0:00:08 > 0:00:10..that I,
0:00:10 > 0:00:14Lorenzo Ferdinando Romulus Tarquinius di Romero de Medici,
0:00:14 > 0:00:16do take thee,
0:00:16 > 0:00:18Angelica Visconti,
0:00:18 > 0:00:20to be my lawful wedded wife.
0:00:20 > 0:00:22You may now kiss the bride.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26Yeah, this is just a rehearsal,
0:00:26 > 0:00:29so, um, we can leave that until the actual ceremony.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15TERESA SIGHS
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Look at you.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Just look at the pair of you!
0:01:22 > 0:01:23Oh, my little bambino.
0:01:23 > 0:01:25Mama...
0:01:25 > 0:01:29Marriage suits you, Lorenzo. You look...taller.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31I'm standing on a box.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36And you, Angelica...
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Bellissima!
0:01:38 > 0:01:42I could not ask for a better bride for my son.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44You're too kind, Signora Medici.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Please, you must call me Mama.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Yes. Of course...
0:01:51 > 0:01:52..Mama.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Such a shame your own mother is dead and won't see your wedding.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01Yes.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04But I'll be the mother you've never known,
0:02:04 > 0:02:08cherish you as my own flesh and blood.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11I can't wait(!)
0:02:11 > 0:02:15I'd sympathise about how difficult this must be for you...
0:02:15 > 0:02:18if only I could stop thinking how awful it is for me.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- You're not going to believe this. - Throw me a melon.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- What?- A melon - from the pile.
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Why do you want...
0:02:31 > 0:02:33A melon? I need to test the flintlock.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34What's that?
0:02:37 > 0:02:41- Ooh.- There! Sparks the priming compound and ignites the propellant.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43What?
0:02:43 > 0:02:47The sparks cause a small explosion that fires the missile forward,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49the missile in this case being a melon.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56I'd get out the way if I were you.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07Oh! Sorry, Cosi.
0:03:09 > 0:03:10Um, what won't I believe?
0:03:10 > 0:03:12Oh, er, Lorenzo and Angelica
0:03:12 > 0:03:15had to rehearse their wedding vows in the piazza.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17So it's really going ahead?
0:03:17 > 0:03:18Mm-hm.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Poor Lorenzo.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Poor Angelica.- Poor Mac.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Lorenzo won't be able to come here as much once he's married.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Everything's changing.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37Angelica, happy news. Your father will be here tomorrow.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43He's been slowed somewhat by the size of the dowry.
0:03:43 > 0:03:48Your father's willing to pay a lot of gold for you to marry a Medici.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51TOMASO: 'You're leaving?!'
0:03:51 > 0:03:53I can't stay.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57I can't see them married. I can't watch them spend
0:03:57 > 0:03:59day after day together.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00I can't bear it.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- You can't go.- I have to.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07But you live here. All your stuff's here, your work, your home,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10your friends, us. We're here.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I know and...and I'm sorry.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Look, maybe I'll come back one day.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I've got no choice.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- What if we could get them out of the wedding?- I've tried.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31- They won't go against their parents' wishes.- Who says we tell them?
0:04:33 > 0:04:36We're doing a good thing.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Yes.
0:04:38 > 0:04:39A noble thing.
0:04:40 > 0:04:41Yes.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47We're putting our own feelings aside for the good of our families.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Yes.
0:04:50 > 0:04:55So...we'll get married and have lots of children
0:04:55 > 0:04:58and everyone will be happy.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59'Cept us.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02Whoa, wait a minute.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Children? Who said anything about having children?
0:05:05 > 0:05:10What did you expect? It's what married couples do.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14- LEONARDO:- 'Does anyone think they'll go for it?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16There's only one way to do it.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19We need to present them with a better match for Lorenzo.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21- HE LAUGHS - Impossibile.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Angelica is perfection personified. There is no better match.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28No, I know. Let me put it another way.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32The Medicis chose Angelica because her family is rich and powerful.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34What if there were someone...
0:05:34 > 0:05:38much richer... and much more powerful?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44MUSIC: "No-one Knows" by Queens Of The Stone Age
0:05:53 > 0:05:59# We get some rules to follow
0:05:59 > 0:06:02# That and this
0:06:02 > 0:06:05# These and those
0:06:07 > 0:06:10# No-one knows... #
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Beautifully delicate gold leaf...
0:06:14 > 0:06:16Exactly like the original.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21Bene. Finished the portrait?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25It's what I think a Princess would look like.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27Fantastico!
0:06:34 > 0:06:36The King of Naples!
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Don't be ridiculous.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45It IS the Royal Seal.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50And the King's watermark.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52What does it say?
0:06:54 > 0:07:00He requests an audience with his trusted advisor, Old Ludovicio...
0:07:02 > 0:07:04..who's in Florence...
0:07:04 > 0:07:10on a matter of much secrecy and great delicacy.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14How utterly thrilling.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33The King's daughter, Princess Eleanor, has been jilted.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Her bridegroom has broken off the engagement
0:07:38 > 0:07:39two days before the wedding.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43How awful of him. What appalling behaviour!
0:07:43 > 0:07:44Scandalous!
0:07:44 > 0:07:49There must be a wedding or she'll be publicly humiliated.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The King would like you
0:07:52 > 0:07:57to arrange a marriage to Duke Rocco instead.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Duke Rocco?
0:07:59 > 0:08:03Indeed. He'll be an excellent match for Princess Eleanor.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Sadly, I must disappoint your Excellency.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11Duke Rocco is already married.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16Is he? I wasn't aware... Yes, of course. He got married secretly.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20Whilst abroad... to a German countess.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24Yes, Countess von...Pfunffunt.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26Oh.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30That's a shame. The King is offering a substantial dowry.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35Gold, two palaces, crown jewels...
0:08:35 > 0:08:36Oh...
0:08:41 > 0:08:44There's always my son...Lorenzo.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48Yes...
0:08:48 > 0:08:50That could work.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53He would be honoured to marry Princess Eleanor.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Eccellente. It is arranged, then.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00The princess must come to the palace and be formally introduced.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04No. That...won't be possible.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07The groom must meet the bride before the wedding day.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12She's staying in a convent, to keep our mission here a secret.
0:09:12 > 0:09:13I understand.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17Myself and Lorenzo will visit her there instead.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Yes. Of course.
0:09:22 > 0:09:27I will send word of the exact time and place.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Did it work?
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- Yes...- Not surprised. Even I didn't recognise you in that make-up.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42..and no.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44What d'you mean?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46Well, the good news is, they went for the idea.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48The bad news?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Teresa wants to meet with Princess Eleanor.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56But there is no Princess Eleanor.
0:09:56 > 0:09:57I said she was hiding in a convent.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01A convent? Why a convent? There'll be nuns all over the place.
0:10:01 > 0:10:02And there is no Princess Eleanor.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04It was the only thing I could think of.
0:10:04 > 0:10:05I'll see what I can do.
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Is anybody listening to me. There IS no Princess Eleanor!
0:10:13 > 0:10:18Now, hold on, I've painted her with blonde hair and blue eyes.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I look nothing like her.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26You are never going to believe this.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29My wedding to Angelica is off.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33The King of Naples sent some crusty advisor chap called Old Ludovic...
0:10:35 > 0:10:36It was you!
0:10:38 > 0:10:39TERESA: 'A royal wedding!'
0:10:39 > 0:10:44Gold, jewels...and Naples.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48A much more powerful city than Pisa.
0:10:48 > 0:10:49And a royal wedding!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51I'll tell Angelica to pack her bags.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54No. Do nothing yet.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58The Medicis can't be seen to break their promises.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03We need to find a way out that doesn't damage our reputation.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Leave it with me.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- You weren't even going to tell me?! - We thought you'd try and stop us.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Of course I'd try and stop you. It's insane.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Have you any idea what would happen to you...to me, if you were caught?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17It was a risk we were prepared to take to help you.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Quiet! The only one you wanted to help was yourself...
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- to my fiancee!- What?
0:11:22 > 0:11:23- Do you want us to stop? - Of course I do.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27OK. OK. We won't interfere.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Good!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31And you can live happily ever after with Angelica.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Good.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36And you can grow old together.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40And have lots of babies together.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42All right, all right. I'll do it.
0:11:44 > 0:11:45Maybe it will even work.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50I think I should let Angelica know about the plan as well.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53That's...only fair.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56I'll sneak you into the palace.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59But if you're caught... I'm denying everything!
0:12:05 > 0:12:10This was just delivered by some royal-looking messenger chap.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19Lorenzo, tomorrow at eleven,
0:12:19 > 0:12:22you and I are to go to the Santa Maria convent.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Really? Why?
0:12:24 > 0:12:29To meet your new bride - Princess Eleanor of Naples.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32A princess? I'm to marry a princess?
0:12:32 > 0:12:38- But what about...?- You must not tell Angelica, mio piccolo Prince.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42For now, we behave as if the wedding is going ahead as planned.
0:12:42 > 0:12:47So, I will go and give her some final motherly advice.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50No! No, that's not a good idea!
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Why not, pray?
0:12:51 > 0:12:56Um, because she...is taking a nap.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Well, then I will wake her.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11You've been crying.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15No.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17Something in your eye.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20Yes.
0:13:23 > 0:13:24Vieni.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27I'm sorry.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I'm sorry.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37- What if I said we can get you out of the wedding?- What do you mean?
0:13:37 > 0:13:40No-one will know, except us. Nobody will get hurt.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Lorenzo's agreed to it. So it's down to you.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45All you have to do is say the word.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47KNOCK AT DOOR
0:13:48 > 0:13:49TERESA: Angelica?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01You look a dreadful mess.
0:14:01 > 0:14:04- Yes, I...- Tidy yourself up before your father arrives.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08We Medicis rub shoulders with royalty.
0:14:09 > 0:14:10We don't want anyone...
0:14:10 > 0:14:13letting us down.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Fit for a queen!
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Get me out of this wedding.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Get me away from this family.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Will you run away with me?
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Yes!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Yes.
0:14:59 > 0:15:01Signor Visconti!
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Good Lord, what's happened?
0:15:03 > 0:15:07I've been robbed. Set upon outside the city walls.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Santa Maria! Are you injured?
0:15:10 > 0:15:12It's just a scratch.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16There were so many of them, we never stood a chance.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18Com'e terribile!
0:15:18 > 0:15:21The dowry... They took the gold.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23I tried to stop them but...
0:15:23 > 0:15:27You must rest. My servants will show you to your room.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29Grazie.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40No dowry means the wedding's off.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Now there's a fortunate coincidence.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49So, the Bishop says to me, "Arturo, Arturo,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52"there's a rat infestation in the convent
0:15:52 > 0:15:54"and you're the one to sort it out."
0:15:54 > 0:15:56The Bishop hasn't informed us.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Oh, he's a very sensitive man. He wouldn't want you panic you.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02We haven't seen any rats.
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Ah, classic rat behaviour!
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Very clever is the common rat or "Rattus rattus"
0:16:09 > 0:16:10as they're called by us experts.
0:16:10 > 0:16:12They're hiders.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15They lurk, hiding, waiting to bite you when you sleep. Yeah!
0:16:15 > 0:16:18As I said, we haven't seen any.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Ah! Found these two already.- Oh!
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Which means there are hundreds more.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Yes, yes. Well, do what you need to do.
0:16:26 > 0:16:30Excellent. I'll smoke 'em out and cage 'em.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33You and the other nuns go to the top of the bell tower and wait.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38Do not, under any circumstances, come out until I tell you.
0:16:38 > 0:16:39Got it?
0:16:57 > 0:16:59Do you think she'll see my eyes are brown?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01What if she notices?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Keep calm, act regal. And...blame the artist.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09OK, we're good to go.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13- Not yet. You forgot one thing.- Don't think so. All angles covered, mate.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16We need someone to show in Teresa and Lorenzo from the convent gate,
0:17:16 > 0:17:18and, thanks to you, all the nuns are in the bell tower.
0:17:23 > 0:17:24That's about your size.
0:17:24 > 0:17:28No way. Never. Not in a million years.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Your Royal Highness.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Incantata.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Felipe... Feeling better?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49A little, grazie.
0:17:49 > 0:17:54Bene. A terrible incident... for all.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I, too, am now in a very difficult position.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59In what way?
0:17:59 > 0:18:03Without a dowry, the wedding cannot go ahead.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Scusi?
0:18:05 > 0:18:08You are failing to honour your side of the bargain.
0:18:08 > 0:18:13And, as a banker, honour is everything to me.
0:18:13 > 0:18:14Surely you must see that.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16But the gold was stolen.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18Not my problem.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22Marriage is a financial transaction, like any other,
0:18:22 > 0:18:26so unless you can produce another dowry...
0:18:26 > 0:18:28I'll never be able to raise that much gold again!
0:18:28 > 0:18:30What a pity.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34But there are other offers on the table for my son.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35What about my daughter?
0:18:35 > 0:18:38The one without the dowry?
0:18:38 > 0:18:45Yes, it is inconvenient, but a new bride must be found for Lorenzo.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50You think you can find someone to replace my Angelica?
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Yes. Yes I do.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Please feel free to return to Pisa as soon as possible.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12What should we do with the stolen dowry, Excellency?
0:19:12 > 0:19:15- The father's gold?- Yes. - Put it in the bank.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Your eyes, Princess.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28The painter did not do them justice.
0:19:28 > 0:19:33Blonde hair and brown eyes - a striking combination.
0:19:33 > 0:19:34Indeed.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38It is such an honour
0:19:38 > 0:19:44that the King of Naples wishes to join our families in holy matrimony.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48Indeed. I'm sure it is.
0:19:50 > 0:19:52I have many friends in Naples.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56Tell me, is the Countess of Aragona still at court?
0:20:03 > 0:20:07A princess has no interest in those of an inferior rank.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Your Highness, how foolish of me! Please forgive me.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14You are forgiven.
0:20:14 > 0:20:19Princess Eleanor will make an agreeable and loving wife.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22And Lorenzo a doting husband!
0:20:22 > 0:20:27Your Highness, my son saw your portrait and instantly fell in love.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29Mama, please, come on!
0:20:29 > 0:20:34He's such a romantic. He can't wait to woo you.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Lorenzo, begin!
0:20:37 > 0:20:41- Here? - Where else? Come on, presto, presto!
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Woo.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45HE CLEARS THROAT
0:20:47 > 0:20:48Um...
0:20:49 > 0:20:52..Princess, your face...
0:20:52 > 0:20:55is very...
0:20:55 > 0:20:58very impressive.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01And you have...
0:21:01 > 0:21:03blonde hair.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Thank you, Signor Medici.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Um, your eyes...
0:21:11 > 0:21:14are very nicely spaced -
0:21:14 > 0:21:18not too far apart, not too close together.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Thank you, Signor Medici.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27And now...to seal the deal...
0:21:27 > 0:21:30- A kiss!- Splendid idea!
0:21:42 > 0:21:45MUSIC: "White Wedding" by Billy Idol
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- KNOCK AT DOOR - Entri.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07We did it.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Si.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14I bet for anybody other than me,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17you'd be quite nice to be married to.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20That's nearly a compliment.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Well, if you're going to be like that...- I'm joking.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Oh.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27Here, vieni qui.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I let you down.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15No. No, you haven't, Papa.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21I didn't want to marry Lorenzo.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Why didn't you say?
0:23:27 > 0:23:28I thought you wanted me to.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Of course, I want you to marry into a good family.
0:23:34 > 0:23:37But I also want you to be happy.
0:23:39 > 0:23:40Oh, Papa.
0:23:43 > 0:23:44I'll raise another dowry.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48It won't be as much, but we'll find you a good match.
0:23:54 > 0:23:55Where is she?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Brides are supposed to be late.
0:23:57 > 0:23:59It's tradition.
0:24:09 > 0:24:10Where's your bags?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15Mac...
0:24:18 > 0:24:21No... No, no. Don't say it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I can't leave Papa.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29I can't bring more shame on him.
0:24:32 > 0:24:36- I can't do it. - This isn't you talking.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40It is.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49Please say you understand.
0:25:28 > 0:25:29SHE GASPS
0:25:31 > 0:25:35She's had a better offer! The Prince of Naples!
0:25:35 > 0:25:37There will be no royal wedding!
0:25:37 > 0:25:39What appalling behaviour! Scandalous!
0:25:39 > 0:25:41How dare they treat us like this!
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Does this mean that I don't have a bride?
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Good news, good news!
0:25:57 > 0:26:00We've recovered your gold.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02The marriage between our families is back on.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06I don't think so.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09But your daughter has her dowry, and we'd be delighted to proceed.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Well, I wouldn't.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18My daughter doesn't want to marry your son.
0:26:47 > 0:26:48Yes!
0:27:25 > 0:27:27THEY LAUGH
0:27:29 > 0:27:31My favourite bit was seeing Mac dressed as a nun.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33THEY LAUGH
0:27:33 > 0:27:35That reminds me, what did the nuns say
0:27:35 > 0:27:38when you told them that they could come down from the bell tower?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40The nuns...
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Oh, no...
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