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0:00:36 > 0:00:38WIND WHISTLES
0:00:51 > 0:00:53APPLAUSE
0:00:57 > 0:00:59CHEERING
0:01:26 > 0:01:31# I'm the king of my own land
0:01:36 > 0:01:39# Facing tempests of dust
0:01:39 > 0:01:44# I'll fight until the end
0:01:48 > 0:01:53# Creatures of my dreams raise up and dance with me
0:02:02 > 0:02:05# Now and forever
0:02:06 > 0:02:11# I'm your king. #
0:02:30 > 0:02:32CAW!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34DISTANT CAWING
0:02:38 > 0:02:40NEIGHING
0:02:45 > 0:02:48Live for France...or die for the King.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Your choice.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54How much are they paying you, gentlemen?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I can assure you, it is not enough.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01CAWING
0:03:06 > 0:03:08NEIGHING
0:03:24 > 0:03:29I'm happy to return home, but you are troubled, Husband.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32When I was young, ten years old,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34I suddenly learned what fear was.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37I saw my mother scared to death.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39The nobles were coming for us
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and she truly thought she was about to die.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Ever since, I've had a plan to make sure that does not happen again.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48But you are protected. You have a guard and a palace
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and an army who march at your command.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53They obey me, but they do not fear me.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55What power does any man have over you?
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Whoo! Are we there yet?
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I am bored! Decidedly so.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04Oh!
0:04:04 > 0:04:06We've no wine, if that's what you're looking for.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08I'm looking for conversation.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10When you've killed as many Spaniards as I have,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12it's difficult to talk about the weather.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Why are we stopped? - The rains, perhaps.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22The storm destroyed parts of the road at Chaville.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24Chaville? Then we're close.
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Stay here.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48A shipment from Paris, Sire, stripped of its valuables.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Coachman and outriders killed.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52You know that man?
0:04:52 > 0:04:55I do not, Sire, it pains me to say.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58There is breath in him.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59- What is this?- This one's alive!
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Deliver him to a doctor.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15If he speaks again, it will be to me.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24FAINT GROANING
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Congratulations, Sire.- For what?
0:05:31 > 0:05:34The treaty. Our war has ended.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Has it?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Hm!
0:05:52 > 0:05:55So beautiful, so pure.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59Are you in the habit of loitering around ladies' dressing rooms?
0:05:59 > 0:06:00Every chance I get.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02I live for it.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06There's nothing more appealing than a lady at her toilette.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08- Is that so?- No, I'm lying.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11There are five things more appealing I can think of right now. Let's see.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13A warm fire, new stockings,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15a down pillow,
0:06:15 > 0:06:17a gentle breeze on a summer's day.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Cabbages, they're fun.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Talking of which, I love your hair.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25You are a kind and gentle soul.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I am. I only hope he's worth the trouble.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30Leave.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33He? Who would that be, he?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Why, your husband, of course.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37What other gentleman could possibly inspire you so?
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- The mind boggles. - It does, doesn't it?
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Or rattles, in your case, like a dead mouse in a box.
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- I do enjoy your tongue, Madame. - So do I.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47I'm a great admirer of its edge.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49So honed and keen.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51A lacerating organ, if ever I saw one.
0:06:51 > 0:06:52Oh, no doubt you've seen a few.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56You do remind me of a swan on a river, did you know that?
0:06:56 > 0:06:58So graceful up on top, but underneath,
0:06:58 > 0:07:01two fat flippers just thrashing away.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Oh, and a beak that can break your arm.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05I'd rather you didn't.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08It's been a long campaign, but they're coming home now.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I do hope you were patient.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Oh, I adore waiting.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14Just think of what it does for wine.
0:07:14 > 0:07:18Personally, I think it all comes down to the grapes.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48We have won the peace, now we must use it.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51We shall unite the country in celebration, right here.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54We shall host a grand entertainment to be seen by the world.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Every noble family shall be represented
0:07:57 > 0:07:58because our victory is their victory!
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Has Cassel replied to our invitation?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- Not yet, Sire, no.- Send another!
0:08:02 > 0:08:06Have Louvois tell my armies there is work for them here as builders,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08for any man who wants to.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10The King grows impatient.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13The nobles, the building, the road.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Your failure in this regard begins to reflect on all of us, Monsieur.
0:08:16 > 0:08:17The King shall have justice.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47The builders, I think.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49THUDDING
0:09:04 > 0:09:06A-hem!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Welcome home.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26I brought you a gift.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27(It's a book.)
0:09:28 > 0:09:30I'd never have guessed.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32I rescued it from a burning monastery.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35A volume of sacred anthems written by men of chastity.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Naturally, I thought of you.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41You know me so well. Hm!
0:09:41 > 0:09:44Someone scribbled in it, on every page.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Then give it back, then. You shall have no present.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50Here. Have a psalm.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04I have been waiting months for this.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14Lies! You wait for no-one.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16What on earth has gotten into you?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18That is the interesting thing about war -
0:10:18 > 0:10:20you learn so much about yourself.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Do you know what I discovered on the line, my sweet Chevalier,
0:10:23 > 0:10:27when the enemy attacked, when the fighting was close and urgent
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and the blood was flowing bright and red?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33In the glorious moments nearest my death,
0:10:33 > 0:10:35my heart would thunder
0:10:35 > 0:10:39and my breeches would grow tight
0:10:39 > 0:10:42because the sword inside them
0:10:42 > 0:10:44was hard and full,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47like a baby's arm clenching his fist.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Can you imagine?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Being in the middle of a battle and your prick is set to burst?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00I never knew a Scotsman,
0:11:00 > 0:11:02but now I know what a sporran's really for.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Let me be!
0:11:06 > 0:11:07HE GRUNTS
0:11:07 > 0:11:09HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:11:11 > 0:11:12No!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31HE WHISTLES
0:11:32 > 0:11:34You ever tasted champagne before?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40You may be about to.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09Honestly, I don't know what you see in him.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30You are home, but have not arrived.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40The body travels on wheels,
0:12:40 > 0:12:42the soul travels on foot.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45You're not a faithful man, I know.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48You can deny it, Husband, but I see it in your eyes as only a wife can.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I had never seen you in love before, until you came to Versailles.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00I had never seen it shine inside you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03And now you persuade the world to share in it,
0:13:03 > 0:13:05even those who'd wish you ill.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09They may not all come.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13You're reaching for the stick when you should offer the carrot.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18After all, what is it that men truly want?
0:13:18 > 0:13:20The answer is simple if you are a woman.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45How was war?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Full of mud and death.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51What men do to each other!
0:13:51 > 0:13:53What we do to each other.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55Are we so harsh?
0:13:55 > 0:13:58Well, if war was run by women, what then?
0:13:58 > 0:14:01- There would be no cannons. - And far fewer balls.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03- SOFT CHUCKLE - Please.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05(Not in front of the baby.)
0:14:05 > 0:14:08It is clear that a man can love more than one woman.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10They make space for it.
0:14:10 > 0:14:13That's why they can hold more hate in their heart.
0:14:16 > 0:14:17Hm!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- She looks so sad. - Oh, I wonder why(?)
0:14:28 > 0:14:30This is not for us to judge.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32What else are we going to do all day?
0:14:35 > 0:14:38Do you recall, Athenais, the favour I asked of you?
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Of course.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Bontemps has told me that the King has asked for time alone
0:14:44 > 0:14:45in the chapel this afternoon.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49Perhaps today is a good day to thank God for our victory.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Hm. Lucky me!
0:14:52 > 0:14:55To have a friend like you to help me, the luck is all mine.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04Cassel will come, I assure you of that.
0:15:04 > 0:15:05And if he does not, Sire?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Yes?
0:15:07 > 0:15:09If he does not, then you can be assured
0:15:09 > 0:15:12neither will de Havilland, de Menthon, de Gagnac,
0:15:12 > 0:15:14nor any of the other northern nobles
0:15:14 > 0:15:16who are all clients of de Cassel's.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19You will be all alone, Sire.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21How kind of you to remind me(!)
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Good God, man, watch your tongue!
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Unless you're twice the idiot I already take you for.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought we won the war.
0:15:29 > 0:15:30We would have!
0:15:31 > 0:15:33If you had only let us.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36Official business, Brother. Let the men do their work.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39And I think everyone knows the full reason why the war is over.
0:15:41 > 0:15:43You are standing in it.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Sire, your brother has returned to court
0:15:47 > 0:15:50without remembering, perhaps, where he is.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53Unlike Louvois, my brother knows exactly where he is standing.
0:15:53 > 0:15:55- Of that, I am sure. - Three cheers, then.
0:15:55 > 0:16:00Let us dance on the broken backs of your bravest men.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Cease.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06Sorry, what was that?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Oh! You mean HALT!
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Now, there's a command.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16Sire, it is clear your brother is not himself.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18If not himself, then who is he?
0:16:20 > 0:16:23I am the sound of distant thunder.
0:16:23 > 0:16:24Leave us.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34Your first act on return is to mortify me, Brother.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36You took my victory,
0:16:36 > 0:16:39so I take from you your pride.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Your victory?- Your glory.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45- YOUR victory? - And everything you hold dear.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47You are not well.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49I do wish you could see yourself.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Deaf to advice, blinded by sin,
0:16:52 > 0:16:56indifferent to everything but your own dreams.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59No matter how great, you will have your palace.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01What did I tell you in the wood?
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Good men died in the lie that you spun!
0:17:04 > 0:17:06You said you could be trusted.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09You were sure of the outcome before the first cannons fired!
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- A game! - You said you would have my back!
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Where am I now?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43HE BREATHES HEAVILY
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Now, the King invites me to a party.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Those barrels are so familiar.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08Oh, yes, of course, they belong to me.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Thieves, My Lord, on the road.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Is that so?
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Terrible business.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19You attack a cargo in the shadow of the King's convoy
0:18:19 > 0:18:20and kill my driver.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23We did not have accurate information.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Has your whoring separated you from your brains?
0:18:25 > 0:18:276,000 soldiers home from the war,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30new uniforms on the road,
0:18:30 > 0:18:32a force to police it, all of it.
0:18:32 > 0:18:33Why didn't you attack earlier?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36I gave you all the information that you needed.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40And...I appear to be missing a man.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Tomas is dead.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45A fine and loyal servant. And now the King may trace him back to me.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- No witnesses were left alive. - Well, you'd better be right
0:18:48 > 0:18:51because the only one that hangs for this will be you.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Cheer up, Montcourt. You can have Tomas' share.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59Just try and stay alive long enough to spend it.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14The King commands you to save this man.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19His heart is still beating.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Now, I'm not medically-minded,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25but I would consider that a good omen.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28He's too far gone. It would take a miracle.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29So be it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32The blue bottle on the table! The kettle, the saw!
0:19:40 > 0:19:42FAINT MOAN
0:19:42 > 0:19:43Hand me your belt!
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I meant cure him, not cook him.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51He can lose his life or lose his leg. Your choice.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58Very well, then.
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Hold him.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09I'm sorry.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12MUFFLED SCREAMS AND SAWING
0:20:33 > 0:20:35I only come here when I need to think.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36I do the same.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I must confess, Sire,
0:20:40 > 0:20:44the thoughts that I am here to think about concern you.
0:20:44 > 0:20:45And mine.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49I believe you know a man of interest to me, the Duc de Cassel.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58Yes, I am quite well acquainted with that person.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02You have known him a long time, I am told.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04When I was a young girl, I knew him very well.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07I don't care to remember it.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12I want you to pay him a visit.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16He refuses to attend our celebration.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Since he knows you so well, he may well receive you and listen to you.
0:21:19 > 0:21:23I need you to persuade him of the error of his ways.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Well, you knew I would be here, Sire, did you not?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Well, then you know my answer.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Take whoever and whatever you need.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38There is one person I would ask to join me, Sire.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40And you shall have them.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44And when you return, you shall also have your reward.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Hurry up, my dear. Henriette will be waiting for you.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It's supposed to be the other way around.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03- You go ahead, Mother. - Very well.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17'Meet me at noon in the rose garden. I miss you.'
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- SHE GASPS - Give that back.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Shut up! You will not associate with this creature!
0:22:29 > 0:22:31You cannot tell me who to speak to.
0:22:31 > 0:22:33You have not a clue, not a single dust mote of an inkling
0:22:33 > 0:22:35what you're dealing with and what you're doing to me.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37I am going to be late.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39You must promise me you will never see this boy.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42If you do, you will destroy everything I've worked for.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44Do you understand me? Everything!
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- What is wrong?- The King wants proof, surely you know by now.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49He's demanding we all provide our proof!
0:22:49 > 0:22:51But it is coming from Pau, Mother. You said it.
0:22:56 > 0:22:57It isn't coming, is it?
0:22:59 > 0:23:00We're not who we claim to be.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I do not understand.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06You were born a Huguenot, a Protestant, just like your mother.
0:23:06 > 0:23:07Mother, please, just stop. No.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10I found a way to make us noble and keep us noble,
0:23:10 > 0:23:13but if you work against me, you will destroy everything I've worked for.
0:23:13 > 0:23:14Do you understand me?
0:23:14 > 0:23:15What if the King finds out?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17We hang, like all the rest!
0:23:17 > 0:23:19SHE SOBS
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Oh, dear. Are you scared?
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Is your mother scaring you?
0:23:27 > 0:23:31Let it out. I'm sorry.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32Let it out. There's a good girl.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- Oh! - Now never do that again.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42- I don't believe anything you say any more!- Oh, you'd better,
0:23:42 > 0:23:45because your life now depends on doing exactly as I tell you.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47SHE SOBS
0:24:00 > 0:24:01There you are.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03Madame de Montespan.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06I need to borrow you for an errand.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Oh, my lady will not permit it.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10At the King's request.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13What sort of errand?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15I need you to help me deliver a message
0:24:15 > 0:24:18to an old acquaintance of mine, the Duc de Cassel.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21I doubt I need to add that the King expects you to
0:24:21 > 0:24:24serve his request with full devotion.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40Benoit?
0:24:42 > 0:24:44I'll tell you what I've learned from a lifetime,
0:24:44 > 0:24:48is that a woman will find a way of bringing you trouble,
0:24:48 > 0:24:51even when she doesn't know she's doing it.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08A diverting volume?
0:25:08 > 0:25:10Not in the least, I'm afraid.
0:25:12 > 0:25:13I have stolen your lady.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Madame de Montespan had need of a young girl.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I see.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Well, of course.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23Anything for Athenais.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35Where did you find this?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38My husband brought it back from the front.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40It was a present for the Chevalier.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42A hand-me-down.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I'm used to it.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Where did you say my brother found this?
0:25:56 > 0:25:59How's Sophie settling in?
0:25:59 > 0:26:00She's shown great promise.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01Then perhaps you can explain to me
0:26:01 > 0:26:04why she was seen leaving in a coach with Madame de Montespan.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06But I had no idea.
0:26:06 > 0:26:09When she returns, I want a full daily report on how Henriette
0:26:09 > 0:26:13spends her time - who she meets, what she writes, all of it.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16That's why you were so keen to place her there!
0:26:16 > 0:26:18You surprise me, my darling cousin.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21I would have thought you were two steps ahead of me at all times.
0:26:21 > 0:26:22If I were you, I'd make sure of it.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29And for heaven's sake, put your papers in order, will you?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Your lack of compliance is beginning to reflect poorly on me.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Our papers are to come by road.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Then I would suggest praying hard for their swift arrival.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55I have identified this as a Cistercian codex from the low countries.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Very rare, almost forgotten.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Used, it appears, as an alternative to Roman numerals.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04So these are merely numbers?
0:27:04 > 0:27:06Which correspond to letters.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10The book hails from Cambrai, Sire, in the Spanish Netherlands,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14which would suggest that the plot to kill you originated there as well.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16The Dutch were nervous of our war
0:27:16 > 0:27:19and they meant to stop it by any means in their power.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22Do you suppose William of Orange would send a man to kill me?
0:27:22 > 0:27:23I do not just suppose, Sire. I believe it.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26And what is more, they were sent to find a friendly face,
0:27:26 > 0:27:29which means that their supporters are amongst us,
0:27:29 > 0:27:31and they will certainly try again.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36THUNDER RUMBLES
0:27:43 > 0:27:45STEALTHY FOOTSTEPS
0:27:57 > 0:27:59SHE MURMURS
0:28:12 > 0:28:14I was not expecting you tonight.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Oh, my king!
0:28:18 > 0:28:22But I recognise your caress anywhere.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24SHE SIGHS
0:28:24 > 0:28:25It runs in the family, my dear.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28- SHE GASPS - Christ, have mercy!
0:28:30 > 0:28:33I will say this for my brother, he has great taste.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Get out! Get out!
0:28:36 > 0:28:37I will tell the King!
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Tell him what? My dear heart!
0:28:40 > 0:28:42I am his brother.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46I will always be his brother. You are merely passing through.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50So if I were you I'd enjoy it while you can,
0:28:50 > 0:28:54because it feels warm when the sun shines but, believe me,
0:28:54 > 0:28:57as soon as he is done with you,
0:28:57 > 0:29:00all the lights will go out.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04You are bathed in sin!
0:29:12 > 0:29:14Forgive me.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27DOOR SLAMS
0:29:40 > 0:29:42I do the talking from now on.
0:29:42 > 0:29:46And if he does succeed in cornering you, pretend to enjoy it.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Take it from me,
0:29:48 > 0:29:50he loses interest if there's no-one to fight.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- Yes, milady. - Good girl.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03You do not speak much. I like that.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09I am here to serve you, my lady, and my king, of course.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13I am in your debt. How is your husband?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Oh, dear! You were doing so well.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22Don't you miss him?
0:30:22 > 0:30:25When I was a child, I had dysentery, typhus and rickets.
0:30:25 > 0:30:28I miss them all more than I miss my husband.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Marry for power and rut for love, my dear.
0:30:31 > 0:30:35If you retain one thing from this journey, let it be that.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39My little fig! What an unexpected pleasure.
0:30:39 > 0:30:42My Lord. Delightful to see you again.
0:30:42 > 0:30:46Little Athenais, all grown up. So much beauty in one afternoon.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48I was born under a lucky star.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50I am here, sir, on the King's business.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53He hasn't heard from you since his invite to his party.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Did I not reply? How remiss.
0:30:55 > 0:30:56But I've been indisposed.
0:30:56 > 0:30:57I'm so sorry.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02Pass on my apologies to His Majesty.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05I trust you will understand that I cannot attend his celebrations,
0:31:05 > 0:31:09as joyful as I am at our...glorious ceasefire.
0:31:09 > 0:31:13The gathering at Versailles is of course a celebration,
0:31:13 > 0:31:16but it is also a memorial to pay homage to those noble men
0:31:16 > 0:31:18that have given their lives for this peace.
0:31:18 > 0:31:21Oh, you'll thank His Majesty, but I prefer to make any homage
0:31:21 > 0:31:23I may have quite alone.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27I appreciate you coming so far to act as the King's postman.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29I'd be honoured if you and your lady
0:31:29 > 0:31:31would be my guests at supper tonight.
0:31:31 > 0:31:33But be advised, my mind is made up.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36I hope I might be able to persuade you otherwise.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41You have done well for yourself.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43I always knew you had potential.
0:31:44 > 0:31:47I flatter myself that you have come so far.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50Admit it, I taught you well, didn't I?
0:31:50 > 0:31:53Is it not so that Christ teaches us
0:31:53 > 0:31:55that only going through hell can we reach heaven?
0:31:57 > 0:32:00So I suppose, yes, I do have you to thank for that.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Sweet Athenais...
0:32:05 > 0:32:07..always fighting back.
0:32:09 > 0:32:11Hmm...
0:32:15 > 0:32:18The first message is very simple -
0:32:18 > 0:32:20kill the men who bring this map.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24The second one is more intriguing -
0:32:24 > 0:32:26a riddle, in fact.
0:32:32 > 0:32:34"The end is near.
0:32:34 > 0:32:37"Make your peace with God."
0:32:48 > 0:32:50My Lord, the King believes that without you
0:32:50 > 0:32:55his celebration would be incomplete, as I am sure you are aware.
0:32:55 > 0:32:57Hm. His Majesty flatters me.
0:32:57 > 0:33:00But he is aware of your mind and your love of your lands,
0:33:00 > 0:33:03so he has an alternative proposition.
0:33:03 > 0:33:05Well, if you can't come to the party
0:33:05 > 0:33:07then the party will come to you.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09What exactly do you mean?
0:33:09 > 0:33:11Well, you will host the party.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14The King will move the court here.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16He will send an army of builders to come and transform
0:33:16 > 0:33:18and rebuild the chateau and outbuildings
0:33:18 > 0:33:21to be ready to receive the many thousands of guests
0:33:21 > 0:33:22that will come to celebrate.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25His Majesty jokes at my expense.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27No, it is the party that will be at your expense.
0:33:27 > 0:33:30That wouldn't be a problem, of course.
0:33:30 > 0:33:31Oh, come now.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36I've seen your house before. The cushions are frayed.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38The walls grow mould.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Your chateau is a bit like you, Cassel - a decent exterior,
0:33:42 > 0:33:44but underneath the facade...
0:33:44 > 0:33:45rotten to the core.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I am wealthy beyond your reckoning.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55SHE SCOFFS You used to be.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57You would brag of your proxies and wealth in Paris,
0:33:57 > 0:34:00but they're not working any more, are they?
0:34:00 > 0:34:03I expect that your staff haven't been paid in a long while.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06It would be so inconvenient for His Majesty to attend.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09Not as inconvenient as you being absent from Versailles
0:34:09 > 0:34:10at his request.
0:34:15 > 0:34:17She's beautiful, isn't she?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19So pure.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21She will of course be there.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23I can assure you of that.
0:34:26 > 0:34:27How old are you?
0:34:30 > 0:34:3116.
0:34:31 > 0:34:3316...
0:34:38 > 0:34:39Come here.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48SHE CLEARS HER THROAT
0:34:56 > 0:34:57Ah!
0:35:01 > 0:35:04I love it when they play hard to get.
0:35:04 > 0:35:06Isn't that right, my little fig?
0:35:12 > 0:35:14HE GASPS
0:35:14 > 0:35:16Impressive.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Help me...please!
0:35:19 > 0:35:22I shall call him Lazarus.
0:35:22 > 0:35:23And you...
0:35:24 > 0:35:28..well, I do not yet know what I shall call you.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Who is this man? What did he do to you?
0:35:31 > 0:35:33He has done nothing...
0:35:35 > 0:35:36..said nothing.
0:35:36 > 0:35:39Please...do not undo the work.
0:35:39 > 0:35:40Quiet, please.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43HE WHIMPERS
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Charlotte Parthenay died in my arms.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Your musket, was it?
0:35:56 > 0:35:57HE GRUNTS
0:35:57 > 0:36:00I would not try and run if I were you.
0:36:00 > 0:36:02You might have a bit of a shock.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05I didn't kill her!
0:36:05 > 0:36:07AAAAAGH!
0:36:07 > 0:36:09But you were there.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12Who did?
0:36:12 > 0:36:13WHO DID?!
0:36:13 > 0:36:16I did not see!
0:36:16 > 0:36:17You did not see?
0:36:19 > 0:36:21You were not looking.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23Then I guess you won't be needing this.
0:36:23 > 0:36:26HE YELLS
0:36:28 > 0:36:30Oh, my God.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33HE PANTS AND GASPS
0:36:33 > 0:36:34For your collection.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Please... Please let him live!
0:36:36 > 0:36:40I just need him to answer a simple question.
0:36:40 > 0:36:43- HE SOBS - Whom do you serve?
0:36:43 > 0:36:45De Cassel!
0:36:45 > 0:36:47HE MOANS
0:37:08 > 0:37:12I'm told he drank nine bumpers of the Turin Rosa Solis after supper.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17And three more after arriving here. Then he fell asleep.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25When he sleeps, he could be a child again.
0:37:27 > 0:37:28We all could.
0:37:38 > 0:37:39Oh, it's you.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42My brother.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45The magician.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46Magician?
0:37:47 > 0:37:52Her brother in England allied with two others against you.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54The prospect of a winter campaign
0:37:54 > 0:37:57and the supply lines of grain running thin.
0:37:57 > 0:38:02Only you could sign a ceasefire and call it a victory.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03We will talk in the morning.
0:38:03 > 0:38:08Better now, Brother. I do not think I will be awake tomorrow.
0:38:09 > 0:38:13- You've not officially replied to our invitation.- Hm.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15I'm assuming you intend to come.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Yes, sir!
0:38:17 > 0:38:21I do as commanded by my superiors.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Drink your fill tonight.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26I wish no repeat of this at our entertainment.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28I will entertain myself, then.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30But as you always say, Brother,
0:38:30 > 0:38:32there's no greater glory than dying for one's king and country.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34But I have to disagree.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Based on personal experience, the greater glory lies in living.
0:39:08 > 0:39:09What can war do to a man?
0:39:11 > 0:39:13You are no stranger to that, Sire.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17But when he returns home, for example.
0:39:19 > 0:39:23No man leaves a battlefield the same way as he entered.
0:39:23 > 0:39:24Many see ghosts.
0:39:25 > 0:39:28Even the sound of a fountain can spark memories.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32Some go mad. Some take to drink.
0:39:33 > 0:39:35Some take their own lives.
0:39:37 > 0:39:38Others...
0:39:38 > 0:39:42grow orange trees for their kings.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44You returned as another?
0:39:44 > 0:39:48I felt aggrieved only when I wasn't paid...Sire.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51What happened then?
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I took whatever measures were necessary.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58What did your family think of your choice?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00I lost my family in war.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02How?
0:40:02 > 0:40:05Three sons, all dead.
0:40:05 > 0:40:06Killed in your service.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10My prayers are with them.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13There's really no need, Sire.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16There's no place for us in the house of God.
0:40:16 > 0:40:17There is if you are reconciled.
0:40:19 > 0:40:21I need no confession, Sire,
0:40:21 > 0:40:23for I know I committed no sin.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26If you say so.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30May your celebrations be glorious, Sire.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32I will make sure of it. I always do.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46ELEGANT MUSIC PLAYS
0:41:06 > 0:41:09Enchanting evening, don't you think?
0:41:09 > 0:41:11Yes, Sire, delightful.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27LAUGHTER
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Cassel, you surprise me!
0:41:37 > 0:41:38How could I stay away?
0:41:40 > 0:41:42Sophie has done well.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46Perhaps Montespan is the best place for her after all.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49I'm sorry. I must return her. She's not mine to give away.
0:41:49 > 0:41:50She's on loan.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Go. Be free.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55You cunt!
0:41:55 > 0:41:58I know you men think to shame us by calling us the name of our sex,
0:41:58 > 0:42:00but I am of course a cunt, and proud of it.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02You, if I remember correctly, are a prick,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05a tiny, shrivelled prick.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06You'll pay for this.
0:42:06 > 0:42:08I already have, believe me.
0:42:20 > 0:42:22It is done, Sire.
0:42:51 > 0:42:52Bow to your king.
0:43:05 > 0:43:06SHE GASPS
0:43:08 > 0:43:10SHE SOBS
0:43:21 > 0:43:22Psst!
0:43:24 > 0:43:26You ignored my invitation.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28I could not come.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30My duty called me elsewhere.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Ah, I want to believe you.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Please try.
0:43:38 > 0:43:39Follow me.
0:43:39 > 0:43:40No.
0:43:42 > 0:43:43You want to.
0:43:43 > 0:43:45I can tell.
0:43:46 > 0:43:48It can never be between us.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52I know.
0:43:52 > 0:43:53- So... - So...
0:43:55 > 0:43:56..come with me!
0:44:05 > 0:44:09As children, we are told not to play with fire.
0:44:09 > 0:44:10But they seem to enjoy it.
0:44:12 > 0:44:15I see no merit in it, no skill.
0:44:15 > 0:44:16Oh, I don't know.
0:44:16 > 0:44:20A little burning is good for the soul, don't you think?
0:44:20 > 0:44:23Joan of Arc might disagree with you, or Lucifer.
0:44:23 > 0:44:28I fancy that in another life we might have been friends, Cassel.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31I don't give myself to fancy. I have no time for it.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32That gives me surprise.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34I don't care for those, either.
0:44:36 > 0:44:37How unfortunate for you.
0:44:40 > 0:44:42FIREWORKS FIZZ AND BANG
0:44:42 > 0:44:43CRIES OF DELIGHT
0:44:48 > 0:44:49So soon?
0:44:49 > 0:44:51I've seen burning paper before.
0:44:55 > 0:44:57I'm leaving.
0:44:57 > 0:44:58Bring my horse.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04I thought he'd never leave.
0:45:07 > 0:45:08Drink with me.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17You look splendid this evening!
0:45:20 > 0:45:23I am very grateful that you are here, Brother.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26- And for once I am inclined to believe you, Brother.- Hm.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31FIREWORKS CONTINUE
0:45:34 > 0:45:37I believe I was promised a walk in the garden.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40We're in a garden now.
0:45:41 > 0:45:42So we are.
0:46:14 > 0:46:16FIREWORKS CONTINUE
0:46:16 > 0:46:18MEN'S CRIES ECHO
0:46:21 > 0:46:23Brother?
0:46:23 > 0:46:25MEN'S CRIES ECHO
0:46:25 > 0:46:28CRACKLE OF FIREWORKS TURNS TO SOUND OF GUNFIRE
0:46:28 > 0:46:30MEN SCREAM
0:46:52 > 0:46:53Brother!
0:47:42 > 0:47:44HE SOBS QUIETLY
0:47:50 > 0:47:53On the field, I saw a...a man.
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Young, like we were.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01He carried his brother in a sack over his shoulder.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06He told me he made a promise to their mother.
0:48:06 > 0:48:07He was there to take him home.
0:48:09 > 0:48:12"Would you do that for me?" I wondered.
0:48:13 > 0:48:15I would, I know, but you?
0:48:20 > 0:48:22I do not know.
0:48:22 > 0:48:26You think because I am King that I am not also a brother?
0:48:26 > 0:48:28That I may have all that I want and yearn for nothing?
0:48:30 > 0:48:33Even a king cannot live the life that he would want to live.
0:48:33 > 0:48:36It is you who may live those moments for me.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39It is you who truly lives the life yearned for by a king.
0:48:42 > 0:48:43The war still rages in you.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45It will never cease.
0:48:45 > 0:48:46You mean halt.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51You cannot resist the last word, can you?
0:48:53 > 0:48:54Brother...
0:48:54 > 0:48:57Go, leave me. I command you.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13WOMAN SOBS
0:49:22 > 0:49:27When I was 12, Cassel took away my childhood, what was left of it.
0:49:28 > 0:49:31I am grateful to you, Madame.
0:49:31 > 0:49:34You understand more than all of them.
0:49:34 > 0:49:36Understand what, Sire?
0:49:36 > 0:49:41That in order to rule, the first thing you must learn is sacrifice.
0:50:43 > 0:50:47The King requires your papers.
0:50:47 > 0:50:50Your noble papers, sir, your lineage.
0:50:53 > 0:50:55They are ashes.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Then you are without proof.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00Only true nobles are exempt from tax.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02Arrears to be repaid in full.
0:51:04 > 0:51:06I have nothing. It is all gone.
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Then you are in the King's debt.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Place this man under arrest!