All language subtitles for 205 Medici Masters of Florence BDRiP.x264-GUACAMOLE

ONE YEAR LATER

- May I see Piero properly?
- Of course.

Isn't he beautiful?

It is an honor to be his Godfather.

Will he be able to sleep?

He will have wealth and influence
beyond any man's dreams.

- And a family.
- We will build a family of our own.

Things are no better
with your uncle?

Every time I vote
with the Medici in the Priori

I seem to twist a knife
in Jacopo's wound.

We hardly talk at the bank.

Luca, we need to talk.

- Mother.
- I will be right back. - Alright.

It's not yet common knowledge

but Galeazzo Sforza
has acquired the city of Imola.

Now is our chance to secure it.

A deal with Sforza?
He cannot be trusted.

Must you see a cloud
stitched to every silver-lining?

Florence could become
a true Republic.

Should this chimera you chase,
dictate policy?

Well, a city where every man
stands equal before the law?

Where every citizen has a say
in the decisions that affect them?

Or is that impossible?

It sounds pretty enough,
in reality it means rule by the mob.

You doubt the ability of the people
to run their own city?

We were common merchants
not long ago.

What right do we have
to withhold that right from others?

If we do not strengthen
this Republic

we will wake
to find ourselves ruled by a tyrant.

I know that Galeazzo Sforza
is unreliable.

But what choice do I have?

I'm to attend the marriage
of his daughter, in Milan.

I'll press him to sell Imola,
before anyone else does.

TIES THAT BIND

Pass me the wood.

What news do you have?

The news we've been waiting for,
a chance to weaken the Medici.

Must I wait all day to hear it?

Rumor has it
Galeazzo Sforza now owns Imola

and may sell it.

The Pope has long had
an interest in it.

Now is the journey
worth your precious time?

With it, the Papal States
would surround Florence

and have a choke hold
on its trade with Venice. - Sit.

Lorenzo cannot afford
to let Sixtus have Imola.

It is our chance to drive a wedge
between the Medici and the Papacy.

You would lose from it, too.

Not if the Pazzi bank were to take
the Papal account from the Medici.

Sixtus won't entrust his financial
affairs to a man who has no heir

a bank without a future.

You must win over Francesco.

Why don't you inform Sixtus
about Imola

and see he appreciates the urgency
of acquiring it?

You can leave Francesco to me.

MILAN

Is it custom for a girl in Milan
to be married so young?

She's twelve, it's legal.

Caterina was illegitimate.

She's lucky enough
to marry the Pope's nephew.

Messer Medici, you didn't come here
to question Caterina's marriage.

He is here to try and buy Imola.

Are you not?

Yes, you're right, Madonna.

As a favor.

- A favor? - The city
is famously hard to govern.

If there is trouble,
we will crush it.

Yes, that may be

but it won't be cheap to keep a city
like Imola, garrisoned indefinitely.

You'll have to sell it eventually.
Why not now?

How much?

What?

I am not the answer
to what is missing in your life

and neither are late nights
and wine.

- And what is missing from my life?
- Purpose.

You must find your place
in the world and in your family.

And what place is that?

Lorenzo is head of the bank
and the family.

- Then you should be his right hand.
- That place is taken by another.

Besides...

I love wine, and late nights.

And you.

Please, come here.

By conducting yourselves like this,
you put her at risk.

Would you have me stop

and lose that light in her eyes?

I must be allowed to finish it,
to paint her again.

The Da Forli's
wish to borrow more money.

I don't think I know them.

Thank you for coming.

There can be no more communication
that my husband is not aware of.

You didn't tell Francesco
you were coming today.

Why?

He won't talk with me about anything
but the business of the bank.

My husband treats you as he does
with good reason.

Not him, but your hatred
of the Medici cost you your family.

It was God that took my family.

Three sons

and a daughter.

My wife, Maddalena, carried them

and each time...

He chose to tear them from her.

I'm sorry.

She could bear it no more

and she now nurses her pain
in a mountain convent.

Francesco is like a son to me.

Is there nothing that can be done
to heal this wound?

- Guglielmo will have a child soon.
- A Medici!

Guglielmo is dead to me.

- I must go.
- Very well.

You weren't at the wedding
of Da Forli's son Angelo, were you?

- No, why do you ask?
- No reason.

- But you are quite sure?
- Quite.

I'm sure I don't even know them.

Straight in, here you go.

- In the corner.
- Put it here.

A birthing chair? So soon?

We do not want to be ill-prepared.

- Yes, don't be frightened.
- I'm not.

Not for myself.
I so want to give Guglielmo a boy.

I was scared too,
when I carried Lorenzo.

But I remember your grandmother,
Contessina, telling me

that husbands not only
look to their wives for children

but for a sharp mind
and a loyal heart, and you...

Have both.

Sister, how are you?

In need of distraction.

- How was the wedding?
- Unique.

And Imola?

- The city is prone to unrest.
- We'll place there one of our own.

- Whose loyalty can't be questioned.
- I'll approach Francesco.

He understands that Imola
can strengthen our ties with Venice

pulling her into an alliance
with Milan and Florence.

I'm not questioning your vision,
but trust must be earned.

Well, what a better way to earn it?

- Have you considered your brother?
- No, and it's not what he wants.

What Giuliano wants
is to feel needed.

You've made Francesco godfather,
now offer Imola to your brother.

- Messer Pazzi.
- Good morning.

Messer Francesco,
we need your signature on this page.

Thank you.

- Francesco, I wish to apologize.
- What for?

For meeting your wife
without your consent.

I'm sorry,
I assumed she had told you.

Well, of course she told me.

Yes, of course.
Please, don't be angry with her.

I had hoped she might help
effect a reconciliation between us.

I assure you, she was very clear.

I am the one at fault.

I would ask you
to not speak with my wife again.

Brother?

As you wish.

- Hey. - I was looking for you.
- What brings you here?

I need your help,
choose a name for the baby.

You're scared for Bianca.
You needn't be.

Come on, let's get you a drink.

Imola has long been
a subject of unrest.

The Duke is no doubt glad
to be rid of it.

I think Sforza has already accepted
an offer from Lorenzo de' Medici

on behalf of Florence.

What if he has?

Florence's trade route to Venice
would be protected by Imola.

The relationship between the two
would flourish

at some cost to the Papal States.

Lorenzo has already strengthened
Florence's treaty with Milan.

If he were to now draw Venice
into that alliance

he could cut off your own trade
with the north whenever he chose.

- Has Florence paid for Imola yet?
- Not to my knowledge, Holiness.

So, there may yet be time
to convince Sforza

to invest
in your nephew Riario's future.

It would please his family and
it will be to the benefit of Imola.

The Church's involvement would help
ensure peace in that troubled city.

You will make my case to the Duke.

I cannot see Sforza choosing the
Medici over the good of the Church.

As any good Christian,
he fears excommunication.

- He has no need to fear it.
- Of course.

- Nori, make sure the messenger
does not stop before Milan. - Yes.

Giuliano.

God, it's been so long!
I've forgotten what you look like.

Oh, I've been sitting for Sandro.

- We need to talk.
- About what?

You have a new family,
a new life, a new brother even.

It was not my intention
to exclude you.

I need you
to take charge of Imola for me.

Did mother tell you
to offer me that?

Well...

Giuliano, you're my only brother
and I trust you.

I cannot leave Florence.

Because I'm your brother
and you can trust me.

Many are bound to you by political
expediency or shared beliefs

but I'm your blood.

Still, right now I must go.

Sandro waits.

Is Vespucci's wife sitting?

Is she the real reason
that you won't leave Florence?

Offer Imola to your new brother,
he's who you want to give it to.

You spoke to my uncle.

Forgive me,
he requested the meeting.

I should have told you.

- Why didn't you?
- You would have said no.

And yet,
you are not happy like this.

I thought I might help.

Are you angry?

With you?

No.

- What did he want?
- To reunite his family.

- Isn't that what you want?
- He smells out people's weaknesses.

Their desires.

Then uses them to divide

manipulate, destroy.

It was a mistake.

It won't happen again.

- Truly impressive.
- Yes, but it is not easy.

You have the experience
to help govern Imola.

Along with your uncle
you run the Pazzi bank

and have travelled widely
on its business.

He still doesn't trust me fully.

I mean no offence

but I was raised to question every
word that fell from a Medici mouth

and old habits die hard.

Maybe you're better off
far away from Jacopo.

With Imola under our control,
I can persuade Venice

to form an alliance
with Milan and Florence.

Then the real work can begin.

Building a better world,
in this city.

Francesco, we need an answer.

One last question.

Why not offer Imola to Giuliano?

I did and he refused.

You wanted honesty, Francesco.

Let us do this then, together.

MILAN

Hey.

- Here. - His Holiness
had hoped to purchase Imola.

I gave Lorenzo my word
it would be his.

That is great shame.

The Pope planned for it
to be a wedding gift

for your daughter
and his nephew Girolamo Riario.

Caterina would benefit greatly
from her husband's promotion.

My daughter is provided for,
relay my apologies to the Pope.

Florence is Milan's ally.

Tell them you've changed your mind.

I won't stand for any man telling me
what do to in my own house!

I spoke out of turn, forgive me.

I sought only to protect you
and the citizens of Milan.

Protect from what?

His Holiness
is devoted to his nephew.

He would not excommunicate a city
over this.

Trade with Milan would be forbidden.

The dead would lie unburied,
your people would suffer.

You're looking at this
the wrong way.

Rather than guessing
what His Holiness may or may not do

perhaps you should ask yourself:
"What am I prepared to risk?"

Thank you.

I am to govern Imola
on Florence's behalf.

I thought
I should tell you in person.

Let me be the first
to congratulate you.

- I thought... - What? I want you
as my heir, but I will not beg you.

You must be your own man.

The Priori will have to approve it,
but I will not stand in your way.

Thank you.

Novella never told you
about our meeting, did she?

So, if I hadn't,
you'd have never known.

Do you ever wonder
how she came here?

She came to Florence at Lorenzo's
invitation. Isn't that strange?

Novella came to attend the marriage
of her friend, Bianca.

If that is what she said,
it must be true.

Or maybe it is a lie
Lorenzo told her to spin.

- What do you mean by that?
- Open your eyes, Francesco.

He has always played you for a fool.

Right now, he's laughing at you
with all the other Medici.

Go to Imola, if you want, but don't
think you aren't being manipulated.

You should have seen her,
I couldn't believe my eyes.

- Me neither.
- Have you seen Francesco?

Lost your guest of honor?

Yes, of course, absolutely!

- Novella, where is your husband?
- He should be here soon.

I am glad, thank you.

- Sorry I'm late, I was at the bank.
- Is there a problem?

I was blessed that you came
to Florence when you did.

So much of life is chance.

It was chance,
wasn't it, that we met?

- Or fate.
- Or fate.

- Francesco, what is it?
- Nothing.

Maestro, it has been over a year
since you started on the commission.

When will my wife be free of you?

- Well... - Isn't the price the same
however long it takes you? - It is.

Then, the longer it takes,
the more of a bargain it is.

- After all, this man is a genius.
- I'm not sure about that.

Excuse me, I need some air.

To this day,
I can barely believe she married me.

Neither can we.

This is reckless.

You are reckless and drunk.

You make me both.

That's why
I couldn't leave for Imola.

Lorenzo asked you first
and you refused? Why?

Because of us?

A toast.

To Florence's new representative
in Imola

my dear friend Francesco Pazzi.

Francesco!

You're concerned about Francesco?

He was not himself.

He's so innocent,
this world is so dark.

His father is dedicated to bringing
light to it and he will guide him

just like your father did.

And our son has you.
Now he looks lonely.

I think we should make him
another brother or sister.

Come in.

What does it say?

Sixtus is asking for a loan
to buy Imola.

- There must be a mistake.
- No, it bears the Pope's seal.

- Salviati's been sent to collect
the money. - So Sforza's agreed?

But he already gave his word
Florence would have it.

Go to Milan, speak to him yourself.

No, it's too late.

The Pope should be our ally.

- He cannot have Imola.
- But how can we stop him?

- The Medici will refuse the loan.
- Salviati will go to other banks.

- They too must turn him down.
- Turn down the Pope?

How else are we to prevent this?

- Francesco?
- I agree.

- But I can't speak for my uncle.
- No.

Jacopo will agree to the loan
to win favor with Sixtus

and will see that the Papal accounts
are given to the Pazzi.

Our handling of the Papal alum
brings us more money

than all of our other business
combined!

Let's use the debt of the Pazzi bank
to undermine its shares.

It would put our bank at risk,
undermine your main competitor.

This is not about the banks,
this is about Florence!

So you say.

And I have no power over you,
Francesco, none.

The decision is yours, but all of us
must live with the consequences.

It is different to your other work.

- But it still glorifies God.
- It's magnificent.

In fact, I drew some inspiration
from one of your poems, Poliziano.

I have it here somewhere.

Oh, sorry!

Sorry.

- What is this?
- An idea for another work.

- A brilliant idea.
- A work?

Using my wife?

To think, I allowed her
to come and go from here freely.

- You misunderstand, I can explain.
- l understand everything.

My wife will never set foot
in your workshop again.

No, Messer Vespucci, no, stay!

What did you mean before?

When you talked of why my wife
really came to Florence?

- It is not my place...
- Speak.

I did not want to.

When I asked to meet her,
it was in desperation.

You wouldn't speak to me, I wanted
to heal the breach between us.

I did not expect her to come.

But she did, eagerly.

And with many questions.

About the bank,
our relationship, our family.

I wondered who would benefit
from all this information.

Who but Lorenzo?

- You're lying.
- lam lying?

Lorenzo once told me your wife
was invited to Bianca's wedding.

They'd become friends after meeting
at Angelo da Forli's marriage.

What of it?

Your wife never attended
Angelo's marriage.

She did not even know him,
she told me herself.

She came to Florence at Lorenzo's
invitation, not Bianca's.

Do you think it was a coincidence

that Clarice was playing matchmaker
so soon after her arrival?

Ask your wife to deny it.

Maybe he had other reasons and
didn't bring her here to spy on you.

These Medici men can't get enough

of bedding other men's wives.

What were you talking to Lorenzo
about at the dinner in my honor?

Nothing, he asked where you were.

And what else?

- Is that all?
- What's wrong? What's this about?

Bianca de' Medici
is your close friend?

- You know she is.
- Since when?

When did you first become friends?

I can't recall.

Lorenzo said
it was at the Da Forli wedding.

Is that true?

- No. - Because you were not there.
- That's right.

So...

If you were not invited
to Florence by Bianca

who did invite you?

Francesco, it is such a small thing,
I don't understand why you're upset.

Who invited you?

Lorenzo?

- Who?
- Francesco! - Who?

The invitation was extended
to my father and included me.

Why?

- Why did it include you?
- 1 don't know, it...

You'd have to ask Lorenzo.

- Lorenzo?
- Yes.

Francesco!

His Holiness
has given his word to his nephew

that he shall have Imola
as a wedding gift.

You know I would never give him
the money to purchase Imola.

As you know, you will lose
the Papal account as a result.

So why are we here?

I wanted to see your face

as you heard
that your bank was in ruins

as I saw my father's the day
the Medici bank called in his loans.

As was its right.

It was your father
who ruined your family.

For you,
this is the beginning of the end.

This bank will survive
without the Papal account, Salviati.

Even if it does, how long
before the city turns on you

once you've made
an enemy of the Papacy?

Go home, get out! There's no work
for you this afternoon.

She's not coming.

Vespucci has forbidden it.

- Why? - He suspects her
of having an affair.

Slow down! Or there will be
both our heads for noose.

It's me he suspects, not you.

And as it's not true
and Vespucci's in love with his wife

I believe Simonetta
can convince him of it.

- I could lose her. - If you do,
the world will have lost two lovers.

If I lose her, I lose...

What, an unfinished painting?

This is nothing!

See?

Are you sure you're well enough?
There'll be other meals.

While I can, I'd like to enjoy
a meal with the people I love.

Well, to my sister
and the people that she loves.

Francesco, please, sit, join us.

The papers you requested.

The debts of the Pazzi bank,
all you need to destroy it.

Let's discuss this another time,
shall we?

- I don't want to mix family
and business. - Why not?

You had no problem doing so when
you asked my wife to spy for you.

What are you talking about?

- This is Jacopo's doing.
- He has only opened my eyes.

You would do well
to open yours too, brother.

And see what, exactly?

You want me to play a part
in the story you wish to write.

- I've never hidden that from you.
- And what story would Jacopo write?

You...

You talk of a true republic

of a government voted for
in honest and free elections

accountable to the people

of leaving the past behind
and changing things.

But that past is your doing!
Your family's! The Medici's!

They have ruled Florence
for four generations.

In Jacopo's story

the Pazzi liberate the city
from them, rather than serve them.

That man twists the truth
to serve his purpose.

Don't let him break us apart.

- The child. - Fetch the midwife!
- To her room.

- Get the room ready!
- Your nephew is about to be born.

Stay and let's talk.

So you can convince me I'm wrong?

If you wish to speak to me,
I'll be in the Pazzi bank

overseeing the Papal account.

Giuliano!
What if I had been with my husband?

- When can I see you again?
- Leave.

- When?
- Just leave. - When?

Never.

- Giuliano.
- Simonetta, do not do this.

- Let go of me.
- Why?

- Because Vespucci's
suspicious of Sandro? - No.

I will not be a part
of you throwing your life away.

Nor will I throw mine away,
I have a husband.

And you do not love me?

Where were you?

Deep breaths, come on.

- My love.
- Oh, shh!

Please, wait outside.

I will not leave the door, Bianca,
I'm with you.

That's it.

Good girl.

That's it.

Call for Salviati.

As you wish.

It's never been done.

That doesn't mean that it can't be.

- Is there news? - No, come,
tonight is for family.

Then convince Nori to do as I say.

Messer Medici says that legally

the alum trading rights
are separate from the Papal accounts

and we can split them.
- Well, you're playing with fire.

You may not have evidence
of its debts

but Jacopo must have over-extended
the bank to provide the loan.

Yes, in the belief that he could
secure the Papal account

and the far more profitable
alum trading rights.

If you do this,
it's only a matter of time

before there's open warfare
between the Pazzi and the Medici.

Come on, up!

- Francesco. - You will return
to your father's house in Venice.

I won't go!

I won't go! Francesco! I won't go!

You think I should withdraw
the account from the Medici bank?

Holiness,
it is the only reasonable response.

Lorenzo not only
refused you the loan

he forbade every other bank
in Florence from making it.

I thought
that we could work together.

It is a sad day.

In agreeing to loan you the money

the Pazzi have defied
Lorenzo's sanctions.

Because they wished
to win the account from the Medici.

Still...

- Come on.
- That's right.

Keep breathing, again.

It cannot be!

He's kept the alum.

This is only the Papal account.

This is the Medici.

Where is your brother?

This is what they do.

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