1 00:00:58,077 --> 00:01:01,558 CAESAR MUST DIE 2 00:01:58,039 --> 00:02:01,080 Fly, Brutus, fly. 3 00:02:05,119 --> 00:02:06,760 Trebonius, 4 00:02:07,279 --> 00:02:09,080 help me to die. 5 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,881 And I should do something like that? Never. 6 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:17,001 Take this sword. 7 00:02:17,441 --> 00:02:20,521 No, Brutus, I'd rather kill myself. 8 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:25,361 Please, stay. 9 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:30,761 I know your courage. 10 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:33,001 Hold my sword. 11 00:02:34,362 --> 00:02:36,402 And turn your face away. 12 00:02:37,082 --> 00:02:38,562 Help me to die. 13 00:02:39,841 --> 00:02:41,562 Will you? 14 00:02:43,042 --> 00:02:44,722 Give me your hand first. 15 00:02:47,202 --> 00:02:48,602 Farewell, my lord. 16 00:02:48,682 --> 00:02:50,282 Farewell, good Strato. 17 00:02:51,881 --> 00:02:53,202 Caesar, 18 00:02:54,082 --> 00:02:56,282 you can find peace now. 19 00:02:56,362 --> 00:02:59,203 I kill myself with mice the anger 20 00:02:59,282 --> 00:03:00,763 with which I killed you. 21 00:03:20,162 --> 00:03:22,484 We defeated you, Brutus, 22 00:03:23,684 --> 00:03:26,764 but you were the noblest Roman among the conspirators. 23 00:03:28,084 --> 00:03:30,164 You believed with courage and firmness 24 00:03:30,244 --> 00:03:35,204 that your deed should be undertaken to honor freedom. 25 00:03:35,283 --> 00:03:38,444 Nature was generous with him, 26 00:03:38,524 --> 00:03:40,604 he lived a great life, 27 00:03:40,684 --> 00:03:42,964 in his heart and in his mind. 28 00:03:43,723 --> 00:03:47,285 Thus we can proclaim to Rome and to the whole world... 29 00:03:48,765 --> 00:03:50,525 this is a man! 30 00:04:32,565 --> 00:04:33,926 Let's go! 31 00:04:34,005 --> 00:04:35,607 Quick! 32 00:05:23,289 --> 00:05:27,169 REBIBBIA PRISON HIGH-SECURITY WING 33 00:06:23,691 --> 00:06:28,131 SIX MONTHS EARLIER 34 00:06:35,971 --> 00:06:38,772 - Good morning, everyone. - Good morning. 35 00:06:38,852 --> 00:06:40,732 I'm pleased there's so many of you. 36 00:06:40,812 --> 00:06:46,092 We are here to inaugurate next season's theatrical laboratory. 37 00:06:46,172 --> 00:06:51,172 As prison authorities, we want to support this initiative. 38 00:06:51,252 --> 00:06:54,892 Obviously, we need you to believe in it, 39 00:06:54,971 --> 00:06:59,413 give your best efforts and show your passion as in previous productions. 40 00:06:59,493 --> 00:07:03,013 I'll hand over to Fabio Cavalli, who will introduce the project. 41 00:07:03,092 --> 00:07:07,733 This year we are going to be staging 42 00:07:07,813 --> 00:07:10,013 Shakespeare's Julius Caesar. 43 00:07:10,092 --> 00:07:12,693 It's about a great Roman general, 44 00:07:12,772 --> 00:07:16,133 who, after making Rome great and powerful, 45 00:07:16,212 --> 00:07:19,653 gives in to the temptation of tyranny 46 00:07:19,733 --> 00:07:22,013 and for this reason will be eliminated 47 00:07:22,092 --> 00:07:24,534 by his fellow politicians. 48 00:07:25,174 --> 00:07:29,334 We'll deal with this with the help of our lead actor, Cosimo Rega, 49 00:07:29,414 --> 00:07:32,574 who has been following the company on the inside for years. 50 00:07:33,174 --> 00:07:37,294 We'll start with the auditions next week. 51 00:07:37,374 --> 00:07:40,174 Those of you who want to be part of the company 52 00:07:40,254 --> 00:07:43,334 simply have to make a request to do so. 53 00:07:47,213 --> 00:07:48,575 Good morning. 54 00:07:50,094 --> 00:07:51,815 J Juan Bonetti 55 00:07:51,894 --> 00:07:54,495 I need you to tell me your name and surname, 56 00:07:54,574 --> 00:07:58,015 place and date of birth, father's name and your place of residence 57 00:07:58,094 --> 00:07:59,575 in mo different ways. 58 00:08:00,574 --> 00:08:03,455 The first time you're at a border crossing, 59 00:08:03,534 --> 00:08:06,575 you're leaving your wife who is back there, on a bench. 60 00:08:06,654 --> 00:08:09,295 You'd like to say goodbye to her, cy with her. 61 00:08:09,375 --> 00:08:12,256 You have to provide us with your details. 62 00:08:12,335 --> 00:08:15,016 The second time, the same situation, 63 00:08:15,095 --> 00:08:19,656 but at this point we will force you to tell us your details. 64 00:08:19,736 --> 00:08:23,856 So the first time you're crying, the second, you're pissed off. 65 00:08:23,936 --> 00:08:25,616 From now... 66 00:08:29,095 --> 00:08:32,096 J Juan Dario Bonetti 67 00:08:32,176 --> 00:08:36,257 born on 16/9/71 68 00:08:36,336 --> 00:08:38,417 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 69 00:08:40,896 --> 00:08:43,017 Father, Felice Bonetti. 70 00:08:43,736 --> 00:08:45,977 J Juan Dario Bonetti 71 00:08:46,057 --> 00:08:48,457 J born on 16/9/71 72 00:08:48,537 --> 00:08:50,737 Buenos Aires, Argentina. 73 00:08:52,417 --> 00:08:55,337 Resident in Avellino. Father, Felice Bonetti. 74 00:08:58,976 --> 00:09:01,538 Ligorio Leonardo, born in Manduria, 75 00:09:01,737 --> 00:09:03,778 4/11/70, 76 00:09:03,857 --> 00:09:05,378 in Via Magna Grecia. 77 00:09:05,577 --> 00:09:07,298 Son of Pietro Ligorio. 78 00:09:11,217 --> 00:09:13,138 My name is Atri Ivan, 79 00:09:14,217 --> 00:09:16,098 born in Catania, 80 00:09:17,857 --> 00:09:19,778 1/26/90. 81 00:09:20,617 --> 00:09:22,538 My name is Atri Ivan, 82 00:09:22,617 --> 00:09:24,459 born in Catania, 83 00:09:24,539 --> 00:09:26,659 resident in Adrano, 84 00:09:26,738 --> 00:09:29,259 Via Giovanni Mazza, number 12. 85 00:09:36,458 --> 00:09:38,379 Rosario Maiorana, 86 00:09:38,458 --> 00:09:42,259 born in Palermo on 21/1/70. 87 00:09:44,019 --> 00:09:45,859 Resident in Milan 88 00:09:45,939 --> 00:09:49,020 at Via Monte Pelice, number 6. 89 00:09:51,300 --> 00:09:52,580 Oh God! 90 00:09:59,660 --> 00:10:02,500 Right, my name is Gallo Vincenzo. 91 00:10:02,979 --> 00:10:04,740 I was born in Lentini 92 00:10:04,820 --> 00:10:06,820 on 11/3/78. 93 00:10:06,900 --> 00:10:08,820 I live in Francofonte... 94 00:10:12,980 --> 00:10:15,221 a village 95 00:10:15,301 --> 00:10:16,941 in the Province of Syracuse. 96 00:10:17,021 --> 00:10:19,541 My father is called Gallo Angelo. 97 00:10:22,860 --> 00:10:24,741 Silvano Giacomo, 98 00:10:25,701 --> 00:10:28,181 12/9/1973, 99 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:31,781 born in Naples. 100 00:10:39,621 --> 00:10:40,902 Resident in Rome. 101 00:10:40,981 --> 00:10:43,102 I'll tell you again, don't worry. 102 00:10:43,182 --> 00:10:47,462 Letizia Roberto, born in Rome on 28/9/69, 103 00:10:47,542 --> 00:10:49,942 resident at Via Cimabue, number 4. 104 00:10:50,022 --> 00:10:52,142 My father, Letizia Domenico. 105 00:10:55,182 --> 00:10:57,502 Letizia Roberto... 106 00:10:57,581 --> 00:10:59,822 Got it? What do you want? 107 00:10:59,902 --> 00:11:01,783 What? Fuck off! 108 00:11:01,862 --> 00:11:05,343 Giovanni Arcuri born in Rome 12/3/1'957, 109 00:11:05,423 --> 00:11:06,743 son of Ottavio, 110 00:11:06,823 --> 00:11:10,423 resident in Rome at Via Federico Confalonieri, number 5. 111 00:11:11,502 --> 00:11:13,423 Vittorio Parella, 112 00:11:13,502 --> 00:11:15,743 born in Italy, Imperia, 113 00:11:15,823 --> 00:11:19,103 4/13/1959. 114 00:11:19,183 --> 00:11:21,463 Resident in Amsterdam, 115 00:11:21,543 --> 00:11:26,184 RJH Fortuynstraat, Netherlands. 116 00:11:26,263 --> 00:11:27,544 Bastards! 117 00:11:34,863 --> 00:11:36,744 Pasquale Crapetti, 118 00:11:38,144 --> 00:11:39,744 815148, 119 00:11:41,544 --> 00:11:43,064 I am of Giuseppe, 120 00:11:43,144 --> 00:11:45,824 born in Naples on 8/5/48. 121 00:11:47,184 --> 00:11:49,265 Via Campanile, number 39, 122 00:11:49,984 --> 00:11:51,905 Naples, Plain. 123 00:11:53,785 --> 00:11:55,305 Wait. 124 00:11:58,025 --> 00:11:59,985 I'm Pasquale Crapetti, 125 00:12:00,065 --> 00:12:02,545 born in Naples, 8/5/48. 126 00:12:02,624 --> 00:12:05,745 My name is Franco Carusone, I'm from Cava dei Tirreni. 127 00:12:10,504 --> 00:12:13,306 Son of the late Giuseppe and Senator Giuseppina. 128 00:12:13,385 --> 00:12:15,866 Understand? Is that all right, do you like it? 129 00:12:24,225 --> 00:12:26,506 You're all going to be in Julius Caesar, 130 00:12:26,585 --> 00:12:30,706 but for the main roles what we thought was this... 131 00:12:31,585 --> 00:12:34,066 For Julius Caesar, Giovanni Arcuri. 132 00:12:36,667 --> 00:12:38,987 Cassius, Cosimo Rega. 133 00:12:40,386 --> 00:12:42,907 Brutus, Sasà Striano. 134 00:12:44,746 --> 00:12:47,267 Mark Antony, Antonio Frasca. 135 00:12:49,866 --> 00:12:52,467 For Decius, Juan Bonetti. 136 00:12:54,667 --> 00:12:58,947 And for Lucius, the musician, 137 00:12:59,027 --> 00:13:02,508 Enzo Gallo, who can play the harmonica. Have you got it with you? 138 00:13:16,107 --> 00:13:18,828 SENTENCE: 17 YEARS 139 00:13:18,908 --> 00:13:20,908 DRUG TRAFFICKING 140 00:13:23,507 --> 00:13:25,669 SENTENCE: 14 YEARS, 8 MONTHS 141 00:13:25,748 --> 00:13:29,109 ORGANIZED CRIME 142 00:13:31,949 --> 00:13:35,069 SENTENCE: LIFE MEANING LIFE 143 00:13:35,149 --> 00:13:37,469 MURDER 144 00:13:38,988 --> 00:13:41,909 SENTENCE: 26 YEARS 145 00:13:41,988 --> 00:13:44,189 VARIOUS CRIMES 146 00:13:46,588 --> 00:13:49,590 SENTENCE: 15 YEARS, 6 MONTHS 147 00:13:49,670 --> 00:13:52,070 DRUG TRAFFICKING 148 00:13:54,430 --> 00:13:57,550 SENTENCE: LIFE MEANING LIFE 149 00:13:57,629 --> 00:13:59,870 ORGANIZED CRIME 150 00:14:07,589 --> 00:14:09,350 Can you close the curtain? 151 00:14:15,470 --> 00:14:17,031 Perfect. 152 00:14:17,110 --> 00:14:21,591 As you know, the theatre is being rebuilt, 153 00:14:21,671 --> 00:14:26,111 but I think this room is suitable for rehearsals. 154 00:14:26,191 --> 00:14:30,151 You've read the parts, now you have to start speaking them. 155 00:14:30,230 --> 00:14:32,671 Julius Caesar, Act 1, Scene 2. 156 00:14:32,750 --> 00:14:35,711 And remember, everyone in their own accent. 157 00:14:35,791 --> 00:14:37,312 - Apulian. - Calabrian. 158 00:14:37,391 --> 00:14:38,752 - Roman. - Neapolitan. 159 00:14:38,832 --> 00:14:40,432 Perfect. 160 00:14:41,391 --> 00:14:45,832 Julius Caesar is in the street and the soothsayer comes up to him 161 00:14:45,912 --> 00:14:49,832 because he has to speak to him, ask him something. 162 00:14:49,912 --> 00:14:51,232 Carusone, that's you, go! 163 00:14:52,152 --> 00:14:54,152 Caesar... 164 00:14:54,231 --> 00:14:55,912 Sorry, Fabio, 165 00:14:55,991 --> 00:14:59,912 but in Neapolitan you say Caesar the same as you do in Italian. 166 00:14:59,991 --> 00:15:01,913 Here I am, who wants me? 167 00:15:01,992 --> 00:15:04,233 Fine as regards the dialect, 168 00:15:04,313 --> 00:15:07,753 but don't be vulgar. It's not a vulgar dialect. 169 00:15:07,833 --> 00:15:11,913 It's a dialect, but in the mouth of noble characters. 170 00:15:11,992 --> 00:15:14,113 Here I am, who wants me? 171 00:15:14,673 --> 00:15:16,273 A bit less. 172 00:15:16,352 --> 00:15:17,713 Here I am, who wants me? 173 00:15:17,793 --> 00:15:21,153 Quiet, all of you, let him approach. 174 00:15:21,232 --> 00:15:23,913 Sorry, Fabio, I don't have a dialect. 175 00:15:23,992 --> 00:15:27,434 I'm a citizen of the world. You want to see America? 176 00:15:33,194 --> 00:15:35,874 Let's go to New Zealand, Maori, 177 00:15:35,954 --> 00:15:37,754 All Blacks, haka dance. 178 00:15:40,873 --> 00:15:43,434 Fine, that's enough, thank you. 179 00:15:43,513 --> 00:15:45,914 Let him approach and speak, 180 00:15:45,993 --> 00:15:48,914 Caesar is available to all, you know. 181 00:15:50,915 --> 00:15:55,955 Caesar, amidst the glory and the pomp, beware the Ides of March. 182 00:15:57,114 --> 00:16:00,475 - What does he want from me? - He's a wizard, a soothsayer. 183 00:16:01,155 --> 00:16:04,235 Bring him here, I want to look him in the eyes. 184 00:16:04,315 --> 00:16:06,515 Come forward, come from the throng. 185 00:16:08,955 --> 00:16:12,115 The thing you said before, say it to my face, now! 186 00:16:13,075 --> 00:16:14,916 Fabio, where I come from, 187 00:16:14,995 --> 00:16:18,276 the wizards, the soothsayers, they're all a bit loopy. 188 00:16:18,355 --> 00:16:19,876 Can I play it that way? 189 00:16:20,995 --> 00:16:23,476 Caesar, amidst the pomp and the glory, 190 00:16:23,556 --> 00:16:26,116 the Ides of March are telling you history. 191 00:16:36,515 --> 00:16:39,957 Keep him away from me, but gently, don't hit him. 192 00:16:40,037 --> 00:16:44,037 At this point in the scene, Caesar leaves with his entourage, 193 00:16:44,116 --> 00:16:48,117 and only Cassius and Brutus remain, 194 00:16:48,957 --> 00:16:52,157 and they say some fundamental things at the start of the story. 195 00:16:56,797 --> 00:16:58,557 What happened, Brutus? 196 00:16:59,116 --> 00:17:01,598 live been watching you for a bit. 197 00:17:01,678 --> 00:17:03,438 Dig, dig, 198 00:17:04,078 --> 00:17:07,238 where is your old affection for your friend? 199 00:17:07,318 --> 00:17:09,238 You've forgotten about me, 200 00:17:09,918 --> 00:17:11,398 or am I mistaken? 201 00:17:15,237 --> 00:17:18,038 What was it, Brutus, what is it? 202 00:17:18,118 --> 00:17:20,598 live been watching you for a bit. 203 00:17:20,678 --> 00:17:22,358 Dig, dig, 204 00:17:24,158 --> 00:17:26,639 where is your old affection for your friend? 205 00:17:27,879 --> 00:17:29,399 You've forgotten about me. 206 00:17:33,518 --> 00:17:35,039 Am I perhaps mistaken? 207 00:17:42,719 --> 00:17:44,079 What? 208 00:17:44,959 --> 00:17:46,879 Cassius, what are you saying? 209 00:17:47,639 --> 00:17:49,519 Poor Brutus is looking gloomy 210 00:17:49,599 --> 00:17:53,720 because in his soul, between his heart and his head, 211 00:17:53,799 --> 00:17:55,720 a fierce war has erupted. 212 00:17:56,799 --> 00:17:58,520 Look me in the eyes, 213 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:04,600 you see the field and the battle too going on between me and myself. 214 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:06,760 Listen to your true friend, Brutus, 215 00:18:06,839 --> 00:18:08,400 find the strength. 216 00:18:10,239 --> 00:18:14,641 Look at yourself in the mirror, you will see the soul of a noble man, 217 00:18:14,721 --> 00:18:17,121 the man we all need in Rome. 218 00:18:17,201 --> 00:18:20,481 What are you saying? What are you tying to tell me? 219 00:18:21,961 --> 00:18:24,441 Cassius, do you want me to get into trouble? 220 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,201 Trust me, Brutus, gentle friend, 221 00:18:28,361 --> 00:18:30,281 like I trust you. 222 00:18:30,361 --> 00:18:34,841 Don't trust anyone, you great actor. I did and look what happened to me! 223 00:18:47,162 --> 00:18:48,322 Look! 224 00:18:48,521 --> 00:18:49,802 Listen! 225 00:18:52,241 --> 00:18:54,922 Right now the people are offering Caesar 226 00:18:56,081 --> 00:18:57,522 the king's crown. 227 00:19:03,203 --> 00:19:05,003 You fear him. 228 00:19:05,082 --> 00:19:08,043 What am I meant to think? You don't want it either... 229 00:19:08,123 --> 00:19:09,843 No, of course I don't! 230 00:19:10,883 --> 00:19:13,643 Even if Caesar is dear to me. 231 00:19:13,723 --> 00:19:14,883 Look! 232 00:19:14,963 --> 00:19:17,683 Look what he's doing, that liar! 233 00:19:18,403 --> 00:19:21,523 Antony is offering him the crown in front of the whole people 234 00:19:22,322 --> 00:19:24,363 and he is refusing it. 235 00:19:25,163 --> 00:19:28,804 Look, he's moving it away with the back of his hand. 236 00:19:30,644 --> 00:19:33,844 Look, Antony is offering him the crown again. 237 00:19:33,924 --> 00:19:36,244 Three times, come and see. 238 00:19:37,404 --> 00:19:40,084 No, Striano, you can't go to the window. 239 00:19:40,283 --> 00:19:42,524 Brutus doesn't want to see. 240 00:19:42,604 --> 00:19:45,484 You have to find another position, you choose. 241 00:19:54,965 --> 00:19:56,045 Good. 242 00:19:57,004 --> 00:19:58,325 On you go, Cassius. 243 00:20:00,764 --> 00:20:04,005 Caesar is uncertain, he's taking it, he's not. 244 00:20:05,044 --> 00:20:07,925 He's dying to place it on his head. 245 00:20:11,804 --> 00:20:15,966 Rome, city without shame. 246 00:20:20,005 --> 00:20:21,846 You as well, my Naples, 247 00:20:21,926 --> 00:20:24,446 you've become a city without shame. 248 00:20:25,686 --> 00:20:28,726 Excuse me, but it feels like this Shakespeare 249 00:20:28,805 --> 00:20:31,526 lived in the streets of my city. 250 00:20:35,606 --> 00:20:37,486 Our fathers told us: 251 00:20:37,565 --> 00:20:41,047 rather a devil in charge of Rome than a king. 252 00:20:43,607 --> 00:20:45,847 I know you're a true friend. 253 00:20:47,727 --> 00:20:49,487 I have no doubt. 254 00:20:50,526 --> 00:20:53,407 It seems clear that what you're thinking and planning 255 00:20:53,607 --> 00:20:55,167 involves me as well. 256 00:20:55,766 --> 00:20:57,487 I have to think about it. 257 00:20:58,046 --> 00:21:00,167 But don't forget this: 258 00:21:00,486 --> 00:21:03,488 rather than bow down to a tyrant, 259 00:21:03,567 --> 00:21:05,888 Brutus will go and work as a swineherd. 260 00:21:08,767 --> 00:21:11,288 Be careful, Caesar is coming with Antony. 261 00:21:13,968 --> 00:21:16,008 - Antony. - Here I am, Caesar. 262 00:21:16,087 --> 00:21:18,128 I don't like that Cassius. 263 00:21:18,208 --> 00:21:21,408 I want fat men around me, men who eat and drink. 264 00:21:21,487 --> 00:21:23,608 Cassius has a lean and hungry look; 265 00:21:23,688 --> 00:21:26,248 he studies and thinks too much. I don't like him. 266 00:21:26,327 --> 00:21:28,609 Don't worry, he's a good boy. 267 00:21:28,689 --> 00:21:31,569 Speak in my right ear, I can't hear very well here. 268 00:21:31,768 --> 00:21:35,089 His family is noble, there is nothing to fear. 269 00:21:35,169 --> 00:21:37,889 Maybe, but I do not like Cassius' face. 270 00:21:37,969 --> 00:21:40,049 I don't like lean faces. 271 00:21:42,088 --> 00:21:43,609 I have to go now. 272 00:21:44,929 --> 00:21:48,969 Come and see me tomorrow night. We still have to talk. 273 00:21:49,929 --> 00:21:52,170 I'll be waiting for you, understand? 274 00:21:52,249 --> 00:21:53,850 Wait for us there. 275 00:21:55,210 --> 00:21:57,730 Meanwhile, Brutus, 276 00:21:57,809 --> 00:21:59,530 think of the world. 277 00:22:05,289 --> 00:22:08,290 - We have visitors. - It's Fabio. 278 00:22:08,370 --> 00:22:12,010 The stalls in pieces, the trestles, the cables... 279 00:22:13,890 --> 00:22:18,091 Roberto, everything's all over the place here! 280 00:22:18,171 --> 00:22:19,851 When is the work going to be done? 281 00:22:19,931 --> 00:22:23,651 We're rehearsing around Rebibbia, wherever we can, 282 00:22:23,731 --> 00:22:27,131 but if the stage isn't ready, we'll never manage to put it on. 283 00:22:27,211 --> 00:22:30,251 What do you want? First he says one thing, then another. 284 00:22:30,330 --> 00:22:33,531 We're just the slaves. Speak to the emperor. 285 00:22:40,372 --> 00:22:43,612 Maybe a woman will sit here. 286 00:23:03,413 --> 00:23:07,973 Lucius, will we try it, just the mo of us? 287 00:23:08,052 --> 00:23:09,493 - Now? - Yes. 288 00:23:09,572 --> 00:23:11,613 - Just the mo of us? - Yes. 289 00:23:11,693 --> 00:23:13,773 No, you stay in bed. 290 00:23:13,852 --> 00:23:16,093 - Lying down? - Yes, like in the scene. 291 00:23:16,173 --> 00:23:18,293 Stretched out, with your eyes closed. 292 00:23:20,572 --> 00:23:22,493 - Close your eyes. - Close them? 293 00:23:31,333 --> 00:23:33,014 Lucius, wake up. 294 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:37,614 I would like that, 295 00:23:37,694 --> 00:23:40,374 a little of the sweet illness of sleep. 296 00:23:41,533 --> 00:23:43,654 Lucius, wake up! 297 00:23:43,734 --> 00:23:45,934 - I have to wake up? - Yes. 298 00:23:46,013 --> 00:23:49,494 - Yes, master? - Check what day it is. 299 00:23:55,615 --> 00:23:57,335 He has to die. 300 00:23:57,415 --> 00:24:00,815 If he lives, Caesar will defeat us all. 301 00:24:01,814 --> 00:24:03,735 If it was just about me, 302 00:24:04,375 --> 00:24:06,535 I wouldn't care, 303 00:24:06,615 --> 00:24:08,775 but he will defeat all of Rome. 304 00:24:10,814 --> 00:24:13,295 I loved him, it's true, 305 00:24:13,375 --> 00:24:16,016 but if he manages to place a crown on his head, 306 00:24:16,095 --> 00:24:18,416 he is no longer Caesar, but becomes... 307 00:24:19,295 --> 00:24:20,816 becomes... 308 00:24:25,176 --> 00:24:28,816 becomes a poisonous serpent. 309 00:24:28,896 --> 00:24:30,256 No... 310 00:24:31,295 --> 00:24:33,376 I can't be getting the line wrong. 311 00:24:34,495 --> 00:24:37,376 I understand what Shakespeare meant, 312 00:24:37,815 --> 00:24:40,697 but how to get it across to the audience? 313 00:24:43,336 --> 00:24:44,617 It's starting again. 314 00:24:44,697 --> 00:24:47,977 We saw him yesterday at the Forum. 315 00:24:48,056 --> 00:24:50,737 He is looking for a throne on which to build his nest. 316 00:24:50,816 --> 00:24:53,217 He went up step after step, humble and respectful, 317 00:24:53,296 --> 00:24:55,977 because humility and respect are tools of ambition. 318 00:24:56,056 --> 00:25:00,017 And now that the summit is near, he will not turn back. 319 00:25:00,096 --> 00:25:02,217 Look at him, it's gone to his head. 320 00:25:02,296 --> 00:25:06,298 Instead of doing his time properly, he's playing the fool! 321 00:25:06,378 --> 00:25:08,618 He disparages the world he has left behind 322 00:25:08,698 --> 00:25:10,738 and is chasing the clouds in the sky. 323 00:25:10,817 --> 00:25:13,258 Give him time, give him a crown 324 00:25:13,337 --> 00:25:15,378 and if the serpent is still in the egg, 325 00:25:15,458 --> 00:25:20,778 up there the egg will hatch and intoxicate all of Rome. 326 00:25:21,777 --> 00:25:23,738 Caesar has to die now. 327 00:25:25,658 --> 00:25:29,099 We are at the Ides of March. They're here. 328 00:25:29,179 --> 00:25:31,299 Go and meet them, go on! 329 00:25:31,778 --> 00:25:35,499 THE PLOT 330 00:25:45,619 --> 00:25:48,539 I'm sorry if we woke you up. 331 00:25:49,018 --> 00:25:50,739 I didn't sleep last night. 332 00:25:52,259 --> 00:25:53,820 Welcome, all of you. 333 00:25:53,900 --> 00:25:56,980 Be patient, I have to talk to Brutus. 334 00:26:05,220 --> 00:26:07,340 See, guys? 335 00:26:08,460 --> 00:26:10,700 The storm has passed. 336 00:26:11,980 --> 00:26:14,060 That's the east, 337 00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:16,061 where the sun rises. 338 00:26:16,580 --> 00:26:19,261 - I think. Isn't it? - No, you're wrong. 339 00:26:19,340 --> 00:26:23,341 He's right, those bluish streaks on the clouds come before the dawn. 340 00:26:23,421 --> 00:26:27,661 The sun, at this time of year, rises there, towards the Capitol. 341 00:26:27,741 --> 00:26:29,461 That's east. 342 00:26:30,741 --> 00:26:32,061 Are you laughing at me? 343 00:26:32,221 --> 00:26:36,341 No, I'm not, you're saying your line well. 344 00:26:36,421 --> 00:26:40,022 I'm thinking about those four fools who are about to kill the boss 345 00:26:40,101 --> 00:26:43,102 and they're dribbling on about where the sun rises. 346 00:26:43,182 --> 00:26:44,982 I like them. 347 00:26:45,101 --> 00:26:49,022 In fact, we're all fools to an extent. Them too, the plotters. 348 00:26:49,101 --> 00:26:53,142 And just as well; that way the character is more like me. 349 00:26:53,702 --> 00:26:56,022 Right, hands here, one at a time. 350 00:26:57,501 --> 00:27:00,102 Let's confirm our pact with an oath. 351 00:27:01,742 --> 00:27:04,223 No, no oath. 352 00:27:05,102 --> 00:27:08,903 If we're real men, it should be enough to look each other in the eye. 353 00:27:08,983 --> 00:27:12,303 Pain and anger in the heart, 354 00:27:12,383 --> 00:27:14,743 shame for this infamous era, 355 00:27:14,822 --> 00:27:16,823 are enough to risk our lives, 356 00:27:16,903 --> 00:27:18,743 because, if they're not enough, 357 00:27:18,822 --> 00:27:21,383 why are we mucking about at night? 358 00:27:21,463 --> 00:27:24,903 If we're not ready, let's go to sleep, 359 00:27:24,983 --> 00:27:27,663 because tomorrow the tyrant will worry about our lives. 360 00:27:27,743 --> 00:27:29,464 So no oaths. 361 00:27:29,543 --> 00:27:32,424 The priests can swear oaths, the crappers, 362 00:27:32,503 --> 00:27:34,744 the old bootlickers, the vile scoundrels, 363 00:27:34,823 --> 00:27:36,384 the windbags 364 00:27:36,464 --> 00:27:39,144 and all the cuckolds, beaten-up and happy. 365 00:27:40,343 --> 00:27:42,824 Our undertaking is so great 366 00:27:43,744 --> 00:27:46,024 that no villainy can stop us. 367 00:27:46,103 --> 00:27:50,264 Yes, but who else will meet the same fate as Caesar? 368 00:27:55,504 --> 00:27:57,185 Metellus is right, 369 00:27:57,264 --> 00:28:00,425 Caesar's right-hand man has to meet the same fate as Caesar. 370 00:28:00,504 --> 00:28:02,065 We know Antony's job is to plot. 371 00:28:02,145 --> 00:28:05,225 He's astute. He could ruin everything for us. 372 00:28:05,304 --> 00:28:07,825 The same fate for Antony and Caesar! 373 00:28:12,264 --> 00:28:15,865 No, Cassius, justice is not a slaughterhouse 374 00:28:15,945 --> 00:28:18,746 and we are men of justice, not butchers. 375 00:28:18,825 --> 00:28:21,426 And that's how it must appear to the people. 376 00:28:21,505 --> 00:28:23,546 We have rebelled against Caesar's ideas, 377 00:28:23,626 --> 00:28:25,506 against his spirit. 378 00:28:27,426 --> 00:28:31,066 This is not an assassination, it's a sacrifice. 379 00:28:36,906 --> 00:28:39,306 If I could remove the spirit of the tyrant from him 380 00:28:39,386 --> 00:28:41,787 without tearing open his chest. 381 00:28:43,306 --> 00:28:44,827 If I could... 382 00:28:48,826 --> 00:28:51,667 What's wrong, Sasà, don't you remember your lines? 383 00:28:51,747 --> 00:28:54,027 He knows them. 384 00:28:54,106 --> 00:28:56,547 He's got the character of Brutus inside him. 385 00:28:56,627 --> 00:28:59,747 live memorized them too, but it's difficult. 386 00:28:59,826 --> 00:29:02,507 Difficult? But why? 387 00:29:02,586 --> 00:29:06,388 Have we never known bullying Caesars in our own home? 388 00:29:06,468 --> 00:29:08,748 And betrayal and murder... 389 00:29:09,347 --> 00:29:11,468 Today he doesn't want to remember. 390 00:29:12,587 --> 00:29:14,708 Sasà, what's wrong? 391 00:29:14,787 --> 00:29:16,348 What do you want? 392 00:29:16,428 --> 00:29:18,588 It's to do with me. 393 00:29:18,668 --> 00:29:20,428 To do with me! 394 00:29:23,867 --> 00:29:26,188 Fabio, I'm sorry. 395 00:29:26,988 --> 00:29:28,829 Really, I'm sorry, 396 00:29:28,909 --> 00:29:31,669 It's this line I have to say: 397 00:29:31,749 --> 00:29:35,429 "If I could remove Caesar's spirit, without tearing open his chest." 398 00:29:36,389 --> 00:29:40,429 I saw the face of a friend of mine appear before me. 399 00:29:40,508 --> 00:29:42,549 We sold contraband cigarettes together, 400 00:29:42,629 --> 00:29:44,949 me on one pavement, him on the other. 401 00:29:47,588 --> 00:29:51,069 That evening he had to shut up some scumbag. 402 00:29:52,750 --> 00:29:54,870 Suddenly he stopped in front of me 403 00:29:55,710 --> 00:29:58,190 and said exactly the same as Brutus. 404 00:29:58,950 --> 00:30:01,830 The words were different, but the same. 405 00:30:03,309 --> 00:30:05,790 The neighborhood got to hear about it. 406 00:30:06,150 --> 00:30:08,230 He's a windbag, they said. 407 00:30:09,029 --> 00:30:10,550 Everyone. 408 00:30:12,309 --> 00:30:14,030 And I did too, in chorus. 409 00:30:16,269 --> 00:30:18,191 And now it hurts me. 410 00:30:18,391 --> 00:30:20,711 What happened in the end? 411 00:30:22,711 --> 00:30:24,751 Will we continue tomorrow? 412 00:30:26,830 --> 00:30:28,791 We'll continue tomorrow. 413 00:30:34,191 --> 00:30:35,911 I want to continue. 414 00:30:39,870 --> 00:30:42,152 Without tearing open his chest... 415 00:30:43,511 --> 00:30:45,792 But I'm scared of Antony. 416 00:30:45,871 --> 00:30:48,832 We all know his love for Caesar. 417 00:30:48,912 --> 00:30:51,592 I told you no, Cassius. 418 00:30:51,672 --> 00:30:53,912 Caesar's right hand, 419 00:30:53,992 --> 00:30:57,352 once Caesar's head has fallen, won't be able to do anything. 420 00:30:57,432 --> 00:30:59,192 So let him live, 421 00:30:59,271 --> 00:31:03,312 let him go back to his revelries, games and merrymaking. 422 00:31:04,192 --> 00:31:07,633 Let him live his life and soon he'll be laughing about it all. 423 00:31:10,592 --> 00:31:13,713 Be quiet and count the hours. 424 00:31:21,193 --> 00:31:22,313 Four o'clock. 425 00:31:24,153 --> 00:31:26,633 Four, it's time to go. 426 00:31:29,873 --> 00:31:32,354 We salute you, Brutus, but be careful. 427 00:31:35,234 --> 00:31:39,874 Caesar has been superstitious for too long, 428 00:31:39,954 --> 00:31:43,754 after all these bad omens and signs in the sky, 429 00:31:43,833 --> 00:31:47,914 he might not turn up tomorrow at the Senate. 430 00:31:47,994 --> 00:31:52,394 Let me deal with that, I know how to butter him up. 431 00:31:52,474 --> 00:31:56,875 Catch the fox with a trap and the man with sweet words. 432 00:31:58,074 --> 00:32:00,435 I'll get him to the Senate on time. 433 00:32:01,235 --> 00:32:04,315 All right, men, everyone takes his own road. 434 00:32:07,995 --> 00:32:09,355 Hey! 435 00:32:14,435 --> 00:32:15,835 Sleep. 436 00:32:16,834 --> 00:32:18,756 Sleep, Lucius, 437 00:32:18,835 --> 00:32:20,516 that's better. 438 00:32:50,836 --> 00:32:54,077 And to think that at school I found this so boring! 439 00:32:54,157 --> 00:32:56,997 Our Julius Caesar is a great! 440 00:32:57,076 --> 00:33:00,877 A genius, according to Shakespeare as well. 441 00:33:00,957 --> 00:33:03,837 Come on, Giovanni let's not waste time and get to work. 442 00:33:03,917 --> 00:33:05,838 What time, Fabio? 443 00:33:06,317 --> 00:33:08,598 live been in here for 20 years 444 00:33:08,678 --> 00:33:11,598 and you say: "Let's not waste time"... 445 00:33:13,277 --> 00:33:14,758 Greetings. 446 00:33:14,837 --> 00:33:17,638 Are you ready for the walk to the Senate? 447 00:33:17,718 --> 00:33:21,038 Well done, Decius, you arrived at just the right moment. 448 00:33:21,117 --> 00:33:24,478 Take this message to the most venerable senators: 449 00:33:24,557 --> 00:33:27,438 Caesar will not attend today's sitting. 450 00:33:29,239 --> 00:33:32,519 - Don't you feel well? - Speak into this other ear. 451 00:33:35,719 --> 00:33:37,239 What do you mean? 452 00:33:37,318 --> 00:33:40,199 Caesar does not hide behind a lie. 453 00:33:40,278 --> 00:33:42,399 It's not that I can't go, 454 00:33:42,479 --> 00:33:44,199 let's say it doesn't suit me. 455 00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:49,679 Tell them that: Caesar doesn't want to come. 456 00:33:51,199 --> 00:33:53,520 Most powerful Caesar, 457 00:33:53,599 --> 00:33:55,920 you have to give me a reason, 458 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,200 otherwise the senators will take the piss out of me. 459 00:33:59,279 --> 00:34:00,760 A reason? 460 00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:03,160 My word should be sufficient. 461 00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:05,920 Decius... 462 00:34:08,039 --> 00:34:11,520 Because I love you, I want to tell you a secret. 463 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:15,480 Last night my wife had a dream. 464 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:20,521 A hundred wounds appeared on a statue of me, 465 00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:24,241 a hundred mouths from which gushed blood. 466 00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,201 On her knees, she made me swear not to leave the house. 467 00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:30,721 And I am going to stay home. 468 00:34:33,681 --> 00:34:38,001 Caesar, this is a good dream 469 00:34:38,081 --> 00:34:40,121 and it foretells the opposite. 470 00:34:40,201 --> 00:34:44,322 Rome is a leech that gets nourishment from your blood, 471 00:34:44,401 --> 00:34:46,442 and the more it drinks, 472 00:34:46,522 --> 00:34:49,602 the stronger and greater it becomes. 473 00:34:53,562 --> 00:34:56,762 This is the right interpretation, wife. 474 00:34:58,441 --> 00:35:01,442 And now there is more news, 475 00:35:01,522 --> 00:35:04,402 good news for you, the latest. 476 00:35:05,481 --> 00:35:07,963 The Senate is going to vote on a decree 477 00:35:08,043 --> 00:35:11,803 to give the great Caesar the crown. 478 00:35:14,043 --> 00:35:16,403 If you do not appear, 479 00:35:16,482 --> 00:35:19,763 the senators might change their minds. 480 00:35:22,523 --> 00:35:24,043 The sitting is postponed 481 00:35:24,123 --> 00:35:29,003 until the great Caesar's wife has a good dream. 482 00:35:29,243 --> 00:35:34,044 You must excuse my frank speech, but I'm speaking as a friend. 483 00:35:36,923 --> 00:35:38,764 A friend? 484 00:35:38,843 --> 00:35:41,164 A liar, an arselicker, 485 00:35:41,244 --> 00:35:43,004 a brass neck. 486 00:35:45,124 --> 00:35:47,644 He's really good at playing the schemer. 487 00:35:48,403 --> 00:35:51,804 What the fuck are you saying? You're messing up your lines. 488 00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:56,805 You're so good, it really suits you with that little face. 489 00:35:58,085 --> 00:36:01,845 This isn't in the script, Caesar doesn't say that. 490 00:36:01,924 --> 00:36:04,565 He would, if he knew you. 491 00:36:04,645 --> 00:36:06,445 But I'm not acting any more, Juan. 492 00:36:06,525 --> 00:36:09,085 - What's going on? - It's something between them. 493 00:36:09,165 --> 00:36:12,085 I'm telling you what's been in my heart for years. 494 00:36:12,725 --> 00:36:16,925 I know you, you've always spoken behind my back, like they know you. 495 00:36:17,004 --> 00:36:21,006 Yes, but they don't know who you are. 496 00:36:21,086 --> 00:36:22,846 Because what do you know? Spit it out! 497 00:36:22,925 --> 00:36:25,806 Decius would tell you in your good ear, 498 00:36:25,885 --> 00:36:27,806 but I'll tell you to your face. 499 00:36:28,646 --> 00:36:32,366 Get lost, keep away, the snake's bite is poisonous. 500 00:36:32,445 --> 00:36:34,166 I'm a snake? Say that again! 501 00:36:34,845 --> 00:36:36,646 Come on, I'll tell you outside! 502 00:36:39,246 --> 00:36:41,686 Gianni, Juan, what are you doing? 503 00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:44,887 Fabio, make them stop, or they'll spoil it for all of us. 504 00:36:45,486 --> 00:36:49,407 They'll shut up shop and I don't want to miss out on this thing. 505 00:38:10,690 --> 00:38:13,890 Observers of the ceiling they should call us, 506 00:38:13,969 --> 00:38:15,690 not prisoners. 507 00:38:16,489 --> 00:38:20,171 Almost the whole day with our eyes looking up, 508 00:38:20,251 --> 00:38:21,771 on the bed. 509 00:38:22,651 --> 00:38:26,611 Then if they put you in the bed on top, 510 00:38:26,691 --> 00:38:28,531 you can see the ceiling, 511 00:38:28,611 --> 00:38:30,171 look at it, touch it, 512 00:38:30,251 --> 00:38:31,931 talk to it. 513 00:38:32,771 --> 00:38:35,371 Francesco, my son, 514 00:38:35,450 --> 00:38:38,331 I try to see your face in the ceiling. 515 00:38:38,571 --> 00:38:41,891 I'm not managing today, but I'm tying, 516 00:38:41,970 --> 00:38:43,612 I'm tying. 517 00:38:48,132 --> 00:38:52,172 I don't know what I'll do tomorrow if they don't give me a single cell. 518 00:38:52,732 --> 00:38:54,412 It's my right. 519 00:38:55,811 --> 00:38:58,092 Everyone has diarrhea today. 520 00:38:59,692 --> 00:39:02,572 five beds, five cases of diarrhea. 521 00:39:58,974 --> 00:40:00,855 Hail, Caesar! 522 00:40:04,135 --> 00:40:07,775 Caesar, watch out for Brutus, don't let Cassius out your sight, 523 00:40:07,854 --> 00:40:11,055 stay away from Decius, don't trust Casca. 524 00:40:11,135 --> 00:40:13,495 They will all betray you. 525 00:40:13,575 --> 00:40:15,775 You're not immortal. Be careful. 526 00:40:15,854 --> 00:40:17,775 Read this, read it! 527 00:40:18,374 --> 00:40:21,376 Caesar, my petition has to do with you yourself. 528 00:40:21,455 --> 00:40:23,536 Read it, great Caesar. 529 00:40:23,616 --> 00:40:27,096 The ones that have to do with ourselves are those we read last. 530 00:40:29,015 --> 00:40:31,976 Great Caesar, read it! 531 00:40:32,056 --> 00:40:34,976 - Who's he? Is he mad? - Yes, he's mad. 532 00:40:38,855 --> 00:40:40,816 Hail, Caesar. 533 00:40:41,375 --> 00:40:43,777 Most powerful Caesar, 534 00:40:43,856 --> 00:40:47,457 I, Metellus Cimber, place my humble heart at your feet. 535 00:40:47,537 --> 00:40:50,497 Metellus Cimber, I warn you, 536 00:40:50,577 --> 00:40:52,617 I don't like being buttered up. 537 00:40:53,577 --> 00:40:57,217 Your brother was condemned and exiled as a scoundrel. 538 00:40:57,296 --> 00:40:59,817 If you continue scraping and whining for him, 539 00:40:59,896 --> 00:41:02,577 I'll kick you out of here like a dog. 540 00:41:02,657 --> 00:41:05,617 Remember, Caesar does not wrong anyone. 541 00:41:14,698 --> 00:41:18,178 My respects, Caesar, but not to flatter you. 542 00:41:18,258 --> 00:41:20,938 The sentence on his brother is a serious thing. 543 00:41:21,017 --> 00:41:22,458 What are you saying, Brutus? 544 00:41:22,538 --> 00:41:24,538 Forgive, Caesar. 545 00:41:24,618 --> 00:41:26,898 Caesar, forgive. 546 00:41:26,977 --> 00:41:29,818 Cassius kneels before your feet, 547 00:41:29,897 --> 00:41:31,459 listen to him. 548 00:41:33,059 --> 00:41:35,539 I could be well moved, 549 00:41:35,619 --> 00:41:37,619 if I were like you. 550 00:41:38,659 --> 00:41:41,899 The skies are full of a thousand flashes, 551 00:41:41,978 --> 00:41:45,659 but only one remains still in one place. 552 00:41:45,739 --> 00:41:49,819 Thus it is in the swarming world of men, 553 00:41:49,898 --> 00:41:51,739 yet in the number 554 00:41:51,818 --> 00:41:55,540 I know but one who remains solid 555 00:41:55,620 --> 00:41:57,580 and that is me. 556 00:41:57,660 --> 00:41:59,860 And now I will show this to you. 557 00:41:59,939 --> 00:42:03,660 Metellus, I refuse to overturn your brother's sentence 558 00:42:03,740 --> 00:42:06,020 and I confirm it. 559 00:42:12,660 --> 00:42:14,900 Caesar, listen to us. 560 00:42:15,859 --> 00:42:18,060 Great Caesar, be careful. 561 00:42:18,140 --> 00:42:19,821 Be careful. 562 00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:27,461 Is it not enough that Brutus knelt down in vain? 563 00:42:27,541 --> 00:42:29,301 Sword, speak for me! 564 00:42:38,221 --> 00:42:40,701 You as well, Brutus, my son. 565 00:43:04,381 --> 00:43:05,862 Don't run away! 566 00:43:06,941 --> 00:43:09,663 Freedom, tyranny is dead! 567 00:43:09,743 --> 00:43:11,223 Cy it about the streets! 568 00:43:11,302 --> 00:43:14,183 Someone run to the public rostrums, and cy out, 569 00:43:14,263 --> 00:43:17,263 "Liberty, independence and redemption!" 570 00:43:17,342 --> 00:43:20,463 Don't run away, ambition's debt is paid. 571 00:43:37,144 --> 00:43:38,784 Let's bend down, 572 00:43:38,863 --> 00:43:42,264 dip our hands in and wash them in his blood. 573 00:43:49,423 --> 00:43:51,704 How many centuries to come 574 00:43:51,784 --> 00:43:54,504 will see actors play 575 00:43:54,584 --> 00:43:58,185 this great scene of ours 576 00:43:58,265 --> 00:44:00,625 in kingdoms that are not yet born 577 00:44:00,705 --> 00:44:02,905 and in languages still to be invented. 578 00:44:02,984 --> 00:44:07,425 And how often will Caesar have to bleed on theatre stages, 579 00:44:07,504 --> 00:44:09,745 like here today, as well, 580 00:44:09,824 --> 00:44:12,425 in this prison of ours, 581 00:44:12,504 --> 00:44:14,865 lying on the stone, 582 00:44:14,944 --> 00:44:16,865 no more than dust? 583 00:44:29,186 --> 00:44:31,226 Here comes Antony. 584 00:44:35,025 --> 00:44:36,626 Here comes Antony. 585 00:44:48,147 --> 00:44:50,387 O mighty Caesar! 586 00:44:50,466 --> 00:44:52,747 Lying on the ground like this. 587 00:44:53,627 --> 00:44:56,947 Your conquests, glory and triumph 588 00:44:57,026 --> 00:44:58,947 are reduced to this. 589 00:45:00,506 --> 00:45:01,987 Peace be with you. 590 00:45:04,187 --> 00:45:06,027 I know not, gentlemen, 591 00:45:06,107 --> 00:45:08,348 what you intend. 592 00:45:08,427 --> 00:45:11,908 Whether other blood has to be spilled alongside his. 593 00:45:13,788 --> 00:45:16,828 If you have to do it, do it now. 594 00:45:16,907 --> 00:45:18,948 The day and the occasion are the best for me. 595 00:45:20,947 --> 00:45:22,868 To die beside him, 596 00:45:24,788 --> 00:45:26,548 by the hand of real men, 597 00:45:27,507 --> 00:45:29,228 men of honor. 598 00:45:30,268 --> 00:45:34,189 Antony, no one seeks your death, 599 00:45:35,348 --> 00:45:38,229 and these arms welcome you like a brother. 600 00:45:40,189 --> 00:45:42,469 I doubt not your wisdom, Brutus. 601 00:45:43,828 --> 00:45:45,909 Give me your bloody hand. 602 00:45:46,388 --> 00:45:50,229 Antony, in a new and fair government 603 00:45:50,308 --> 00:45:54,429 your vote will count as much as each of ours, agreed? 604 00:45:55,828 --> 00:45:56,990 Yes. 605 00:45:58,750 --> 00:46:02,790 All I ask is that I may take Caesar's body to the Forum; 606 00:46:03,110 --> 00:46:05,510 I would like to say a few words there in memory of him. 607 00:46:05,590 --> 00:46:08,430 - Coming? - Let's hear what they say. 608 00:46:08,509 --> 00:46:11,390 Recreation's over. They have to go back in. 609 00:46:11,469 --> 00:46:12,670 Let them finish the scene. 610 00:46:12,750 --> 00:46:16,670 I'll speak first and explain why Caesar died. 611 00:46:16,750 --> 00:46:18,510 Then you can speak 612 00:46:18,590 --> 00:46:21,431 and say that the funerary honors are our concession. 613 00:46:22,111 --> 00:46:23,831 I do not ask for more. 614 00:46:23,910 --> 00:46:26,831 I like Antony. He's obliging. 615 00:46:26,910 --> 00:46:28,951 What? He's a son of a bitch! 616 00:46:29,990 --> 00:46:31,671 We'll go to the Forum before you. 617 00:46:31,751 --> 00:46:34,551 What Forum? Get into your cells, come on! 618 00:46:34,631 --> 00:46:38,151 Hang on, listen, he said he was obliging, listen... 619 00:46:39,591 --> 00:46:41,351 Forgive me, 620 00:46:41,430 --> 00:46:43,871 pile of bones and blood, 621 00:46:43,950 --> 00:46:47,352 if I act meekly in front of these ghastly butchers. 622 00:46:49,152 --> 00:46:50,592 Forgive me. 623 00:46:52,951 --> 00:46:58,152 You know, don't you, what will happen to them? 624 00:47:00,272 --> 00:47:02,992 Damn their hands that I shook! 625 00:47:05,991 --> 00:47:07,872 We, your men, like mastiffs, 626 00:47:07,951 --> 00:47:12,913 we will take iron, blood, war through these lands 627 00:47:14,793 --> 00:47:16,513 vengeance as well. 628 00:47:32,993 --> 00:47:34,994 Brutus is coming! 629 00:47:35,074 --> 00:47:36,554 Let him speak! 630 00:47:36,634 --> 00:47:37,874 Come! 631 00:47:37,953 --> 00:47:40,834 Dim murderers! 632 00:47:41,594 --> 00:47:44,834 - We want to know! - Let Brutus speak! 633 00:47:44,913 --> 00:47:47,954 - Listen, silence! - Silence! 634 00:47:48,033 --> 00:47:49,034 Listen to me, 635 00:47:50,634 --> 00:47:53,474 to the end, then judge me with your wisdom. 636 00:47:59,155 --> 00:48:00,995 If there is one among you, 637 00:48:02,235 --> 00:48:03,835 any dear friend of Caesar's, 638 00:48:03,914 --> 00:48:07,875 to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. 639 00:48:09,075 --> 00:48:11,235 If then that friend demand 640 00:48:12,155 --> 00:48:14,915 why Brutus rose against Caesar, 641 00:48:14,994 --> 00:48:16,675 this is my answer: 642 00:48:18,075 --> 00:48:20,676 Not because I didn't love Caesar enough, 643 00:48:20,756 --> 00:48:23,196 but because I loved Rome too much. 644 00:48:25,796 --> 00:48:28,596 Had you rather Caesar were living 645 00:48:29,355 --> 00:48:31,276 and die all slaves, 646 00:48:31,995 --> 00:48:33,756 or Caesar dead, 647 00:48:33,835 --> 00:48:36,476 and us alive in freedom? 648 00:48:41,515 --> 00:48:43,116 Caesar loved me. 649 00:48:45,396 --> 00:48:47,317 And for this I weep for him. 650 00:48:49,036 --> 00:48:50,797 Fortune smiled on him 651 00:48:51,956 --> 00:48:53,517 and I am happy about that. 652 00:48:54,637 --> 00:48:56,117 He was brave, 653 00:48:56,916 --> 00:48:58,837 and I honor him. 654 00:48:58,916 --> 00:49:02,037 But, as he was ambitious, I slew him. 655 00:49:06,797 --> 00:49:09,118 Is there anyone among you 656 00:49:09,558 --> 00:49:11,878 so vile 657 00:49:11,957 --> 00:49:14,078 as not to love his county? 658 00:49:16,118 --> 00:49:17,918 If any, speak; 659 00:49:19,718 --> 00:49:21,638 for him 660 00:49:22,397 --> 00:49:24,118 I have offended. 661 00:49:26,158 --> 00:49:27,678 I'm waiting for an answer. 662 00:49:27,758 --> 00:49:30,238 No one, Brutus! 663 00:49:37,679 --> 00:49:39,759 So I didn't offend anyone. 664 00:49:40,878 --> 00:49:42,639 Antony will speak now. 665 00:49:43,358 --> 00:49:46,239 Antony has our permission to eulogizes Caesar. 666 00:49:46,759 --> 00:49:49,119 Listen to him, please, 667 00:49:49,199 --> 00:49:50,559 out of respect for me as well. 668 00:50:00,399 --> 00:50:02,200 Now before I leave you, 669 00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:05,760 I want to tell you that if I killed my best friend 670 00:50:05,959 --> 00:50:07,520 for the good of Rome, 671 00:50:08,560 --> 00:50:10,880 I have the same dagger for myself, 672 00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:17,120 when it shall please my county to need my death. 673 00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:19,120 No, live, Brutus! 674 00:50:19,720 --> 00:50:21,121 Live, Brutus! 675 00:50:22,681 --> 00:50:24,281 Live, Brutus! 676 00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:32,961 Here comes Antony! 677 00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:36,481 Let's listen to Antony. 678 00:50:37,241 --> 00:50:38,721 Friends, Romans, 679 00:50:39,601 --> 00:50:42,201 I come to buy Caesar, 680 00:50:42,281 --> 00:50:44,361 not to praise him. 681 00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:47,762 The noble Brutus has told you Caesar was ambitious. 682 00:50:49,602 --> 00:50:52,322 If it were so, it was a grievous fault, 683 00:50:53,162 --> 00:50:55,682 and grievously has Caesar paid for it. 684 00:50:57,521 --> 00:50:59,362 Brutus said so 685 00:50:59,441 --> 00:51:02,722 and Brutus and his friends are honorable men. 686 00:51:05,202 --> 00:51:08,442 Caesar was a just friend to me 687 00:51:09,083 --> 00:51:10,443 and loyal. 688 00:51:11,482 --> 00:51:13,643 When he saw a poor man cy, 689 00:51:13,723 --> 00:51:15,763 Caesar wept. 690 00:51:16,723 --> 00:51:20,403 Ambition should be made of sterner stuff, 691 00:51:20,482 --> 00:51:23,603 yet Brutus says he was ambitious 692 00:51:23,683 --> 00:51:25,963 and Brutus is an honorable man. 693 00:51:28,322 --> 00:51:30,523 You all did see 694 00:51:30,603 --> 00:51:36,284 when I offered him the crown, three times, 695 00:51:36,363 --> 00:51:38,884 and he refused it three times. 696 00:51:40,323 --> 00:51:41,844 Was this ambition? 697 00:51:43,684 --> 00:51:46,724 And yet Brutus says Caesar was ambitious, 698 00:51:46,804 --> 00:51:52,084 and Brutus, we know, is an honorable man. 699 00:51:52,644 --> 00:51:55,964 I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, 700 00:51:58,605 --> 00:52:02,405 I am speaking to say what I know. 701 00:52:05,044 --> 00:52:10,445 But here's a parchment with the seal of Caesar. 702 00:52:10,524 --> 00:52:12,445 It is his will. 703 00:52:15,285 --> 00:52:17,805 If you could read it... 704 00:52:18,245 --> 00:52:21,846 But I am not authorized to read it. 705 00:52:21,925 --> 00:52:23,926 Read the will! 706 00:52:24,005 --> 00:52:25,806 - We want to hear it! - Read it, Antony! 707 00:52:27,005 --> 00:52:28,726 Who's stopping you reading it? 708 00:52:30,005 --> 00:52:31,886 Be patient my friends, 709 00:52:31,965 --> 00:52:34,126 it's best you don't know how much Caesar loved you. 710 00:52:35,005 --> 00:52:37,366 It's best you don't know that Caesar 711 00:52:38,965 --> 00:52:40,886 named you as his heirs. 712 00:52:43,965 --> 00:52:45,487 If you knew, 713 00:52:46,846 --> 00:52:48,567 you would burn the world down! 714 00:52:51,526 --> 00:52:53,967 I have overshot myself to tell you of it. 715 00:52:54,567 --> 00:52:56,207 And I don't want, 716 00:52:56,287 --> 00:53:00,007 I don't want to wrong those men of honor who stabbed Caesar. 717 00:53:00,087 --> 00:53:03,247 What men of honor! They're traitors! 718 00:53:03,326 --> 00:53:05,927 - Murderers! - Read the will! 719 00:53:07,006 --> 00:53:09,007 You really want to make me read the will? 720 00:53:09,087 --> 00:53:13,128 - Read the will! - It's our right! 721 00:53:13,208 --> 00:53:17,728 But first let me show you him who wrote it. 722 00:53:19,327 --> 00:53:21,008 If you have tears, 723 00:53:21,887 --> 00:53:24,248 prepare to shed them all. 724 00:53:35,928 --> 00:53:37,689 To every Roman citizen 725 00:53:37,769 --> 00:53:39,169 Caesar leaves 726 00:53:39,848 --> 00:53:41,889 75 drachmas. 727 00:53:41,968 --> 00:53:44,329 His orchards on the other side of the Tiber, 728 00:53:44,408 --> 00:53:47,089 his private arbors, 729 00:53:47,169 --> 00:53:50,169 he leaves to you and your heirs. 730 00:53:50,249 --> 00:53:53,449 We'll burn Caesar's body in the holy place! 731 00:53:53,528 --> 00:53:56,409 And we will set fire to the traitors' houses. 732 00:54:01,849 --> 00:54:03,770 We'll rebel! 733 00:54:09,610 --> 00:54:11,930 The revolt has begun. 734 00:54:13,529 --> 00:54:15,850 Let what has to be, be. 735 00:54:19,570 --> 00:54:24,531 I... Brutus, I mean, and Cassius, they had to flee. 736 00:54:24,611 --> 00:54:28,291 They organized an army, they weren't short of money. 737 00:54:28,370 --> 00:54:30,011 And the mob? 738 00:54:30,091 --> 00:54:32,251 They burned all the plotters' houses. 739 00:54:32,330 --> 00:54:33,811 It was a slaughter. 740 00:54:34,291 --> 00:54:37,891 There was little to be happy about in Rome back then. 741 00:54:37,970 --> 00:54:40,811 Just like where I come from, Nigeria. 742 00:54:42,930 --> 00:54:44,251 Cheer up! 743 00:54:56,572 --> 00:54:59,612 Let some fresh air in here. It stinks. 744 00:55:02,132 --> 00:55:04,212 Here. He's arrived. 745 00:55:06,692 --> 00:55:08,212 Here's Octavius. 746 00:55:08,971 --> 00:55:11,893 Guys, this is Octavius, his name's Maurilio. 747 00:55:11,972 --> 00:55:13,933 Come up on to the stage. 748 00:55:14,932 --> 00:55:17,213 He's just come to Rebibbia. 749 00:55:17,293 --> 00:55:21,813 He really looks like the young emperor, maybe... 750 00:55:22,773 --> 00:55:26,253 Pizzetto, the costume! Maybe with a bit more hair. 751 00:55:27,613 --> 00:55:32,493 Octavius is Julius Caesar's beloved son, his adopted son. 752 00:55:32,573 --> 00:55:36,094 He arrives in Rome after his father's murder 753 00:55:36,174 --> 00:55:39,334 and decides to avenge him. 754 00:55:39,413 --> 00:55:41,574 He allies himself with Antony, 755 00:55:41,654 --> 00:55:44,494 against the army of Brutus and Cassius. 756 00:55:44,574 --> 00:55:49,774 They organize a powerful army and head for Greece, 757 00:55:49,853 --> 00:55:54,414 where the final battle took place on the Plain of Philippi. 758 00:55:54,493 --> 00:55:56,934 Are you really going to have a battle? 759 00:55:57,013 --> 00:55:58,815 We'll have a battle, 760 00:55:58,894 --> 00:56:01,135 but be careful, I'll do you. 761 00:56:01,215 --> 00:56:03,135 Cosimo, don't frighten him. 762 00:56:03,215 --> 00:56:06,135 It's Cassius who comes off worst, isn't it? 763 00:56:06,934 --> 00:56:09,295 Come and try your cloak. 764 00:56:09,374 --> 00:56:11,735 Not today, I don't want to. 765 00:56:11,815 --> 00:56:14,495 - What's up? - Forget it, not today. 766 00:56:15,334 --> 00:56:19,175 He's just had a visit. Today's not a good day. 767 00:56:27,455 --> 00:56:31,056 Which is Brutus' tent, the one we're meant to raise? 768 00:56:31,136 --> 00:56:33,496 I told you, the orange one. 769 00:56:34,576 --> 00:56:37,816 THE PLAIN OF PHILIPPI 770 00:57:11,857 --> 00:57:16,138 This candle is burning strangely! 771 00:57:35,458 --> 00:57:37,979 Who's that coming up behind me? 772 00:57:38,058 --> 00:57:39,619 Who comes here? 773 00:57:39,699 --> 00:57:42,579 Are you a god, an angel, 774 00:57:42,659 --> 00:57:45,859 or a demon that chills, the blood in my veins? 775 00:57:45,938 --> 00:57:47,499 Speak to me. 776 00:57:47,579 --> 00:57:51,099 - Who are you? - Your evil spirit, Brutus. 777 00:57:51,179 --> 00:57:52,579 Why have you come? 778 00:57:52,659 --> 00:57:55,499 To tell you you'll see me again tomorrow on the plain of Philippi. 779 00:57:55,579 --> 00:57:59,580 That's better that way. I'll see you tomorrow, Caesar. 780 00:57:59,660 --> 00:58:01,380 Yes, in battle. 781 00:58:03,859 --> 00:58:06,820 Who's that? My harmonica! 782 00:58:06,899 --> 00:58:09,060 live lost my harmonica! 783 00:58:11,019 --> 00:58:13,500 Go back to sleep, nothing has happened. 784 00:58:14,939 --> 00:58:16,060 Sleep. 785 00:58:16,939 --> 00:58:19,300 Go back to sleep. Nothing has happened. 786 00:58:36,020 --> 00:58:37,981 I was having a dream. 787 00:58:43,420 --> 00:58:45,061 Awake! 788 00:58:45,141 --> 00:58:46,501 Awake! 789 00:58:49,381 --> 00:58:52,542 Blow now, wind, 790 00:58:52,622 --> 00:58:55,862 rise up sea and unleash the storm! 791 00:58:56,461 --> 00:58:59,102 - Everything to its fate. - Yes, Cassius. 792 00:59:00,302 --> 00:59:03,702 Today we complete the work the Ides of March begun. 793 00:59:04,662 --> 00:59:07,142 I don't know, my brother, if we'll meet again. 794 00:59:08,302 --> 00:59:10,662 Goodbye forever, Cassius. 795 00:59:10,742 --> 00:59:12,783 And if we do meet again, 796 00:59:12,862 --> 00:59:15,143 We can smile together about this moment. 797 00:59:15,223 --> 00:59:17,263 Goodbye for ever, Brutus. 798 00:59:17,342 --> 00:59:21,423 And if we do meet again, we can smile together about this farewell. 799 00:59:23,342 --> 00:59:27,103 If only we could know how this day will end. 800 00:59:28,542 --> 00:59:31,783 Evening will come, 801 00:59:31,862 --> 00:59:33,983 and the end will be known. 802 01:01:03,506 --> 01:01:07,107 Run, Metellus, to the legions! 803 01:01:07,187 --> 01:01:09,387 To the legions, comrades! 804 01:01:09,466 --> 01:01:12,148 Let them set out compact against Octavius' wing. 805 01:01:12,228 --> 01:01:15,508 The enemy front is weaker there. 806 01:01:15,708 --> 01:01:18,308 A sudden push will upset them. 807 01:01:18,387 --> 01:01:19,948 To the victory of freedom! 808 01:01:20,027 --> 01:01:25,308 Men, all together, victory is within our grasp. 809 01:01:26,387 --> 01:01:28,508 For freedom... 810 01:01:32,828 --> 01:01:37,109 My companions, Brutus is resisting and attacking, 811 01:01:37,189 --> 01:01:39,069 Octavius' wing is wobbling, 812 01:01:39,149 --> 01:01:41,509 but we are worn out, 813 01:01:41,589 --> 01:01:44,829 our part is giving in against Antony. 814 01:01:44,908 --> 01:01:48,109 Cassius orders a counterattack. 815 01:01:48,189 --> 01:01:51,229 Resist, fight, resist! 816 01:01:51,829 --> 01:01:54,629 The order is to cover Cassius' retreat, 817 01:01:54,709 --> 01:01:57,909 Brutus orders: cover Cassius' retreat. 818 01:01:57,988 --> 01:02:01,670 Defend the camps until the bitter end! 819 01:02:01,750 --> 01:02:03,990 Retreat in an orderly fashion, comrades! 820 01:02:04,069 --> 01:02:07,310 Comrades, no one alive to the enemy! 821 01:02:07,389 --> 01:02:10,750 Titinius is surrounded by Antony's cavalry. 822 01:02:10,830 --> 01:02:13,390 The shields, comrades! 823 01:02:13,469 --> 01:02:15,070 The shields! 824 01:02:16,549 --> 01:02:19,430 Where are you fleeing to, you cowardly beasts? 825 01:02:20,270 --> 01:02:25,391 More than the enemy you should fear the ire of Cassius. 826 01:02:25,470 --> 01:02:27,391 Come back and fight, 827 01:02:27,470 --> 01:02:30,511 you bastards, it's not over. 828 01:02:30,591 --> 01:02:32,631 The camp is taken. 829 01:02:34,870 --> 01:02:38,911 The Roman sun has sunk. 830 01:02:38,990 --> 01:02:43,351 Our day is done, my comrades, 831 01:02:43,550 --> 01:02:46,671 honor to the sacrifice of the fallen. 832 01:02:46,751 --> 01:02:48,432 Honor to the fallen. 833 01:02:54,551 --> 01:02:55,872 Silence. 834 01:02:56,592 --> 01:02:59,872 For our farewell, I ask for silence. 835 01:03:01,592 --> 01:03:05,552 I risked all my freedom in a single battle 836 01:03:06,712 --> 01:03:08,272 and I lost. 837 01:03:08,991 --> 01:03:11,913 One day like today 838 01:03:11,992 --> 01:03:14,593 I breathed for the first time. 839 01:03:15,313 --> 01:03:17,833 Now my time is over 840 01:03:18,593 --> 01:03:21,273 I'll end it without regrets, 841 01:03:22,753 --> 01:03:24,393 to go back there 842 01:03:25,153 --> 01:03:29,193 where everything began. 843 01:03:34,912 --> 01:03:37,794 Cassius is no more. 844 01:03:38,473 --> 01:03:40,194 Honor to Cassius! 845 01:03:44,674 --> 01:03:47,154 Are you still that powerful, Julius Caesar? 846 01:03:48,594 --> 01:03:51,314 Your shadow roams here 847 01:03:51,393 --> 01:03:54,274 on the Plain of Philippi 848 01:03:54,353 --> 01:03:57,874 and turns our weapons on ourselves. 849 01:04:17,715 --> 01:04:20,955 Trebonius, help me to die. 850 01:04:23,394 --> 01:04:26,276 And I should do something like that? 851 01:04:27,555 --> 01:04:29,316 Never, Brutus. 852 01:04:42,796 --> 01:04:46,396 Metellus, you do it. 853 01:04:48,035 --> 01:04:49,557 What, Brutus? 854 01:04:50,317 --> 01:04:52,197 You're asking this of me? 855 01:04:53,117 --> 01:04:56,037 Never, never. 856 01:05:01,556 --> 01:05:03,557 Take this sword. 857 01:05:03,757 --> 01:05:06,837 No, Brutus, I'd rather kill myself. 858 01:05:09,717 --> 01:05:12,037 Decius, my comrade, 859 01:05:13,437 --> 01:05:15,598 I feel my time has come. 860 01:05:15,917 --> 01:05:19,118 No, it hasn't, Brutus. 861 01:05:19,198 --> 01:05:20,998 It has. 862 01:05:21,077 --> 01:05:23,518 On the edge of the abyss, 863 01:05:23,598 --> 01:05:26,878 it is more dignified to throw ourselves down 864 01:05:26,957 --> 01:05:28,838 than be pushed by them. 865 01:05:30,437 --> 01:05:33,038 Remember when we went to school together? 866 01:05:33,118 --> 01:05:35,038 We sat next to each other. 867 01:05:37,639 --> 01:05:39,119 Please. 868 01:05:41,279 --> 01:05:42,679 No. 869 01:05:44,078 --> 01:05:45,399 Let's flee. 870 01:05:45,478 --> 01:05:48,639 Let's flee, Brutus, let's save ourselves. 871 01:05:54,199 --> 01:05:57,079 Strato, not you, please, stay. 872 01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:05,520 Hold my sword 873 01:06:06,039 --> 01:06:07,760 and turn your face away. 874 01:06:08,439 --> 01:06:09,960 Help me to die. 875 01:06:10,959 --> 01:06:12,480 Will you? 876 01:06:13,919 --> 01:06:15,640 Give me your hand first. 877 01:06:16,680 --> 01:06:18,480 Farewell, my lord. 878 01:06:19,479 --> 01:06:20,960 Farewell, good Strato. 879 01:08:53,006 --> 01:08:55,487 Since I got to know art, 880 01:08:55,567 --> 01:08:58,447 this cell has become a prison. 881 01:09:43,208 --> 01:09:44,809 COSIMO REGA PUBLISHED THE BOOK 882 01:09:44,888 --> 01:09:47,049 SUMIWON 'O FALCO AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A LIFER 883 01:09:47,849 --> 01:09:49,609 SALVATORE STRIANO WAS PARDONED, 884 01:09:49,689 --> 01:09:51,649 AND NOW ACTS IN THEATRE AND FILMS 885 01:09:52,609 --> 01:09:56,169 GIOVANNI ARCURI PUBLISHED THE BOOK FREE INSIDE