0:00:10 > 0:00:13CHANTING IN LATIN
0:01:24 > 0:01:25Scusi!
0:01:30 > 0:01:31CLOCK BELL CHIMES
0:01:31 > 0:01:33Up, up, you lazy loafers!
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Sun's scorching your eyeballs out! - Coming, Maestro.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41- Yes, Maestro. - Straightaway, Maestro.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Where's my coffee? Cosimo!
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Get me coffee!
0:01:47 > 0:01:49RAUCOUS MUSIC
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Note the reflective quality of the fish's scales.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07See how the use of a touch of gold in Raphael's hair reveals him
0:02:07 > 0:02:08to be the angel.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Piu bellissime, Maestro.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15See the freedom of movement in the poses,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17the limbs implying movement.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19This is called...
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- Contrapposto, Maestro. - Si, contrapposto.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36And your dog, Leonardo.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- Not too bad at all. - Thank you, Maestro.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41See, boys, how the hair starts with darker shades
0:02:41 > 0:02:43and builds up with lighter ones.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46You see what can be achieved
0:02:46 > 0:02:48when you focus. As a reward, the day is yours.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51- Squander it as you will. - Grazie, Maestro.- Not so fast.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56You've got the whole day to work on your latest contraption. First,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59we will have breakfast, like civilized people.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10Stop fidgeting, Lorenzo.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Can I be excused?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Before the baked turtle dove? I should think not.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18We're not peasants.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21You will eat a proper six-course breakfast.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23And use the right fork.
0:03:32 > 0:03:33Va via!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37All right, all right!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Keep your hair on, I'm going.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Come on, up! Guiseppi, up, now! Come on.
0:04:07 > 0:04:09You too. Come on, Marco.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11No way!
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Time to work, boys.
0:04:13 > 0:04:14THEY GROAN
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Go and get me some breakfast.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22Peaches.
0:04:22 > 0:04:26I'm in the mood for some big, juicy peaches.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Two of them. Make sure they're ripe.
0:04:30 > 0:04:31Go on, hop to it!
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- May I go out now?- Certainly not.
0:04:41 > 0:04:44Have you forgotten your harpsichord lesson?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Where are you so keen to get to?
0:04:46 > 0:04:49What mischief are you plotting?
0:04:49 > 0:04:51No mischief, Papa.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54I promised to teach my friend Alfonso's little sister Luisa
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- courtly dancing.- Really?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59How very chivalrous of you.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01Oh!
0:05:11 > 0:05:13FOOTSTEPS SPEED UP
0:05:14 > 0:05:16EERIE MUSIC
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Oy!
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Come back this minute!
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Oh, no, not you again!
0:06:08 > 0:06:09Oy!
0:06:12 > 0:06:13Nicked?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17And what did he look like, this pilferer,
0:06:17 > 0:06:19this peaches thief?
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Oh!
0:06:29 > 0:06:33The perfect finishing touch! You wait till you see it, Mac.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- The velocerotor, it's fantastic! - The velocerotor?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- What would you call it?- Something better!- You wait, it's gonna fly!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42It's efficient, strong but lightweight - elm -
0:06:42 > 0:06:45and triangular shaped to distribute the weight...
0:06:46 > 0:06:47Er, scusi?
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Charming!- Oldest trick in the book. Check your pockets, mate.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56There's nothing missing. You're so suspicious.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Oy, you - where'd you get that peach?
0:06:59 > 0:07:01What are you, the peach police?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04I had mine stolen by someone with a hat like yours.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Get off! I didn't steal your peach.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09If you're so desperate, have that one!
0:07:09 > 0:07:14- That boy's got a terrible temper. - If you will accuse people of theft.
0:07:16 > 0:07:17Lorenzo!
0:07:17 > 0:07:21The morning I've had! I thought I'd never get away.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25So, where is it, then, this thingamujiggy-whatsit thing?
0:07:25 > 0:07:28- Is it ready yet? - We're about to find out.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39He must keep it in the workshop.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41We need another way.
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Whoa!
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Here we go.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17HE SHRIEKS, THEN LAUGHS
0:08:22 > 0:08:25SHRIEKING AND LAUGHTER
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Aargh!
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- What do you think you're doing? - Scusi!
0:08:33 > 0:08:36- What in the name of the saints is that?- A velocerotor.
0:08:36 > 0:08:38A what?
0:08:41 > 0:08:42Hey, I know you two.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47First you call me a thief, now you try and kill me!
0:08:48 > 0:08:49She lives!
0:08:49 > 0:08:52Speaks, breathes!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Fantastico!
0:08:54 > 0:08:56You have really caught her spirit.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Bit down in the mouth. Girlfriend?
0:08:59 > 0:09:02My sister, and she's perfectly cheerful, thank you.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- Use your hat. Won't get knocked over.- Do you really think it's good?
0:09:07 > 0:09:09It's more than good.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12- He's an artist's apprentice. - That's what I want to do.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14That's why I came to Florence.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18- But you need a letter of recommendation.- And an inventor.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I've never seen anything like it.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23How does it work?
0:09:23 > 0:09:27It's to do with how the mass is distributed on the front wheel,
0:09:27 > 0:09:31and how the forces act on it as it spins.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35When you were whizzing towards me, I thought it was a monster.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37It's beautiful.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40- Bellissima.- You've got a fan.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44I'm not a fan. I just think it's quite clever.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Come on, have a go.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Really?- No, it's my turn next! - Oh, come on, then.
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Come on, Lorenzo. Ooh!
0:09:49 > 0:09:52- Ciao.- Ciao...
0:09:53 > 0:09:55Lorenzo, you run like a girl!
0:10:01 > 0:10:03< MUFFLED CRIES
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Where are you taking me?
0:10:24 > 0:10:28CHANTING IN LATIN
0:10:36 > 0:10:39What do you want?
0:10:39 > 0:10:40I haven't done anything.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- I'm nobody.- I wouldn't say that.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I'm told you have real talent.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48What?
0:10:48 > 0:10:51How would you like a place as an artist's apprentice?
0:10:51 > 0:10:55I'd love it, but it's not possible.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58This is Florence. Anything is possible.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01I've tried the workshops.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06They won't even look at my work without a letter of recommendation.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11From the Academy of Art in Rome.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Take it to Verrocchio's workshop. It should gain you entry.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22Graz...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Not so fast.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27There is an apprentice at Verrocchio's workshop,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30a certain Leonardo da Vinci.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32We want his notebook.
0:11:32 > 0:11:33I'm not a thief.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36You will deliver it to the church in the Piazza di Rivoli
0:11:36 > 0:11:38before dusk.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51HAMMERING
0:12:11 > 0:12:13INDISTINCT CHATTER
0:12:14 > 0:12:17HAMMERING CONTINUES
0:12:22 > 0:12:25MUSIC: Talk Show Host by Radiohead
0:12:34 > 0:12:36# I want to
0:12:40 > 0:12:43# I want to be someone else
0:12:43 > 0:12:47# Or I'll explode
0:12:51 > 0:12:57# Floating upon the surface for the birds
0:13:01 > 0:13:03# The birds
0:13:06 > 0:13:08# The birds
0:13:17 > 0:13:19# You want me... #
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Who are you, boy? What do you want?- I'm, er...
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Tomaso.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Impressive. The Academy of Arts is where I trained.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32But it's another hungry mouth to feed, and...
0:13:32 > 0:13:34I have seen his work, Maestro.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38It's fantastico.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42The proof of the pudding's in the eating. Va bene.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45You have the time it takes Cosimo to prepare me a tea
0:13:45 > 0:13:47to impress me. Cosimo!
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Draw, you know.
0:14:16 > 0:14:21- What took you so long? Chamomile tea, boy, pronto.- Maestro.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Maestro.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Not bad. Technique raw, but it's expressive.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59You captured your subject's essence. Your sweetheart?
0:14:59 > 0:15:02- My sister. - Yes, I see the family resemblance.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Alora, Tomaso Gerardini,
0:15:05 > 0:15:07you will join my workshop on trial.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10You will carry out any tasks I assign you.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13In return, you will be fed and housed. Clear?
0:15:13 > 0:15:15- Yes.- Yes, Maestro!
0:15:15 > 0:15:18- Yes, Maestro. - I will now take my siesta.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22You'll start tomorrow. Leonardo will show you the ropes.
0:15:22 > 0:15:26- Leonardo? - Da Vinci. Come on. Vieni.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30We make the soft brushes from weasels' tails,
0:15:30 > 0:15:32the hard ones from pigs' bristles.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- When you say "we"? - The apprentices.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36Glue, made from rabbits' skin.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39One of the boring jobs.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Mixing pigments for paint, much more like it, but...
0:15:43 > 0:15:45..messy and very, very expensive,
0:15:45 > 0:15:47so he can hit the roof if you get it wrong.
0:15:47 > 0:15:51This beauty here is lapis lazuli.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Costs a fortune, but the blue it creates is...
0:15:54 > 0:15:55..fantastico.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58These...
0:15:59 > 0:16:01Mashed-up bugs.
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Oh, amazing purple.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06We learn...
0:16:06 > 0:16:11..drafting, carpentry, chemistry, metalworking, plaster-casting...
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Hey!
0:16:17 > 0:16:21Relax! It's me that should be worried. You are very good.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Cosi, show Tom where he can sleep.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25See you later?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35Vieni. Come on.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- Are you an apprentice? - No, a servant.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43I can't draw.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54I'll make you a bed next to Leonardo's.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01'We want his notebook.'
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Oh! I suppose supper isn't for hours?
0:17:05 > 0:17:10- There. Would you like me to make you some spaghetti?- Grazie.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13That's really kind.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03We know nothing about him, except he pinches peaches.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06We know nothing about you, except you're from Milan.
0:18:06 > 0:18:07You told me Rome.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12It's good to create an aura of mystery, leave people wanting more.
0:18:25 > 0:18:26Ciao.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Do you always creep up on people like that?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32What can I do? One of my many talents.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I'm Machiavelli, Mac for short.
0:18:35 > 0:18:41- Congrats.- What for?- Getting a letter of recommendation so quickly.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- It came from Rome just after you left.- Rome, eh?
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Not got much of an accent. - We moved there.- Where from?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Mind your own business!
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- You're a runaway, aren't you?- No.
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Certainly not. How dare you!
0:18:57 > 0:19:00My parents sent me to stay with my aunt.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04- Where does she live, then? - Via de Pandolfini.- Very nice.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- She must be rich.- She is.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Get her to buy you some decent threads, then.
0:19:09 > 0:19:14You're very rude. I don't have time to stand here and be insulted.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17I'm going to pick up my things from my aunt.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Big fat liar, thy name is Tomaso.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33- Vieni! Presto!- Where are we going? - What's going on?
0:19:33 > 0:19:36He's off to his aunt's on the Via de Pandolfini.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38- So?- It's in the other direction. - Exactly.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41He's a bigger liar than me. Let's see what he's up to.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44- Oh, mystery!- Eccitante!
0:19:45 > 0:19:47CHURCH BELL RINGS
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- He's waiting for someone. - What's that in his hand?
0:19:57 > 0:20:01- It's my notebook! - I told you, he's a thief!
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Maybe he has an explanation.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Tomaso, what are you doing with my notebook?
0:20:14 > 0:20:15Oh, is it yours?
0:20:15 > 0:20:19I must have taken it by mistake.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22I was just borrowing it. I was going to give it back.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Ah!
0:20:40 > 0:20:42DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Scusi!
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Scusi!
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Aargh!
0:21:09 > 0:21:10Oy!
0:21:15 > 0:21:17Aargh!
0:21:17 > 0:21:18DOG BARKS
0:21:22 > 0:21:23Aargh!
0:21:24 > 0:21:27HORSE CANTERS AWAY
0:21:34 > 0:21:36HE COUGHS
0:21:38 > 0:21:41- You all right?- I'm fine. - The notebook?- Gone.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47You're in big trouble, boy. I'll report you to my father,
0:21:47 > 0:21:49His Excellency Piero De' Medici.
0:21:49 > 0:21:50He knows the magistrate personally.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54You'll be thrown into prison for the thief you are.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Do it, then. What does it matter?
0:21:56 > 0:22:00- I didn't have a choice. - Yeah, right!- What do you mean?
0:22:00 > 0:22:03The man on the horse abducted me.
0:22:03 > 0:22:08- What?- Don't listen to him. - He took me into the catacombs,
0:22:08 > 0:22:12to this sort of chamber with weird men chanting,
0:22:12 > 0:22:14like some kind of secret society.
0:22:14 > 0:22:18- And the letter?- A fake. They gave it to me.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23Look, believe what you like. It's the truth.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26I didn't want to do it.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- Could be true.- I can't believe it! - Wait. This place
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- they took you, could you find it again?- Don't mess with them.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38They've got my notebook. All my work, designs, calcul...
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I can't lose it. I can't.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03SHRIEKING
0:23:03 > 0:23:05What was that?
0:23:09 > 0:23:10I'm sorry.
0:23:10 > 0:23:13- I'm really sorry. - Bit late for that.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Well, which way?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- I don't know. - Or don't want to tell us.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25- I don't know!- You're already a liar and a thief.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- Why should we believe you? - Precisely.- It's not my fault.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- I just want to be an artist. - So you lie and cheat your way in?
0:23:32 > 0:23:35- It's not that simple. - It is. It's all about talent.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37- And integrity. - Yeah, right, if you're a boy.
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Sorry?
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Of course! How did I miss it? I should be ashamed of myself.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50- What?- The portrait he did wasn't his sister.- It was a self-portrait.
0:23:50 > 0:23:54- What? - A self-portrait? How ridiculous.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Of course it was my sister.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15- A girl can't paint for a living. That's fair how?- It's not.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18My mum and dad say it's an impossible dream.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22A fantasy. They even arranged a marriage to make me see sense.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25- Who to? - I didn't stick around to find out.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Are you going to report me?
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Come here.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36We can't trust her. Once a thief, always a thief.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39- That's harsh.- Verrocchio could be closed down.- He's right.
0:24:39 > 0:24:45- And it's ridiculous, a girl artist! - Why, if she has talent?
0:24:45 > 0:24:48It just is. She should put her talent to more suitable use.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- Embroidery.- Rigid conformity! - Very funny.- What do you think, Mac?
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- Things will be more interesting with her in the picture.- Yeah.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- Lorenzo?- All right, but I think you're both mad.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04What's your name - your real name?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07- Lisa.- Lisa.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13You're in.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14We'll keep your secret.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Oh, grazie, grazie!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21You're officially now one of the boys.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Right, now can I have a go on the velocerotor?
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- Can't you think of a better name? - That's what I told him.
0:25:31 > 0:25:36- Bi-cycle.- Bicycle, that's not bad.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40- Bicycle.- Hey, Lorenzo!
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- Watch out where you're going with my bi...- Aargh!
0:25:44 > 0:25:45THEY LAUGH
0:25:45 > 0:25:46Is he all right?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48Shut up!
0:25:57 > 0:25:58KNOCK ON DOOR
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Entry.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03What is it, Lorenzo?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07This may sound strange, Papa.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Intriguing. You have my full attention.
0:26:11 > 0:26:17I don't suppose you've heard of any secret, sinister societies
0:26:17 > 0:26:19down in the catacombs?
0:26:19 > 0:26:20Men in hoods, chanting,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23that kind of thing?
0:26:23 > 0:26:24What makes you ask?
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Just some rumour I heard.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Some backward peasant disseminating superstitious nonsense.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34- It's hardly likely, is it?- No.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38No. But, then again, this is Florence.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Anything is possible.
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