1 00:02:25,875 --> 00:02:29,333 This film was inspired by real events 2 00:02:54,958 --> 00:02:57,208 I greet you, O my sister. 3 00:03:00,083 --> 00:03:01,708 You want to sing her a song? 4 00:03:25,667 --> 00:03:26,708 What's your business? 5 00:03:27,792 --> 00:03:30,833 We're going to Pescia for my daughter to take the veil. 6 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,375 They must carry silver coin, captain. 7 00:03:33,542 --> 00:03:34,708 The convent dowry. 8 00:03:34,875 --> 00:03:36,875 I have promissory notes, not silver! 9 00:03:37,208 --> 00:03:39,125 You have something worth taking! 10 00:03:45,708 --> 00:03:46,625 Give that back! 11 00:03:47,292 --> 00:03:48,583 It's my mother's. 12 00:03:49,708 --> 00:03:51,458 She has bigger balls than you! 13 00:03:51,750 --> 00:03:53,667 The Blessed Virgin will punish you. 14 00:03:53,917 --> 00:03:55,500 How do you know, child? 15 00:03:55,667 --> 00:03:57,542 She does all I ask of her. 16 00:03:57,958 --> 00:03:59,000 She can go to hell, 17 00:03:59,458 --> 00:04:00,250 your Virgin! 18 00:04:01,667 --> 00:04:02,667 You hear that? 19 00:04:03,500 --> 00:04:05,000 The Virgin's voice. 20 00:04:05,667 --> 00:04:06,833 To prove she heard me. 21 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:13,958 Shit! 22 00:04:15,958 --> 00:04:16,833 Here! 23 00:04:17,250 --> 00:04:19,500 The Blessed Virgin will have fun with you! 24 00:04:19,792 --> 00:04:20,542 Forward! 25 00:05:17,042 --> 00:05:18,875 Cay, signor Carlin. 26 00:05:19,708 --> 00:05:21,375 If you'd care to follow me. 27 00:05:29,875 --> 00:05:30,833 Wait here. 28 00:05:36,458 --> 00:05:40,375 The Theatines are grateful for your bringing Jesus a new bride. 29 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:43,083 Benedetta will be happy here. 30 00:05:43,250 --> 00:05:47,042 I also bring oranges, apples and wine in significant quantities. 31 00:05:47,208 --> 00:05:50,083 For the next 25 years, you will receive the same. 32 00:05:50,250 --> 00:05:51,292 Every year. 33 00:05:52,542 --> 00:05:55,542 That is very generous of you, signor Carlini. 34 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,750 And for the dowry? 35 00:06:01,625 --> 00:06:04,750 When my Benedetta was born, she almost died. 36 00:06:04,917 --> 00:06:06,750 By miracle, God saved her. 37 00:06:06,917 --> 00:06:08,458 I pledged her to him. 38 00:06:08,958 --> 00:06:10,625 A very moving story. 39 00:06:10,833 --> 00:06:12,625 I have heard many like it. 40 00:06:12,833 --> 00:06:14,417 Each time, I am touched. 41 00:06:15,250 --> 00:06:16,333 But every year, 42 00:06:16,500 --> 00:06:19,958 we receive hundreds of girls, who want to serve God. 43 00:06:20,833 --> 00:06:22,458 This year's candidates. 44 00:06:22,958 --> 00:06:24,667 And I can only take three. 45 00:06:26,708 --> 00:06:28,625 Aware of the challenges you face, 46 00:06:28,792 --> 00:06:31,583 I'd be delighted to donate 50 gold scudi. 47 00:06:31,750 --> 00:06:34,667 The fruit and wine might also count for something. 48 00:06:34,833 --> 00:06:35,667 Am I right? 49 00:06:35,833 --> 00:06:37,125 Beyond these walls, 50 00:06:37,292 --> 00:06:40,583 a bride's dowry never descends below 150 scudi. 51 00:06:41,375 --> 00:06:45,042 Is a bride of Christ worth less than a hundred? 52 00:06:47,125 --> 00:06:49,167 Let's split the difference. 75! 53 00:06:50,083 --> 00:06:52,333 You'd haggle like a Jew over 25 scudi? 54 00:06:52,500 --> 00:06:55,333 After all, Giuliano, she's your beloved daughter. 55 00:06:57,083 --> 00:06:58,083 Agreed. 56 00:06:59,333 --> 00:07:00,042 100 scudi. 57 00:07:00,208 --> 00:07:02,542 We are not horse-trading. 58 00:07:02,708 --> 00:07:04,125 Your word is enough. 59 00:07:04,542 --> 00:07:06,458 And your promissory note. 60 00:07:18,708 --> 00:07:19,583 Too big. 61 00:07:22,833 --> 00:07:24,917 - They're so beautiful. - Undress! 62 00:07:27,417 --> 00:07:28,792 Who gave you that? 63 00:07:28,958 --> 00:07:30,125 My mother. 64 00:07:30,542 --> 00:07:32,333 For me to pray to the Blessed Virgin. 65 00:07:33,250 --> 00:07:35,792 Child, the convent has its own Virgin. 66 00:07:35,958 --> 00:07:38,000 From now on, you'll pray to her. 67 00:07:38,167 --> 00:07:40,208 - But she's mine! - Come on, hurry. 68 00:07:40,833 --> 00:07:41,917 Undress now. 69 00:07:49,250 --> 00:07:51,083 It's so itchy, it's horrible. 70 00:07:51,500 --> 00:07:52,708 As it should be. 71 00:07:53,458 --> 00:07:55,208 Your worst enemy is your body. 72 00:07:55,542 --> 00:07:57,875 Best not to feel at home in it. 73 00:08:03,833 --> 00:08:05,833 When I was barely older than you, 74 00:08:06,208 --> 00:08:09,500 I lost two inches of flesh to a drunkard's knife. 75 00:08:09,917 --> 00:08:13,417 This wooden finger is dearer to me than the other nine. 76 00:08:14,292 --> 00:08:17,583 If I could, I'd replace every part of my body, 77 00:08:18,208 --> 00:08:20,125 until I was a block of wood, 78 00:08:20,292 --> 00:08:22,792 carved with the name of God. 79 00:08:24,875 --> 00:08:26,583 Like a gravestone? 80 00:08:30,292 --> 00:08:31,875 You're an intelligent girl. 81 00:08:32,708 --> 00:08:35,125 But intelligence can be dangerous, child. 82 00:08:36,042 --> 00:08:37,458 And not only for others. 83 00:08:47,583 --> 00:08:48,667 Benedetta, this way. 84 00:08:57,292 --> 00:08:58,542 Give me that. 85 00:09:03,542 --> 00:09:04,750 This is your cell. 86 00:09:11,042 --> 00:09:12,208 Wear this tomorrow. 87 00:09:55,625 --> 00:09:56,833 My beloved Mary, 88 00:09:57,583 --> 00:09:59,042 you are my mother now. 89 00:09:59,917 --> 00:10:01,292 I pray thee, help me. 90 00:10:01,625 --> 00:10:02,625 I feel so alone. 91 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:06,083 Do you even hear me from where I am? 92 00:10:21,125 --> 00:10:22,042 Benedefia! 93 00:10:24,167 --> 00:10:25,250 Are you hurt? 94 00:10:26,375 --> 00:10:27,583 Raise the statue! 95 00:10:35,500 --> 00:10:37,250 - Did you touch it? - No! 96 00:10:37,417 --> 00:10:39,250 Something snapped and it fell. 97 00:10:39,417 --> 00:10:40,417 Why were you here? 98 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:43,208 I wanted to pray to the Virgin. 99 00:10:44,833 --> 00:10:46,792 Can your legs hold you? 100 00:10:48,458 --> 00:10:49,417 Yes. 101 00:10:51,375 --> 00:10:53,458 It's a miracle she wasn't crushed. 102 00:10:56,625 --> 00:10:59,625 Well, go back to bed and take Benedetta to hers. 103 00:11:00,625 --> 00:11:01,458 Come. 104 00:11:07,875 --> 00:11:08,542 Mother! 105 00:11:10,542 --> 00:11:12,417 Could it be a real miracle? 106 00:11:12,917 --> 00:11:14,875 Let's not have loose talk. 107 00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:17,042 Miracles sprout like mushrooms, 108 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:20,292 and usually they're more trouble than they're worth. 109 00:11:20,458 --> 00:11:22,042 I didn't really believe it. 110 00:11:27,292 --> 00:11:30,292 18 years later 111 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:33,792 I so desired to see my son, the Lord Jesus. 112 00:11:34,958 --> 00:11:37,625 I so desired his bodily presence once more. 113 00:11:38,167 --> 00:11:39,208 Then God, 114 00:11:40,167 --> 00:11:43,333 in his infinite generosity, sent me an angel, 115 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:45,000 who proclaimed this night, 116 00:11:45,833 --> 00:11:48,375 "You shall ascend to your son in glory!" 117 00:11:50,500 --> 00:11:53,208 To have your company here, my brothers, 118 00:11:53,625 --> 00:11:55,208 I have fervently prayed. 119 00:11:55,375 --> 00:11:56,625 Noble lady, 120 00:11:56,792 --> 00:11:58,875 full of grace and wisdom, 121 00:11:59,042 --> 00:12:00,667 you are our reward. 122 00:12:05,875 --> 00:12:09,125 Now I shall lay in this bed, arrayed here for me. 123 00:13:09,792 --> 00:13:10,750 Benedefia! 124 00:13:14,167 --> 00:13:15,000 Come! 125 00:13:15,833 --> 00:13:17,042 You are my wife! 126 00:13:18,833 --> 00:13:19,875 Come to me! 127 00:13:22,083 --> 00:13:23,208 I'm coming, Lord. 128 00:13:23,375 --> 00:13:24,375 I'm coming! 129 00:13:25,292 --> 00:13:26,333 Come to me! 130 00:13:35,708 --> 00:13:37,125 Benedetta, your feet! 131 00:13:57,167 --> 00:14:00,417 This feast is a gift from our generous guest, 132 00:14:00,583 --> 00:14:01,792 Ceaxlimi. 133 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:04,000 Let us drink to his health. 134 00:14:07,792 --> 00:14:11,167 A thought for our dear bishop of Milan, taken from us last week. 135 00:14:13,042 --> 00:14:15,250 I heard it was the plague. 136 00:14:16,500 --> 00:14:17,417 Indeed. 137 00:14:18,917 --> 00:14:20,750 The bishop was a good man. 138 00:14:23,292 --> 00:14:26,542 But I always thought his cathedra turned his head. 139 00:14:28,125 --> 00:14:29,708 If it pleases God, 140 00:14:29,875 --> 00:14:32,833 the bishop's seat will better fit your Grace. 141 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:33,958 No. 142 00:14:35,042 --> 00:14:36,208 And it is sad. 143 00:14:36,708 --> 00:14:40,875 Despite courting the Vatican with the impudence of a harlot, 144 00:14:41,250 --> 00:14:44,208 I am quite simply not conspicuous enough. 145 00:14:45,250 --> 00:14:49,292 It would be a prodigy if the Pope could locate Pescia on a map. 146 00:14:49,458 --> 00:14:53,125 So let us hope for a cartographic miracle. 147 00:15:00,458 --> 00:15:02,208 Why were you moving your feet? 148 00:15:03,000 --> 00:15:04,792 You were supposed to be dead. 149 00:15:07,042 --> 00:15:08,208 I saw Jesus. 150 00:15:09,792 --> 00:15:11,000 He came to me. 151 00:15:14,542 --> 00:15:16,125 I'm his bride, am I not? 152 00:15:17,042 --> 00:15:18,208 Yes, of course. 153 00:15:22,500 --> 00:15:23,875 Open the door! 154 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:25,708 Open it. 155 00:15:25,875 --> 00:15:28,250 He'll kill me! Help me! 156 00:15:29,250 --> 00:15:30,917 Open up! Please! 157 00:15:37,583 --> 00:15:39,500 Take me! No, he's coming! 158 00:15:39,667 --> 00:15:40,625 Please, help! 159 00:15:40,792 --> 00:15:41,792 Harlot! 160 00:15:42,125 --> 00:15:43,000 You can't escape! 161 00:15:43,583 --> 00:15:45,208 You're mine, little whore! 162 00:15:45,583 --> 00:15:46,458 Let me stay! 163 00:15:46,625 --> 00:15:47,375 Please! 164 00:15:49,333 --> 00:15:50,125 Come on! 165 00:15:52,208 --> 00:15:53,750 You're looking for a fight? 166 00:15:54,292 --> 00:15:55,250 This is a convent. 167 00:15:57,708 --> 00:15:58,708 I love Jesus. 168 00:15:58,875 --> 00:15:59,667 Take me. 169 00:15:59,833 --> 00:16:01,792 I'm her father. She belongs to me. 170 00:16:01,958 --> 00:16:03,167 Let me stay here. 171 00:16:04,708 --> 00:16:07,083 A convent is not a place of charity, child. 172 00:16:07,250 --> 00:16:08,875 You must pay to come here. 173 00:16:09,042 --> 00:16:10,417 Do you have money? 174 00:16:11,167 --> 00:16:11,833 No. 175 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:13,750 Enough now. That's enough! 176 00:16:15,167 --> 00:16:16,167 Let me go. 177 00:16:17,208 --> 00:16:18,458 I want to serve God. 178 00:16:19,250 --> 00:16:21,292 - Mother, help her! - We'll pay. 179 00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:23,667 Pay a stranger's dowry? 180 00:16:24,083 --> 00:16:26,292 I'll pray my whole life for you, sire. 181 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:27,917 Magnificent! 182 00:16:28,875 --> 00:16:30,000 Signor Carlini, 183 00:16:30,583 --> 00:16:32,958 the rich do not enter the kingdom of God. 184 00:16:33,917 --> 00:16:34,958 Jesus said so. 185 00:16:35,917 --> 00:16:38,417 Reverend Mother, you have devoted yourself 186 00:16:38,583 --> 00:16:39,833 to ensuring my entry. 187 00:16:42,208 --> 00:16:43,208 Very well. 188 00:16:44,167 --> 00:16:45,958 A gift for you, Benedetta. 189 00:16:48,042 --> 00:16:50,958 What gift? You won't get my daughter for nothing. 190 00:16:51,125 --> 00:16:52,083 Not on your life! 191 00:16:52,250 --> 00:16:53,792 10 dinari, no more. 192 00:16:53,958 --> 00:16:57,125 20. And the price of a good dog to replace the slut. 193 00:17:23,833 --> 00:17:24,750 There. 194 00:17:25,583 --> 00:17:26,792 That's delicious. 195 00:17:28,458 --> 00:17:29,458 Here, catch. 196 00:17:33,708 --> 00:17:34,833 Soap yourself well. 197 00:17:35,875 --> 00:17:37,125 What's your name? 198 00:17:37,708 --> 00:17:39,042 Sister Benedetta. And you? 199 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:40,333 Bartolomea. 200 00:17:41,458 --> 00:17:42,583 Bartolomea what? 201 00:17:43,042 --> 00:17:44,375 Bartolomea nothing. 202 00:17:44,958 --> 00:17:46,458 Washing well is a rule? 203 00:17:46,625 --> 00:17:48,500 A clean soul demands a clean body. 204 00:17:48,667 --> 00:17:50,375 I scrub as hard as I can. 205 00:17:50,833 --> 00:17:52,958 Shit, my soap. Where is it? 206 00:17:55,542 --> 00:17:56,500 I nearly fell. 207 00:17:57,917 --> 00:17:59,833 Is any water left so I can rinse? 208 00:18:01,625 --> 00:18:02,667 Sister Benedetta? 209 00:18:04,333 --> 00:18:06,125 Your nightgown is on the table. 210 00:18:20,875 --> 00:18:22,042 Sister Benedetta? 211 00:18:22,708 --> 00:18:24,500 To take a shit, where do I go? 212 00:18:29,625 --> 00:18:30,667 Follow me. 213 00:18:35,458 --> 00:18:36,583 Real commodes? 214 00:18:37,458 --> 00:18:40,667 - Where did you do it? - Outside. With the animals. 215 00:18:53,167 --> 00:18:55,292 That's so good! What a relief! 216 00:18:55,583 --> 00:18:57,875 We must not talk so loudly at night. 217 00:19:00,208 --> 00:19:01,792 That's allowed, I hope. 218 00:19:03,583 --> 00:19:04,458 Wait. 219 00:19:18,292 --> 00:19:19,750 Forgive me, who did that? 220 00:19:20,250 --> 00:19:21,292 My father. 221 00:19:21,958 --> 00:19:22,667 Why? 222 00:19:25,250 --> 00:19:27,083 The plague took mama last year, 223 00:19:27,250 --> 00:19:29,583 so my father made me his wife. 224 00:19:32,625 --> 00:19:33,917 I always told him no. 225 00:19:34,083 --> 00:19:36,458 He always told me he didn't give a damn. 226 00:19:37,667 --> 00:19:40,208 - His wife for everything? - Yes, everything. 227 00:19:41,125 --> 00:19:43,792 My brothers did the same behind his back. 228 00:19:46,292 --> 00:19:49,292 This morning, I tried to stick him with scissors. 229 00:19:50,292 --> 00:19:51,792 For that, he massacred me. 230 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:53,750 That's why I ran away. 231 00:19:57,583 --> 00:20:01,667 - Beauty is not always an advantage. - If I were a goat, he'd do the same. 232 00:20:02,958 --> 00:20:03,958 I'm beautiful? 233 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:08,125 You mean you don't know? 234 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:12,250 No, we never had a mirror. 235 00:20:14,083 --> 00:20:15,125 You are beautiful. 236 00:20:16,292 --> 00:20:18,042 View your reflection in my eyes. 237 00:20:23,792 --> 00:20:24,667 I see nothing. 238 00:20:24,875 --> 00:20:26,292 You have to be closer. 239 00:20:30,833 --> 00:20:32,042 You see yourself? 240 00:20:35,542 --> 00:20:37,083 What are you two doing? 241 00:20:39,958 --> 00:20:42,083 She didn't know where the privy was. 242 00:20:49,125 --> 00:20:50,208 Who's she? 243 00:20:50,792 --> 00:20:53,292 Christina, our Reverend Mother's daughter. 244 00:20:53,458 --> 00:20:55,792 And she spies for her mother? 245 00:21:20,667 --> 00:21:23,917 Holy Mother, I believe Sister Bartolomea seeks my guidance 246 00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:25,958 but I am not worthy to teach her. 247 00:21:27,583 --> 00:21:30,042 God himself put this girl in your path. 248 00:21:30,208 --> 00:21:33,167 Is she not in need of love and advice? 249 00:21:34,667 --> 00:21:37,792 Yes, but she must be directed with a strong hand. 250 00:21:37,958 --> 00:21:39,208 Which I lack. 251 00:21:40,542 --> 00:21:42,083 God will show the way. 252 00:22:48,500 --> 00:22:50,167 Help me! Jesus! 253 00:23:01,583 --> 00:23:03,042 What did these beasts want? 254 00:23:03,208 --> 00:23:04,208 To kill you. 255 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:08,125 They were demons, trying to keep us apart. 256 00:23:08,750 --> 00:23:10,208 But they are stupid. 257 00:23:11,042 --> 00:23:13,500 Neither life, nor death can separate us. 258 00:23:24,875 --> 00:23:26,000 Stay with me. 259 00:23:27,167 --> 00:23:28,458 Yes, sweet Jesus. 260 00:23:33,208 --> 00:23:34,375 I'll stay with you. 261 00:24:19,167 --> 00:24:20,375 Speak, sister. 262 00:24:21,625 --> 00:24:22,625 Father... 263 00:24:24,417 --> 00:24:25,583 I have seen Jesus. 264 00:24:27,292 --> 00:24:28,292 In a dream? 265 00:24:28,458 --> 00:24:29,292 No. 266 00:24:30,958 --> 00:24:32,125 In the flesh. 267 00:24:32,708 --> 00:24:34,292 As I see you before me now. 268 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:38,708 Seeing him, what did you feel? 269 00:24:40,500 --> 00:24:43,083 - Fear. - Then it was a false vision. 270 00:24:44,292 --> 00:24:47,250 A true manifestation of Christ fills us with joy. 271 00:24:49,167 --> 00:24:51,500 How can I know what is true or false? 272 00:24:53,875 --> 00:24:55,250 Through suffering. 273 00:24:55,917 --> 00:24:58,583 Suffering is the only way to know Christ. 274 00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:03,250 I know God wants us to suffer but... 275 00:25:05,625 --> 00:25:07,208 - It frightens me. - Naturally. 276 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:10,958 The ways of the Lord are often terrifying. 277 00:25:11,458 --> 00:25:12,792 Imbeciles say, 278 00:25:12,958 --> 00:25:16,333 "| do not fear him for I know he is good." 279 00:25:16,917 --> 00:25:19,250 Have they never seen a surgeon at work? 280 00:25:21,375 --> 00:25:23,667 So we must welcome affliction? 281 00:25:24,083 --> 00:25:25,833 Pray that it shall come. 282 00:25:28,208 --> 00:25:29,500 Ego te absolvo. 283 00:25:49,458 --> 00:25:52,292 The bobbins are ruined. You know their value? 284 00:25:52,625 --> 00:25:54,625 - You idiot! - You ran into me! 285 00:25:55,542 --> 00:25:56,625 Pardon me? 286 00:25:56,792 --> 00:25:57,875 It's your fault. 287 00:25:58,083 --> 00:25:59,125 Stop lying- 288 00:26:00,750 --> 00:26:01,875 It was you. 289 00:26:03,583 --> 00:26:04,958 Take the bobbins out. 290 00:26:05,458 --> 00:26:06,917 The water is boiling. 291 00:26:08,250 --> 00:26:10,750 Quickly, or you go back to your father. 292 00:26:34,542 --> 00:26:35,875 Now, the rest. 293 00:26:38,167 --> 00:26:39,500 I must do it again? 294 00:26:39,917 --> 00:26:42,167 While we talk, the bobbins break. 295 00:26:45,542 --> 00:26:46,417 Stop! 296 00:26:46,583 --> 00:26:47,625 Well then? 297 00:26:48,583 --> 00:26:50,083 What is this now? 298 00:26:52,667 --> 00:26:54,625 Bartolomea burned her hand. 299 00:26:56,458 --> 00:26:57,500 Back to work! 300 00:26:57,667 --> 00:27:00,583 Sister Petra, she needs to go to the infirmary. 301 00:27:00,750 --> 00:27:01,875 Take her. 302 00:27:09,625 --> 00:27:12,542 I hear one of your sisters damaged bobbins of silk 303 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,125 and you took it upon yourself 304 00:27:15,292 --> 00:27:16,917 to administer punishment. 305 00:27:17,083 --> 00:27:18,208 No, Reverend Mother. 306 00:27:21,375 --> 00:27:22,083 No? 307 00:27:22,250 --> 00:27:24,625 My aim was not to punish but to hurt her. 308 00:27:25,750 --> 00:27:28,417 You wanted to inflict pain on your sister? 309 00:27:28,583 --> 00:27:29,542 Deliberately? 310 00:27:29,750 --> 00:27:31,208 Yes, deliberately. 311 00:27:31,958 --> 00:27:33,833 There was no malice in it'? 312 00:27:35,292 --> 00:27:38,042 If you say it was malice, I'll know it to be true. 313 00:27:38,250 --> 00:27:40,458 You don't know your own feelings? 314 00:27:42,083 --> 00:27:43,292 It seems not. 315 00:27:54,458 --> 00:27:57,375 Did Bartolomea do something to anger you? 316 00:27:58,167 --> 00:27:59,000 No. 317 00:27:59,167 --> 00:28:01,000 Do you detest her for some reason? 318 00:28:01,167 --> 00:28:02,125 No! 319 00:28:06,708 --> 00:28:09,125 Do you feel affection for her? 320 00:28:12,708 --> 00:28:13,708 I feel 321 00:28:14,292 --> 00:28:15,917 compassion, yes. 322 00:28:16,375 --> 00:28:17,667 For all her sufferings. 323 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,000 Including those you inflict? 324 00:28:20,417 --> 00:28:23,125 Father Ricordati says sufferings guide us to God 325 00:28:23,292 --> 00:28:24,875 and make us stronger. 326 00:28:26,167 --> 00:28:27,583 Our own sufferings. 327 00:28:28,792 --> 00:28:30,208 Not the sufferings of others. 328 00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:35,875 You were overzealous. 329 00:28:36,042 --> 00:28:37,833 You'll go without bread for a week, 330 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,333 and for two weeks, you'll change Sister Jacopa's bedding. 331 00:28:41,500 --> 00:28:42,958 You may go. 332 00:28:43,125 --> 00:28:44,417 Yes, Reverend Mother. 333 00:29:08,167 --> 00:29:09,167 I'm here to help. 334 00:29:09,542 --> 00:29:12,167 Stay back! I take pride in my suffering. 335 00:29:13,542 --> 00:29:15,125 Pride is a mortal sin. 336 00:29:17,208 --> 00:29:19,208 We're all entitled to a sin. 337 00:29:20,833 --> 00:29:21,792 What's yours? 338 00:29:23,583 --> 00:29:24,917 I have never sinned. 339 00:29:27,250 --> 00:29:29,042 But I could at any moment. 340 00:29:29,208 --> 00:29:30,167 Of course. 341 00:29:31,750 --> 00:29:32,750 Help me. 342 00:29:35,375 --> 00:29:36,583 My sin is, 343 00:29:37,250 --> 00:29:38,792 I was born a Jew. 344 00:29:40,375 --> 00:29:42,042 Sister Petra was a whore. 345 00:29:42,667 --> 00:29:45,875 Selling herself in privies in Florence. Nobody cares. 346 00:29:46,333 --> 00:29:48,792 But my father's prick was circumcised. 347 00:29:49,833 --> 00:29:53,042 And that fault is unforgivable. 348 00:30:05,708 --> 00:30:07,917 You've discovered my secret lover. 349 00:30:10,208 --> 00:30:11,667 You call that love? 350 00:30:14,417 --> 00:30:16,333 God will speak to you in many tongues. 351 00:30:19,750 --> 00:30:22,708 If your heart is brave enough to let him in. 352 00:31:29,208 --> 00:31:30,208 Stand aside! 353 00:31:30,625 --> 00:31:32,167 Let the abbess through. 354 00:31:37,417 --> 00:31:38,750 It hurts too much! 355 00:31:42,042 --> 00:31:43,333 It's torture! 356 00:31:43,625 --> 00:31:44,583 Hold her legs. 357 00:31:44,750 --> 00:31:45,625 Careful! 358 00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:55,083 Tie her down. 359 00:31:57,708 --> 00:31:58,917 Fetch the doctor. 360 00:32:16,292 --> 00:32:17,333 How is she? 361 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:20,333 I gave her poppy juice to drink. She's sleeping. 362 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:21,292 What was it? 363 00:32:21,667 --> 00:32:23,417 I found nothing abnormal. 364 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:25,708 But she is clearly in pain. 365 00:32:25,875 --> 00:32:27,875 She howled for hours on end. 366 00:32:28,750 --> 00:32:30,875 There's black bile in her urine. 367 00:32:31,042 --> 00:32:32,167 That's common. 368 00:32:33,542 --> 00:32:34,750 If it starts again? 369 00:32:35,333 --> 00:32:37,500 I'll leave you some poppy juice. 370 00:32:39,500 --> 00:32:40,542 20 dinari. 371 00:33:05,792 --> 00:33:07,292 Why are you so cruel? 372 00:33:17,542 --> 00:33:19,375 You want to be with me? 373 00:33:25,833 --> 00:33:27,542 I want to be with you. 374 00:34:50,417 --> 00:34:51,333 Jesus! 375 00:34:56,167 --> 00:34:57,875 Thank you, sweet Jesus! 376 00:35:01,708 --> 00:35:02,917 Benedefia, 377 00:35:03,458 --> 00:35:04,917 I shall heal your wound. 378 00:35:05,083 --> 00:35:06,500 You're not Jesus. 379 00:35:06,667 --> 00:35:07,833 I am Jesus. 380 00:35:08,667 --> 00:35:09,667 You are my bride. 381 00:35:10,125 --> 00:35:11,958 No! It's a lie! 382 00:35:14,875 --> 00:35:16,125 Give yourself to me! 383 00:35:20,292 --> 00:35:20,958 Bitch! 384 00:35:21,417 --> 00:35:22,917 I'll chop you to bits! 385 00:36:08,708 --> 00:36:10,417 You're getting a cellmate. 386 00:36:14,250 --> 00:36:15,292 Thanks. 387 00:36:28,792 --> 00:36:29,875 Feeling better? 388 00:36:30,750 --> 00:36:32,875 I feel what God wants me to feel. 389 00:36:33,750 --> 00:36:36,125 I've decided to place someone at your side. 390 00:36:36,292 --> 00:36:38,250 To be with you day and night. 391 00:36:38,417 --> 00:36:40,917 To care for you, pray with you. 392 00:36:41,917 --> 00:36:44,083 Give you your remedy if necessary. 393 00:36:44,250 --> 00:36:46,333 I'm sorry to be such a burden. 394 00:36:46,542 --> 00:36:48,833 We'll see if this improves things. 395 00:36:54,292 --> 00:36:58,417 Bartolomea was the only sister to volunteer for this duty. 396 00:36:58,583 --> 00:37:01,958 I hope there is something providential in the choice. 397 00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:04,750 A lesson in forgiveness, perhaps. 398 00:37:11,500 --> 00:37:12,708 Why are you here? 399 00:37:14,792 --> 00:37:15,750 To torment me? 400 00:37:16,333 --> 00:37:18,917 Have I done something to suggest that? 401 00:37:32,417 --> 00:37:34,833 How can anyone put anything in here? 402 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,625 The dress I wore the day I arrived here. 403 00:37:59,000 --> 00:37:59,750 And this? 404 00:38:03,792 --> 00:38:04,917 My mother's. 405 00:38:06,542 --> 00:38:08,083 A gift from her as a child. 406 00:38:10,500 --> 00:38:12,667 So let's put it... 407 00:38:12,833 --> 00:38:13,667 There! 408 00:38:28,542 --> 00:38:30,208 I was deceived by the devil. 409 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:32,500 He made me hurt you. 410 00:38:33,667 --> 00:38:34,958 But you came back. 411 00:38:46,292 --> 00:38:47,625 You're out of bed? 412 00:38:48,333 --> 00:38:50,042 I want to be useful again. 413 00:38:50,542 --> 00:38:53,042 Reverend Mother needed help with the accounts. 414 00:38:53,583 --> 00:38:54,667 What's all that? 415 00:38:56,375 --> 00:38:57,250 Numbers. 416 00:38:58,750 --> 00:38:59,792 Beyond me. 417 00:39:01,667 --> 00:39:02,625 I can teach you. 418 00:39:04,708 --> 00:39:06,708 I'm not very good at learning. 419 00:39:07,667 --> 00:39:08,667 Nice and warm. 420 00:39:09,375 --> 00:39:10,458 Anything else? 421 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,042 No, thank you. 422 00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:13,958 I'm going to bed. 423 00:39:30,167 --> 00:39:31,792 I'm not allowed a look? 424 00:39:33,042 --> 00:39:34,833 We must not be seen nude. 425 00:39:36,125 --> 00:39:37,083 Really? 426 00:39:51,375 --> 00:39:52,042 Saw you! 427 00:39:54,792 --> 00:39:55,917 It was a joke. 428 00:39:56,917 --> 00:39:59,250 Only you find your jokes funny. 429 00:40:01,083 --> 00:40:02,125 Perhaps. 430 00:40:14,917 --> 00:40:16,250 I saw your breasts. 431 00:40:23,750 --> 00:40:24,708 I saw them. 432 00:40:45,292 --> 00:40:46,167 Benedetta... 433 00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:03,333 Will you suffer to show your love for me? 434 00:41:07,167 --> 00:41:08,417 Take off your clothes. 435 00:41:10,125 --> 00:41:12,667 It's forbidden to be nude with others. 436 00:41:13,500 --> 00:41:14,500 Wherever I am, 437 00:41:14,958 --> 00:41:16,667 there can be no shame. 438 00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:19,542 Do as I say. 439 00:41:21,875 --> 00:41:22,833 Yes, Lord. 440 00:41:24,417 --> 00:41:25,375 I shall. 441 00:41:32,833 --> 00:41:33,667 Come to me. 442 00:41:50,917 --> 00:41:52,208 Remove what separates us. 443 00:42:04,167 --> 00:42:05,875 Place your hands on mine. 444 00:42:26,792 --> 00:42:27,583 Such pain! 445 00:42:28,208 --> 00:42:29,167 My God! 446 00:42:29,333 --> 00:42:30,917 My God, it hurts! 447 00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:39,708 Too much! 448 00:42:40,208 --> 00:42:41,292 I can't stand it. 449 00:42:54,417 --> 00:42:55,125 Help me. 450 00:42:55,750 --> 00:42:56,708 Help me! 451 00:43:31,417 --> 00:43:32,750 Jesus did this to me. 452 00:43:35,458 --> 00:43:36,500 Last night... 453 00:43:38,333 --> 00:43:39,417 He did this to me. 454 00:43:43,917 --> 00:43:44,625 Here, too. 455 00:43:46,542 --> 00:43:47,625 The stigmata! 456 00:44:08,208 --> 00:44:10,708 Were you praying when it happened? 457 00:44:11,708 --> 00:44:12,917 I was in bed. 458 00:44:13,375 --> 00:44:14,292 Asleep. 459 00:44:14,792 --> 00:44:16,250 That's when it happened. 460 00:44:17,250 --> 00:44:20,417 St. Francis was in prayer when he received the stigmata. 461 00:44:21,375 --> 00:44:23,000 Catherine of Siena, also. 462 00:44:24,208 --> 00:44:25,875 Neither was sleeping. 463 00:44:26,542 --> 00:44:27,750 I was sleeping. 464 00:44:28,958 --> 00:44:30,083 And Jesus marked me. 465 00:44:30,250 --> 00:44:31,875 It was Jesus. I saw him. 466 00:44:33,167 --> 00:44:34,375 You saw him? 467 00:44:35,708 --> 00:44:37,167 I heard him speaking. 468 00:44:38,708 --> 00:44:39,792 What did he say? 469 00:44:42,208 --> 00:44:43,375 I don't remember. 470 00:44:45,542 --> 00:44:49,083 I'd expect the word of God to make a greater impression. 471 00:44:50,125 --> 00:44:52,542 Bring Sister Benedetta to my chamber. 472 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:16,125 Open it, will you? 473 00:45:23,375 --> 00:45:26,333 However often I wipe her wounds, they bleed again. 474 00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:28,042 They are very deep. 475 00:45:29,375 --> 00:45:30,167 Look. 476 00:45:39,667 --> 00:45:41,000 Her feet are the same. 477 00:45:41,667 --> 00:45:42,750 And her side? 478 00:45:42,917 --> 00:45:43,833 Worse. 479 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:46,458 How is this possible? 480 00:45:46,625 --> 00:45:49,250 I don't know. I've never seen the like. 481 00:45:49,417 --> 00:45:50,792 What can we do? 482 00:45:51,167 --> 00:45:52,375 Keep them clean. 483 00:45:52,750 --> 00:45:54,708 New dressings every two hours. 484 00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:57,417 Remove her wimple. 485 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:08,000 No blood. 486 00:46:09,792 --> 00:46:10,833 It hurts. 487 00:46:12,917 --> 00:46:16,000 When he was made to wear the crown of thorns, 488 00:46:16,167 --> 00:46:18,000 Jesus's forehead bled. 489 00:46:20,042 --> 00:46:21,250 I don't see anything. 490 00:46:22,125 --> 00:46:23,250 Dress her wounds. 491 00:46:23,917 --> 00:46:24,917 Close after us. 492 00:46:29,667 --> 00:46:30,958 You are doubtful? 493 00:46:31,958 --> 00:46:33,292 The girl was in bed. 494 00:46:34,042 --> 00:46:36,417 No miracle occurs in bed, believe me. 495 00:46:37,250 --> 00:46:38,417 What do I write? 496 00:46:41,750 --> 00:46:44,417 The absence of signs on her head is troubling. 497 00:46:45,958 --> 00:46:48,083 In all confirmed cases of stigmata, 498 00:46:48,250 --> 00:46:51,333 evidence of the crown of thorns was recorded. 499 00:46:51,792 --> 00:46:54,000 God is not bound by any rule book. 500 00:46:56,167 --> 00:46:57,292 Do we agree? 501 00:46:58,833 --> 00:46:59,750 Your Grace? 502 00:46:59,917 --> 00:47:00,875 Yes, my child. 503 00:47:01,042 --> 00:47:02,167 May I go? 504 00:47:02,750 --> 00:47:03,750 Of course. 505 00:47:09,292 --> 00:47:11,333 Would you care for a glass of wine? 506 00:47:11,667 --> 00:47:12,708 Most gladly. 507 00:47:15,292 --> 00:47:17,375 Leave me. I need to pray. 508 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:30,458 You find me too willing to believe this miracle? 509 00:47:30,625 --> 00:47:33,667 My dear provost, I don't think you believe it at all. 510 00:47:35,375 --> 00:47:36,708 Am I so cynical? 511 00:47:37,583 --> 00:47:38,542 Perhaps. 512 00:47:39,167 --> 00:47:41,125 Unless I have a vision of my own. 513 00:47:42,667 --> 00:47:43,792 It seems possible. 514 00:47:45,333 --> 00:47:47,583 A vision of St. Francis, perhaps? 515 00:47:48,667 --> 00:47:51,542 Assisi was once an insignificant village. 516 00:47:51,708 --> 00:47:53,417 Now, pilgrims flood there. 517 00:47:54,458 --> 00:47:56,333 Filling both its basilicas. 518 00:47:57,000 --> 00:47:59,500 Administered by a bishop, not a provost. 519 00:48:02,958 --> 00:48:04,833 Jesus, what's happening to me? 520 00:48:17,292 --> 00:48:18,583 Blasphemy! 521 00:48:19,083 --> 00:48:21,292 Know, O sinners, 522 00:48:21,750 --> 00:48:24,375 that as plague stalks the land, 523 00:48:24,542 --> 00:48:27,750 Pescia has been spared only by the grace 524 00:48:27,917 --> 00:48:29,167 of my bride! 525 00:48:30,083 --> 00:48:31,333 You harass, 526 00:48:31,500 --> 00:48:33,500 torment and persecute 527 00:48:33,667 --> 00:48:35,750 she who has protected you! 528 00:48:45,708 --> 00:48:46,833 What did you see? 529 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,125 She fell. 530 00:48:52,667 --> 00:48:54,083 A timely miracle. 531 00:48:56,083 --> 00:48:58,917 Your Grace, this has gone far enough. 532 00:48:59,250 --> 00:49:01,708 You'd bring the fury of God upon us? 533 00:49:02,542 --> 00:49:04,792 You heard the words spoken a moment ago. 534 00:49:04,958 --> 00:49:07,750 - I heard words. - You mock me now as well? 535 00:49:11,417 --> 00:49:14,708 The child's words, however troubling, are of God. 536 00:49:15,292 --> 00:49:17,417 I feel it deep in my soul. 537 00:49:18,208 --> 00:49:21,292 This miracle glorifies the Theatines. Can you not see? 538 00:49:23,708 --> 00:49:24,792 I see, your Grace. 539 00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:28,000 You act docile... 540 00:49:30,042 --> 00:49:32,667 but you'll stab me as soon as I turn my back. 541 00:49:33,333 --> 00:49:34,292 Well, 542 00:49:34,708 --> 00:49:37,708 we'll see if God gives us all we desire. 543 00:49:43,167 --> 00:49:44,625 Praise be to Benedetta. 544 00:49:46,625 --> 00:49:47,875 Santa Benedetta. 545 00:49:48,375 --> 00:49:50,417 Bless us all, Santa Benedetta. 546 00:49:53,833 --> 00:49:56,417 People really will think Benedetta's a saint, 547 00:49:56,583 --> 00:49:58,583 when we know it's nonsense. 548 00:50:00,750 --> 00:50:01,583 Do we? 549 00:50:02,292 --> 00:50:04,583 You remark on her unwounded brow, 550 00:50:04,833 --> 00:50:08,042 and suddenly, she smashes a glass and wounds appear. 551 00:50:08,208 --> 00:50:10,042 Did you see her? Were you there? 552 00:50:12,708 --> 00:50:13,625 No. 553 00:50:13,792 --> 00:50:15,167 So you know nothing. 554 00:50:21,250 --> 00:50:22,292 I saw nothing. 555 00:50:23,375 --> 00:50:24,125 But I know. 556 00:50:24,292 --> 00:50:25,625 How do you know? 557 00:50:26,083 --> 00:50:27,250 Did God show you? 558 00:50:28,083 --> 00:50:29,875 Did you have a vision also? 559 00:50:42,208 --> 00:50:43,750 Why are you defending her? 560 00:50:49,625 --> 00:50:52,375 We don't always understand the instruments God uses. 561 00:50:52,792 --> 00:50:55,958 Perhaps he put Benedetta in a trance and in that state, 562 00:50:56,333 --> 00:50:57,583 she harmed herself. 563 00:50:59,292 --> 00:51:01,625 Or perhaps God sent us a madwoman, 564 00:51:03,417 --> 00:51:06,375 who spouts nonsense to serve his ends. 565 00:51:15,125 --> 00:51:17,208 I want you to give me your heart. 566 00:51:18,667 --> 00:51:21,083 Will I not die without my heart? 567 00:51:21,833 --> 00:51:23,917 You will live. Do you love me? 568 00:51:25,500 --> 00:51:27,542 Can I love you without a heart? 569 00:51:27,708 --> 00:51:29,417 I'll give you a new one. 570 00:51:30,125 --> 00:51:31,042 Mine. 571 00:51:36,625 --> 00:51:37,708 Bartolomea... 572 00:51:40,750 --> 00:51:41,583 What? 573 00:51:41,750 --> 00:51:43,625 Jesus gave me a new heart. 574 00:51:44,792 --> 00:51:46,042 It's so big! 575 00:51:47,250 --> 00:51:48,917 Too big for my chest. 576 00:51:50,458 --> 00:51:51,500 Feel it. 577 00:51:53,375 --> 00:51:54,792 Feel how big it is! 578 00:52:13,750 --> 00:52:14,625 Yes. 579 00:52:15,042 --> 00:52:16,333 I feel it. 580 00:52:22,750 --> 00:52:23,708 What's wrong? 581 00:52:23,875 --> 00:52:25,792 Benedetta had a nightmare. 582 00:52:25,958 --> 00:52:27,042 I'm fine. 583 00:52:28,958 --> 00:52:29,958 Goodnight. 584 00:52:32,125 --> 00:52:33,375 Go to your beds. 585 00:53:30,917 --> 00:53:33,250 Something wonderful has happened to us. 586 00:53:34,167 --> 00:53:37,958 Jesus Christ has chosen our blessed sister, 587 00:53:38,333 --> 00:53:39,375 Benedefia. 588 00:53:41,083 --> 00:53:42,500 We saw her wounds. 589 00:53:43,708 --> 00:53:44,958 The wounds of Jesus! 590 00:53:45,708 --> 00:53:47,042 Praise the Lord! 591 00:53:49,417 --> 00:53:50,458 Jesus chose her. 592 00:53:51,875 --> 00:53:53,167 That is why we, 593 00:53:53,417 --> 00:53:55,958 invested with the powers of his Church, 594 00:53:56,375 --> 00:53:59,167 choose Benedetta to be abbess 595 00:53:59,375 --> 00:54:01,083 of the Convent of the Theatines. 596 00:54:01,250 --> 00:54:02,792 In nomine Patris 597 00:54:02,958 --> 00:54:05,792 et Filii et Spiritus Sancti... 598 00:54:06,250 --> 00:54:07,167 Amen! 599 00:54:08,083 --> 00:54:09,083 Oremus! 600 00:54:09,583 --> 00:54:10,625 Lord God... 601 00:54:16,500 --> 00:54:17,625 This cannot be. 602 00:54:18,167 --> 00:54:19,292 Sister Christina, 603 00:54:19,917 --> 00:54:21,292 what has come over you? 604 00:54:25,708 --> 00:54:27,667 With all due respect, Father... 605 00:54:29,375 --> 00:54:30,250 it is for us... 606 00:54:31,500 --> 00:54:33,833 Us! As sisters of this convent... 607 00:54:34,667 --> 00:54:36,125 to choose a new abbess. 608 00:54:36,958 --> 00:54:37,833 And only us! 609 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:39,292 Jesus has chosen. 610 00:54:40,208 --> 00:54:41,375 Your Lord and Master. 611 00:54:42,333 --> 00:54:43,333 It is God's will. 612 00:54:43,917 --> 00:54:46,917 But who decides what is God's will? 613 00:54:47,083 --> 00:54:48,667 Don't we, as sisters... 614 00:54:48,833 --> 00:54:49,875 Christina! 615 00:54:50,542 --> 00:54:51,583 Withdraw. 616 00:54:55,750 --> 00:54:56,667 Now. 617 00:55:08,958 --> 00:55:10,417 Causa “ma. 618 00:55:11,417 --> 00:55:13,958 I ask the Reverend Mother 619 00:55:14,125 --> 00:55:15,750 to relinquish her functions. 620 00:55:31,625 --> 00:55:32,625 Sister Benedetta! 621 00:55:33,875 --> 00:55:34,792 Come forward. 622 00:56:39,958 --> 00:56:40,708 It's bouncy. 623 00:56:41,542 --> 00:56:42,958 - It's my bed. - So soft. 624 00:56:48,958 --> 00:56:50,333 And it's all ours. 625 00:57:01,333 --> 00:57:02,667 Sister Jacopa fell! 626 00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:04,250 She can't move! 627 00:57:17,542 --> 00:57:19,042 I doubt she'll last the day. 628 00:57:21,125 --> 00:57:22,167 Reverend Mother, 629 00:57:22,583 --> 00:57:23,833 I'll stay with her. 630 00:57:24,167 --> 00:57:25,000 Of course. 631 00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:29,333 But if she doesn't go by vespers, you must leave her side. 632 00:57:29,500 --> 00:57:32,292 It will be my first divine office as abbess. 633 00:57:33,125 --> 00:57:35,000 Jesus told me you must attend. 634 00:57:36,583 --> 00:57:37,875 Yes, Reverend Mother. 635 00:57:39,208 --> 00:57:41,000 I'll stay with Sister Jacopa. 636 00:57:41,167 --> 00:57:42,542 Until lauds, if necessary. 637 00:57:42,958 --> 00:57:43,917 Perfect. 638 00:57:44,750 --> 00:57:46,208 Jesus didn't mention you. 639 00:57:56,625 --> 00:57:59,500 They throw mud in your face and you say nothing. 640 00:57:59,667 --> 00:58:01,333 It's how the game is played. 641 00:58:01,625 --> 00:58:03,792 And in the end, we all win. 642 00:58:04,167 --> 00:58:07,792 The provost gets his bishopric and the Theatines will prosper. 643 00:58:08,167 --> 00:58:09,250 That's so important? 644 00:58:10,750 --> 00:58:14,583 It may be vain and useless but I have devoted my life to it. 645 00:58:19,167 --> 00:58:22,167 I had one life to give and I chose this convent. 646 00:58:22,958 --> 00:58:24,417 Perhaps it chose me. 647 00:58:26,792 --> 00:58:27,875 Mother, you can't... 648 00:58:28,042 --> 00:58:29,875 Call me Sister Felicita. 649 00:58:31,333 --> 00:58:34,583 People have to know. What's going on here is blasphemy. 650 00:58:34,750 --> 00:58:36,917 Everyone who matters already knows. 651 00:58:37,417 --> 00:58:39,250 If they don't denounce Benedetta, 652 00:58:39,417 --> 00:58:41,833 they don't want her to be denounced. 653 00:58:42,875 --> 00:58:45,208 If you speak out, they'll destroy you. 654 00:58:45,667 --> 00:58:46,833 You'll be alone. 655 00:58:48,750 --> 00:58:50,083 I will not defend you. 656 00:58:53,333 --> 00:58:55,792 Time for vespers, Sister Felicita. 657 00:59:39,042 --> 00:59:40,125 Lies. 658 01:00:23,042 --> 01:00:24,000 Father... 659 01:00:25,250 --> 01:00:26,333 I want to confess. 660 01:00:26,500 --> 01:00:27,417 At this hour? 661 01:00:27,583 --> 01:00:29,417 I must, Father. Please. 662 01:00:30,750 --> 01:00:33,792 You refused to bow before God. Have you repented? 663 01:00:34,542 --> 01:00:36,583 The Lord taught me never to lie. 664 01:00:37,542 --> 01:00:39,500 And that has led me to repentance. 665 01:01:01,375 --> 01:01:02,125 Speak. 666 01:01:02,292 --> 01:01:05,792 Restore your bonds to the Lord, the living Christ. 667 01:01:08,583 --> 01:01:10,667 It concerns Sister Benedetta. I... 668 01:01:11,083 --> 01:01:13,000 You refer to the Reverend Mother? 669 01:01:15,792 --> 01:01:16,750 Yes. 670 01:01:17,792 --> 01:01:19,750 Yes, I refer to the Reverend Mother. 671 01:01:20,458 --> 01:01:22,250 She's a false prophetess. 672 01:01:22,417 --> 01:01:24,875 Her miracle was false. She created her stigmata. 673 01:01:25,042 --> 01:01:27,708 This is confession. You came to accuse others? 674 01:01:29,042 --> 01:01:31,417 I accuse myself of remaining silent. 675 01:01:32,167 --> 01:01:33,167 It was cowardice. 676 01:01:37,583 --> 01:01:38,917 Do you have proof? 677 01:01:39,750 --> 01:01:41,500 The stigmata on her head. 678 01:01:42,958 --> 01:01:44,500 She used a shard of glass 679 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,500 to lacerate her brow and make it bleed. 680 01:01:50,000 --> 01:01:51,375 Did you witness this? 681 01:01:57,042 --> 01:01:57,958 Yes. 682 01:02:09,125 --> 01:02:10,125 A three! 683 01:02:11,292 --> 01:02:12,292 That is a... 684 01:02:13,750 --> 01:02:14,458 Four. 685 01:02:14,625 --> 01:02:15,792 Yes, go on. 686 01:02:20,083 --> 01:02:21,833 You're pressing too hard. 687 01:02:25,333 --> 01:02:26,458 Try again. 688 01:02:28,542 --> 01:02:30,208 - I can't. - You can. 689 01:02:33,167 --> 01:02:34,125 Come on. 690 01:03:43,083 --> 01:03:44,083 Come. 691 01:03:48,750 --> 01:03:49,792 Come. 692 01:04:55,250 --> 01:04:56,542 You want to see them? 693 01:04:57,875 --> 01:04:58,750 Show me. 694 01:05:51,792 --> 01:05:52,750 Go deeper. 695 01:05:53,375 --> 01:05:54,167 Deeper! 696 01:05:55,417 --> 01:05:56,375 I can't. 697 01:05:57,333 --> 01:05:58,542 My hand's too big. 698 01:06:01,833 --> 01:06:02,792 Want a taste? 699 01:06:29,750 --> 01:06:30,750 My God... 700 01:06:39,792 --> 01:06:40,708 No! 701 01:06:44,583 --> 01:06:45,458 Yes! 702 01:06:46,208 --> 01:06:47,333 Yes, come now! 703 01:06:49,292 --> 01:06:50,250 Come! 704 01:06:56,500 --> 01:06:57,542 It won't stop! 705 01:07:04,167 --> 01:07:05,375 My sweet Jesus! 706 01:07:24,208 --> 01:07:25,333 You want more? 707 01:08:23,583 --> 01:08:27,125 Today's reading is taken from Leviticus. 708 01:08:29,208 --> 01:08:30,583 But before I begin, 709 01:08:31,458 --> 01:08:35,250 I want to address questions troubling the hearts of some sisters. 710 01:08:36,708 --> 01:08:37,625 Sister Christina. 711 01:08:38,917 --> 01:08:40,583 If something preys on your mind, 712 01:08:42,250 --> 01:08:44,167 it is your duty to express it. 713 01:08:46,083 --> 01:08:48,208 You want me to talk now? 714 01:08:49,250 --> 01:08:51,000 - Here? - Where else? 715 01:08:52,167 --> 01:08:54,708 Pour out your heart. Stand, speak. 716 01:09:04,000 --> 01:09:05,208 Go ahead, speak! 717 01:09:15,542 --> 01:09:16,833 Our Mother Superior 718 01:09:18,042 --> 01:09:19,000 deceives us, 719 01:09:19,875 --> 01:09:20,708 lies to us. 720 01:09:21,875 --> 01:09:23,292 Sister, explain yourself. 721 01:09:24,250 --> 01:09:27,292 Do you have a grievance against our Reverend Mother? 722 01:09:29,167 --> 01:09:30,292 All I know is... 723 01:09:32,083 --> 01:09:32,833 What do you know? 724 01:09:40,667 --> 01:09:41,917 Benedetta tricks us. 725 01:09:43,458 --> 01:09:45,125 She marked her forehead herself. 726 01:09:46,083 --> 01:09:47,125 When she fell, 727 01:09:47,375 --> 01:09:48,833 she broke a glass jar and... 728 01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:50,208 cut herself with it. 729 01:09:50,667 --> 01:09:51,417 I saw her. 730 01:09:51,875 --> 01:09:53,958 My dear sister, what are you saying? 731 01:09:54,167 --> 01:09:55,917 And I'm sure the other signs 732 01:09:56,083 --> 01:09:57,667 came about the same way. 733 01:09:59,083 --> 01:10:00,208 Sister Christina... 734 01:10:01,542 --> 01:10:02,542 So you saw 735 01:10:03,042 --> 01:10:06,208 our Reverend Mother cut herself with a shard of glass? 736 01:10:06,375 --> 01:10:07,500 Is that right? 737 01:10:07,875 --> 01:10:10,167 Yes. And I told the abbess. 738 01:10:17,917 --> 01:10:19,292 What did you tell her? 739 01:10:20,333 --> 01:10:21,458 What I saw. 740 01:10:22,625 --> 01:10:24,542 What Sister Benedetta did. 741 01:10:27,375 --> 01:10:28,542 You do know 742 01:10:29,167 --> 01:10:31,042 false witness is a mortal sin? 743 01:10:33,750 --> 01:10:35,542 I'm not the one who lies. 744 01:10:40,292 --> 01:10:41,208 Sister Felicita, 745 01:10:42,417 --> 01:10:43,542 step forward. 746 01:10:59,333 --> 01:11:00,625 Did Sister Christina 747 01:11:01,125 --> 01:11:04,167 tell you that she saw Sister Benedetta 748 01:11:04,333 --> 01:11:07,000 inflicting wounds on her own forehead? 749 01:11:09,083 --> 01:11:10,667 She had serious doubts. 750 01:11:11,292 --> 01:11:12,375 But did she see it? 751 01:11:15,042 --> 01:11:17,542 She did not say she witnessed it directly... 752 01:11:17,708 --> 01:11:18,625 Directly? 753 01:11:19,167 --> 01:11:20,750 Did she witness it or not? 754 01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:25,875 No. 755 01:11:29,875 --> 01:11:31,167 She did not witness it. 756 01:11:37,458 --> 01:11:38,208 Liar! 757 01:11:39,667 --> 01:11:41,000 She denies me! 758 01:11:41,375 --> 01:11:42,792 Satan has possessed her! 759 01:11:43,667 --> 01:11:44,583 Punish her! 760 01:11:45,708 --> 01:11:46,958 Flagellation! 761 01:11:47,417 --> 01:11:48,958 She must flagellate herself! 762 01:11:49,125 --> 01:11:51,625 The devil must be driven out of your body! 763 01:11:53,958 --> 01:11:55,125 Bare yourself! 764 01:12:10,542 --> 01:12:12,167 Free yourself of the demon. 765 01:12:12,583 --> 01:12:14,208 Strike, my dear sister! 766 01:12:51,708 --> 01:12:52,667 At last! 767 01:12:55,750 --> 01:12:57,042 The rain has stopped. 768 01:12:58,083 --> 01:12:59,417 I have a gift for you. 769 01:13:15,583 --> 01:13:18,250 It will go deeper than my fingers. Want to try? 770 01:13:21,875 --> 01:13:23,333 It's a little rough here. 771 01:13:25,583 --> 01:13:26,583 Yes. 772 01:13:26,750 --> 01:13:27,958 I'll see to it. 773 01:13:28,958 --> 01:13:30,000 Take this off. 774 01:13:39,417 --> 01:13:41,125 You enjoyed it, didn't you? 775 01:13:41,667 --> 01:13:43,000 What did I enjoy? 776 01:13:43,792 --> 01:13:45,792 Christina whipping herself. I saw you. 777 01:13:46,917 --> 01:13:48,083 No, you're wrong. 778 01:13:49,375 --> 01:13:50,375 It was later. 779 01:13:54,458 --> 01:13:55,750 Thinking of you. 780 01:13:56,625 --> 01:13:58,208 Of what it would be like. 781 01:14:07,625 --> 01:14:08,667 Shall we try? 782 01:14:20,708 --> 01:14:21,792 Nice and smooth. 783 01:14:29,583 --> 01:14:30,583 It hurts? 784 01:14:32,250 --> 01:14:33,458 No, it feels good. 785 01:15:11,250 --> 01:15:12,417 There's a fire? 786 01:15:26,708 --> 01:15:27,917 Is it a star? 787 01:15:28,250 --> 01:15:29,250 A comet. 788 01:16:02,667 --> 01:16:05,042 The comet is directly over our convent. 789 01:16:05,583 --> 01:16:08,667 - What does it mean? - It's a sign from God. A warning. 790 01:16:08,833 --> 01:16:10,667 Something terrible will happen. 791 01:17:27,750 --> 01:17:28,958 What have you done? 792 01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:32,292 What have you done? 793 01:17:32,458 --> 01:17:35,208 You silly girl, what have you done? 794 01:17:38,750 --> 01:17:40,250 I'll lay hands on her 795 01:17:40,417 --> 01:17:42,375 to intercede for her soul. 796 01:17:42,542 --> 01:17:43,458 Intercede? 797 01:17:43,625 --> 01:17:44,917 Don't touch her! 798 01:17:45,958 --> 01:17:46,917 I must! 799 01:17:47,667 --> 01:17:49,792 A suicide's soul is bound for hell. 800 01:17:49,958 --> 01:17:50,958 I can intervene. 801 01:17:51,208 --> 01:17:53,125 Hands off her! Get away! 802 01:17:53,667 --> 01:17:56,500 A word from me and Jesus saves her from the flames. 803 01:17:57,917 --> 01:17:59,625 You're the one who'||... 804 01:18:03,458 --> 01:18:04,458 Stop! 805 01:18:08,333 --> 01:18:10,083 You lying bitch! 806 01:18:10,250 --> 01:18:11,292 Whore! 807 01:19:13,458 --> 01:19:14,875 She gave me an order. 808 01:19:15,583 --> 01:19:16,917 Even if she's not abbess... 809 01:19:17,375 --> 01:19:18,583 Where did she go? 810 01:19:20,875 --> 01:19:21,917 To Florence. 811 01:19:30,125 --> 01:19:31,750 Sister Felicita has left. 812 01:19:32,292 --> 01:19:33,792 Going to Florence. 813 01:19:34,708 --> 01:19:35,500 Why? 814 01:19:38,625 --> 01:19:40,500 To see the Nuncio, I suppose. 815 01:19:44,208 --> 01:19:45,333 And tell him what? 816 01:19:49,875 --> 01:19:51,708 What do you fear she'll tell him? 817 01:19:54,125 --> 01:19:55,125 Everything. 818 01:19:57,250 --> 01:19:58,292 Meaning? 819 01:20:00,750 --> 01:20:02,417 That my miracles aren't real? 820 01:20:04,042 --> 01:20:05,500 No, I didn't mean that. 821 01:20:09,167 --> 01:20:10,042 That... 822 01:20:11,917 --> 01:20:14,125 I cut myself with a stupid shard. 823 01:20:16,792 --> 01:20:18,667 That's what you did, isn't it? 824 01:20:20,750 --> 01:20:21,750 Didn't you? 825 01:20:23,250 --> 01:20:24,167 I don't know. 826 01:20:26,125 --> 01:20:28,417 I don't know how God makes things happen. 827 01:20:29,375 --> 01:20:31,250 But his will is done through me. 828 01:20:35,375 --> 01:20:36,917 This is not my flesh alone. 829 01:20:40,000 --> 01:20:41,333 It is his also. 830 01:20:43,708 --> 01:20:45,833 Stop! You disgust me. 831 01:20:53,542 --> 01:20:54,875 That's what you fear. 832 01:20:57,375 --> 01:20:59,833 What Sister Felicita might say about us. 833 01:21:00,458 --> 01:21:01,500 And what we do. 834 01:21:09,167 --> 01:21:10,667 Should we be ashamed? 835 01:21:14,500 --> 01:21:18,167 Shame does not exist under the protection of God's love. 836 01:21:20,417 --> 01:21:21,583 God's love? 837 01:21:22,833 --> 01:21:23,958 You love only yourself. 838 01:21:29,500 --> 01:21:30,417 So come closer. 839 01:21:30,583 --> 01:21:31,458 No. 840 01:21:38,583 --> 01:21:39,792 Just your breasts. 841 01:21:42,750 --> 01:21:43,750 Please. 842 01:22:08,875 --> 01:22:09,917 My Jesus, no! 843 01:22:11,333 --> 01:22:13,125 Don't ask that of me, please! 844 01:22:14,083 --> 01:22:15,125 Benedefia? 845 01:22:32,958 --> 01:22:35,000 The sisters must dig a grave. 846 01:23:37,542 --> 01:23:38,292 Where's Teresa? 847 01:23:39,292 --> 01:23:42,417 At the hospital. She won't survive, your Excellency. 848 01:23:42,917 --> 01:23:44,250 Probably not, no. 849 01:23:45,375 --> 01:23:47,125 That's three since Sunday 850 01:23:47,292 --> 01:23:48,667 but I'm not afraid. 851 01:23:50,458 --> 01:23:52,958 Perhaps because you're too full of life. 852 01:23:54,042 --> 01:23:56,125 A few more weeks and he'll be here. 853 01:23:56,292 --> 01:23:57,583 I already have milk. 854 01:24:02,167 --> 01:24:02,833 Enough. 855 01:24:11,250 --> 01:24:13,667 Is there anything you'd like to add? 856 01:24:13,833 --> 01:24:15,125 I told you everything. 857 01:24:15,292 --> 01:24:16,875 It's in your hands now. 858 01:24:20,042 --> 01:24:24,000 Extraordinary accusations require extraordinary proof. 859 01:24:24,167 --> 01:24:25,542 I spoke only the truth. 860 01:24:26,417 --> 01:24:28,542 You may suspect my motives, 861 01:24:28,708 --> 01:24:30,125 but come to Pescia 862 01:24:30,583 --> 01:24:32,333 and you'll see for yourself. 863 01:24:35,958 --> 01:24:37,583 If you look honestly. 864 01:24:45,250 --> 01:24:48,000 If there is devilry in Pescia, I shall unmask it. 865 01:24:48,167 --> 01:24:51,083 And if this sister is guilty of blasphemy, 866 01:24:51,250 --> 01:24:52,333 she will burn. 867 01:24:53,292 --> 01:24:55,958 But if your testimony proves false... 868 01:24:57,917 --> 01:24:59,458 what shall we do with you? 869 01:25:00,375 --> 01:25:01,542 Who can say? 870 01:25:04,375 --> 01:25:05,333 Yes... 871 01:25:08,083 --> 01:25:09,042 Me. 872 01:25:18,875 --> 01:25:20,250 Our Lord! 873 01:25:21,667 --> 01:25:22,667 Jesus! 874 01:25:38,208 --> 01:25:39,500 Kylie! 875 01:25:44,500 --> 01:25:45,625 Jesus! 876 01:25:46,917 --> 01:25:48,458 Have mercy on us! 877 01:26:14,083 --> 01:26:16,458 It is a sign of God's judgment! 878 01:26:17,042 --> 01:26:19,375 "For the 3rd angel sounded his trumpet 879 01:26:19,542 --> 01:26:22,875 "and a great star fell from the sky like a torch. 880 01:26:23,292 --> 01:26:26,125 "|ts pestilence will poison a third of the waters." 881 01:26:26,292 --> 01:26:27,042 The plague! 882 01:26:27,750 --> 01:26:29,333 The instrument to punish us. 883 01:26:30,167 --> 01:26:32,542 The plague will come to Pescia! 884 01:27:15,042 --> 01:27:16,208 Thank you, Lord. 885 01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:19,042 Thank you! 886 01:27:24,417 --> 01:27:25,500 Do not fear. 887 01:27:26,792 --> 01:27:29,792 The comet is the sign that the Lord protects us. 888 01:27:30,750 --> 01:27:32,875 The plague will not touch Pescia! 889 01:27:35,000 --> 01:27:37,750 Jesus made a promise to me, his bride, 890 01:27:37,917 --> 01:27:39,583 to spare this town! 891 01:27:39,750 --> 01:27:41,583 Lord Jesus, protect us! 892 01:27:41,958 --> 01:27:43,583 Protect our city! 893 01:27:46,167 --> 01:27:47,750 Thank you, Lord Jesus! 894 01:27:51,750 --> 01:27:52,792 My sweet Jesus, 895 01:27:53,542 --> 01:27:55,458 we know you are among us. 896 01:27:56,167 --> 01:27:57,542 Thank you, my God. 897 01:28:06,958 --> 01:28:08,500 Shut the city gates! 898 01:28:08,833 --> 01:28:10,375 Let no one enter. 899 01:28:13,542 --> 01:28:15,208 It is the will of the Lord. 900 01:28:15,792 --> 01:28:17,042 Shut the gates now! 901 01:28:36,958 --> 01:28:37,833 Sister? 902 01:28:40,167 --> 01:28:41,083 What is happening? 903 01:28:52,542 --> 01:28:54,042 The grave is for you? 904 01:28:56,958 --> 01:28:57,958 Answer me. 905 01:29:32,542 --> 01:29:34,458 A letter! It came from heaven! 906 01:29:34,625 --> 01:29:36,042 The end is nigh! 907 01:29:37,667 --> 01:29:39,083 Let the bell toll! 908 01:29:40,708 --> 01:29:42,500 It is written! Read it! 909 01:29:42,667 --> 01:29:44,125 It's a letter from God! 910 01:29:56,042 --> 01:29:57,083 Nuncio! 911 01:29:57,250 --> 01:29:58,542 Give me absolution. 912 01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:00,833 Your Excellency, I'm dying. 913 01:30:01,333 --> 01:30:02,792 Do not let me die like this. 914 01:30:02,958 --> 01:30:04,500 Seek out your parish priest. 915 01:30:04,667 --> 01:30:06,167 Ask him for absolution. 916 01:30:06,750 --> 01:30:07,792 That's me. 917 01:30:07,958 --> 01:30:09,792 I'm the parish priest! 918 01:30:31,583 --> 01:30:33,292 Open the gates for the nuncio! 919 01:30:34,375 --> 01:30:35,625 The gates stay shut. 920 01:30:36,375 --> 01:30:38,042 No one in, no one out. 921 01:30:39,375 --> 01:30:41,708 I'm the nuncio of Florence. Open up! 922 01:30:41,875 --> 01:30:44,500 Even if you're the pope, we won't open up. 923 01:30:44,667 --> 01:30:47,125 You're under my authority, the Church's authority. 924 01:30:47,833 --> 01:30:50,375 Here we're under the authority of Jesus himself. 925 01:30:50,542 --> 01:30:52,083 The gates stay shut! 926 01:31:00,042 --> 01:31:01,292 Your Excellency. 927 01:31:02,542 --> 01:31:04,083 I am the provost of Pescia. 928 01:31:05,833 --> 01:31:08,042 I am Alfonso Giglioli, papal nuncio, 929 01:31:08,208 --> 01:31:10,375 here to talk to the abbess of the Theatines. 930 01:31:11,500 --> 01:31:13,458 It grieves me to tell you, 931 01:31:13,625 --> 01:31:16,333 the holy Benedetta died this afternoon. 932 01:31:19,042 --> 01:31:21,375 We are sorry you came all this way. 933 01:31:22,000 --> 01:31:25,083 I'll celebrate the funeral mass with you. Take me to her. 934 01:31:25,250 --> 01:31:26,292 Let's go. 935 01:31:28,417 --> 01:31:30,167 The plague must stay outside. 936 01:31:32,000 --> 01:31:35,292 Anyone who enters must be examined by our doctors. 937 01:31:35,458 --> 01:31:36,458 Even you, Excellency. 938 01:31:36,625 --> 01:31:38,167 God has sent us. 939 01:31:38,333 --> 01:31:40,250 And you will not stop us. 940 01:31:41,292 --> 01:31:42,333 We go in. 941 01:32:08,292 --> 01:32:09,375 Open up. 942 01:32:13,833 --> 01:32:16,000 An honor to welcome you, Excellency. 943 01:32:32,375 --> 01:32:35,875 - You chose today to put on a theatrical? - No, your Excellency. 944 01:32:36,042 --> 01:32:39,125 Before she died, the abbess revealed how God wanted us 945 01:32:39,292 --> 01:32:41,375 to celebrate her ascension to heaven. 946 01:32:42,167 --> 01:32:44,667 - Another vision? - Yes, Excellency, exactly. 947 01:32:44,833 --> 01:32:49,208 Her coffin was to be carried by nine novices dressed as angels. 948 01:33:14,417 --> 01:33:15,792 Skin intact. 949 01:33:16,375 --> 01:33:17,458 No trace of plague. 950 01:33:18,542 --> 01:33:20,042 She received the last rites? 951 01:33:20,208 --> 01:33:22,417 No, her death was too sudden. 952 01:33:23,000 --> 01:33:24,708 I shall administer them now. 953 01:33:25,167 --> 01:33:26,542 Make preparations. 954 01:33:27,292 --> 01:33:28,500 Are you satisfied? 955 01:33:29,958 --> 01:33:32,042 I never wanted her to die. 956 01:33:33,750 --> 01:33:35,333 Not so quickly, at least. 957 01:34:02,542 --> 01:34:03,958 Jesus, hold onto me! 958 01:34:05,292 --> 01:34:06,750 Don't let me go back! 959 01:34:08,125 --> 01:34:10,042 I want to stay with you. 960 01:34:21,292 --> 01:34:23,833 I was in heaven, in perfect peace. 961 01:34:24,292 --> 01:34:25,958 But I was torn from it. 962 01:34:26,667 --> 01:34:29,583 Like a baby from the womb, I was sent back. 963 01:34:31,625 --> 01:34:33,792 Jesus brought me back here to Earth. 964 01:34:33,958 --> 01:34:35,250 Why so, mother? 965 01:34:38,000 --> 01:34:40,667 I saw the souls of those who are soon to die. 966 01:34:43,458 --> 01:34:45,708 I saw your souls, shed floods of tears. 967 01:34:48,750 --> 01:34:51,292 You saw mine as well, I suppose? 968 01:34:52,250 --> 01:34:54,292 Jesus sent me back down here 969 01:34:55,083 --> 01:34:58,083 to save you from the plague and what lies beyond. 970 01:34:58,667 --> 01:35:00,667 The eternal flames of hell. 971 01:35:00,917 --> 01:35:03,958 Concern yourself not with the fires of hell. 972 01:35:04,125 --> 01:35:07,542 It may be the fires of this world that consume you. 973 01:35:08,708 --> 01:35:10,917 Black Death approaches Pescia. 974 01:35:11,292 --> 01:35:13,292 He waits, sharpening his scythe. 975 01:35:13,458 --> 01:35:15,417 I saw swollen bodies. I saw blood. 976 01:35:15,583 --> 01:35:17,833 Rich and poor, women and children. 977 01:35:18,875 --> 01:35:20,583 But Jesus was there too. 978 01:35:20,917 --> 01:35:23,833 He swore that as long as I live, you shall live! 979 01:35:25,875 --> 01:35:28,167 You stand accused of blasphemy, 980 01:35:28,333 --> 01:35:30,917 heresy and bestiality. 981 01:35:32,875 --> 01:35:34,750 Your trial will begin tomorrow. 982 01:36:00,167 --> 01:36:02,458 We found nothing, your Excellency. 983 01:36:03,958 --> 01:36:05,292 You searched everywhere? 984 01:36:05,458 --> 01:36:07,208 Gutted the mattresses and cushions? 985 01:36:07,375 --> 01:36:09,167 Yes, your Excellency. Nothing. 986 01:36:11,333 --> 01:36:12,542 It's that big. 987 01:36:13,375 --> 01:36:15,625 It must be somewhere. Look again. 988 01:36:18,083 --> 01:36:19,625 What will you tell them? 989 01:36:19,833 --> 01:36:21,208 The truth, what else? 990 01:36:21,875 --> 01:36:23,417 You can tell them something else. 991 01:36:32,667 --> 01:36:34,417 Novice Bartolomea, stand up. 992 01:36:38,083 --> 01:36:39,000 Stand up! 993 01:36:44,167 --> 01:36:45,000 Good. 994 01:36:45,542 --> 01:36:48,333 Sister Felicita, tell us what you saw. 995 01:36:50,125 --> 01:36:52,125 I have no words for such acts. 996 01:36:52,625 --> 01:36:53,917 Do your best. 997 01:36:57,375 --> 01:36:59,958 I saw this girl in carnal embrace 998 01:37:00,958 --> 01:37:02,958 with Mother Superior Benedetta. 999 01:37:04,125 --> 01:37:06,167 Can you be more specific, sister? 1000 01:37:07,833 --> 01:37:09,750 They used each other, 1001 01:37:11,167 --> 01:37:12,333 by turns, 1002 01:37:13,542 --> 01:37:15,042 8S a man USES 8 WONG“. 1003 01:37:16,458 --> 01:37:19,208 How did you come to witness these acts? 1004 01:37:20,583 --> 01:37:22,792 Through a spyhole that I cut myself 1005 01:37:22,958 --> 01:37:25,000 in the wall of my former chamber. 1006 01:37:25,167 --> 01:37:27,167 Is that not a mortal sin? 1007 01:37:27,583 --> 01:37:29,042 Spying on her mother superior. 1008 01:37:29,208 --> 01:37:32,083 We are not judging the former abbess's conduct. 1009 01:37:32,250 --> 01:37:35,333 We should. How do we know her declarations 1010 01:37:35,500 --> 01:37:37,042 are not born of jealousy? 1011 01:37:37,208 --> 01:37:39,667 - Or spite? - Sister Felicita's testimony 1012 01:37:39,833 --> 01:37:41,500 is a beginning not an end. 1013 01:37:42,333 --> 01:37:43,292 Bartolomea... 1014 01:37:44,625 --> 01:37:47,042 how do you respond to this accusation? 1015 01:37:47,750 --> 01:37:49,125 Is there truth in it? 1016 01:37:50,375 --> 01:37:52,417 - I didn't understand. - Pardon me? 1017 01:37:52,792 --> 01:37:55,083 I didn't understand what she said. 1018 01:37:55,458 --> 01:37:59,000 Have you looked upon Abbess Benedetta with lust? 1019 01:37:59,167 --> 01:38:00,000 Lust? 1020 01:38:00,167 --> 01:38:02,042 Between women? Impossible! 1021 01:38:02,208 --> 01:38:05,208 This convent seems rarely bound by the possible. 1022 01:38:06,333 --> 01:38:07,417 Bartolomea, 1023 01:38:08,000 --> 01:38:12,417 yes or no, have you looked upon Abbess Benedetta with lust? 1024 01:38:16,333 --> 01:38:17,167 With love. 1025 01:38:20,083 --> 01:38:23,042 All I feel for Mother Benedetta is love. 1026 01:38:24,292 --> 01:38:26,500 The love I feel for all my sisters. 1027 01:38:27,583 --> 01:38:30,625 You have not expressed your love for your sisters 1028 01:38:30,792 --> 01:38:32,292 in the same way, have you? 1029 01:38:32,500 --> 01:38:33,458 No! 1030 01:38:34,917 --> 01:38:35,833 Sister Felicita, 1031 01:38:36,417 --> 01:38:37,958 by what means 1032 01:38:38,792 --> 01:38:42,500 did novice Bartolomea express her love for the mother superior? 1033 01:38:46,542 --> 01:38:49,125 She used a wooden figure 1034 01:38:49,583 --> 01:38:51,167 of the Blessed Virgin 1035 01:38:52,083 --> 01:38:53,333 to penetrate 1036 01:38:54,333 --> 01:38:56,583 the sex of Benedetta and bring her to crisis. 1037 01:38:58,292 --> 01:38:59,875 Crimen nefastum. 1038 01:39:01,750 --> 01:39:04,458 A sacrilegious inversion of natural order. 1039 01:39:04,625 --> 01:39:08,208 An abomination that merits the ultimate punishment. 1040 01:39:09,125 --> 01:39:09,875 The stake! 1041 01:39:10,583 --> 01:39:11,625 It's not true. 1042 01:39:12,083 --> 01:39:13,125 Not true. 1043 01:39:17,042 --> 01:39:20,333 You might yet save your soul, child. 1044 01:39:21,458 --> 01:39:22,792 If you confess. 1045 01:39:29,625 --> 01:39:31,875 I have nothing to confess, your Excellency. 1046 01:39:43,292 --> 01:39:45,750 If you know, why must I confess? 1047 01:39:45,917 --> 01:39:47,708 Confession mitigates your sins. 1048 01:39:47,875 --> 01:39:51,292 You might save yourself from the stake. Benedetta, too. 1049 01:40:18,417 --> 01:40:19,417 Undress her. 1050 01:40:50,792 --> 01:40:53,625 You can save your soul if you speak. 1051 01:40:56,708 --> 01:40:57,958 All right. 1052 01:41:02,375 --> 01:41:03,458 I confess. 1053 01:41:04,208 --> 01:41:05,875 I've had horrible thoughts. 1054 01:41:07,333 --> 01:41:10,292 Sister Juliana is hateful. I wished her dead! 1055 01:41:10,458 --> 01:41:11,750 Let me go now! 1056 01:41:17,417 --> 01:41:18,417 My child... 1057 01:41:19,125 --> 01:41:20,875 that's not what we want. 1058 01:41:36,500 --> 01:41:37,667 The pear of anguish. 1059 01:41:41,208 --> 01:41:44,083 Have you seen the like before? 1060 01:41:48,083 --> 01:41:50,708 Joan of Arc was a courageous warrior, 1061 01:41:50,875 --> 01:41:53,000 which even her enemies acknowledged, 1062 01:41:54,125 --> 01:41:55,083 and yet, 1063 01:41:55,417 --> 01:41:59,167 she confessed to all her sins upon sight of the torture instruments. 1064 01:42:01,083 --> 01:42:04,458 There is no need to pretend to be braver than Joan of Arc. 1065 01:42:05,208 --> 01:42:07,042 No need to pretend anything. 1066 01:42:08,708 --> 01:42:10,250 I've already confessed. 1067 01:42:11,833 --> 01:42:14,250 I told you I wanted to kill Sister Juliana. 1068 01:42:14,417 --> 01:42:16,042 I am guilty of murder. 1069 01:42:18,042 --> 01:42:19,125 Have mercy. 1070 01:42:34,542 --> 01:42:35,833 I've confessed! 1071 01:42:42,167 --> 01:42:45,833 We are strangers as yet but we're on the same boat. 1072 01:42:47,583 --> 01:42:49,000 The journey may be long. 1073 01:42:49,542 --> 01:42:50,833 It may be short. 1074 01:42:51,917 --> 01:42:53,958 Let's pray God lights our way. 1075 01:43:50,792 --> 01:43:51,750 Enter! 1076 01:44:03,292 --> 01:44:05,292 What do you think love is? 1077 01:44:11,000 --> 01:44:12,083 I think 1078 01:44:13,000 --> 01:44:15,042 love is not feeling alone. 1079 01:44:17,125 --> 01:44:18,000 It's 1080 01:44:18,667 --> 01:44:19,750 a warmth here. 1081 01:44:24,083 --> 01:44:25,417 Your feet are sore? 1082 01:44:37,625 --> 01:44:40,167 The abbess would wash my feet? 1083 01:44:42,750 --> 01:44:45,333 As a novice, I washed more than my share. 1084 01:44:48,208 --> 01:44:50,167 You have never touched a man? 1085 01:44:51,583 --> 01:44:52,458 No. 1086 01:44:52,917 --> 01:44:53,708 Why? 1087 01:44:53,875 --> 01:44:56,417 You don't feel a woman's natural desires? 1088 01:44:58,208 --> 01:45:00,125 My only desire is for God. 1089 01:45:11,417 --> 01:45:15,208 Trying to seduce me? Where'd you pick up a whore's talents? 1090 01:45:16,250 --> 01:45:18,500 I know little of a where's talents. 1091 01:45:18,667 --> 01:45:21,417 And I won't ask how you came to know them. 1092 01:45:38,833 --> 01:45:40,625 Play with me, play with fire. 1093 01:45:41,875 --> 01:45:42,958 Literally. 1094 01:45:44,083 --> 01:45:45,167 I'm not afraid. 1095 01:45:46,500 --> 01:45:47,500 Of course. 1096 01:45:48,833 --> 01:45:50,917 You advance, wearing armor of light. 1097 01:45:52,250 --> 01:45:54,292 Love is the only armor I need. 1098 01:45:54,917 --> 01:45:57,250 The love of Christ, do you mean? 1099 01:45:57,917 --> 01:45:59,625 Or the love of Bartolomea? 1100 01:46:01,750 --> 01:46:03,292 That of Bartolomea also. 1101 01:46:04,833 --> 01:46:06,042 So Jesus must share? 1102 01:46:09,000 --> 01:46:11,000 He joyfully shares everything. 1103 01:46:11,458 --> 01:46:12,917 With the whole human race. 1104 01:46:14,958 --> 01:46:16,250 That warmth you feel. 1105 01:46:16,417 --> 01:46:17,375 Here. 1106 01:46:18,250 --> 01:46:20,500 It's not love for the whole human race. 1107 01:46:20,667 --> 01:46:22,375 It's particular, isn't it'? 1108 01:46:23,833 --> 01:46:25,833 Bartolomea is the particular. 1109 01:46:26,583 --> 01:46:28,667 Through her, I reach universal love. 1110 01:46:31,125 --> 01:46:35,333 Or the universal reaches you through a chunk of wood, is that right? 1111 01:46:49,875 --> 01:46:51,708 Stay away from me! 1112 01:46:52,375 --> 01:46:53,458 Bartolomea... 1113 01:46:54,500 --> 01:46:56,875 I told them how you deceived me. 1114 01:46:58,167 --> 01:47:00,292 How you forced me to sin. 1115 01:47:02,333 --> 01:47:04,000 They put lies in your mouth. 1116 01:47:04,167 --> 01:47:06,125 I won't suffer for you anymore! 1117 01:47:06,458 --> 01:47:07,458 Go to hell! 1118 01:47:07,625 --> 01:47:09,958 Are you ready to confess now? 1119 01:47:19,625 --> 01:47:21,917 Here's the proof you're looking for. 1120 01:47:37,292 --> 01:47:39,417 There is your love, Benedetta. 1121 01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:47,375 Blasphemy! 1122 01:47:48,250 --> 01:47:49,250 Blasphemy! 1123 01:47:49,583 --> 01:47:50,625 You mock! 1124 01:47:51,208 --> 01:47:53,792 You mock my bride as they mocked me on the cross! 1125 01:47:54,667 --> 01:47:55,833 Sacrilege! 1126 01:47:56,000 --> 01:47:57,917 You have all been judged! 1127 01:47:58,083 --> 01:48:00,083 You, Alfonso Giglioli! 1128 01:48:00,792 --> 01:48:02,333 You have been judged. 1129 01:48:02,500 --> 01:48:04,042 You'll pay for your blasphemy. 1130 01:48:04,333 --> 01:48:06,750 With your blood, black pus, 1131 01:48:06,917 --> 01:48:08,042 and buboes! 1132 01:48:38,667 --> 01:48:40,000 When did it occur? 1133 01:48:40,167 --> 01:48:41,083 An hour ago. 1134 01:48:41,250 --> 01:48:42,500 Not a word of this. 1135 01:48:42,667 --> 01:48:45,292 Put her in the cellar. Post a guard. 1136 01:48:45,458 --> 01:48:47,167 No one enters or leaves. 1137 01:48:47,542 --> 01:48:49,458 Burn everything she touched! 1138 01:49:23,125 --> 01:49:24,667 Hold your head high. 1139 01:49:26,625 --> 01:49:29,333 One thing I learned as a prostitute, 1140 01:49:30,625 --> 01:49:33,042 humilitation doesn't leave a mark. 1141 01:50:11,750 --> 01:50:13,833 Thief! Stop her! 1142 01:50:21,333 --> 01:50:24,625 The people of Pescia won't let you burn their protector. 1143 01:50:24,792 --> 01:50:26,917 They have no say. The Church decides. 1144 01:50:27,083 --> 01:50:29,375 And has decided. Sign. 1145 01:50:29,667 --> 01:50:32,667 Nuncio, remember the child was pledged to Christ... 1146 01:50:32,833 --> 01:50:33,958 Father! 1147 01:50:34,333 --> 01:50:35,833 Consider your job done. 1148 01:50:38,375 --> 01:50:40,667 I feel pity for Benedetta. And love. 1149 01:50:40,833 --> 01:50:43,875 But pity and love have nothing to do with duty. 1150 01:50:44,917 --> 01:50:47,333 The sentence is mandatory. 1151 01:51:09,792 --> 01:51:11,042 Your Excellency? 1152 01:51:11,833 --> 01:51:12,583 Yes. 1153 01:51:12,958 --> 01:51:15,000 Sister Benedetta has a request. 1154 01:51:16,042 --> 01:51:18,833 She asks to be allowed to pray with Sister Felicita 1155 01:51:19,000 --> 01:51:20,750 and beg her forgiveness. 1156 01:51:22,708 --> 01:51:24,125 She also asks 1157 01:51:24,875 --> 01:51:26,708 to be carried onto the square 1158 01:51:27,208 --> 01:51:30,583 on a donkey, like Christ entering Jerusalem. 1159 01:51:34,417 --> 01:51:36,458 For the donkey, no, of course. 1160 01:51:37,000 --> 01:51:40,583 But I will allow her little scene with Sister Felicita. 1161 01:51:40,750 --> 01:51:44,417 We must all play our roles to the end, mustn't we? 1162 01:51:46,042 --> 01:51:47,042 Very well. 1163 01:51:57,875 --> 01:51:58,958 You can go. 1164 01:52:11,917 --> 01:52:14,625 Are you happy to see me dying? 1165 01:52:16,750 --> 01:52:19,208 I came to tell you Jesus's revelations to me. 1166 01:52:21,958 --> 01:52:24,083 Your daughter waits for you at his side. 1167 01:52:24,250 --> 01:52:26,167 I don't believe a word of it. 1168 01:52:28,292 --> 01:52:31,292 But she's not in hell. That's something. 1169 01:52:35,958 --> 01:52:39,167 You gave your life to God without ever believing in him. 1170 01:52:40,250 --> 01:52:42,417 Now, when he should be your comfort 1171 01:52:42,625 --> 01:52:43,625 and salvation, 1172 01:52:44,583 --> 01:52:47,042 you are alone facing the terror of death. 1173 01:52:50,750 --> 01:52:53,583 God never spoke to me the way he speaks to you. 1174 01:52:54,542 --> 01:52:56,375 He speaks to you at this moment. 1175 01:52:57,667 --> 01:52:59,792 He speaks to you through your pain. 1176 01:53:04,833 --> 01:53:06,500 He's very eloquent then. 1177 01:53:09,042 --> 01:53:11,292 But I've no idea what he's telling me. 1178 01:53:15,917 --> 01:53:17,000 What is it? 1179 01:53:18,292 --> 01:53:20,083 What is he telling you? 1180 01:53:22,458 --> 01:53:23,750 You believe that I know? 1181 01:53:25,083 --> 01:53:26,125 Perhaps, yes. 1182 01:53:28,333 --> 01:53:29,792 Yes, you know. 1183 01:53:31,292 --> 01:53:32,167 Yes. 1184 01:53:36,833 --> 01:53:37,917 Tell me. 1185 01:53:40,583 --> 01:53:41,708 Tell me. 1186 01:54:05,542 --> 01:54:06,833 Forgive me! 1187 01:54:10,625 --> 01:54:11,833 Look at me! 1188 01:54:12,250 --> 01:54:14,042 Forgive me! Please! 1189 01:54:15,042 --> 01:54:16,792 Tell me you don't hate me. 1190 01:54:18,000 --> 01:54:20,208 It's fine. I had to be betrayed. 1191 01:54:26,333 --> 01:54:27,750 Death to the nuncio! 1192 01:54:46,792 --> 01:54:48,125 Release her! 1193 01:54:56,250 --> 01:54:57,458 Let me go! 1194 01:55:05,167 --> 01:55:07,792 I grant you the mercy of strangulation. 1195 01:55:07,958 --> 01:55:09,792 You will not endure the flames, 1196 01:55:10,250 --> 01:55:12,083 but make a full confession. 1197 01:55:15,083 --> 01:55:17,042 Renounce your vanity! 1198 01:55:18,208 --> 01:55:19,000 Confess! 1199 01:55:26,458 --> 01:55:27,667 I shall confess. 1200 01:55:32,208 --> 01:55:33,208 Speak! 1201 01:55:42,000 --> 01:55:44,000 Poor city of Pescia! 1202 01:55:45,500 --> 01:55:46,958 I could not save you. 1203 01:55:48,500 --> 01:55:50,042 Or make you renounce wickedness. 1204 01:56:01,417 --> 01:56:02,750 You betrayed my love! 1205 01:56:05,292 --> 01:56:07,583 None of you will be spared! 1206 01:56:08,542 --> 01:56:10,292 Death will run through the town, 1207 01:56:10,458 --> 01:56:13,042 like a wind scything down all in its path. 1208 01:56:18,417 --> 01:56:19,542 Behold! 1209 01:56:20,958 --> 01:56:23,875 The angel of death has stretched out her hands. 1210 01:56:25,083 --> 01:56:26,250 Death is here. 1211 01:56:27,542 --> 01:56:29,833 Death walks among you already. 1212 01:56:32,250 --> 01:56:33,458 Angel of death! 1213 01:56:34,667 --> 01:56:36,042 Show your face! 1214 01:56:50,208 --> 01:56:51,375 He did this to me! 1215 01:56:53,167 --> 01:56:54,250 The nuncio! 1216 01:56:55,667 --> 01:56:57,875 He has brought the plague to Pescia. 1217 01:56:58,792 --> 01:56:59,833 Upon you! 1218 01:57:00,292 --> 01:57:01,333 And your children! 1219 01:57:01,500 --> 01:57:02,500 Enough! 1220 01:57:03,167 --> 01:57:04,333 To the stake! 1221 01:57:05,167 --> 01:57:06,542 Take her to the stake! 1222 01:57:07,208 --> 01:57:08,417 To the stake! 1223 01:57:22,208 --> 01:57:25,000 If she dies, we shall all be cursed! 1224 01:57:25,500 --> 01:57:26,583 It's the nuncio! 1225 01:57:26,875 --> 01:57:29,042 The nuncio has brought death to us! 1226 01:57:29,875 --> 01:57:31,792 It's the nuncio who must burn! 1227 01:57:42,458 --> 01:57:44,792 To death! To death! 1228 01:58:13,583 --> 01:58:14,708 Untie her! 1229 01:58:30,542 --> 01:58:31,458 Flee! 1230 01:58:44,542 --> 01:58:45,792 The kiss of peace! 1231 01:58:53,083 --> 01:58:54,333 Catch him! 1232 02:00:03,750 --> 02:00:05,542 Shall I pray for your soul? 1233 02:00:08,833 --> 02:00:10,083 When you died, 1234 02:00:11,167 --> 02:00:12,583 you saw the other world? 1235 02:00:13,333 --> 02:00:15,542 Jesus showed me the place of every soul, 1236 02:00:15,708 --> 02:00:17,792 past, present and to come. 1237 02:00:18,750 --> 02:00:19,750 And me? 1238 02:00:20,875 --> 02:00:23,000 Did you see me in paradise or hell? 1239 02:00:25,708 --> 02:00:26,750 Paradise. 1240 02:00:31,458 --> 02:00:33,333 To the end, you lie. 1241 02:02:08,750 --> 02:02:10,167 What are you doing? 1242 02:02:10,750 --> 02:02:11,917 I must go back. 1243 02:02:16,542 --> 02:02:18,042 There's nothing left there. 1244 02:02:20,292 --> 02:02:22,625 - Why go back? - The convent's my home. 1245 02:02:22,792 --> 02:02:24,542 I swore to live out my days there. 1246 02:02:24,750 --> 02:02:26,125 That's all in the past. 1247 02:02:27,708 --> 02:02:28,792 Not for me. 1248 02:02:32,542 --> 02:02:34,583 We can go where we want now. 1249 02:02:34,750 --> 02:02:36,667 - You think? - Yes, anywhere. 1250 02:02:36,833 --> 02:02:39,583 We can go to Rome, Venice, Spain... 1251 02:02:40,208 --> 02:02:41,583 How would we eat? 1252 02:02:42,250 --> 02:02:43,292 By stealing? 1253 02:02:43,833 --> 02:02:44,750 Selling ourselves? 1254 02:02:48,250 --> 02:02:50,708 There's worse. At least you'd be alive. 1255 02:02:52,000 --> 02:02:54,625 Go back, and you go back to the stake. 1256 02:02:56,583 --> 02:02:58,125 They won't burn me. 1257 02:02:59,500 --> 02:03:00,875 I'll be protected. 1258 02:03:02,625 --> 02:03:04,542 By who? Your husband Jesus? 1259 02:03:06,208 --> 02:03:07,958 You still don't believe in me? 1260 02:03:08,542 --> 02:03:09,708 After all you've seen? 1261 02:03:09,875 --> 02:03:10,583 Look. 1262 02:03:17,958 --> 02:03:19,417 I've already explained. 1263 02:03:19,583 --> 02:03:21,292 - God possesses me and... - Stop! 1264 02:03:21,458 --> 02:03:22,833 We're alone. Admit it! 1265 02:03:23,000 --> 02:03:25,542 These stigmata are all stories. Say it! 1266 02:03:28,333 --> 02:03:29,292 Say it. 1267 02:03:35,583 --> 02:03:37,375 If you care about me, say it. 1268 02:03:41,458 --> 02:03:42,500 Say it! 1269 02:03:42,667 --> 02:03:44,583 Why make me say atrocities? 1270 02:03:44,750 --> 02:03:46,333 I don't want you to die. 1271 02:03:49,167 --> 02:03:52,500 The people behind you yesterday will throw you to the flames. 1272 02:03:58,500 --> 02:03:59,500 You're right. 1273 02:04:02,042 --> 02:04:03,625 They'll tie me to the stake. 1274 02:04:04,708 --> 02:04:06,042 They'll set it on fire. 1275 02:04:07,875 --> 02:04:10,458 The flames will touch me but will not burn me. 1276 02:04:11,667 --> 02:04:13,042 God won't let them. 1277 02:04:14,583 --> 02:04:15,750 And all will see. 1278 02:04:16,958 --> 02:04:18,917 No one will doubt ever again. 1279 02:04:19,083 --> 02:04:22,167 You will never doubt or fear anything again. 1280 02:04:22,917 --> 02:04:24,625 That will be my gift to you. 1281 02:04:27,250 --> 02:04:28,458 You are mad. 1282 02:04:28,625 --> 02:04:29,500 Mad. 1283 02:04:32,500 --> 02:04:34,250 You're a child, Bartolomea. 1284 02:04:34,917 --> 02:04:36,708 And that's part of your charm. 1285 02:04:45,500 --> 02:04:46,292 Go! 1286 02:04:48,208 --> 02:04:49,375 Go then! 1287 02:04:50,458 --> 02:04:51,917 Go to the devil! 1288 02:04:54,042 --> 02:04:55,667 I hope he burns you! 1289 02:04:58,417 --> 02:04:59,500 Go! 1290 02:05:31,667 --> 02:05:34,125 Sister Benedetta was denied martyrdom. 1291 02:05:34,292 --> 02:05:36,000 She lived to the age of 70, 1292 02:05:36,167 --> 02:05:38,542 confined in the convent of the Theatines. 1293 02:05:38,708 --> 02:05:40,958 She was permitted to attend mass 1294 02:05:41,125 --> 02:05:43,500 and on occasion to dine with her sisters, 1295 02:05:43,667 --> 02:05:45,042 seated on the floor. 1296 02:05:45,208 --> 02:05:47,000 The plague ravaging the country 1297 02:05:47,167 --> 02:05:48,500 completely spared Pescia.