with his new wife and son.

I spoke to him tonight.

I asked him for funds
to open a studio.

What did he say?

He said come back tomorrow.

Leonardo.

You're not alone.

Not anymore.

Don't you want to smile?

No.

Why not?

Because I am not happy.

This portrait
will live beyond you.

How would you like
to be remembered?

As an honest woman.

[SIGHS]

-[HORSE NEIGHS]
-[GASPS]

Is that him?

[GASPS]

Bernardo!

[LAUGHS] It is!

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

Well, well...

You're a new face around here.

What's your name?

Um, Caterina.

[CHUCKLES]

-Are... Are you going
to let me in?
-Yes, of course.

Who shall I say is calling?

Bernardo Bembo,

the ambassador
from His Serenity
Agostino Barbarigo,

the doge of Venice
to the duchy of Milan.

Well, if you want me
to use your full title,
that's going to take a while.

-SERVANT: Take
the Ambassador's bag.
-You'd better sit down.

GINEVRA: Bernardo!

At last. You're here.

Have you come to rescue me?

[LAUGHS] I think
you're the last person
who needs rescuing.

Oh, but you're wrong.

I'm being made to marry
this awful man.

Luigi Niccolini is a gentleman
from a prosperous family.

You're not taking
my father's side, are you?

Of course he is!

-Bernardo, so good to see you.
-And you, my friend.

I hope you don't mind,
but I brought your daughter
a gift.

To help ease
the sting of matrimony.

More books?
Her head's
already full of them.

Bruni's translation
of Aristotle's Ethics.

[GASPS] Bernardo,
you spoil me.

Yes, he certainly does.

Bernardo, may I introduce you
to Leonardo da Vinci?

A talented young artist.

-Very pleased
to meet you, sir.
-Pleased to meet you.

-Capturing Ginevra's beauty
will be no easy task.
-Indeed.

AMERIGO: Shall we?

[CHURCH BELLS TOLLING]

PIERO: Father Bandelli,
this is Leonardo.

The Abbot is an old friend.

Father Bandelli.

The monks
of San Donato a Scopeto

wish to commission a painting
on the Adoration of the Magi.

-It is a worthy subject.
-BANDELLI: Indeed.

Your father assures me
that the charges against you
were baseless.

And he says
you possess great talent.

I would be honored
to complete this work.

I assume you know
Rogier van der Weyden's
painting on the subject.

There are many fine paintings
on the subject.

That one is my favorite.

You are to follow
its composition exactly.

Uh...

[EXHALES] Of course.

As you wish.

Thank you
for your support, Father.

A commission
from Amerigo de Benci
is one thing,

but your career
will go nowhere
without the Church.

I know.

I've arranged for you
to use the stable next door.

You have?

I'll advance the cost
of materials and wages...

-[SIGHS IN RELIEF]
-...or any assistance
you may require.

Thank you, Father.

You asked
for a chance, Leonardo,

and I'm giving it to you.

Don't disappoint me.

I won't.

What are you thinking about?

About...

How happy I am
when we're together.

-Hmm.
-[CHUCKLES]

How did you get that scar?

You don't have to tell me
if you don't want to.

No, it's...

It's fine.

I was... I was 17.

I was walking,

and a carriage came racing
out of nowhere...

And I got trampled.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

My body was broken.
I nearly bled to death.

The physician said
it was a miracle I survived.

But that I could
never bear children.

I'm so sorry.

I felt like nothing.

So, I came here,
looking for a better life.

[LAUGHS SOFTLY]

I knew then
that I would always be alone.

You said no one
is ever meant to be alone.

[SIGHS]

Oh, you're right.

No one is.

Now I'm not.

Where's my face?

I'm starting
with the landscape.

I thought you said
you were going
to paint the truth.

The truth of who you are, yes.

But to possess beauty,

a painting
must also have mystery

and meaning.

I fail to see the mystery
and meaning of a tree.

[CHUCKLING]

It's not just any tree.
It's a juniper.

A ginepro.

Like Ginevra.

-It's a pun,
a play on my name.
-LEONARDO: Mmm.

And a traditional symbol
of virtue.

Are you saying
you think I have virtue?

Yes, I believe you do.

In abundance.

You are a clever man,
Leonardo da Vinci.

Apply all the mystery
and meaning you wish.

But you will not succeed
in painting the truth.

And why is that?

Because my father
is paying for this,

and he does not wish to see
the truth of who I am.

You're not gonna show
that to him, are you?

Why not?

What's wrong with it?

It's crude.

The proportions are all wrong.

Maestro expects better
from a first apprentice.

Where are you two headed?

Haven't you heard?
Leonardo got a commission.

What commission?

The Adoration of the Magi.

He wants us to come
in the evenings to help him.

LEONARDO: Ah, gentlemen!

Welcome to
my magnificent studio!

[LAUGHS] The Abbot
wants us to follow

the van der Weyden
composition.

These are some
perspective studies,

and these are the sketches.

We have the Virgin
in the center

with the infant Jesus
in her arms,

and we have kneeling Magi
in adoration.

Like...

Like this, you see?

GIULIO: What about Joseph?

LEONARDO: [EXHALES]
Don't worry about Joseph.

I mean to model him
on someone I know.

Sounds brilliant.

Are you sure they want
something so complicated?

Just... Just start
on these figures

and I'll bring you
the sketches
when they're ready.

AMERIGO: I would
like to make a toast

to my beloved daughter

and my son-in-law to be,
Luigi Niccolini.

ALL: Luigi Niccolini!

And to my new father,
Amerigo de Benci.

ALL: Amerigo de Benci!

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Wait, where are
these supposed to go?

LEONARDO: At the top.

[LAUGHING]

[INDISTINCT CONVERSATION]

What about Joseph?

LEONARDO: I'm working on it.

[OWL HOOTING]

PIERO: Guglielmo!

Come, my son! Oh!

Good night.

-Leonardo?
-Father.

Thank you.

The Abbot will return
in four days
to inspect your progress.

I trust you'll be ready.

Of course.

[LEONARDO EXHALES]

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

Caterina? May I have a moment?

Yes, Madonna.

Thank you, Antonella.

I haven't seen
much of you lately.

I...

I imagined you didn't wish
to see much of me, Madonna.

Being honest is no fault.

Rudeness is.

You said you can read.

Yes, a little.

Take this as a gift then.

I think you'll find Ovid

enriches the mind
more than gold.

Thank you.

It'll give you something
to talk about with Bernardo.

I think he's quite taken
with you.

Don't look surprised.

I am a girl to him.

That's all I'll ever be.

And I am just
a servant, Madonna.

He has no interest in me.

You are far too bright
and charming

to only be
a servant, Caterina.

Anyone can see that.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Thank you.

The wedding is tomorrow.

I don't have time
for this, Leonardo.

It won't take but a moment.

Have you finished?

Well, see for yourself.

Well?

You said I wasn't meant
to be seated at an angle.

Well... Well, you weren't,
but it creates depth.

[BREATHLESSLY] I'm...

I'm speechless.

You have painted me as I am.

Inside and out.

[LAUGHS] How?

We both have fathers
who look past us.

When I look into your eyes,

[SIGHS] I can see
the pain in my own.

Then you are pleased?

It's not just beautiful,
it's...

It's true.

Just as you said it would be.

And leaves in my hands...

Hmm. The laurel and the palm.

Drawn from
Bernardo's family crest.

Because he gives you joy.

I am so proud
to have sat for you.

It's not finished.
Not even close.

There's no Joseph as of yet,

so you can't appreciate
the novelty of the composition

and the brightness
of the colors.

What do you think?

BANDELLI: I think
this painting is a mess.

[HORSE WHINNIES]

PIERO: You have
lost the commission.

I'll pay you
for the materials, Father.

Once Signorede Benci pays me.

Every florin.

And the money to enroll you
in Verrocchio's workshop?

[LEONARDO BREATHES DEEPLY]

The room and board
you've been given
your entire life?

I didn't ask to be born.

No one asked for you
to be born, Leonardo.

You are a mistake.

The unhappy consequence
of an evening spent
drinking too much wine.

It was your duty to raise me.

You owed me that much.

-I owed you nothing!
-You gave me nothing!

You made me feel like nothing!

Because I always knew
that's all
you'd ever amount to!

LEONARDO: No.

No one is meant to be alone.

You are.

The old woman was right.

You are cursed.

[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES]

[INHALES DEEPLY]

[BIRD SCREECHING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Leonardo.
I need to see you a moment.

In private.

Of course.

You should have told me
what you were doing.

What have you done?

There are already rumors
that Bernardo has slept
with my daughter!

To have my daughter
holding his seal
on the day of her wedding?

Your daughter
is chaste and virtuous.

That was merely a symbol
of the man she admires!

As opposed to her own father?
Is that what you're saying?

That's why you've painted her
looking so miserable!

I want you
to leave here at once.

You'll be paid nothing
for this.

[CHILDREN CHATTERING]

Hello.

What are you doing?

I have wonderful news.

Bernardo,
I'm to be his mistress.

-His mistress?
-Yes.

He says he'll provide
for my family,

and I'll...
I'll travel with him.

You're leaving?

-I'm...
-No.

[BOTH LAUGH]

You said I'd never be alone.

You won't be.

Oh, we'll still see
each other.

How?

I'll be back
in Florence sometimes.

I told you
I can't have children.

This is an opportunity
I can't miss.

-Well, I'm happy for you.
I really am.
-Thank you. Thanks.

Oh...

How was the portrait
and the painting
for the Abbot?

Yes, both were a success.

Great!

Yes, in fact I'm...
I'm going to open
my own studio.

Your own studio?

Not here, not in Florence,
but, um...

[SIGHS] There are
too many artists here already

and I can't possibly compete
against Verrocchio.

-[LAUGHS] Then, where?
-In Milan.

-I've just had an offer
from Ludovico Sforza.
-[GASPS]

Yes.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

Look at us, Leonardo.

You never know what turns
fortune will take, do you?

I'm so happy for you!

You'll be in Milan,
I'll be in Venice.

It can't be more than
three or four days apart
by carriage...

Is that you?

It's supposed to be.
[CHUCKLES]

And the figure beside him?

[INHALES] I didn't think
I could paint him.

But I did.

My father as Joseph.

It's brilliant.

[SCOFFS] No, it isn't.

It's a chaotic mess.

I overreached.

I attempted to cram
too many ideas
into a single work.

I'm still deciding
whether to finish it.

Oh...

Leonardo.

When you were
with Saltarelli...

I betrayed you to the Podesta.

I know.

You know?

You wanted my place.

The timings of the arrest
suggested no one else.

And...

And you're not angry?

Not anymore.

In some ways,
you did me a favor.

Marco and Giulio told me
you're going to Milan.

Mmm-hmm.

Take me with you.

Whatever for?

You'll need someone
to help you.

I couldn't pay you.

I could learn from you.

Your talent
will be payment enough.

What did you learn
from Leonardo?

More than I wished.

STEFANO: About art?

About ruthlessness.

[HORSE NEIGHS]

For all Leonardo's gifts,
I think it's true.

He is cursed.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

STEFANO: Did you confess?

[JAIL CELL DOOR CLOSES]

To my sins, not to murder.

You asked me
about the color of the sky.

I can tell you now.

The sky is not blue.

It's every color
of the rainbow.

Invisible at first,

but as the sun moves
from east to west,

so does the spectrum
of colors,

which is why it's red
when the sun sets.

Very good.

You have seen
beyond the obvious.

I saw Tommaso Masini today.

He told me he believes
you're capable of murder.

Well, Tommaso
has a reason to hate me.

He didn't seem to hate you.

He seemed to pity you.

Pity? Why?

He told me the story
about you as a child.

About the curse.

[CRIES]

Superstitious nonsense.

You hide inside

that great brain
of yours, Leonardo.

Like it's some
impenetrable shell,

protecting you
from us mortals.

But you're only human,

filled with the same fears
and weaknesses
as the rest of us.

[BIRD SCREECHES]

You said you were concerned
with the facts.

What did the old woman
tell your mother?

LEONARDO: Nothing.

What is this curse

that's hung over you
your entire life?

-The town will be cursed.
-[BABY CRIES]

[IN ENGLISH] It's ridiculous.

-STEFANO: Then
what does it matter?
-It doesn't!

Just tell me what she said!

She said I will destroy
what I love!

That's what she said.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]