1 00:00:49,874 --> 00:00:53,366 THE ABDUCTION OF HELEN BY PARIS STARTED THE TROJAN WAR 2 00:01:00,484 --> 00:01:06,389 THE OFFENSE AGAINST MENELAUS BECAME AN OFFENSE AGAINST GREECE 3 00:01:07,024 --> 00:01:11,461 AND THE KINGS OF GREECE, LED BY AGAMEMNON, BROTHER OF MENELAUS... 4 00:01:15,332 --> 00:01:21,202 GATHERED IN AULIS WITH THEIR ARMIES AND ONE THOUSAND SHIPS 5 00:01:30,381 --> 00:01:34,545 AND WAITED FOR THE WINDS TO BLOW 6 00:02:34,044 --> 00:02:35,602 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 7 00:04:40,004 --> 00:04:41,767 AGAMEMNON: I want to go through. 8 00:04:46,644 --> 00:04:48,009 Get him up. 9 00:05:03,327 --> 00:05:05,090 King! 10 00:05:05,195 --> 00:05:06,856 (ALL SCREAMING) 11 00:05:40,864 --> 00:05:42,354 Follow me! 12 00:05:47,905 --> 00:05:50,032 Agamemnon, where are you going? 13 00:06:28,245 --> 00:06:29,712 (HORSES APPROACHING) 14 00:06:38,555 --> 00:06:39,988 Get them all. 15 00:06:40,491 --> 00:06:42,823 (MEN SCREAMING) 16 00:07:29,606 --> 00:07:33,372 The deer! Not the deer! 17 00:09:00,430 --> 00:09:04,389 IPHIGENIA 18 00:09:09,573 --> 00:09:13,031 (MEN CHANTING) 19 00:09:27,925 --> 00:09:31,952 MEN: Decision! Decision! 20 00:09:40,971 --> 00:09:44,998 We want a decision! We want a decision! 21 00:10:05,128 --> 00:10:07,722 Why don't the leaders say anything? 22 00:10:09,132 --> 00:10:10,667 Why don't the leaders say anything? 23 00:10:10,667 --> 00:10:13,067 Why don't the leaders say anything? 24 00:10:40,731 --> 00:10:41,959 Odysseus! 25 00:10:48,472 --> 00:10:51,873 MEN: The people demand sedition! 26 00:10:56,546 --> 00:10:58,639 The little master of Ithaca! 27 00:10:58,982 --> 00:11:01,109 Don't underestimate him, Menelaus. 28 00:11:01,385 --> 00:11:04,877 He has many faces and he is a demagogue. 29 00:11:05,956 --> 00:11:07,787 They want promises! 30 00:11:10,727 --> 00:11:14,458 - Move to a different port! - A solution! 31 00:11:16,366 --> 00:11:17,924 The right... 32 00:11:20,270 --> 00:11:24,673 The right solutions are born by patience and trust. 33 00:11:25,642 --> 00:11:28,076 Do I have yours? 34 00:11:28,178 --> 00:11:30,112 MEN: You have it! 35 00:11:30,213 --> 00:11:33,546 MEN: Odysseus, go forward! The army supports you! 36 00:11:40,390 --> 00:11:42,517 They have been blaming us openly. 37 00:11:42,626 --> 00:11:46,494 They call us puppets of the Atreides for our indecisiveness. 38 00:11:47,664 --> 00:11:51,122 We left our homes to fight, not to rot under the sun. 39 00:11:53,804 --> 00:12:00,209 When Greece rose for war and was roaring, seeing us off to Aulis, 40 00:12:00,877 --> 00:12:03,675 we were all saying, "We have the gods with us." 41 00:12:03,780 --> 00:12:07,011 And then we became silent. We were counting the fiery days. 42 00:12:07,250 --> 00:12:11,118 And we were waiting for the leader of our leader to make a decision. 43 00:12:12,222 --> 00:12:18,684 But he preferred to respond by his silence until we reached a dead end. 44 00:12:20,230 --> 00:12:24,758 If needed, we will be the first to break the barrier of silence. 45 00:12:24,868 --> 00:12:26,859 MEN: Yes! 46 00:12:51,361 --> 00:12:53,488 When there is no choice, 47 00:12:53,663 --> 00:12:57,394 there is no decision other than this, 48 00:12:58,835 --> 00:13:00,632 to dissolve the army. 49 00:13:01,805 --> 00:13:03,363 Is that what you want? 50 00:13:06,576 --> 00:13:08,407 I am asking you! 51 00:13:25,829 --> 00:13:28,195 I speak not as Menelaus' brother, 52 00:13:28,665 --> 00:13:33,261 nor as the husband of Helen's sister, Clytaemnestra. 53 00:13:34,104 --> 00:13:37,699 I speak like a Greek who puts Greece above all. 54 00:13:38,842 --> 00:13:40,241 And I say... 55 00:13:53,590 --> 00:14:00,086 I say... I prefer to die here in Aulis, 56 00:14:00,564 --> 00:14:02,657 with my eyes staring at Troy, 57 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:05,029 rather than retreat, 58 00:14:05,602 --> 00:14:08,571 listening to the laughter of the barbarians flaring up, 59 00:14:08,939 --> 00:14:10,668 along with my shame. 60 00:14:15,011 --> 00:14:19,914 As for the gods, they say that they test those whom they love. 61 00:14:21,218 --> 00:14:23,652 Our endurance should convince them. 62 00:14:25,288 --> 00:14:28,086 The gods have spoken. 63 00:14:38,368 --> 00:14:39,995 Well! Speak! 64 00:14:42,672 --> 00:14:44,697 If there is a full moon, 65 00:14:48,845 --> 00:14:52,781 and a sacrifice is given to the gods, as they deserve, 66 00:14:54,050 --> 00:14:55,847 fair winds will blow. 67 00:14:56,019 --> 00:14:56,986 (MEN MURMURING) 68 00:14:57,520 --> 00:15:00,182 Their will be done. Go! 69 00:15:01,091 --> 00:15:02,786 Tell the news to the army. 70 00:15:03,260 --> 00:15:06,024 Open the holds. Give them to drink. 71 00:15:06,896 --> 00:15:08,830 Tonight we have a feast. 72 00:15:24,814 --> 00:15:25,872 Wait! 73 00:15:32,856 --> 00:15:36,690 In order to do the gods' will, you have to know what it is. 74 00:15:39,062 --> 00:15:40,427 You told us. 75 00:15:41,665 --> 00:15:45,465 The oracle is more explicit. 76 00:16:06,456 --> 00:16:07,821 You read it. 77 00:16:12,162 --> 00:16:13,925 - "To Artemis..." - Loud! 78 00:16:14,464 --> 00:16:16,455 "...to the virgin goddess, 79 00:16:16,933 --> 00:16:19,527 "guardian of the sacred forest of Aulis 80 00:16:19,669 --> 00:16:22,399 "that was desecrated by the Greeks with blood, 81 00:16:22,505 --> 00:16:26,703 "the king of Argos..." 82 00:16:33,450 --> 00:16:35,441 You! Read! 83 00:16:38,822 --> 00:16:42,383 "The king of Argos, Agamemnon, must... 84 00:16:48,531 --> 00:16:50,260 "Must sacrifice 85 00:16:51,501 --> 00:16:55,403 "his first-born daughter, Iphigenia." 86 00:16:59,509 --> 00:17:01,670 "If he accepts, the ships will sail, 87 00:17:01,778 --> 00:17:05,441 "the Greeks will defeat Troy. Or else, they will never leave." 88 00:17:24,467 --> 00:17:25,900 (SCREAMING) 89 00:17:26,403 --> 00:17:27,995 No! 90 00:17:28,138 --> 00:17:30,038 (MEN SCREAMING) 91 00:17:32,876 --> 00:17:36,869 ALL: Agamemnon! Agamemnon! 92 00:17:52,262 --> 00:17:55,288 Nobody should find out about this. Do you hear? 93 00:17:56,866 --> 00:18:01,633 Tell them their will shall be done. I will dissolve the army! 94 00:18:15,218 --> 00:18:19,211 MEN: Agamemnon! Agamemnon! 95 00:18:21,458 --> 00:18:25,622 Agamemnon! Agamemnon! 96 00:18:39,943 --> 00:18:42,571 Let them go through. 97 00:18:53,323 --> 00:18:56,292 MEN: We're going to Troy! We're going to Troy! 98 00:20:00,023 --> 00:20:06,826 MEN: Gods of the winds, make the winds blow so we can go to Troy 99 00:20:07,864 --> 00:20:13,302 Make the winds blow so we can go to Troy 100 00:20:13,903 --> 00:20:17,361 To surround the walls... 101 00:21:04,687 --> 00:21:07,520 Iphigenia! 102 00:21:13,062 --> 00:21:16,554 Iphigenia! 103 00:21:18,334 --> 00:21:21,132 (VOICE ECHOING) 104 00:21:50,333 --> 00:21:51,698 From Father? 105 00:21:59,575 --> 00:22:02,009 Marriage? Me? 106 00:22:03,279 --> 00:22:04,337 Read. 107 00:22:07,383 --> 00:22:09,408 "Marriage with the son of Peleus, 108 00:22:09,986 --> 00:22:14,446 "king of Thessaly and Thetis." 109 00:22:18,094 --> 00:22:21,689 The bravest of the Greeks, Achilles. 110 00:22:37,413 --> 00:22:39,404 Tomorrow we leave. In the morning. 111 00:22:39,582 --> 00:22:41,709 - But Father writes... - Let him write. 112 00:22:41,851 --> 00:22:43,751 He is just a man. What does he know? 113 00:22:44,087 --> 00:22:46,351 Go on this journey by yourself! 114 00:22:46,556 --> 00:22:49,525 And me not be able to dress you as a bride! 115 00:22:52,662 --> 00:22:54,960 What kind of a mother would I be? 116 00:24:25,421 --> 00:24:28,356 - Bring my husband back! - And my child! 117 00:24:28,758 --> 00:24:30,089 And my son! 118 00:24:41,504 --> 00:24:45,270 (WOMEN SINGING) 119 00:27:33,509 --> 00:27:37,104 (DRUMMING) 120 00:28:20,423 --> 00:28:23,187 (BIRD SQUAWKING) 121 00:28:56,692 --> 00:28:59,058 AGAMEMNON: Stop drumming! 122 00:29:11,807 --> 00:29:14,708 - What happened? - He wants us to stop drumming. 123 00:31:37,486 --> 00:31:38,783 Iphigenia. 124 00:31:41,924 --> 00:31:45,360 - I can't sleep. - It's normal. 125 00:31:47,363 --> 00:31:49,763 Tomorrow morning we will be in Aulis. 126 00:31:50,733 --> 00:31:52,564 You have to be rested. 127 00:31:55,004 --> 00:31:56,631 Can I sing you a song? 128 00:31:56,739 --> 00:31:59,606 To lull you to sleep, like I did when you were little? 129 00:32:02,244 --> 00:32:03,609 Come inside. 130 00:32:10,185 --> 00:32:11,675 What is it? 131 00:32:12,955 --> 00:32:14,149 Nothing. 132 00:32:15,157 --> 00:32:19,457 It seemed like the wind was blowing. 133 00:32:25,734 --> 00:32:29,101 (HUMMING) 134 00:32:36,178 --> 00:32:40,842 Aphrodite 135 00:32:41,617 --> 00:32:48,022 Let me feel the joy 136 00:32:48,991 --> 00:32:53,189 Of love 137 00:32:53,796 --> 00:32:56,026 And not 138 00:32:56,131 --> 00:33:01,899 And not its madness 139 00:33:03,105 --> 00:33:07,371 And not even 140 00:33:07,843 --> 00:33:14,749 Not even wild passion... 141 00:33:30,666 --> 00:33:33,931 Hear? Wild passion. 142 00:33:34,069 --> 00:33:36,629 Like her sister, Helen. 143 00:33:36,739 --> 00:33:39,708 She gave up husband, home and kids. 144 00:33:39,875 --> 00:33:43,311 For the bed of Paris, the barbarian. 145 00:33:43,979 --> 00:33:49,144 But think, to start a war for a woman. 146 00:34:44,740 --> 00:34:46,537 How long before dawn? 147 00:34:46,775 --> 00:34:50,142 Sirius has passed half the way, walking towards dawn. 148 00:34:52,147 --> 00:34:53,580 What silence! 149 00:34:55,184 --> 00:34:57,914 Neither the rustling of leaves nor the voice of a bird. 150 00:34:58,220 --> 00:35:01,451 Only you are troubled, my king. Why? 151 00:35:02,491 --> 00:35:06,359 The army is sleeping, the guards keep watch all night. Stillness. 152 00:35:06,462 --> 00:35:08,521 Go to sleep now. 153 00:35:09,765 --> 00:35:11,392 I envy you, old man. 154 00:35:14,770 --> 00:35:17,238 You and all the others who live in oblivion. 155 00:35:17,339 --> 00:35:20,672 I don't want to hear these kinds of words from powerful men. 156 00:35:20,776 --> 00:35:24,542 Is there anything sweeter in life than glory? 157 00:35:24,646 --> 00:35:27,809 It might be sweet, but it's full of traps. 158 00:35:29,451 --> 00:35:34,320 The higher you go, the easier you are ruined by envy. 159 00:35:35,357 --> 00:35:38,724 King, something bothers you. 160 00:35:39,895 --> 00:35:43,262 My old back can take it. Lean on it. 161 00:35:44,266 --> 00:35:46,461 Say it to lighten your burden. 162 00:35:59,982 --> 00:36:01,279 Let's go in. 163 00:36:10,492 --> 00:36:14,724 AGAMEMNON: In order for the winds to blow, I must sacrifice my child. 164 00:36:15,664 --> 00:36:18,064 My daughter, Iphigenia. 165 00:36:19,101 --> 00:36:22,537 As soon as I heard the oracle, I wanted to dissolve the army. 166 00:36:23,338 --> 00:36:24,862 I knew I could not do it. 167 00:36:25,374 --> 00:36:27,467 And not only did I not care, but I was full of joy 168 00:36:27,609 --> 00:36:28,974 until my brother got hold of me. 169 00:36:29,411 --> 00:36:32,073 He besieged me with a lot of arguments, supplications. 170 00:36:32,180 --> 00:36:34,011 He threatened me, he wore me down. 171 00:36:36,618 --> 00:36:41,055 I wrote to my wife to send the child, the bait. 172 00:36:41,690 --> 00:36:45,649 Marriage with Achilles. I praised him. 173 00:36:45,961 --> 00:36:49,692 I said that he refused to leave for Troy if he did not mix his blood with ours 174 00:36:49,798 --> 00:36:52,062 to leave behind a woman from our bloodline. 175 00:36:52,167 --> 00:36:56,661 So with such cowardly, deceitful words, I set a trap for my wife. 176 00:36:59,775 --> 00:37:01,572 I said it cannot be. So many days. 177 00:37:02,544 --> 00:37:04,341 It cannot be. So many days... 178 00:37:05,013 --> 00:37:06,446 The winds will blow. 179 00:37:10,552 --> 00:37:11,985 And now... 180 00:37:15,857 --> 00:37:17,518 I wrote to her again tonight. 181 00:37:19,595 --> 00:37:20,892 The truth. 182 00:37:22,331 --> 00:37:23,559 And Achilles? 183 00:37:29,037 --> 00:37:30,299 He does not know anything. 184 00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:37,679 Here is the letter. Take it and leave immediately. 185 00:37:40,349 --> 00:37:41,907 Put wings under your feet. 186 00:37:45,420 --> 00:37:47,411 You know the way. Be careful you don't fall asleep. 187 00:37:47,522 --> 00:37:51,014 - Don't worry. - Be all eyes! 188 00:37:51,259 --> 00:37:53,193 My daughter's coach should not overtake you. 189 00:37:53,295 --> 00:37:54,262 Don't worry. 190 00:37:56,164 --> 00:37:59,531 Get hold of the reins and drive her back to her mother in Argos. 191 00:38:01,937 --> 00:38:04,770 All my hopes 192 00:38:07,075 --> 00:38:08,337 are in your hands. 193 00:39:04,733 --> 00:39:05,825 MAN: Get up! 194 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,907 MAN: Traitor! Get in, traitor! 195 00:40:01,022 --> 00:40:02,785 What's the meaning of this shouting? 196 00:40:02,891 --> 00:40:07,055 Ask me. Not this worm. Me. 197 00:40:08,063 --> 00:40:09,598 - Good. - My words count. 198 00:40:09,598 --> 00:40:09,927 - Good. - My words count. 199 00:40:10,232 --> 00:40:13,326 Now the kings go against the slaves. Why do you insult him? 200 00:40:14,469 --> 00:40:17,632 Look me in the eyes, Agamemnon. Look at me! 201 00:40:18,473 --> 00:40:20,031 If you want me to answer. 202 00:40:20,275 --> 00:40:22,869 You forget that our father, the brave Atreus, 203 00:40:23,445 --> 00:40:25,037 had me before he had you. 204 00:40:26,414 --> 00:40:28,143 I am not terrified by your eyes. 205 00:40:29,317 --> 00:40:31,785 Do you see this? 206 00:40:31,887 --> 00:40:35,152 I see it. Who gave you the right to break my seal? 207 00:40:35,257 --> 00:40:37,817 And who gave you the right to plot behind my back? 208 00:40:38,193 --> 00:40:40,923 Is it my family or not? I do whatever I want with it. 209 00:40:41,029 --> 00:40:44,396 You don't even know what you want. You go crazy! 210 00:40:44,566 --> 00:40:49,435 - Today this, tomorrow that... - Guilt! It is the mother of impudence. 211 00:40:49,771 --> 00:40:53,298 And the disorganized mind is the mother of treason. 212 00:40:54,409 --> 00:40:55,808 You are rude! 213 00:40:57,546 --> 00:40:58,774 Go away. 214 00:41:01,383 --> 00:41:05,513 Do not hide behind your rage so that you can avoid the truth. 215 00:41:06,321 --> 00:41:11,054 I will stay here and you will hear it. All of it. 216 00:41:12,194 --> 00:41:16,722 And then, if you can, deny it. 217 00:41:19,868 --> 00:41:25,966 I don't think I need to remind you how methodically and fiercely you fought 218 00:41:26,341 --> 00:41:29,674 to be elected by the Greeks as the chief commander against Troy. 219 00:41:30,145 --> 00:41:34,548 You were approachable then, humble. 220 00:41:35,383 --> 00:41:38,841 Your door was wide open to anyone. 221 00:41:39,187 --> 00:41:43,089 You were distributing briberies and smiles even to your enemies. 222 00:41:44,492 --> 00:41:48,895 You won. The countless hands that you shook along the way, 223 00:41:49,030 --> 00:41:51,464 they put you up where you had the ambition to be. 224 00:41:51,566 --> 00:41:54,433 First among the first. 225 00:41:55,036 --> 00:41:56,697 And you changed immediately. 226 00:41:57,472 --> 00:41:58,803 Yes, Agamemnon. 227 00:41:59,608 --> 00:42:04,443 The pure, loveable people stopped being loveable to you. 228 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:06,905 You shut your doors, you had guards. 229 00:42:07,015 --> 00:42:09,381 "The Commander Chief is busy! We cannot disturb him." 230 00:42:09,484 --> 00:42:15,252 Power is a weapon to help not ourselves, but the others, 231 00:42:15,991 --> 00:42:19,757 those that have given it to us. 232 00:42:20,695 --> 00:42:23,061 Otherwise, it is in unworthy hands. 233 00:42:25,667 --> 00:42:27,430 Let me finish! 234 00:42:29,104 --> 00:42:34,440 One day we came to Aulis, and with the first setback, 235 00:42:34,542 --> 00:42:38,308 the mighty commander of the Greeks did not know what to do. 236 00:42:38,847 --> 00:42:41,543 Your confidence went flat along with the winds. 237 00:42:42,117 --> 00:42:45,644 You weren't giving me a chance. Weak-minded, ready for anything. 238 00:42:45,987 --> 00:42:48,251 As long as you wouldn't lose the opportunity 239 00:42:48,356 --> 00:42:52,122 to be commander of a thousand ships and get the glory 240 00:42:53,595 --> 00:42:54,721 in Troy. 241 00:42:56,231 --> 00:42:59,632 Then Calchas comes with his merciless oracle 242 00:43:00,302 --> 00:43:01,860 and opens the way for you. 243 00:43:02,904 --> 00:43:06,863 In the beginning, you faltered and shouted. 244 00:43:07,976 --> 00:43:11,139 Then, ambitious as you are, 245 00:43:11,913 --> 00:43:14,143 you came to terms with your conscience 246 00:43:14,249 --> 00:43:18,743 and you wrote to your wife with your hand, not mine, 247 00:43:20,855 --> 00:43:23,449 to send Iphigenia to Aulis. 248 00:43:24,426 --> 00:43:28,726 You concocted the marriage to Achilles. 249 00:43:29,698 --> 00:43:34,158 And now, making another turn, you wrote slyly and secretly from us 250 00:43:34,602 --> 00:43:37,662 reneging on promises that are still ringing in our ears. 251 00:43:38,740 --> 00:43:41,834 But this is how politics is. 252 00:43:42,777 --> 00:43:45,575 Few are those that reach the top and don't stumble. 253 00:43:45,947 --> 00:43:50,111 The big responsibilities need brains and strong shoulders. 254 00:43:52,020 --> 00:43:53,385 I cry for Greece. 255 00:43:53,989 --> 00:44:00,792 When all her youth rise to fight for her honor, you 256 00:44:06,301 --> 00:44:07,859 bring her to her knees. 257 00:44:11,039 --> 00:44:12,529 When are we going to learn 258 00:44:13,541 --> 00:44:16,374 that a commander's value is what really counts, 259 00:44:18,213 --> 00:44:20,238 and not his ancestry? 260 00:44:26,654 --> 00:44:28,451 Since our childhood, 261 00:44:29,891 --> 00:44:33,987 the thing that distinguished us from each other was ethos. 262 00:44:35,964 --> 00:44:39,593 Don't expect from me words coupled with vulgar grimaces, 263 00:44:40,568 --> 00:44:44,231 sarcastic smiles, and flattery. 264 00:44:46,007 --> 00:44:48,737 Look at those eyes, bloodthirsty. 265 00:44:49,210 --> 00:44:50,905 Why? Did I do you wrong? 266 00:44:51,279 --> 00:44:53,440 Or, for your fine wife, 267 00:44:54,082 --> 00:44:56,915 whom you weren't able to keep, do you want me to pay 268 00:44:57,352 --> 00:44:58,478 with blood? 269 00:45:00,522 --> 00:45:02,717 My ambition bothers you. 270 00:45:03,591 --> 00:45:04,751 You, 271 00:45:05,560 --> 00:45:07,926 who are ready to bury logic and emotions 272 00:45:08,696 --> 00:45:10,163 for the body of a whore. 273 00:45:10,632 --> 00:45:13,795 It is better to be ambitious than corrupt. 274 00:45:15,737 --> 00:45:18,103 I confess. The oracle clouded my judgment. 275 00:45:19,074 --> 00:45:21,008 Now I see clearly. 276 00:45:22,043 --> 00:45:24,375 Only you have stayed blind. 277 00:45:24,979 --> 00:45:30,349 You think that the elders of Greece go to war for you and your honor. 278 00:45:31,186 --> 00:45:34,849 They just wanted an excuse, and you gave it to them on a platter. 279 00:45:35,790 --> 00:45:40,090 Their dreams of invasion are getting wilder because of Troy's gold. 280 00:45:41,129 --> 00:45:44,030 Well, take them. Go to your war. 281 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:46,428 Get rich! 282 00:45:49,337 --> 00:45:53,433 As for me, I will not defile heaven and earth 283 00:45:55,343 --> 00:45:57,208 with an unnatural act, 284 00:45:58,980 --> 00:46:00,971 pulling out my very own guts. 285 00:46:03,318 --> 00:46:06,879 Gods, do you hear him? 286 00:46:08,423 --> 00:46:10,357 Now he is debasing your oracles. 287 00:46:10,692 --> 00:46:13,627 An unholy oracle is not a god's oracle. 288 00:46:13,728 --> 00:46:17,061 - Then whose is it? - You know very well. Calchas'. 289 00:46:17,732 --> 00:46:21,998 A pure fabrication of his jealous mind. A conspiracy with my enemies. 290 00:46:22,971 --> 00:46:28,375 - I don't believe my ears. - When you wake up, you'll believe it. 291 00:46:28,810 --> 00:46:31,745 Well, I don't count, but Greece... 292 00:46:32,447 --> 00:46:35,348 You'll abandon her in her most critical moment. 293 00:46:35,450 --> 00:46:39,113 You have made Greece sick. 294 00:46:40,054 --> 00:46:41,817 You should cure her. 295 00:46:42,757 --> 00:46:45,590 I see that I waste my words in vain. 296 00:46:49,330 --> 00:46:51,924 Now others will hear them. And they will judge. 297 00:47:10,351 --> 00:47:11,375 My horse! 298 00:47:17,425 --> 00:47:20,087 MAN: Agamemnon! 299 00:47:22,230 --> 00:47:24,528 Where is King Agamemnon? 300 00:47:34,409 --> 00:47:37,276 Where is the chief commander of the Greeks? 301 00:47:42,150 --> 00:47:44,710 Where is King Agamemnon? 302 00:47:45,553 --> 00:47:48,579 Where is the chief commander of the Greeks? 303 00:48:06,007 --> 00:48:08,407 My king, I come from Argos 304 00:48:08,676 --> 00:48:11,839 escorting your daughter Iphigenia to Aulis. 305 00:48:14,682 --> 00:48:16,513 She is not traveling alone. 306 00:48:16,618 --> 00:48:20,816 Her mother is with her, Clytaemnestra, 307 00:48:21,122 --> 00:48:23,682 and the little Orestes. 308 00:48:23,791 --> 00:48:26,089 The Queen has told me to come here before them 309 00:48:26,194 --> 00:48:28,526 so that you can start the feast. 310 00:48:28,930 --> 00:48:32,730 And you, Menelaus, give order to welcome the bride with songs. 311 00:48:35,570 --> 00:48:38,971 This day begins with smiles, 312 00:48:39,073 --> 00:48:43,942 because the happiness of your daughter will be blessed by a whole army. 313 00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:53,885 I thank you. 314 00:48:54,856 --> 00:48:57,552 Everything will be done as fate desires. 315 00:48:58,860 --> 00:49:02,057 Fate governs now. Not me. 316 00:49:22,016 --> 00:49:25,713 What can I say? Where do I start? 317 00:49:28,389 --> 00:49:32,985 I know it is a shame to see a king cry. 318 00:49:33,161 --> 00:49:35,425 - Stop. - The others can, not us. 319 00:49:35,530 --> 00:49:37,430 The crowd prohibits us. 320 00:49:40,768 --> 00:49:42,736 How can I face my wife? 321 00:49:45,273 --> 00:49:48,572 Why did she come? She did not listen to me. 322 00:49:50,244 --> 00:49:53,111 But she is a mother. She came to glorify her daughter. 323 00:49:53,214 --> 00:49:54,704 Listen to me. 324 00:49:55,083 --> 00:50:00,020 A child, an innocent and unsuspecting child. 325 00:50:02,290 --> 00:50:04,781 How can I keep my heart from breaking 326 00:50:05,059 --> 00:50:11,897 when I hear her voice begging me, her father, not to... 327 00:50:15,770 --> 00:50:17,635 Helen! 328 00:50:19,540 --> 00:50:22,031 All my curses are upon you! 329 00:50:23,611 --> 00:50:25,238 You and Paris. 330 00:50:39,260 --> 00:50:40,784 Give me your hand. 331 00:50:41,963 --> 00:50:43,624 Take it. 332 00:50:44,799 --> 00:50:46,130 You won. 333 00:50:46,234 --> 00:50:50,170 No, I don't want you to kill for me 334 00:50:51,939 --> 00:50:55,966 and rebuild my life upon your own laments. 335 00:50:57,879 --> 00:50:59,176 Besides, 336 00:51:02,183 --> 00:51:04,515 your child is also my blood. 337 00:51:07,555 --> 00:51:09,580 When the knife falls, 338 00:51:11,592 --> 00:51:15,619 how can I stand in front out there, a spectator? 339 00:51:17,598 --> 00:51:20,897 Me, who is responsible. 340 00:51:21,803 --> 00:51:24,067 It is not your child's fault 341 00:51:24,539 --> 00:51:27,064 for my own marriage, for my own insult. 342 00:51:29,777 --> 00:51:31,142 Listen to me. 343 00:51:31,979 --> 00:51:34,038 You will dissolve the army. 344 00:51:34,282 --> 00:51:38,275 Now I ask you this as a favor. For both of us. 345 00:51:42,690 --> 00:51:45,853 The hatred between the brothers is an open wound. 346 00:51:47,628 --> 00:51:48,890 Poison! 347 00:51:50,498 --> 00:51:52,557 Your words have healed it. 348 00:51:55,169 --> 00:52:00,334 But now there are no more bridges behind us. 349 00:52:02,176 --> 00:52:04,406 There is no turning back. 350 00:52:06,981 --> 00:52:09,848 Who can force you to kill your child? 351 00:52:10,151 --> 00:52:11,516 The army. 352 00:52:13,020 --> 00:52:15,818 The thousand-headed monster that I govern. 353 00:52:18,860 --> 00:52:22,387 We will let her escape secretly to Argos. 354 00:52:24,966 --> 00:52:29,062 You forget Calchas. Do you think he will be silent? 355 00:52:29,470 --> 00:52:31,301 We will silence him 356 00:52:32,707 --> 00:52:34,072 forever. 357 00:52:46,687 --> 00:52:48,848 And the other one who knows everything? 358 00:52:48,956 --> 00:52:51,254 - Odysseus? - Him. 359 00:52:51,959 --> 00:52:55,190 Odysseus does not dare to go against us. 360 00:52:55,296 --> 00:52:58,026 He dares, and he can, and he will do it. 361 00:52:58,366 --> 00:53:00,391 He has been fighting for such a chance all this time. 362 00:53:00,501 --> 00:53:01,490 He won't lose it. 363 00:53:01,602 --> 00:53:03,365 Or do you think he will take pity on us? 364 00:53:03,471 --> 00:53:05,132 He will proclaim loudly to the army 365 00:53:05,239 --> 00:53:07,901 that I betrayed both Greece and them. 366 00:53:08,476 --> 00:53:11,707 And if he rattles the beast, heads will roll. 367 00:53:12,046 --> 00:53:14,412 Ours first, and then... 368 00:53:15,950 --> 00:53:17,918 This is the awful truth. 369 00:53:18,653 --> 00:53:22,419 I see it in the eyes without hope, 370 00:53:23,591 --> 00:53:25,149 without support, 371 00:53:26,594 --> 00:53:28,789 with despair my only ally. 372 00:53:34,802 --> 00:53:37,168 And I ask the gods, 373 00:53:37,471 --> 00:53:39,029 if gods exist, 374 00:53:41,075 --> 00:53:42,440 "Why?" 375 00:53:53,321 --> 00:53:54,788 (NEIGHING) 376 00:54:34,929 --> 00:54:38,057 WOMAN: My hat. Don't forget my hat. 377 00:54:40,968 --> 00:54:43,801 You two in front of us, hold the horses. 378 00:54:44,839 --> 00:54:47,899 My Orestes is sleeping. Take him. 379 00:54:49,043 --> 00:54:51,341 Careful, my good child. Careful. 380 00:54:52,246 --> 00:54:54,305 I need hands to support me. 381 00:55:03,424 --> 00:55:04,789 My baby is tired. 382 00:55:05,459 --> 00:55:09,953 Mother, Mother. If I run first to hug Father, will you be mad at me? 383 00:55:10,064 --> 00:55:11,156 Why should I be mad? 384 00:55:11,265 --> 00:55:13,233 You think I don't know that among all my children, 385 00:55:13,334 --> 00:55:15,962 you're the one that loves him the most? 386 00:55:19,306 --> 00:55:22,742 The dowry now. Everything down. Careful. 387 00:55:31,786 --> 00:55:32,912 Father! 388 00:55:37,558 --> 00:55:38,718 Father? 389 00:56:07,621 --> 00:56:10,181 I missed you. You don't know how much. 390 00:56:11,659 --> 00:56:12,887 And I missed you. 391 00:56:12,993 --> 00:56:16,622 I would make a thousand journeys just to see you. And you? 392 00:56:17,932 --> 00:56:19,365 Me? Me what? 393 00:56:21,335 --> 00:56:25,101 - You are not happy to see me? - I'm happy. 394 00:56:26,073 --> 00:56:29,133 You say it, but your eyes betray you. 395 00:56:29,944 --> 00:56:31,536 Why are they sad? 396 00:56:33,647 --> 00:56:35,979 A leader has many concerns, my child. 397 00:56:36,083 --> 00:56:38,210 You will forget them all. Immediately. All of them. 398 00:56:38,319 --> 00:56:40,981 As long as I am here, I want you all mine. 399 00:56:41,088 --> 00:56:42,612 I am all yours. 400 00:56:43,858 --> 00:56:45,849 As much as I can, all yours. 401 00:56:46,360 --> 00:56:50,888 Then why are you frowning? Smile! 402 00:56:56,871 --> 00:56:59,806 You cry? You cry, Father. 403 00:57:00,841 --> 00:57:02,468 Why? What is going on? 404 00:57:07,248 --> 00:57:11,275 I think that soon we will be separated, that I will lose you. 405 00:57:11,418 --> 00:57:14,854 Why do you confuse the later and the now? You spoil it. 406 00:57:15,122 --> 00:57:19,024 The wiser you speak, the less I can bear it. 407 00:57:19,126 --> 00:57:22,289 If it is like this, I will start speaking nonsense. 408 00:57:23,197 --> 00:57:25,097 Is that what you want? 409 00:57:26,467 --> 00:57:27,456 That's what I want. 410 00:57:27,568 --> 00:57:30,059 Stay with us, Dad. Don't go to Troy. 411 00:57:30,638 --> 00:57:32,071 I wish I could, my love. 412 00:57:32,173 --> 00:57:34,835 If my curses could come true, I would curse the weapons 413 00:57:34,942 --> 00:57:36,603 that kill people. 414 00:57:38,245 --> 00:57:40,611 The weapons don't only kill them. 415 00:57:41,248 --> 00:57:43,910 Try to win the war quickly and come back. 416 00:57:45,519 --> 00:57:49,216 This depends on the gods, 417 00:57:51,158 --> 00:57:53,149 if their will is done. 418 00:57:54,061 --> 00:57:55,995 What will? Do you know? 419 00:57:59,300 --> 00:58:02,201 Then you should do it right away. What is it? 420 00:58:06,106 --> 00:58:07,505 A sacrifice. 421 00:58:09,443 --> 00:58:11,206 Here in Aulis today. 422 00:58:11,612 --> 00:58:14,080 Can I come with you? I will help you. 423 00:58:18,152 --> 00:58:20,677 I will have you by my side to the end. 424 00:58:21,522 --> 00:58:23,581 Will we dance around the altar? 425 00:58:25,659 --> 00:58:26,921 Father! 426 00:58:41,275 --> 00:58:42,469 Go now. 427 00:58:51,452 --> 00:58:52,749 Iphigenia! 428 00:58:58,325 --> 00:58:59,622 Come here. 429 00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:08,634 Put your hand in mine. 430 00:59:16,110 --> 00:59:17,372 Squeeze. 431 00:59:21,348 --> 00:59:22,940 And now kiss me. 432 00:59:30,791 --> 00:59:32,520 My beloved hair. 433 00:59:36,997 --> 00:59:38,225 Leave! 434 00:59:52,846 --> 00:59:55,314 (WOMEN GIGGLING) 435 01:00:00,721 --> 01:00:02,951 Queen, forgive me. I am shaken. 436 01:00:03,891 --> 01:00:07,884 Although this marriage gives me joy, I am a father. 437 01:00:08,295 --> 01:00:09,626 And I am a mother. 438 01:00:09,863 --> 01:00:12,889 You don't need to explain something that I feel as strongly as you. 439 01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:17,437 But time is a great doctor. It will help us to adapt. 440 01:00:18,772 --> 01:00:20,467 Where will we talk? 441 01:00:23,610 --> 01:00:25,840 I have many things to ask you. 442 01:00:30,484 --> 01:00:33,112 Let's start with the one you chose to be the groom. 443 01:00:33,220 --> 01:00:37,657 AGAMEMNON: He is from a famous lineage. He is a descendant of Aesop. 444 01:01:40,687 --> 01:01:43,918 Iphigenia! Iphigenia! 445 01:01:51,565 --> 01:01:54,193 And who was his teacher? 446 01:01:54,868 --> 01:01:56,733 Chiron, the centaur. 447 01:01:58,172 --> 01:02:02,268 He brought him up away from the people and their ploys. 448 01:02:02,509 --> 01:02:03,942 And he stayed pure. 449 01:02:04,411 --> 01:02:08,814 A parent who knows how to choose a good teacher is twice-wise. 450 01:02:10,984 --> 01:02:12,178 AGAMEMNON: Well? 451 01:02:14,421 --> 01:02:17,549 This is the man your daughter is getting married to. 452 01:02:17,958 --> 01:02:22,918 So modest that he actually wants to keep his marriage a secret. 453 01:02:23,397 --> 01:02:26,230 So be it. And when will it take place? 454 01:02:29,002 --> 01:02:33,029 - As soon as the moon is full. - May Artemis bless them. 455 01:02:34,108 --> 01:02:37,600 Did you do all the necessary things? A sacrifice to the goddess? 456 01:02:38,812 --> 01:02:41,804 Not yet. I will take care of it as soon as possible. 457 01:02:42,116 --> 01:02:45,711 And the marriage feast? Where will it be? 458 01:02:46,687 --> 01:02:51,181 By the seashore, next to the ships of Argos. 459 01:02:52,526 --> 01:02:54,323 What a strange choice, 460 01:02:54,461 --> 01:02:57,089 to establish life in the shadow of war. 461 01:02:57,564 --> 01:02:59,088 I don't like it. 462 01:03:02,236 --> 01:03:06,798 Whatever happens, you are my wife and you will comply 463 01:03:09,009 --> 01:03:12,877 with this and with everything else I will ask from you. 464 01:03:13,614 --> 01:03:15,013 Not to worry. 465 01:03:15,549 --> 01:03:18,575 I drink the bitter glass of obedience drop by drop. 466 01:03:19,653 --> 01:03:20,950 Tell me. 467 01:03:23,223 --> 01:03:24,690 Our daughter. 468 01:03:26,493 --> 01:03:28,859 I will take her to the ceremony. 469 01:03:30,430 --> 01:03:32,125 I am her father. 470 01:03:36,303 --> 01:03:38,703 And where will her mother be? 471 01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:43,500 In Argos, with her children. 472 01:03:46,013 --> 01:03:48,174 Leave? Now? 473 01:03:50,083 --> 01:03:51,209 You are insane. 474 01:03:51,318 --> 01:03:53,252 The mother takes care of the daughter's marriage. 475 01:03:53,353 --> 01:03:56,550 It is her duty. And a custom, too. 476 01:03:57,558 --> 01:04:00,220 The case is closed. No more discussion. 477 01:04:00,494 --> 01:04:04,225 And I don't accept Agamemnon's wife wandering around the barracks! 478 01:04:04,331 --> 01:04:06,162 I gave birth to her! 479 01:04:08,268 --> 01:04:09,792 I will marry her! 480 01:04:11,171 --> 01:04:14,106 You have two more younger daughters. 481 01:04:14,541 --> 01:04:16,668 How do you leave them alone? 482 01:04:16,777 --> 01:04:18,836 Guards protect them outside the walls, 483 01:04:18,946 --> 01:04:22,040 and inside, worthy hands take good care of them. 484 01:04:22,783 --> 01:04:24,978 Are you going to listen to me? 485 01:04:27,921 --> 01:04:29,479 Yes or no? 486 01:04:30,157 --> 01:04:32,352 No, by Hera, I will not listen to you. 487 01:04:32,459 --> 01:04:35,394 The whole world is your dominion, so rule it! 488 01:04:35,629 --> 01:04:38,120 But in my household, I'm the ruler. 489 01:04:39,466 --> 01:04:40,899 Do we agree? 490 01:04:41,535 --> 01:04:42,729 I'm going now. 491 01:04:45,239 --> 01:04:46,968 I have a lot to do. 492 01:05:04,558 --> 01:05:06,389 What has become of me? 493 01:05:08,362 --> 01:05:10,262 Even my own decision 494 01:05:12,332 --> 01:05:14,266 has become a disgrace. 495 01:05:14,401 --> 01:05:17,461 Stacking lie upon lie. 496 01:05:18,939 --> 01:05:21,965 Deception upon deception. 497 01:05:23,043 --> 01:05:26,206 Quickly! It has to happen quickly, 498 01:05:26,847 --> 01:05:29,315 before the truth catches up with us. 499 01:05:31,752 --> 01:05:33,686 I'm going to see Calchas. 500 01:05:33,787 --> 01:05:36,950 Since evil must happen, let it happen immediately. 501 01:06:07,721 --> 01:06:09,655 The secret still holds. 502 01:06:10,424 --> 01:06:14,588 Everybody believes that you're preparing a sacrifice for the wedding. 503 01:06:17,998 --> 01:06:19,989 It beat me even in that! 504 01:06:21,034 --> 01:06:24,003 It said everything will happen in its time. 505 01:06:25,138 --> 01:06:26,867 Let the sun go down. 506 01:06:28,175 --> 01:06:29,335 Not now! 507 01:06:29,643 --> 01:06:32,908 - Where are you going? - Somewhere, somewhere to wait. 508 01:06:33,046 --> 01:06:36,106 Somewhere far away so that they don't see me, 509 01:06:36,683 --> 01:06:38,446 and I don't see them. 510 01:06:44,991 --> 01:06:48,017 Where is the camp of the Myrmidons? 511 01:07:17,650 --> 01:07:21,677 Where can I find Achilles, the commander of the Myrmidons? 512 01:07:21,788 --> 01:07:23,483 He is gone since dawn. 513 01:07:23,589 --> 01:07:27,116 He took his horsemen for training in the mountains. 514 01:07:27,327 --> 01:07:30,353 - Will he be late? - They should be back any time. 515 01:07:32,131 --> 01:07:34,031 As soon as he comes back, 516 01:07:34,133 --> 01:07:37,034 tell him to hurry and come to Agamemnon's tent. 517 01:07:37,136 --> 01:07:41,072 - Great news awaits him. - Don't tell me that we'll sail! 518 01:07:41,908 --> 01:07:45,435 From what I heard, I think it will be something relevant. 519 01:07:45,712 --> 01:07:49,808 Then don't worry. I'll catch him just before he gets off his horse. 520 01:07:55,955 --> 01:07:58,651 (HORSES APPROACHING) 521 01:08:16,242 --> 01:08:18,506 (WOMEN GIGGLING) 522 01:08:33,226 --> 01:08:35,285 We saw them down at the beach when they were racing. 523 01:08:35,395 --> 01:08:37,363 We saw Ajax. Every step of his was an earthquake! 524 01:08:37,463 --> 01:08:40,227 Palamedes, son of the sea, as fast as a dolphin! 525 01:08:40,333 --> 01:08:43,894 - Brionis, the beast of Crete! - Nestor of Pylos. 526 01:08:44,003 --> 01:08:45,368 And Diomedes. 527 01:08:45,471 --> 01:08:48,099 He was throwing a discus and his body was shaking like a chord! 528 01:08:48,207 --> 01:08:50,835 And the big shock was the fleet. 529 01:08:50,943 --> 01:08:54,970 A thousand ships, like a forest rooted to the sea! 530 01:08:55,081 --> 01:08:58,744 And among them golden mermaids on the bows of the ships! 531 01:08:59,252 --> 01:09:01,720 My father's fleet. 532 01:09:02,054 --> 01:09:05,785 A thousand ships for a woman! 533 01:09:07,293 --> 01:09:09,090 My mother's sister. 534 01:09:12,532 --> 01:09:13,897 Where is the king? 535 01:09:16,202 --> 01:09:18,033 I am the son of Peleus. 536 01:09:48,568 --> 01:09:52,902 I heard that you came, my king. And I came out to greet you. 537 01:09:54,774 --> 01:09:56,071 Modest 538 01:09:57,977 --> 01:10:00,537 and handsome, like they told me. 539 01:10:00,646 --> 01:10:04,946 - And you, who are you? - Good question. 540 01:10:05,985 --> 01:10:09,978 How would you recognize me? You are seeing me for the first time. 541 01:10:11,524 --> 01:10:13,048 Whoever you are, 542 01:10:13,159 --> 01:10:16,788 you don't look like a woman who wanders around in the barracks. 543 01:10:16,896 --> 01:10:20,559 I don't know how I look, but I know who I am. 544 01:10:22,101 --> 01:10:23,693 Clytaemnestra, 545 01:10:25,771 --> 01:10:27,295 Agamemnon's wife. 546 01:10:29,675 --> 01:10:32,269 In a few words, you told me the most important things, 547 01:10:32,378 --> 01:10:35,313 but forgive me, I don't know how to speak with women. 548 01:10:36,249 --> 01:10:37,944 Achilles, don't go! 549 01:10:40,253 --> 01:10:44,747 Such moments cannot be expressed with words. 550 01:10:46,259 --> 01:10:47,453 Come. 551 01:10:49,629 --> 01:10:51,426 Come, let me hug you. 552 01:10:52,231 --> 01:10:54,927 Whose will is that, the king's or yours? 553 01:10:55,401 --> 01:10:59,098 I would say it is our will since you'll be our child in a little while. 554 01:10:59,205 --> 01:11:00,729 Me? Your child? 555 01:11:01,774 --> 01:11:05,608 It might be a secret, but I am the bride's mother. 556 01:11:05,711 --> 01:11:08,737 - You are insane! - Oh! You young people! 557 01:11:09,448 --> 01:11:11,473 How parents-in-law scare you! 558 01:11:11,784 --> 01:11:12,910 Queen! 559 01:11:15,121 --> 01:11:16,418 Listen to me. 560 01:11:16,756 --> 01:11:19,054 I never asked your daughter to marry me, 561 01:11:19,158 --> 01:11:22,286 nor has your husband talked to me about this. 562 01:11:25,498 --> 01:11:27,762 - What did you say? - The truth. 563 01:11:31,070 --> 01:11:32,469 It can't be. 564 01:11:33,906 --> 01:11:35,066 But 565 01:11:36,909 --> 01:11:38,809 even if it's a lie, 566 01:11:40,513 --> 01:11:41,571 your words are killing me. 567 01:11:41,681 --> 01:11:44,673 This lie is neither a burden to me or to you. 568 01:11:45,117 --> 01:11:48,211 It's hidden somewhere among us. Not to worry though! 569 01:11:48,321 --> 01:11:50,312 - Achilles! - It won't stay hidden for long. 570 01:11:50,423 --> 01:11:51,583 Leave! 571 01:11:52,325 --> 01:11:56,125 The way I feel now, I am ashamed that you look at me. 572 01:11:57,163 --> 01:12:02,624 I've been deceived! Dishonored! Humiliated! 573 01:12:02,902 --> 01:12:06,099 Not only you! I'm going to find your husband. 574 01:12:06,973 --> 01:12:09,339 ATTENDANT: King, wait, don't go! 575 01:12:11,811 --> 01:12:13,301 Who spoke? 576 01:12:21,454 --> 01:12:23,149 For the love of god, they shouldn't see us! 577 01:12:23,255 --> 01:12:24,916 What do you want? 578 01:12:25,458 --> 01:12:28,086 Unspeakable things. How can I tell them? 579 01:12:28,194 --> 01:12:31,425 And if I won't speak, how can the evil be undone? 580 01:12:31,797 --> 01:12:34,857 - He's hiding something. - I'm here, close to you. 581 01:12:36,202 --> 01:12:38,932 - Who is he? - A faithful man, an old slave of mine. 582 01:12:39,038 --> 01:12:41,472 - Yours forever. - Yeah, yeah, mine since I was little. 583 01:12:41,574 --> 01:12:43,599 Faithful to you above all. 584 01:12:44,043 --> 01:12:49,242 If you know something, say it, whatever it is. 585 01:13:16,876 --> 01:13:19,640 (MUSIC PLAYING) 586 01:14:01,020 --> 01:14:03,784 Time goes on. Where could he be? 587 01:14:05,391 --> 01:14:06,881 He will come. 588 01:14:08,027 --> 01:14:10,518 And the girl? Who will bring her? 589 01:14:12,865 --> 01:14:14,230 The mother? 590 01:14:16,001 --> 01:14:17,127 Him! 591 01:14:22,742 --> 01:14:27,577 WOMEN: Fast-moving ships decorated with mermaids 592 01:14:27,680 --> 01:14:31,582 Sail with the wind so that we conquer Troy 593 01:14:31,684 --> 01:14:34,118 Sail with the wind so that we conquer Troy... 594 01:14:34,220 --> 01:14:35,653 Where is Father? 595 01:14:35,755 --> 01:14:37,848 He promised to take me to the sacrifice. 596 01:14:37,957 --> 01:14:39,857 - Let's go find him. - WOMEN: Let's go. 597 01:14:43,295 --> 01:14:44,819 My child's life? 598 01:14:47,366 --> 01:14:48,526 For Helen? 599 01:14:49,668 --> 01:14:51,568 Now you know everything. 600 01:14:51,670 --> 01:14:53,262 Do whatever you can. 601 01:14:53,906 --> 01:14:56,431 Don't expect her father to do anything. 602 01:14:59,078 --> 01:15:01,239 (SCREAMING) 603 01:15:19,265 --> 01:15:21,392 My child, my child, 604 01:15:22,935 --> 01:15:24,766 a sacrificial lamb! 605 01:15:32,244 --> 01:15:33,643 (SOBBING) 606 01:15:36,415 --> 01:15:37,609 Fate... 607 01:15:40,052 --> 01:15:41,610 I can't bear it! 608 01:15:45,524 --> 01:15:47,583 I'm falling to pieces! 609 01:16:02,608 --> 01:16:04,235 Son of Peleus, 610 01:16:07,813 --> 01:16:09,610 did you hear that? 611 01:16:10,549 --> 01:16:11,516 Did you hear that? 612 01:16:11,617 --> 01:16:16,213 I heard. The greater your lament is, the greater is my rage. 613 01:16:16,322 --> 01:16:17,914 You were the bait. 614 01:16:18,891 --> 01:16:24,090 They are killing my child in your name! 615 01:16:24,196 --> 01:16:27,495 ACHILLES: Your husband! He did everything! 616 01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:29,397 And he will settle this with me! 617 01:16:29,501 --> 01:16:31,230 No! Look at me. 618 01:16:31,737 --> 01:16:34,831 I'm at your feet, kneeling without shame. 619 01:16:34,940 --> 01:16:38,671 What is shame now compared to my great loss? 620 01:16:39,511 --> 01:16:43,743 Don't let them kill the one that was going to be your bride, 621 01:16:43,849 --> 01:16:45,714 although she's not. I know it. 622 01:16:46,218 --> 01:16:49,312 Say no to death in your name. 623 01:16:49,755 --> 01:16:52,883 "Achilles' bride," this is what they'll say, 624 01:16:52,992 --> 01:16:57,691 "slaughtered on the altar with her father's blessing!" 625 01:16:57,930 --> 01:17:00,330 Pity us! Don't leave me alone. 626 01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:05,460 A woman surrounded by a crazy herd of a bloodthirsty army. 627 01:17:11,377 --> 01:17:15,871 I have no asylum other than your own knees. 628 01:17:16,849 --> 01:17:19,647 I have no other altar. 629 01:17:20,519 --> 01:17:24,615 Reach out and support us. 630 01:17:32,631 --> 01:17:36,032 Since childhood I've been taught to walk a straight path 631 01:17:36,869 --> 01:17:39,463 in words and in action. 632 01:17:41,340 --> 01:17:46,300 I will listen to the Atreides as long as they govern well. 633 01:17:46,845 --> 01:17:49,609 But only then. Not otherwise. 634 01:17:51,650 --> 01:17:54,050 In Greece, I'll be the most miserable one, 635 01:17:54,153 --> 01:17:57,554 not son of Peleus, but son of a hateful scum of Hades 636 01:17:57,823 --> 01:18:00,883 if I become their unwilling accessory. 637 01:18:03,662 --> 01:18:06,495 Your daughter. They called her my fiancée. 638 01:18:07,399 --> 01:18:10,800 She's my fiancée to them, as they said it. Nothing more. 639 01:18:11,603 --> 01:18:13,195 If I wanted marriage, 640 01:18:13,372 --> 01:18:16,808 a thousand girls are waiting, each better than the next. 641 01:18:17,176 --> 01:18:19,542 But not to be Agamemnon's puppet. 642 01:18:20,045 --> 01:18:23,879 If he needed my name, he should have asked me. 643 01:18:25,050 --> 01:18:29,510 If he would convince me that he wanted it for Greece, why refuse? 644 01:18:30,089 --> 01:18:33,024 I want the best for the army above all. 645 01:18:34,226 --> 01:18:35,818 But he ignored me! 646 01:18:36,562 --> 01:18:39,463 The great Atreides ignored me. 647 01:18:40,199 --> 01:18:42,429 Me and my honor. 648 01:18:44,336 --> 01:18:45,803 Don't worry. 649 01:18:46,271 --> 01:18:49,866 Whoever dares to lay hands on your daughter, 650 01:18:50,142 --> 01:18:53,669 he'll be the first to paint my sword with blood. 651 01:18:59,151 --> 01:19:01,016 How can I thank you, 652 01:19:02,287 --> 01:19:06,883 and not seem like I'm ungrateful if I stay silent? 653 01:19:07,159 --> 01:19:10,356 We've said all there is to say. It's time to act. 654 01:19:10,596 --> 01:19:13,565 Whatever you tell me to do, I'll do it. 655 01:19:18,103 --> 01:19:21,436 First of all, you'll talk to your husband 656 01:19:22,174 --> 01:19:25,268 and do everything to bring him back to his senses. 657 01:19:25,377 --> 01:19:28,175 If we can avoid violence, it would be prudent. 658 01:19:29,081 --> 01:19:33,575 It will be better for everyone to keep the men from gossiping. 659 01:19:35,854 --> 01:19:37,219 And if I fail? 660 01:19:37,322 --> 01:19:42,021 Don't worry. I'll be watching closely with my army. 661 01:19:52,471 --> 01:19:55,167 (MEN CHEERING) 662 01:20:29,741 --> 01:20:31,572 (SOBBING) 663 01:22:49,147 --> 01:22:52,878 - Are you here? - As you can see. 664 01:22:52,985 --> 01:22:58,218 Fortunately, I find you right on time. 665 01:22:58,991 --> 01:23:01,687 Fortunately? For whom? 666 01:23:05,430 --> 01:23:08,092 Send them to bring me Iphigenia. 667 01:23:11,470 --> 01:23:14,132 Everything is ready for the wedding sacrifice. 668 01:23:15,307 --> 01:23:18,299 The water for the drink offerings and the barley, 669 01:23:18,710 --> 01:23:22,908 and the calves with the tender throats will sprinkle the altar with blood. 670 01:23:25,417 --> 01:23:26,816 What a pity. 671 01:23:28,253 --> 01:23:32,519 If your beautiful words were acts, it would be so beautiful. 672 01:23:36,895 --> 01:23:42,333 I'll ask you only this, and if you're a man, you'll answer. 673 01:23:42,668 --> 01:23:44,829 Why are you challenging me? 674 01:23:46,672 --> 01:23:48,572 Ask whatever you want. 675 01:23:53,578 --> 01:23:55,045 Will you 676 01:23:59,318 --> 01:24:01,149 kill your daughter? 677 01:24:04,323 --> 01:24:05,915 What did you say? 678 01:24:07,559 --> 01:24:10,289 Whose sick mind poisoned yours? 679 01:24:10,395 --> 01:24:11,919 Don't yell. 680 01:24:13,298 --> 01:24:14,697 Answer me. 681 01:24:15,067 --> 01:24:19,561 How can I answer such an inhuman question in a humane way? 682 01:24:20,572 --> 01:24:22,972 I asked once, and I'm asking again. 683 01:24:24,710 --> 01:24:26,302 Will you answer? 684 01:24:40,158 --> 01:24:42,058 Your silence is enough. 685 01:24:43,228 --> 01:24:45,526 There is no need for more words. 686 01:24:46,732 --> 01:24:52,068 Why should I debase my pain with more lies? 687 01:24:56,141 --> 01:25:02,910 But I will speak without spin and innuendo. 688 01:25:05,217 --> 01:25:09,244 Knives are speaking at this point. 689 01:25:12,491 --> 01:25:19,420 You married me. How? With a crime. You wanted me. 690 01:25:19,965 --> 01:25:21,592 I never did. 691 01:25:22,667 --> 01:25:26,797 You killed my husband, Tantalus, and you kidnapped me, 692 01:25:26,905 --> 01:25:29,738 and when my brothers rushed to get revenge, 693 01:25:29,841 --> 01:25:31,968 what did you do? 694 01:25:32,778 --> 01:25:35,144 You crawled at my father's feet. 695 01:25:35,480 --> 01:25:41,009 You relied on a weak old man, asking for mercy, 696 01:25:41,319 --> 01:25:43,344 and mercy you got, 697 01:25:44,055 --> 01:25:46,580 and even something more, 698 01:25:46,691 --> 01:25:49,285 me for your wife. 699 01:25:51,563 --> 01:25:55,363 The years have worn off my hatred. 700 01:25:56,468 --> 01:25:58,959 I converted my submission to power. 701 01:25:59,070 --> 01:26:02,005 And I supported your house with my devotion. 702 01:26:03,141 --> 01:26:09,512 Next to me your power shot up. Your fame, your wealth, like a mountain. 703 01:26:11,483 --> 01:26:18,446 I gave you everything, children, this boy, and before him three daughters. 704 01:26:19,424 --> 01:26:23,121 And all of them are my own flesh and blood. 705 01:26:25,897 --> 01:26:29,958 And now you want to kill one of them? 706 01:26:31,236 --> 01:26:36,139 And they will ask you why. They will ask you why. Why? Why? 707 01:26:36,241 --> 01:26:42,237 Why did you kill her? What will you say? Say it. 708 01:26:45,217 --> 01:26:50,211 That with the blood of your child you're paying ransom for a whore! 709 01:26:50,922 --> 01:26:55,450 How nice! To give that which you love the most 710 01:26:55,560 --> 01:26:58,324 for something that you despise! 711 01:26:58,463 --> 01:27:00,522 And if you go to Troy, 712 01:27:02,868 --> 01:27:06,599 what courage and desire will I have to support your house? 713 01:27:06,705 --> 01:27:12,041 In every step of mine, I'll hear her footsteps. 714 01:27:12,143 --> 01:27:15,112 And in the shadows her eyes will burn like candles. 715 01:27:15,213 --> 01:27:22,176 Alone! Dressed in black. I'll count the dark hours with dark curses. 716 01:27:22,721 --> 01:27:28,057 Day and night I will cry, "My husband is a killer! 717 01:27:28,159 --> 01:27:30,218 "A father and murderer." 718 01:27:36,835 --> 01:27:40,794 Someday the war will be over, 719 01:27:40,906 --> 01:27:45,809 and if you survive, I'll be waiting for you together with my children, 720 01:27:45,911 --> 01:27:48,311 our hatred like a viper. 721 01:27:48,413 --> 01:27:50,813 A viper with four heads. 722 01:27:53,685 --> 01:27:57,416 That much, only that much will be needed. 723 01:27:57,989 --> 01:28:01,015 An excuse, nothing much. 724 01:28:03,528 --> 01:28:07,259 Don't do it! Don't throw me to the evil! 725 01:28:11,503 --> 01:28:16,304 When the blood flows on the altar, where will you be looking? 726 01:28:16,608 --> 01:28:20,271 Will you have your eyes closed and be praying? 727 01:28:20,378 --> 01:28:23,142 What kind of prayers do infanticides pray? 728 01:28:23,248 --> 01:28:25,910 Or would you want me to pray for you? 729 01:28:26,017 --> 01:28:29,453 If there is a god, why should I mock him? 730 01:28:37,095 --> 01:28:41,532 You should think it over carefully. 731 01:28:44,002 --> 01:28:45,333 All of it. 732 01:28:48,740 --> 01:28:51,334 Even if glory has blinded you 733 01:28:51,443 --> 01:28:54,606 and you care for nothing but power, 734 01:28:54,713 --> 01:28:56,738 you have to prove it now. 735 01:28:58,717 --> 01:29:00,742 Aren't you the leader? 736 01:29:00,852 --> 01:29:04,447 Tell them, "Greeks, we are all involved in this war. 737 01:29:04,556 --> 01:29:09,789 "Let's draw lots and let fate decide whose daughter will die." 738 01:29:10,395 --> 01:29:12,625 That would be just. 739 01:29:13,431 --> 01:29:18,892 Otherwise, let your brother Menelaus 740 01:29:19,004 --> 01:29:21,336 sacrifice the daughter that Helen bore him! 741 01:29:21,439 --> 01:29:24,101 She started all this evil! 742 01:29:24,209 --> 01:29:27,144 Why should I pay for her disgrace? 743 01:29:27,245 --> 01:29:29,543 Why should I destroy my life 744 01:29:32,384 --> 01:29:34,443 so that I can fix hers? 745 01:29:37,722 --> 01:29:39,019 I'm done. 746 01:29:40,025 --> 01:29:43,426 She is your daughter as much as mine. 747 01:29:44,763 --> 01:29:46,390 Have pity on her. 748 01:29:53,238 --> 01:29:57,436 The time is drawing near. He is waiting outside. 749 01:30:12,190 --> 01:30:14,124 Run and get Iphigenia. 750 01:31:00,171 --> 01:31:04,335 Milady, I don't know where she is. She's disappeared. 751 01:31:22,594 --> 01:31:24,084 Where is she? 752 01:31:32,637 --> 01:31:33,899 I don't know. 753 01:31:34,005 --> 01:31:35,768 The army is waiting. 754 01:31:36,040 --> 01:31:37,242 The oracle speaks the gods' will. It will become known. 755 01:31:37,242 --> 01:31:40,075 The oracle speaks the gods' will. It will become known. 756 01:31:41,780 --> 01:31:44,874 I wish that she'll be found as soon as possible. 757 01:31:48,453 --> 01:31:50,421 I say that for your sake. 758 01:32:05,570 --> 01:32:07,504 Don't! 759 01:32:07,806 --> 01:32:13,176 I can't! I can't do anything! 760 01:32:20,785 --> 01:32:22,343 MAN: Split into groups. 761 01:32:32,864 --> 01:32:35,196 Where are the others? Where is my guard? 762 01:32:35,300 --> 01:32:36,790 In the temple. 763 01:32:53,484 --> 01:32:57,352 (MEN CHEERING) 764 01:33:00,625 --> 01:33:04,026 This is why he brought her from Argos. 765 01:33:04,195 --> 01:33:09,861 - Iphigenia, his daughter. - MAN: The sacrifice must take place today. 766 01:33:09,968 --> 01:33:14,302 - Today! - And the winds will start blowing! 767 01:33:14,405 --> 01:33:16,202 (MEN CHEERING) 768 01:33:19,444 --> 01:33:26,316 The gods order for the honor of Greece 769 01:33:27,085 --> 01:33:33,388 and for her youth who are willing to die in battle 770 01:33:33,491 --> 01:33:38,827 that Agamemnon, as leader of the leaders, 771 01:33:38,930 --> 01:33:42,730 must be the first to sacrifice his child. 772 01:33:47,238 --> 01:33:51,174 And Greece will triumph! 773 01:33:53,678 --> 01:33:57,944 MEN: Sacrifice! Sacrifice! 774 01:34:37,422 --> 01:34:39,253 (RATTLING) 775 01:34:49,534 --> 01:34:52,469 (MEN CHEERING) 776 01:35:08,820 --> 01:35:10,151 MAN: This way! 777 01:35:11,856 --> 01:35:13,721 Come! 778 01:35:20,598 --> 01:35:21,929 There! 779 01:35:22,467 --> 01:35:23,627 Go! 780 01:35:24,102 --> 01:35:25,535 Run! 781 01:35:27,705 --> 01:35:28,967 This way! 782 01:35:32,877 --> 01:35:35,004 This way! 783 01:35:35,513 --> 01:35:37,504 There! 784 01:35:55,600 --> 01:35:59,331 (MEN CHEERING) 785 01:37:33,931 --> 01:37:35,262 Father! 786 01:37:41,305 --> 01:37:46,299 I wish I could, like Orpheus, 787 01:37:47,378 --> 01:37:50,745 sing and make even the rocks love me. 788 01:37:52,617 --> 01:37:55,450 I wish I could sing to you, 789 01:37:55,553 --> 01:37:57,214 but I can't. 790 01:37:58,422 --> 01:38:04,361 So, tell me, what should I do for you to have pity on me? 791 01:38:04,462 --> 01:38:08,262 To cry? I am crying. 792 01:38:08,666 --> 01:38:15,333 To beg you as much as you want? To kneel and kiss your feet? 793 01:38:20,878 --> 01:38:24,177 It's me, Iphigenia. 794 01:38:25,650 --> 01:38:29,848 The first of your children to call you Father. 795 01:38:29,954 --> 01:38:34,254 It's me, who you held in your arms, kissing and saying, 796 01:38:34,358 --> 01:38:39,455 "My child, may the gods empower me to see the day when you'll marry a king." 797 01:38:39,564 --> 01:38:44,695 And I pulled your beard and said, 798 01:38:44,802 --> 01:38:48,397 "When you get old you'll come to me, 799 01:38:48,506 --> 01:38:53,068 "and for every caress that you gave me, I will give you a thousand." 800 01:38:53,177 --> 01:38:54,974 No! Father! No! 801 01:38:58,049 --> 01:39:01,815 If you don't have pity on me, have pity on my mother. 802 01:39:03,688 --> 01:39:07,852 If you kill me, it's like killing both of us. 803 01:39:11,162 --> 01:39:13,153 Why don't you look at me? 804 01:39:14,865 --> 01:39:18,266 What am I asking you for? Nothing. 805 01:39:21,172 --> 01:39:24,471 Just one glance, one kiss, 806 01:39:26,043 --> 01:39:32,812 so if my words go to waste, 807 01:39:32,917 --> 01:39:36,512 I will remember your kiss at that moment. 808 01:39:36,621 --> 01:39:38,816 Why should I be blamed for Helen? 809 01:39:38,923 --> 01:39:42,518 Why should I be blamed for Paris falling in love with her? 810 01:39:46,964 --> 01:39:51,367 Orestes, my beloved one, I know you're still young. 811 01:39:51,469 --> 01:39:57,203 You can't help me, but try. Come. Kneel with me. 812 01:40:01,746 --> 01:40:02,940 Beg him. 813 01:40:08,352 --> 01:40:14,382 Father, look. He's begging you with his silence. 814 01:40:14,492 --> 01:40:18,952 Look at us! Look at your children. 815 01:40:19,563 --> 01:40:22,259 Here, at your feet. Both of us. 816 01:40:23,367 --> 01:40:25,961 A little boy. So little! 817 01:40:28,005 --> 01:40:31,736 And a girl who longs to live. 818 01:40:34,178 --> 01:40:37,545 To live. To walk under the sun. 819 01:40:39,950 --> 01:40:42,009 Why would I want to die? 820 01:40:43,187 --> 01:40:45,212 I would be insane. 821 01:40:46,157 --> 01:40:51,151 It's better to be unhappy and alive 822 01:40:51,262 --> 01:40:54,754 than dead and glorified. 823 01:40:58,135 --> 01:41:04,074 - King, have pity on her. - Let her live. 824 01:41:04,175 --> 01:41:11,138 I know better than anyone else how much love there is in a father's heart. 825 01:41:13,384 --> 01:41:15,318 And how much pain. 826 01:41:16,687 --> 01:41:20,123 I would give my life, if I could, 827 01:41:20,224 --> 01:41:21,851 for my children. 828 01:41:24,995 --> 01:41:28,590 But I can't. This can't be undone. 829 01:41:30,468 --> 01:41:32,129 It must be done. 830 01:41:35,272 --> 01:41:36,830 My daughter... 831 01:41:38,376 --> 01:41:41,743 My sweet daughter, listen. 832 01:41:41,846 --> 01:41:45,782 A thousand men are waiting all around us 833 01:41:45,883 --> 01:41:48,249 with lethal weapons in their hands. 834 01:41:48,352 --> 01:41:54,154 The oracle told them that they'll never see Troy unless I offer the first victim. 835 01:41:54,258 --> 01:41:56,226 Nothing holds them back! 836 01:42:01,365 --> 01:42:08,271 The frenzy of war simmering inside them for months is now boiling. 837 01:42:08,973 --> 01:42:11,999 If I stop this, they will say that I support the barbarians. 838 01:42:12,109 --> 01:42:13,872 They will not only exterminate us, 839 01:42:13,978 --> 01:42:17,573 but your sisters, too, and the whole city of Argos! 840 01:42:17,715 --> 01:42:20,149 (WOMEN SCREAMING) 841 01:42:21,051 --> 01:42:25,181 I'm not Menelaus' slave, and he cannot rule over me. 842 01:42:25,289 --> 01:42:32,195 I have only one master, Greece, which I serve and she commands. 843 01:42:40,104 --> 01:42:44,063 Let's go. The army knows everything. We should hurry. 844 01:42:52,550 --> 01:42:57,453 You see, Greece is more powerful than both of us. 845 01:42:59,623 --> 01:43:02,922 Even when she asks us for something so horrible, 846 01:43:03,027 --> 01:43:04,892 it is for her own good. 847 01:43:05,162 --> 01:43:09,030 This is what all Greeks believe... 848 01:43:13,437 --> 01:43:16,304 That this is the only way to victory. 849 01:43:50,274 --> 01:43:54,040 Did he leave? Did my father leave? 850 01:43:55,713 --> 01:43:59,410 He's playing with my life. Mother! 851 01:44:00,184 --> 01:44:05,053 Come. Let's cry together, unite our pain in a lament. 852 01:44:10,227 --> 01:44:14,357 Sun 853 01:44:14,465 --> 01:44:20,495 You that give 854 01:44:20,604 --> 01:44:27,442 Light to life 855 01:44:27,811 --> 01:44:34,740 Hide so that death will not find us... 856 01:44:54,605 --> 01:45:01,010 MEN: Sacrifice should take place so that we can conquer Troy! 857 01:45:08,185 --> 01:45:13,623 Quickly! It's started blowing. 858 01:45:16,594 --> 01:45:19,358 MEN: Sacrifice! Sacrifice! 859 01:45:19,463 --> 01:45:21,488 Listen to me! 860 01:45:22,299 --> 01:45:23,823 Listen to me! 861 01:45:25,302 --> 01:45:28,760 Everything is a lie! 862 01:45:30,441 --> 01:45:35,276 It is Odysseus' fabrication! I say it to you, your king. 863 01:45:35,379 --> 01:45:37,677 Agamemnon gave his daughter to me! 864 01:45:37,781 --> 01:45:42,616 Not to him! To Artemis! Sacrifice for the victory. 865 01:45:42,853 --> 01:45:46,482 Let Calchas be my witness! And god! 866 01:45:46,991 --> 01:45:48,583 MEN: Sacrifice! 867 01:45:58,535 --> 01:46:02,699 She's the fiancée of your king. Will you let them kill her? 868 01:46:02,806 --> 01:46:04,296 MEN: Yes! 869 01:46:04,708 --> 01:46:07,802 We came here for war and not for weddings! 870 01:46:07,911 --> 01:46:09,572 MAN: He was dazed by love! 871 01:46:09,680 --> 01:46:14,208 - He deserts us for a woman! - MEN: Yes! 872 01:46:14,685 --> 01:46:19,019 Sacrifice! Sacrifice! 873 01:46:38,175 --> 01:46:41,338 - Their cries are flaring up! - They're coming towards here. 874 01:46:41,712 --> 01:46:44,340 I don't want it! I'm scared. 875 01:46:44,448 --> 01:46:49,044 Mother, I'm in pain. My eyes hurt, my heart hurts. 876 01:46:49,219 --> 01:46:52,279 It's from the fear, Mother, and from the hatred. 877 01:46:52,389 --> 01:46:56,223 I hate her! Helen, I hate you, I hate you, I hate you! 878 01:46:57,327 --> 01:47:02,731 So many soldiers, and there is not even one man to help? 879 01:47:05,803 --> 01:47:10,263 My mother, my dear mother, where is my father? 880 01:47:12,810 --> 01:47:17,042 Where did the wind go? Why doesn't it come to Aulis? 881 01:47:18,716 --> 01:47:22,675 Imagine that in the open sea people are drowning, 882 01:47:22,786 --> 01:47:26,347 begging the gods for the wind to stop. 883 01:47:27,357 --> 01:47:29,086 What an injustice! 884 01:47:34,498 --> 01:47:35,726 Achilles! 885 01:47:38,202 --> 01:47:42,764 - Let me hide. I'm ashamed. - It's not time to be ashamed. 886 01:47:42,873 --> 01:47:44,864 We'll fight any way we can. 887 01:47:44,975 --> 01:47:45,964 (MEN SCREAMING) 888 01:47:46,076 --> 01:47:47,441 Let me through! 889 01:47:49,646 --> 01:47:51,238 - Poor queen! - I thought that you wouldn't come. 890 01:47:51,348 --> 01:47:54,044 I just made it. Don't you hear them? 891 01:47:54,151 --> 01:47:57,143 - They come running like a violent river. - What are they shouting? 892 01:47:57,254 --> 01:47:58,555 - That your daughter... - What? 893 01:47:58,555 --> 01:47:59,419 - That your daughter... - What? 894 01:47:59,523 --> 01:48:05,018 - I don't want to hear it. But I must. - She will die at the altar. 895 01:48:05,596 --> 01:48:08,064 So nobody was there to say no? 896 01:48:08,165 --> 01:48:10,463 I did. And almost paid with my life. 897 01:48:10,567 --> 01:48:14,867 - How about your own people? - Even my own people, as everyone else. 898 01:48:17,875 --> 01:48:19,342 We're doomed. 899 01:48:22,279 --> 01:48:24,247 We're doomed, my child. 900 01:48:24,815 --> 01:48:26,476 I know that, too. 901 01:48:32,890 --> 01:48:36,519 Don't be afraid. I will fight for you. 902 01:48:45,068 --> 01:48:47,263 May the gods reward your courage. 903 01:48:47,371 --> 01:48:49,532 They'll reward me, if they have eyes. 904 01:48:49,640 --> 01:48:53,770 - Should I have any hope? - Yes, as long as I'm alive. 905 01:48:54,478 --> 01:48:57,311 MEN: Sacrifice! Sacrifice! 906 01:49:03,187 --> 01:49:04,984 - Odysseus is leading them. - He wouldn't dare. 907 01:49:05,088 --> 01:49:08,683 He's capable of dragging her by her hair to the altar. 908 01:49:09,092 --> 01:49:12,493 MEN: Sacrifice! Sacrifice! 909 01:49:12,796 --> 01:49:16,823 - What should I do? - Don't let her go. Hold her tight. 910 01:49:17,267 --> 01:49:20,828 They'll have to cut both my hands off to take her. 911 01:49:21,338 --> 01:49:24,273 MEN: Sacrifice! Sacrifice! 912 01:49:31,949 --> 01:49:34,611 Be ready! As soon as I tell you. 913 01:50:01,745 --> 01:50:04,236 Go back! Don't let them see you. 914 01:50:44,321 --> 01:50:46,380 Bring me my bridal veil. 915 01:50:51,328 --> 01:50:53,159 And the bridal wreath. 916 01:50:56,099 --> 01:50:57,464 (GROANING) 917 01:51:02,339 --> 01:51:04,773 Mother, listen to me. 918 01:51:05,876 --> 01:51:10,279 It's not in our benefit when we want the impossible. Don't even try. 919 01:51:10,380 --> 01:51:16,182 I know it's difficult for you. But for me, it's even more difficult to live. 920 01:51:17,154 --> 01:51:19,987 Listen to me, and you'll understand. 921 01:51:20,090 --> 01:51:21,955 It's so simple. 922 01:51:25,195 --> 01:51:27,789 Today I will die. 923 01:51:28,999 --> 01:51:30,864 I cannot avoid it. 924 01:51:31,568 --> 01:51:35,129 But how will I die? Only I will decide. 925 01:51:36,306 --> 01:51:43,269 And I have decided. I'll die peacefully, proudly, beautifully. 926 01:51:44,881 --> 01:51:50,285 This will be for me some kind of victory. 927 01:51:52,556 --> 01:51:55,650 Mother, you must, you must understand. 928 01:51:55,759 --> 01:51:59,593 The Greeks, in one voice, request my death. 929 01:52:00,697 --> 01:52:02,460 How will I defy them? 930 01:52:02,899 --> 01:52:08,201 I'm just one, and they're thousands, eager to die fighting. 931 01:52:08,305 --> 01:52:12,139 Why me? Am I worth more than them? 932 01:52:12,242 --> 01:52:14,472 Or even more than one of them? 933 01:52:15,379 --> 01:52:18,974 What would you say if you were their mother? 934 01:52:27,057 --> 01:52:28,786 And one more thing. 935 01:52:29,960 --> 01:52:33,054 Today, we made a friend. 936 01:52:34,731 --> 01:52:40,431 Will I let him die fighting a whole army? 937 01:52:41,671 --> 01:52:44,469 I'd be ungrateful and I don't want that. 938 01:52:45,275 --> 01:52:46,970 I want him to live. 939 01:52:48,311 --> 01:52:53,544 It would be such a pity to waste such courage 940 01:52:53,650 --> 01:52:58,644 for one unimportant life like mine. 941 01:53:00,690 --> 01:53:05,787 Because of all this, since Greece wants my life, I give it to her. 942 01:53:05,929 --> 01:53:08,397 (MEN CHEERING) 943 01:53:12,402 --> 01:53:19,171 Death will be my wedding, children, and glory. 944 01:53:24,448 --> 01:53:26,382 Mother, that's how it is. 945 01:53:27,017 --> 01:53:30,953 You should be grateful that we are Greeks 946 01:53:31,054 --> 01:53:34,615 and not barbarians or slaves. 947 01:53:48,238 --> 01:53:52,504 If the gods loved me, you would have been mine today. 948 01:53:54,544 --> 01:53:57,342 I envy Greece that is taking you away. 949 01:53:57,447 --> 01:54:00,780 I envy you for the glory she gives you. 950 01:54:01,751 --> 01:54:04,845 There is nothing that I wouldn't do to save you. 951 01:54:05,155 --> 01:54:10,889 Speak, before it's too late. There's no coming back from death. 952 01:54:14,898 --> 01:54:17,560 I'm not afraid of death. 953 01:54:18,335 --> 01:54:20,030 I know it. 954 01:54:21,071 --> 01:54:25,098 I'm just thinking how much blood will be shed for Helen, 955 01:54:25,208 --> 01:54:27,403 and I say that's enough. 956 01:54:27,511 --> 01:54:30,275 Don't kill for me. 957 01:54:31,481 --> 01:54:34,712 And above all, don't get killed. 958 01:54:35,785 --> 01:54:39,881 Since death could not bend you, what can I say? 959 01:54:40,757 --> 01:54:42,850 I want you to know one thing. 960 01:54:42,959 --> 01:54:46,486 You can change your mind at the last minute. 961 01:54:47,631 --> 01:54:49,155 I'll be close. 962 01:54:53,170 --> 01:54:54,865 Don't forget this, 963 01:54:56,907 --> 01:54:58,898 I don't want you to die. 964 01:55:32,108 --> 01:55:33,837 Mother, don't. 965 01:55:35,278 --> 01:55:39,840 If you want to help me, you'll do what I ask from you. 966 01:55:41,952 --> 01:55:44,785 Yes, my beloved. I will try. 967 01:55:48,825 --> 01:55:50,816 Tell me what to do. 968 01:55:51,628 --> 01:55:55,758 Do not dress in black and do not cut your hair. 969 01:55:57,167 --> 01:55:58,691 Not even that? 970 01:56:00,370 --> 01:56:02,930 - Not to mourn my child? - No. 971 01:56:03,807 --> 01:56:07,106 Because I won't have a tomb other than the altar. 972 01:56:07,978 --> 01:56:11,277 I want you to be proud and to show it. 973 01:56:14,784 --> 01:56:19,380 You speak so wisely. What can I say? 974 01:56:34,938 --> 01:56:37,634 And your sisters? What should I tell them? 975 01:56:37,741 --> 01:56:39,140 Nothing. 976 01:56:41,678 --> 01:56:44,647 They have their lives. And let them be well. 977 01:56:45,282 --> 01:56:47,807 You should also kiss them for me. 978 01:56:47,917 --> 01:56:53,913 You should bring up Orestes for me to become an important man. 979 01:57:02,766 --> 01:57:04,461 Give him a hug. 980 01:57:13,843 --> 01:57:15,936 For one last time. 981 01:57:17,080 --> 01:57:21,983 My little boy, you did everything you could to help. 982 01:57:48,778 --> 01:57:52,407 Is there anything else you want from me? 983 01:57:55,785 --> 01:57:57,047 There is. 984 01:57:58,388 --> 01:58:01,755 Don't hate my father. He is not to be blamed. 985 01:58:01,858 --> 01:58:05,089 He is! And he'll pay for this. 986 01:58:05,195 --> 01:58:08,528 He does this without wanting it. A sacrifice for Greece. 987 01:58:08,631 --> 01:58:11,225 Not sacrifice. Murder. 988 01:58:12,802 --> 01:58:14,963 Murder! 989 01:58:15,105 --> 01:58:19,007 Sly, cowardly murder. 990 01:58:41,364 --> 01:58:44,765 Has the time come? 991 01:58:46,336 --> 01:58:47,769 Yes, Mother. 992 01:58:52,442 --> 01:58:54,307 I'll come with you. 993 01:58:56,279 --> 01:58:59,009 No, Mother. I beg you. 994 01:59:00,550 --> 01:59:03,519 I'll hold your veil. Nothing else. 995 01:59:04,187 --> 01:59:09,420 No, I'll go alone. It's better for both of us. 996 01:59:19,169 --> 01:59:20,966 Don't leave me! 997 01:59:21,771 --> 01:59:24,604 Mother, I want to be strong. 998 01:59:26,476 --> 01:59:27,773 Help me. 999 01:59:37,887 --> 01:59:41,050 Let's go, my dear friends. 1000 01:59:48,398 --> 01:59:50,923 Enough with the tears. 1001 01:59:51,167 --> 01:59:55,263 Start singing to wake up the winds. 1002 01:59:59,275 --> 02:00:00,936 They'll set sail. 1003 02:00:02,145 --> 02:00:03,635 Don't leave. 1004 02:00:04,914 --> 02:00:06,211 Don't go. 1005 02:03:25,448 --> 02:03:29,077 Farewell, my beloved light. 1006 02:03:46,436 --> 02:03:50,065 (WIND HOWLING) 1007 02:04:28,945 --> 02:04:32,244 (MEN CHEERING) 1008 02:04:43,226 --> 02:04:45,091 To the ships! 1009 02:04:54,070 --> 02:04:56,868 Iphigenia! 1010 02:05:00,643 --> 02:05:02,110 (SCREAMING) 1011 02:05:07,850 --> 02:05:10,751 Iphigenia!