1 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:41,268 Place Carmela Maria Rosa Mercedes De Simoni on the bed... 2 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,687 as God made her and the law has ordained. 3 00:01:45,856 --> 00:01:50,235 Now place at her side Enrico Maria Etorre Della Scalla... 4 00:01:50,527 --> 00:01:52,654 as God made him and the law has ordained. 5 00:01:57,284 --> 00:01:59,536 As loyal and obedient subjects of the Lord Almighty's... 6 00:01:59,828 --> 00:02:02,205 bountiful and sovereign wisdom, we are gathered... 7 00:02:02,497 --> 00:02:06,335 this Fifth of April in the year of our Lord 1624... 8 00:02:06,627 --> 00:02:09,921 to unite the families De Simoni and Della Scalla... 9 00:02:10,213 --> 00:02:12,215 in the persons of their respective offspring. 10 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:16,011 Enrico Maria Ricardo Etorre Della Scalla... 11 00:02:16,303 --> 00:02:18,013 do you promise and swear to take as your wife... 12 00:02:18,305 --> 00:02:22,684 upon coming of age Carmela Maria Rosa Mercedes De Simoni? 13 00:02:27,064 --> 00:02:29,316 The promise of your father is binding. 14 00:02:29,608 --> 00:02:31,234 Duke Guglielmo Della Scalla? 15 00:02:31,526 --> 00:02:32,611 I promise he shall do so. 16 00:02:35,822 --> 00:02:38,575 Do you, Carmela Rosa De Simoni, promise and swear... 17 00:02:38,867 --> 00:02:41,286 to take as your husband Enrico Maria Ricardo... 18 00:02:41,578 --> 00:02:43,038 Etorre Della Scalla? 19 00:02:47,584 --> 00:02:49,336 The response of your father is binding. 20 00:02:49,628 --> 00:02:51,338 Marquess Antonio De Simoni? 21 00:02:51,630 --> 00:02:52,506 I promise she shall. 22 00:02:54,549 --> 00:02:55,509 Please join hands. 23 00:02:57,594 --> 00:03:00,931 And now, Don Luigi will bless this nuptial contract... 24 00:03:01,223 --> 00:03:04,309 which duly records the future marriage partners' rights... 25 00:03:04,601 --> 00:03:06,687 of succession and inheritance. 26 00:03:17,531 --> 00:03:19,282 Oh, Julian. 27 00:04:17,382 --> 00:04:20,677 Column by the left, ho! 28 00:04:20,969 --> 00:04:23,764 Julian, it must be my father's men looking for me. 29 00:04:24,806 --> 00:04:26,016 No, it's worse. 30 00:04:26,808 --> 00:04:29,144 What could be worse than our being discovered? 31 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:31,438 Getting put in the army. 32 00:04:32,564 --> 00:04:33,315 Come on. 33 00:04:40,405 --> 00:04:43,533 But you're not a soldier. What's the war to do with you? 34 00:04:43,825 --> 00:04:46,119 I could be recruited, anyone my age. 35 00:04:53,460 --> 00:04:55,504 So, that must be why they want to hurry up... 36 00:04:55,796 --> 00:04:57,214 my wedding to Enrico. 37 00:05:01,218 --> 00:05:02,052 You didn't tell me. 38 00:05:04,638 --> 00:05:07,599 I didn't want to spoil our moments together. 39 00:05:08,809 --> 00:05:10,685 We meet so rarely Julian. 40 00:05:17,692 --> 00:05:22,197 Oh my sweet love. 41 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:24,741 I'll love you always, whatever happens to us. 42 00:05:39,130 --> 00:05:41,299 Why can't you manage to convince your father? 43 00:05:42,592 --> 00:05:45,303 You can't imagine how many times I've tried. 44 00:05:45,595 --> 00:05:46,972 He won't listen to me. 45 00:05:47,264 --> 00:05:49,057 He signed a contract when I was a baby... 46 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:51,101 which promises my marriage to Enrico. 47 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:56,648 He did, but you had nothing whatever to do with it. 48 00:05:56,940 --> 00:06:00,068 I'm his daughter. I'm expected to obey. 49 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,946 Look, darling, my family and his have intended to join... 50 00:06:03,238 --> 00:06:05,240 their properties and fiefs for years. 51 00:06:08,201 --> 00:06:09,995 Those dirty landlords. 52 00:06:22,507 --> 00:06:24,509 Don't say that, please. 53 00:06:26,469 --> 00:06:28,555 Well then better the war. 54 00:06:29,598 --> 00:06:30,348 The war. 55 00:06:33,101 --> 00:06:35,478 God knows you've been a disappointment... 56 00:06:35,770 --> 00:06:37,272 but your refusal to marry the man to whom... 57 00:06:37,564 --> 00:06:40,317 you are legally betrothed brings dishonor... 58 00:06:40,609 --> 00:06:42,569 upon my name and your mother's. 59 00:06:44,154 --> 00:06:46,281 You have placed us in a humiliating position... 60 00:06:46,573 --> 00:06:47,616 both morally and legally. 61 00:06:49,159 --> 00:06:51,411 You have covered yourself with ignominy. 62 00:06:51,703 --> 00:06:52,954 And don't think that I don't know... 63 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:55,665 that you've been meeting that peasant boy in secret. 64 00:06:55,957 --> 00:06:57,751 You shall never marry him, I assure you. 65 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:01,630 You may go. 66 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:16,645 If you don't want your daughter to be completely ruined... 67 00:07:16,937 --> 00:07:18,104 there's only one remedy. 68 00:07:19,564 --> 00:07:20,565 Get her to a nunnery. 69 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:27,030 For that I thank you. 70 00:07:27,864 --> 00:07:31,534 It'll look to the world as if we let Carmela reject it. 71 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:34,496 If she puts on a veil as the bride of the Lord... 72 00:07:34,788 --> 00:07:36,373 no one can claim you're dishonored. 73 00:08:15,370 --> 00:08:19,082 My name is Tomasina. I guard the gate to the outside. 74 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:20,542 Here is the visitors room. 75 00:08:20,834 --> 00:08:22,460 This is my lodging. 76 00:08:25,922 --> 00:08:27,549 Now take your leaves. 77 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:29,300 You must go then, Marchioness. 78 00:08:29,592 --> 00:08:30,677 If we open the outside gate... 79 00:08:30,969 --> 00:08:32,679 we keep the cloister entrance closed. 80 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:45,692 Mother? 81 00:08:47,736 --> 00:08:50,572 Must I really separate myself from you... 82 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:55,660 my family, my home, the fields, the flowers, the earth? 83 00:08:57,704 --> 00:09:00,290 From all the things I most love? 84 00:09:02,333 --> 00:09:05,462 My child, you must accept it. 85 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:09,257 I'm sure you'll find a new life here... 86 00:09:09,549 --> 00:09:11,426 in the service of our Lord... 87 00:09:11,718 --> 00:09:13,094 and the happiness you deserve. 88 00:09:16,723 --> 00:09:19,017 May God keep you well. 89 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:02,977 Oh, such a lot you brought that you'll never need. 90 00:10:03,269 --> 00:10:04,479 Ah, but money, though. 91 00:10:06,648 --> 00:10:08,316 And any jewelry you may have... 92 00:10:08,608 --> 00:10:10,902 you better leave with me or you'll lose it. 93 00:10:11,194 --> 00:10:15,198 In the cloister, you have to give up anything of value. 94 00:10:15,490 --> 00:10:18,118 I'll protect it, if you'll entrust it to me. 95 00:10:20,453 --> 00:10:22,497 Why not? There's no reason to fear. 96 00:10:22,789 --> 00:10:25,208 Your jewels will be at your disposal always. 97 00:10:44,769 --> 00:10:46,187 There. 98 00:10:56,114 --> 00:10:56,614 Thank you. 99 00:10:56,906 --> 00:10:58,324 When you speak to the others... 100 00:10:58,616 --> 00:11:00,201 they have to be addressed as Sister... 101 00:11:00,493 --> 00:11:01,452 though not the superior. 102 00:11:01,744 --> 00:11:03,538 She's addressed as Mother. 103 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:05,081 Thank you, Sister. 104 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:20,388 We welcome you. 105 00:11:38,281 --> 00:11:39,282 She's pretty. 106 00:11:41,242 --> 00:11:44,120 Mm, I'll bet she's ugly without that dress. 107 00:11:44,412 --> 00:11:46,206 We'll soon find out. 108 00:12:01,721 --> 00:12:04,307 It is forbidden to stand apart in isolation... 109 00:12:04,599 --> 00:12:06,100 without Mother Superior's permission. 110 00:12:06,392 --> 00:12:07,477 I deserve to fast. 111 00:12:09,437 --> 00:12:10,230 Repeat it. 112 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,693 Perhaps she didn't hear. 113 00:12:17,111 --> 00:12:18,613 I deserve to fast. 114 00:14:34,415 --> 00:14:37,460 In the dowry of this new arrival, I count six linen sheets... 115 00:14:37,752 --> 00:14:40,380 only, not a dozen, the number required. 116 00:14:40,671 --> 00:14:42,256 I also have silk ones. 117 00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:43,716 And embroidered too. 118 00:14:46,511 --> 00:14:47,595 Such pretty needlepoint. 119 00:14:49,764 --> 00:14:52,016 What is missing, I shall have to report... 120 00:14:52,308 --> 00:14:53,684 to the family of this new arrival. 121 00:15:29,137 --> 00:15:30,471 We are forbidden to gaze at images... 122 00:15:30,763 --> 00:15:33,182 that show male nudes disguised as our Lord. 123 00:15:40,398 --> 00:15:42,066 The good Lord have mercy on me. 124 00:16:03,296 --> 00:16:05,423 The sackcloth of penance is blessed. 125 00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:10,428 Your lantern has to be kept lit. 126 00:16:10,720 --> 00:16:12,597 It must burn like the flame within your heart... 127 00:16:12,889 --> 00:16:15,516 which burns without cease for Christ Our Lord and Savior. 128 00:16:17,185 --> 00:16:19,770 As you commit our rules to memory from morn till night. 129 00:16:58,142 --> 00:17:00,102 A novice has 30 days in which to learn... 130 00:17:00,394 --> 00:17:01,646 the rules of our order by heart. 131 00:17:14,867 --> 00:17:16,994 I have to stay 30 days in this cellar? 132 00:17:17,828 --> 00:17:18,621 Yes. 133 00:17:21,541 --> 00:17:23,501 Here newcomers stay to pass a purifying test... 134 00:17:23,793 --> 00:17:25,753 and shall be under supervision all the time. 135 00:17:32,093 --> 00:17:34,554 We allow what is needed for rest and prayers. 136 00:17:38,266 --> 00:17:40,434 Body cleansing and bare nourishment... 137 00:17:40,726 --> 00:17:43,980 which is in conformity with Franciscan vows of poverty. 138 00:17:44,272 --> 00:17:46,065 And finally for the bodily needs. 139 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:49,318 All that is needed is blessed in the Lord. 140 00:17:51,529 --> 00:17:54,448 The well are not tended, but they are that ailing. 141 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:58,411 Bring unto me the many evildoers that need curing. 142 00:17:58,703 --> 00:18:00,955 Thus sayeth the Apostle Matthew. 143 00:18:01,247 --> 00:18:04,584 And during this phase, you must bear this passage in mind. 144 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:07,336 The well are not tended, but they that are ailing. 145 00:18:07,628 --> 00:18:12,216 Bring, bring unto me the many evildoers that need curing. 146 00:18:19,348 --> 00:18:21,684 The elder nuns will supervise you in turn. 147 00:18:21,976 --> 00:18:24,437 Never say a word to them, even to answer a question. 148 00:18:27,231 --> 00:18:30,276 Seven times a day did I praise thee, sayeth the prophet... 149 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:33,696 with the holy number seven we perform the duties... 150 00:18:33,988 --> 00:18:35,448 of our office. 151 00:18:48,085 --> 00:18:49,253 Every day at four in the morning... 152 00:18:49,545 --> 00:18:51,047 the praises shall be recited. 153 00:19:01,098 --> 00:19:03,934 A dish of boiled beans once a day except Friday... 154 00:19:04,226 --> 00:19:05,353 the day of total abstinence. 155 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:20,326 To refuse food is a grave act of disobedience... 156 00:19:20,618 --> 00:19:22,620 because it is the bounty of our Lord. 157 00:19:32,254 --> 00:19:34,715 It is night, the hour of compline. 158 00:19:40,721 --> 00:19:43,099 I am reduced to nothing and I am nothing... 159 00:19:43,391 --> 00:19:44,642 sayeth the prophet. 160 00:19:44,934 --> 00:19:47,311 I am in mine eyes as a beast of the field... 161 00:19:47,603 --> 00:19:48,646 but I am ever with thee. 162 00:19:51,565 --> 00:19:55,611 My God, I can't stand it! 163 00:19:58,489 --> 00:20:03,285 Oh my God, have you no mercy on me? 164 00:20:04,245 --> 00:20:05,287 I want to die! 165 00:20:06,664 --> 00:20:07,707 I want to die! 166 00:20:11,293 --> 00:20:12,128 Let me out! 167 00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:14,130 Let me out! 168 00:20:15,589 --> 00:20:16,507 I'll kill myself. 169 00:20:16,799 --> 00:20:21,095 Oh please, someone, oh please let me out! 170 00:20:22,179 --> 00:20:25,474 I beg of you, whoever you are, Sister... 171 00:20:25,766 --> 00:20:27,435 tell them I can't go on! 172 00:20:27,727 --> 00:20:28,644 I don't want to! 173 00:20:28,936 --> 00:20:32,231 Tell them I'm going stark raving mad! 174 00:20:42,158 --> 00:20:45,411 This is a day of fasting. Have patience, Sister. 175 00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:47,037 Tell me your name, Sister. 176 00:20:49,290 --> 00:20:51,542 The elder nuns will supervise you in turn. 177 00:20:51,834 --> 00:20:54,336 Never say a word to them, even to answer a question. 178 00:20:55,504 --> 00:20:58,424 Today is the 15th day. Don't despair. 179 00:20:59,717 --> 00:21:02,052 The well are not tended but the sick. 180 00:21:03,471 --> 00:21:06,265 Oh Christ, I have sinned. Lord help me. 181 00:22:42,111 --> 00:22:43,112 I'm Elisabeth. 182 00:22:43,404 --> 00:22:46,448 The isolation period is horrible. We've all gone through it. 183 00:22:46,740 --> 00:22:49,368 Beatrice and Michaela, two novices like you. 184 00:22:49,660 --> 00:22:51,537 What did I tell you? She's ugly. 185 00:22:51,829 --> 00:22:53,289 Your name is Carmela, isn't it? 186 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:56,542 Yes, Sister. 187 00:22:56,834 --> 00:22:58,168 You'll soon be all right. 188 00:22:58,460 --> 00:23:00,337 Living here isn't as bad as it seems. 189 00:23:00,629 --> 00:23:02,423 You only need to find the right friends. 190 00:23:05,718 --> 00:23:08,512 Stay away from Sister Filomena, for example. 191 00:23:08,804 --> 00:23:09,763 She's a spy. 192 00:23:11,432 --> 00:23:14,101 She had Sister Chiara punished. 193 00:23:14,393 --> 00:23:16,562 There she is over there, tied to the tree. 194 00:23:18,772 --> 00:23:20,608 Don't even speak to Sister Filomena... 195 00:23:20,900 --> 00:23:23,277 if you can help it, and don't ever trust her. 196 00:23:24,695 --> 00:23:26,196 You need my advice. 197 00:23:26,488 --> 00:23:28,699 Above all, don't trust the Mother Superior. 198 00:23:28,991 --> 00:23:32,953 She seems sincere, but she's a hypocrite and a liar. 199 00:23:33,245 --> 00:23:34,079 Here she comes. 200 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:45,674 Carmela. 201 00:24:02,733 --> 00:24:05,194 I'm your Mother Superior. How do you feel now? 202 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:07,112 Better, I hope. 203 00:24:08,697 --> 00:24:10,532 You'll soon be happy in your new life. 204 00:24:10,824 --> 00:24:12,618 Would you like to be called Sister Agnes? 205 00:24:12,910 --> 00:24:14,578 Sister Agnes of the Infant Jesus. 206 00:24:16,705 --> 00:24:17,456 You may go. 207 00:24:34,431 --> 00:24:36,642 Mother, I don't think I have enough faith. 208 00:24:38,268 --> 00:24:39,645 Don't tire yourself. 209 00:24:40,604 --> 00:24:42,564 We have plenty of time to talk. 210 00:24:43,691 --> 00:24:45,067 I'm here because my fa... 211 00:24:45,359 --> 00:24:45,985 I understand. 212 00:24:47,277 --> 00:24:48,404 Try not to cry. 213 00:24:49,738 --> 00:24:50,781 Just trust me. 214 00:24:52,366 --> 00:24:55,369 You are part of a new family now. 215 00:24:55,661 --> 00:24:57,663 A much bigger family. 216 00:24:57,955 --> 00:25:00,624 And you'll have lots of sisters. 217 00:25:01,709 --> 00:25:04,753 Some of them, unfortunately, are not as good as others, but... 218 00:25:07,131 --> 00:25:08,215 I'll look after you. 219 00:25:09,299 --> 00:25:10,426 I'll be your new mother... 220 00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:14,513 and I'll follow your steps, one by one... 221 00:25:14,805 --> 00:25:16,432 just as if you're beginning to walk. 222 00:25:23,647 --> 00:25:24,773 This will be your cell. 223 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:41,081 The new arrivals always ask where their dowries have gone. 224 00:25:41,373 --> 00:25:42,332 Yes. 225 00:25:42,624 --> 00:25:43,500 They are sent to the church... 226 00:25:43,792 --> 00:25:45,627 on which our convent is dependent. 227 00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:49,465 They feed so many mouths, with so much charity. 228 00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:56,430 Do you see much charity in making... 229 00:25:56,722 --> 00:25:58,432 new arrivals feel uncomfortable? 230 00:26:00,642 --> 00:26:02,186 Are you envious of youth? 231 00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:05,439 Come, let me help you. 232 00:26:29,713 --> 00:26:31,673 The first time you needn't wear it so tight. 233 00:26:32,633 --> 00:26:35,552 You're looking for a mirror. The rules forbid it. 234 00:26:36,762 --> 00:26:37,721 But I'll look at you. 235 00:26:39,098 --> 00:26:40,516 And I see that you're beautiful. 236 00:26:42,392 --> 00:26:44,144 But you mustn't be vain. 237 00:26:44,436 --> 00:26:45,354 Vanity is a sin. 238 00:26:46,522 --> 00:26:49,066 But one that's not too serious. 239 00:27:06,250 --> 00:27:07,042 Carmela? 240 00:27:11,255 --> 00:27:14,049 That's Sister Lucia, you tried to defend her... 241 00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:16,051 when you first arrived, remember? 242 00:27:17,511 --> 00:27:21,223 But you weren't there. 243 00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:22,599 No, but I saw you. 244 00:27:24,309 --> 00:27:26,603 It was then I decided you would become my friend. 245 00:27:26,895 --> 00:27:28,147 You're very kind, Sister. 246 00:27:30,566 --> 00:27:33,610 However, whatever you do for Sister Lucia is wasted. 247 00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:35,279 She's lost her mind. 248 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,284 Watch out, here comes the spy. 249 00:27:43,203 --> 00:27:45,581 There are roads that seem straight... 250 00:27:45,873 --> 00:27:47,749 but they lead down to the fires of hell. 251 00:27:51,795 --> 00:27:54,464 For what crime can one be expelled from the convent? 252 00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:57,259 How naive you are. 253 00:27:58,635 --> 00:28:01,555 No, you only leave here when you're dead. 254 00:28:03,682 --> 00:28:07,227 However, another way can be arranged. 255 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:09,396 You will learn it from me. 256 00:29:31,812 --> 00:29:34,523 Well, as Lorenzo the Magnificent said... 257 00:29:34,815 --> 00:29:37,276 you never can be sure about tomorrow. 258 00:29:38,694 --> 00:29:40,988 He's right, especially with women. 259 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:43,448 You don't have very much respect for women, do you? 260 00:29:43,740 --> 00:29:46,034 On the contrary, I find they're delightful... 261 00:29:46,326 --> 00:29:48,537 though their constant desire to catch the male... 262 00:29:48,829 --> 00:29:50,580 is so transparent in every gesture that... 263 00:29:51,665 --> 00:29:52,749 sometimes they're boring. 264 00:29:54,835 --> 00:29:57,087 Well I can't say I find them boring. 265 00:29:57,379 --> 00:30:00,507 They readily come out to parties, to the theater... 266 00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:04,511 to the country with me, but it's quite another thing... 267 00:30:04,803 --> 00:30:07,014 whenever I try staying alone with them. 268 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,225 You should never appear to try, my friend. 269 00:30:10,517 --> 00:30:12,519 You use the wrong method. 270 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:14,980 Come on, let's have a cold plunge. 271 00:30:18,734 --> 00:30:20,569 Don Diego, I understand you even have a cloistered nun... 272 00:30:20,861 --> 00:30:22,446 in your collection of women. 273 00:30:24,197 --> 00:30:24,781 Mm. 274 00:30:27,075 --> 00:30:28,452 Well, that's quite a claim. 275 00:30:29,703 --> 00:30:33,415 Love needs a touch of spice to make it more appetizing. 276 00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:39,046 I imagine that a cloistered nun... 277 00:30:39,338 --> 00:30:43,050 bound to abstinence, must be very peppery. 278 00:30:44,134 --> 00:30:45,469 They're delicious, my friend. 279 00:31:20,212 --> 00:31:20,587 Have you been paid? 280 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:21,546 Oh, yes. 281 00:32:27,487 --> 00:32:28,447 Elisabeth. 282 00:32:28,738 --> 00:32:29,406 Diego. 283 00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:44,463 My, you look beautiful. 284 00:32:44,754 --> 00:32:47,632 I imagine your absence from me frightens you... 285 00:32:47,924 --> 00:32:49,509 just like at first, huh? 286 00:33:01,354 --> 00:33:04,024 As a love nest, it leaves much to be desired. 287 00:33:05,066 --> 00:33:06,651 I find it very exciting. 288 00:33:07,694 --> 00:33:11,490 And your apparent calm excites me even more. 289 00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:14,659 I am calm. 290 00:33:15,785 --> 00:33:20,081 No, you are a particularly beautiful woman... 291 00:33:20,373 --> 00:33:22,417 and no beautiful woman can be calm. 292 00:33:22,709 --> 00:33:25,545 It's the waves that make the sea so suggestive... 293 00:33:25,837 --> 00:33:29,382 and its dark depths exciting and mysterious. 294 00:33:33,136 --> 00:33:34,262 I'm not just any woman. 295 00:33:36,223 --> 00:33:37,516 That's true. 296 00:33:39,601 --> 00:33:41,520 What's that bell? Are they looking for you? 297 00:33:43,104 --> 00:33:46,107 No, it's the call to evening prayers... 298 00:33:47,234 --> 00:33:49,194 which each of us recites in her own cell. 299 00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:01,081 And, instead of praying... 300 00:34:02,666 --> 00:34:04,584 what does a nun really do in her cell? 301 00:34:06,294 --> 00:34:08,046 Sometimes she receives other nuns. 302 00:34:16,137 --> 00:34:18,181 I've always found intimacy between women... 303 00:34:19,474 --> 00:34:21,476 the best stimulant love can have. 304 00:34:23,770 --> 00:34:24,563 And, uh... 305 00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:27,732 what do you do? 306 00:34:32,445 --> 00:34:33,196 We kiss. 307 00:35:05,770 --> 00:35:06,646 Like this? 308 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:07,606 In secret. 309 00:35:10,567 --> 00:35:12,027 So no one will know. 310 00:35:13,361 --> 00:35:14,779 Is that what you wanted to hear? 311 00:35:17,198 --> 00:35:17,782 What else? 312 00:35:20,410 --> 00:35:22,245 We caress each other. 313 00:35:50,231 --> 00:35:53,318 Mother Superior prepares us spiritually for Confession. 314 00:35:53,610 --> 00:35:54,486 It's one of our rules. 315 00:36:04,371 --> 00:36:06,414 Remember, don't trust her. 316 00:36:18,718 --> 00:36:21,137 I know the rules are severe. 317 00:36:23,139 --> 00:36:25,433 It's up to us to make them bearable. 318 00:36:29,437 --> 00:36:32,315 To make them a part of our daily lives. 319 00:36:36,361 --> 00:36:38,488 None of us is born with the vocation... 320 00:36:40,573 --> 00:36:41,658 but I believe that... 321 00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:46,121 I believe that in the depths of our souls... 322 00:36:46,413 --> 00:36:48,248 there's a small flame that we can build... 323 00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:51,084 bit by bit, day by day... 324 00:36:53,420 --> 00:36:56,339 until we grow to accept this life of penitence. 325 00:36:58,258 --> 00:37:02,470 This life of penitence to which our Lord has called us. 326 00:37:12,647 --> 00:37:16,067 Here, far from the outside world... 327 00:37:17,318 --> 00:37:19,738 we live each day more intensely. 328 00:37:23,700 --> 00:37:25,243 But don't be sad. 329 00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:29,414 I'd like to see your eyes always joyful. 330 00:37:31,458 --> 00:37:33,168 I'll help you erase the memories. 331 00:37:34,753 --> 00:37:37,756 I see them, you know, in your eyes. 332 00:37:40,175 --> 00:37:41,634 But it's you, with your sweetness... 333 00:37:41,926 --> 00:37:43,470 you make the memories beautiful. 334 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:50,393 The world outside is so cruel. 335 00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:55,732 You know that well. 336 00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:59,360 I need your affection. 337 00:38:00,737 --> 00:38:01,780 May I kiss your cheek? 338 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:11,372 Father, during the night... 339 00:38:11,664 --> 00:38:13,374 such awful visions I had of hell. 340 00:38:13,666 --> 00:38:16,252 I dreamt I burnt my hands over the flames. 341 00:38:17,378 --> 00:38:19,255 Well, as long as you don't do it during the day... 342 00:38:19,547 --> 00:38:21,174 in the kitchen, Sister, you have nothing... 343 00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:22,509 to fear, I would say. 344 00:38:25,970 --> 00:38:28,264 But perhaps this dream may have been a warning to you... 345 00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:30,683 and not just a figment of your imagination. 346 00:38:36,356 --> 00:38:39,984 Sister, what sins have your hands committed? 347 00:38:42,612 --> 00:38:44,906 Well, I must save that question... 348 00:38:45,198 --> 00:38:47,116 to be answered later, when I confess you. 349 00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:07,595 Yesterday, I stole a bowl, Father... 350 00:39:07,887 --> 00:39:09,681 and buried it in the garden. 351 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:15,103 Sometimes the temptation to steal is so strong. 352 00:39:15,395 --> 00:39:17,438 A demon is tempting you to sin. 353 00:39:17,730 --> 00:39:21,150 You must exorcize this demon. He is a tool of the devil. 354 00:39:25,697 --> 00:39:27,198 Punish your hands to be saved. 355 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:31,077 Otherwise, I cannot grant you absolution. 356 00:39:48,303 --> 00:39:49,470 It's your turn. 357 00:40:31,679 --> 00:40:34,057 Did he ask you where you put your hands? 358 00:40:34,349 --> 00:40:35,600 How do you know? 359 00:40:35,892 --> 00:40:38,686 He asks everyone. It's an obsession. 360 00:41:13,262 --> 00:41:16,391 Sister, Sister Elisabeth, it's Carmela. 361 00:41:16,683 --> 00:41:19,185 I'm afraid. What are those screams? 362 00:41:23,690 --> 00:41:24,482 Don't worry. 363 00:41:26,401 --> 00:41:29,070 It's Sister Lucia, the mad one, who's screaming. 364 00:41:29,362 --> 00:41:31,948 Every so often she does it, and then she calms down. 365 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:33,199 We all ignore it. 366 00:41:33,491 --> 00:41:34,701 Now go back to your cell. 367 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:56,305 It is forbidden to leave one's own cell at night. 368 00:41:57,724 --> 00:42:00,351 I deserve corporal punishment. 369 00:42:01,352 --> 00:42:04,397 It is forbidden to leave one's own cell at night. 370 00:42:04,689 --> 00:42:06,607 I deserve corporal punishment. 371 00:43:35,238 --> 00:43:36,531 Enough! 372 00:43:36,823 --> 00:43:39,367 Seven times is enough. 373 00:43:39,659 --> 00:43:40,576 She's only a novice. 374 00:43:49,168 --> 00:43:50,670 Let us pray. 375 00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:03,099 Untie her. 376 00:44:49,687 --> 00:44:52,148 Why did you not come to me if you were afraid? 377 00:44:55,735 --> 00:44:57,403 You must trust me. 378 00:44:57,695 --> 00:44:58,613 I still love you. 379 00:45:18,466 --> 00:45:20,134 You needn't wear that today. 380 00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:21,219 Thank you, Mother. 381 00:45:22,470 --> 00:45:24,263 Your skin will soon be healed. 382 00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:25,765 I'm sorry I had to punish you. 383 00:45:26,766 --> 00:45:28,351 It was to put you on your guard. 384 00:45:30,269 --> 00:45:32,605 Sister Elisabeth, she's very strong. 385 00:45:33,689 --> 00:45:35,900 She does as she likes. 386 00:45:36,192 --> 00:45:37,401 You see, her family made a very large... 387 00:45:37,693 --> 00:45:39,570 contribution to the convent. 388 00:45:39,862 --> 00:45:41,906 She has special privileges that... 389 00:45:42,198 --> 00:45:43,991 even go as high up as the archbishop. 390 00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:51,207 She's not always alone at night, I know. 391 00:45:52,792 --> 00:45:54,752 It's difficult for me to be impartial... 392 00:45:56,504 --> 00:46:01,425 but it's my duty to look after the novices, especially you. 393 00:46:23,698 --> 00:46:24,573 Oh, my God. 394 00:46:34,625 --> 00:46:35,751 Poor Sister Lucia... 395 00:46:37,503 --> 00:46:41,966 buried in unconsecrated ground, like a dog. 396 00:46:42,258 --> 00:46:45,219 Ah, I'm sure our Lord in His infinite goodness... 397 00:46:45,511 --> 00:46:49,015 and wisdom will have mercy on her on the day of judgment. 398 00:46:49,307 --> 00:46:52,143 She never wanted to become a nun. 399 00:46:52,435 --> 00:46:54,603 That's what made her lose her mind. 400 00:46:54,895 --> 00:46:56,647 Her mind was possessed by a demon. 401 00:46:57,732 --> 00:46:59,608 Otherwise, Sister Lucia might have lived... 402 00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:04,447 to be a perfect nun, as few nuns are, if the truth be told. 403 00:47:05,781 --> 00:47:09,118 She had many good qualities, but she was weak... 404 00:47:09,410 --> 00:47:11,037 and the devil laid his hands on her. 405 00:47:12,163 --> 00:47:13,664 Good was overcome by evil. 406 00:47:59,543 --> 00:48:01,253 I know you're not able to resist. 407 00:48:01,545 --> 00:48:03,214 That's why I invited you. 408 00:48:03,506 --> 00:48:06,133 You see? We lack nothing here. 409 00:48:06,425 --> 00:48:08,177 Not even the Mother Superior's liqueur. 410 00:48:10,471 --> 00:48:11,972 Sister Chiara punishes herself for what... 411 00:48:12,264 --> 00:48:13,432 she does with her hands. 412 00:48:13,724 --> 00:48:14,392 It's her penance. 413 00:48:16,268 --> 00:48:17,395 How does it make you feel? 414 00:48:19,271 --> 00:48:20,523 I don't know. 415 00:48:20,815 --> 00:48:22,358 There are some things that are hard to put into words. 416 00:48:22,650 --> 00:48:23,567 So true. 417 00:48:23,859 --> 00:48:26,028 There are thoughts that remain inside of us. 418 00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,280 It takes another person to be aware of them. 419 00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:31,617 We've been waiting for you to drink. 420 00:48:31,909 --> 00:48:33,160 You're the guest of honor. 421 00:48:53,222 --> 00:48:54,557 Do you like them? 422 00:48:54,849 --> 00:48:55,433 Oh. 423 00:48:55,724 --> 00:48:56,350 Try them on. 424 00:49:00,813 --> 00:49:01,647 Mine's not here. 425 00:49:01,939 --> 00:49:04,358 Pick out something else you like. It's more amusing. 426 00:49:04,650 --> 00:49:06,235 Everyone's free to do as they like. 427 00:49:14,785 --> 00:49:16,328 They fit you perfectly. 428 00:49:16,620 --> 00:49:17,621 You can have them. 429 00:49:19,832 --> 00:49:21,584 Look at yourself, Carmela. You're still a woman. 430 00:49:33,179 --> 00:49:34,180 Everyone, get dressed. 431 00:49:35,389 --> 00:49:37,683 Oh, that's beautiful. What a color for you. 432 00:49:40,436 --> 00:49:41,687 Let's try some powder. 433 00:50:06,337 --> 00:50:07,087 What's wrong? 434 00:50:09,632 --> 00:50:10,716 It reminds me of home. 435 00:50:14,470 --> 00:50:15,554 My birthday party. 436 00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:23,979 Young boys and girls having a good time. 437 00:50:27,399 --> 00:50:28,567 I was perfectly happy. 438 00:50:36,867 --> 00:50:38,494 But here there are no boys. 439 00:50:39,703 --> 00:50:43,082 Ah, I have been waiting to speak with you for months. 440 00:50:44,542 --> 00:50:46,168 I know that now you are leaving. 441 00:50:47,336 --> 00:50:50,089 But first, I must open my heart to you. 442 00:50:51,090 --> 00:50:52,633 I have loved you in secret, sir. 443 00:50:53,634 --> 00:50:55,678 And I hoped you loved me too. 444 00:51:10,401 --> 00:51:11,360 I'll start. 445 00:51:13,195 --> 00:51:16,365 I thought it was all over, that you no longer loved me. 446 00:51:16,657 --> 00:51:18,284 You say, how could you think that? 447 00:51:18,576 --> 00:51:19,201 How could you think that? 448 00:51:19,493 --> 00:51:21,161 A bit more warmth, please. 449 00:51:21,453 --> 00:51:22,204 It's not true. 450 00:51:22,496 --> 00:51:23,205 That's better. 451 00:51:24,331 --> 00:51:25,457 So you still belong to me? 452 00:51:26,542 --> 00:51:27,960 Oh, certainly. 453 00:51:28,252 --> 00:51:29,670 You have never betrayed me? 454 00:51:29,962 --> 00:51:31,130 No. 455 00:51:31,422 --> 00:51:33,674 Come to my arms like you used to (laughs). 456 00:51:35,301 --> 00:51:37,386 But, what do you want? 457 00:51:38,470 --> 00:51:39,263 Your body. 458 00:51:40,347 --> 00:51:42,600 Haven't you come here to offer yourself to me? 459 00:51:44,435 --> 00:51:45,519 I didn't expect to. 460 00:51:47,730 --> 00:51:49,148 Do you love another person? 461 00:51:55,571 --> 00:51:58,032 We have to leave. That's Sister Rita's signal. 462 00:52:12,296 --> 00:52:16,467 The game is over. Take off your traveling dress. 463 00:52:16,759 --> 00:52:18,344 We'll elope together another time. 464 00:53:33,669 --> 00:53:34,712 May I see your work? 465 00:53:38,757 --> 00:53:41,051 Do you no longer stand when you're spoken to? 466 00:53:47,433 --> 00:53:49,643 You obviously didn't sleep very well last night. 467 00:53:50,811 --> 00:53:52,354 You weren't able to concentrate. 468 00:53:52,646 --> 00:53:55,232 Your work isn't up to its usual standard. 469 00:53:55,524 --> 00:53:56,692 I feel it is. 470 00:53:56,984 --> 00:53:58,235 I'm the one to decide. 471 00:53:58,527 --> 00:53:59,987 I know that all too well. 472 00:54:03,365 --> 00:54:05,534 For your behavior, you will be punished. 473 00:56:12,369 --> 00:56:13,287 Once more. 474 00:56:25,632 --> 00:56:27,134 I'm upset. 475 00:56:27,426 --> 00:56:28,093 Why? 476 00:56:29,803 --> 00:56:31,513 I had a slight annoyance. 477 00:56:34,683 --> 00:56:35,559 You are annoyed. 478 00:56:39,313 --> 00:56:40,981 With your Mother Superior? 479 00:56:42,357 --> 00:56:43,150 Yes. 480 00:56:44,735 --> 00:56:45,527 Your rival. 481 00:56:47,362 --> 00:56:48,113 You're in love. 482 00:56:50,657 --> 00:56:52,367 Yes. 483 00:57:18,894 --> 00:57:20,270 Please, no, there's no need to stand. 484 00:57:20,562 --> 00:57:22,064 I didn't come to give you orders. 485 00:57:26,151 --> 00:57:28,695 I'm, I'm so alone. 486 00:57:28,987 --> 00:57:32,282 You can't imagine how great my solitude is. 487 00:57:33,450 --> 00:57:36,119 Closed in my tower of authority. 488 00:57:36,411 --> 00:57:39,373 I'm more a prisoner than all of the others. 489 00:57:41,166 --> 00:57:44,586 Please, oh, I need a little human warmth. 490 00:57:46,129 --> 00:57:46,713 A little love. 491 00:57:48,423 --> 00:57:50,008 Here, we have... 492 00:57:51,802 --> 00:57:53,553 we have love at prayer. 493 00:57:55,138 --> 00:57:56,014 Divine love. 494 00:57:57,599 --> 00:57:59,351 Love of God. 495 00:58:00,769 --> 00:58:03,313 And, and I do love God. 496 00:58:05,273 --> 00:58:07,317 But it doesn't erase the fact that... 497 00:58:07,609 --> 00:58:12,030 I have this desire for another human being. 498 00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:16,535 You, you're the only pure one here. 499 00:58:18,203 --> 00:58:19,454 And I'm so desperate. 500 00:58:21,665 --> 00:58:22,457 Leave. 501 00:58:24,501 --> 00:58:26,211 I beg you, Mother, leave. 502 00:58:29,548 --> 00:58:31,133 It's I who beg you. 503 00:58:35,262 --> 00:58:36,138 Look at me. 504 00:58:38,265 --> 00:58:39,182 Please. 505 00:58:41,184 --> 00:58:42,144 Just one more time... 506 00:58:43,562 --> 00:58:44,688 and I'll go away. 507 00:58:54,614 --> 00:58:55,574 I've hurt you. 508 00:58:58,410 --> 00:58:59,453 Forgive me. 509 00:59:02,789 --> 00:59:04,416 But it's nothing... 510 00:59:07,586 --> 00:59:10,547 nothing to the hurt that you've caused me. 511 00:59:23,560 --> 00:59:25,145 I'm becoming attached to you. 512 00:59:29,357 --> 00:59:30,150 Elisabeth? 513 00:59:31,109 --> 00:59:32,319 I can help you to get free. 514 00:59:33,487 --> 00:59:34,654 I'll keep you in my villa. 515 00:59:41,328 --> 00:59:42,162 Another convent? 516 00:59:43,830 --> 00:59:44,998 No, thank you. 517 00:59:47,501 --> 00:59:49,503 I prefer to see you here. 518 00:59:50,837 --> 00:59:52,380 It's more exciting. 519 00:59:59,679 --> 01:00:02,349 I've come to fancy life in the convent. 520 01:00:04,684 --> 01:00:07,187 After all, one can find affection there too. 521 01:00:10,357 --> 01:00:12,067 Let's not talk anymore. 522 01:00:45,725 --> 01:00:50,147 Carmela Maria Rosa, answer with purity of mind... 523 01:00:50,438 --> 01:00:53,024 and in full freedom of conscience. 524 01:00:53,316 --> 01:00:54,109 I shall. 525 01:00:55,402 --> 01:00:57,320 Do you come here of your own free will... 526 01:00:57,612 --> 01:00:59,239 to swear before God... 527 01:01:00,615 --> 01:01:03,201 to consecrate your chastity, your poverty... 528 01:01:03,493 --> 01:01:04,411 and obedience, child? 529 01:01:13,503 --> 01:01:14,588 I do not. 530 01:01:22,804 --> 01:01:24,097 Yes, my daughter. 531 01:01:24,389 --> 01:01:26,474 You consecrate your chastity, poverty... 532 01:01:26,766 --> 01:01:28,560 and your obedience to God. 533 01:01:28,852 --> 01:01:32,063 Your Grace, you asked me to swear chastity... 534 01:01:32,355 --> 01:01:34,399 poverty and obedience before God. 535 01:01:35,358 --> 01:01:38,737 I understand you perfectly, and my answer is no. 536 01:01:40,447 --> 01:01:42,240 I can't deceive God in this way. 537 01:01:43,742 --> 01:01:47,996 Above all, I appeal to my father and mother. 538 01:01:56,171 --> 01:02:00,592 Beatrice Maria Rolanda, will you answer with purity... 539 01:02:00,884 --> 01:02:03,011 of mind and in full freedom of conscience? 540 01:02:03,303 --> 01:02:04,054 Yes, I shall. 541 01:02:05,222 --> 01:02:06,640 This is our last meeting. 542 01:02:06,932 --> 01:02:08,600 I have no desire to see you again. 543 01:02:10,185 --> 01:02:13,021 Of course, I realize it's a minor cross for you to bear. 544 01:02:13,313 --> 01:02:16,942 But I've ordered your mother, and your brothers... 545 01:02:17,234 --> 01:02:20,111 and your sisters never to see you again. 546 01:02:21,529 --> 01:02:24,658 Your free-loving kindness and obedient nature... 547 01:02:25,700 --> 01:02:28,203 of which so many happy displays are token... 548 01:02:29,287 --> 01:02:32,332 will help you to bear this cross too, I have no doubt. 549 01:02:32,624 --> 01:02:34,626 You're not only a disappointment to your family... 550 01:02:34,918 --> 01:02:36,211 but a disappointment here. 551 01:02:37,754 --> 01:02:41,049 I say you are a changeling. You're no flesh of mine. 552 01:02:42,300 --> 01:02:44,970 You caused me more pain than any of my children... 553 01:02:45,262 --> 01:02:47,597 perhaps because I had such high hopes for you. 554 01:02:47,889 --> 01:02:49,182 But you're not my child. 555 01:02:51,851 --> 01:02:56,648 For me, you were born dead. You were born dead. 556 01:02:58,817 --> 01:03:01,486 Keep in line there. 557 01:03:01,778 --> 01:03:02,529 Move up. 558 01:03:04,739 --> 01:03:05,532 Close ranks. 559 01:03:15,125 --> 01:03:17,043 Come on now, move along. 560 01:03:55,415 --> 01:03:58,001 Be not wise in your own conceit. 561 01:03:58,293 --> 01:04:00,045 Repay no one with evil for evil... 562 01:04:00,337 --> 01:04:02,088 but with good in the sight of all. 563 01:04:02,380 --> 01:04:04,549 From St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans. 564 01:04:04,841 --> 01:04:07,302 Now let us pray for our soldiers. 565 01:04:07,594 --> 01:04:10,180 For the allied flag of the Holy Roman Church. 566 01:04:11,181 --> 01:04:13,600 For the arms that defend our Christianity. 567 01:04:14,601 --> 01:04:16,436 For our victory. 568 01:04:16,728 --> 01:04:18,521 In the name of the Father, the Son... 569 01:04:18,813 --> 01:04:20,648 and the Holy Ghost, amen. 570 01:04:41,336 --> 01:04:42,170 Julian's here. 571 01:04:43,171 --> 01:04:44,631 Oh, but what can I do? 572 01:04:46,383 --> 01:04:49,135 It's been a year since the last time I saw him... 573 01:04:49,427 --> 01:04:50,220 before I came here. 574 01:04:51,304 --> 01:04:54,182 But I love him. You understand. 575 01:04:59,437 --> 01:05:00,355 You must see him. 576 01:05:01,689 --> 01:05:03,024 But, Sister, how? 577 01:05:03,858 --> 01:05:07,112 Can I trust Sister Rita or Sister Tomasina? 578 01:05:08,196 --> 01:05:09,114 It's better not to. 579 01:05:11,116 --> 01:05:11,699 Trust me. 580 01:05:13,243 --> 01:05:14,744 I'll think about your meeting. 581 01:05:16,830 --> 01:05:19,541 And how to avoid the danger of being discovered. 582 01:05:21,334 --> 01:05:23,503 Oh, Sister Elisabeth, do you mean it? 583 01:05:25,630 --> 01:05:28,299 Will you really do it, for me? 584 01:05:28,591 --> 01:05:30,051 Of course. 585 01:05:30,343 --> 01:05:32,178 I like to see you so full of enthusiasm. 586 01:05:36,224 --> 01:05:38,476 I will always be grateful to you. 587 01:05:43,857 --> 01:05:45,900 One day you'll do something for me. 588 01:05:46,192 --> 01:05:46,651 Oh, yes. 589 01:06:11,176 --> 01:06:11,676 Julian. 590 01:07:14,572 --> 01:07:15,406 They are together now. 591 01:07:15,698 --> 01:07:17,116 Good, thank you. 592 01:07:19,369 --> 01:07:20,620 I've no one anymore. 593 01:07:23,331 --> 01:07:26,584 In all this while, only the thought of you kept me alive. 594 01:07:28,753 --> 01:07:31,005 I was certain that one day we'd meet again. 595 01:07:31,798 --> 01:07:33,174 I hoped we would too. 596 01:07:35,635 --> 01:07:39,097 But then, with the all wrongs we both suffered... 597 01:07:39,389 --> 01:07:41,099 I began to lose heart. 598 01:07:41,391 --> 01:07:43,601 My faith, my trust in men. 599 01:07:52,735 --> 01:07:57,490 There's something in you now that frightens me. 600 01:07:57,782 --> 01:07:59,492 Don't be afraid, my love. 601 01:07:59,784 --> 01:08:02,537 My feelings for you will always be the same. 602 01:08:23,850 --> 01:08:25,184 Take me away from here. 603 01:08:30,607 --> 01:08:32,150 Don't you want to? 604 01:08:33,568 --> 01:08:34,485 Of course. 605 01:08:38,781 --> 01:08:40,533 But where could we live? 606 01:08:40,825 --> 01:08:42,994 We can't live in this country. 607 01:08:43,286 --> 01:08:45,663 A nun who runs away from a convent is shunned by everyone. 608 01:08:45,955 --> 01:08:48,666 We'd be outcasts. We'd have nothing. 609 01:08:56,841 --> 01:08:58,551 But we'd have each other. 610 01:08:58,843 --> 01:08:59,927 Yes. 611 01:09:06,768 --> 01:09:09,270 But to flee together we need first money... 612 01:09:09,562 --> 01:09:11,606 and friends to hide us. 613 01:09:11,898 --> 01:09:13,650 And I'd have to run away from the army. 614 01:09:16,277 --> 01:09:18,404 Once you said soldiers were robbers. 615 01:09:18,696 --> 01:09:20,073 You called them outlaws then. 616 01:09:22,742 --> 01:09:25,370 Now you steal. You have changed. 617 01:09:29,707 --> 01:09:32,293 Yes, I know, but... 618 01:09:33,836 --> 01:09:35,213 I had no choice. 619 01:09:40,259 --> 01:09:42,428 But I love you all the same. 620 01:12:22,463 --> 01:12:23,297 You look radiant. 621 01:12:23,589 --> 01:12:25,550 Come to my room tonight. We'll all be there. 622 01:12:46,404 --> 01:12:47,613 Let's make love together. 623 01:12:52,118 --> 01:12:52,702 I invited you. 624 01:12:54,328 --> 01:12:55,580 You can't go away like this. 625 01:13:01,085 --> 01:13:01,669 Well then... 626 01:13:03,296 --> 01:13:06,132 you prefer the Mother Superior? 627 01:13:06,424 --> 01:13:09,552 The Mother Superior? What are you saying? 628 01:13:09,844 --> 01:13:10,928 How could you? 629 01:13:11,220 --> 01:13:13,055 Hm, it's true, though, isn't it? 630 01:13:13,347 --> 01:13:13,931 No. 631 01:13:18,853 --> 01:13:20,062 Why humiliate me? 632 01:13:21,606 --> 01:13:23,357 Haven't I been your friend since the first... 633 01:13:23,649 --> 01:13:26,110 moment you entered the convent? 634 01:13:26,402 --> 01:13:28,613 You led me to believe you cared as I do. 635 01:13:28,905 --> 01:13:30,656 I never let you believe that. 636 01:13:32,575 --> 01:13:34,410 Then, what am I supposed to think... 637 01:13:34,702 --> 01:13:36,454 about your conduct toward me? 638 01:13:38,331 --> 01:13:39,332 Were you faking? 639 01:13:39,624 --> 01:13:41,459 I'm sorry that you... 640 01:13:41,751 --> 01:13:44,545 Then prove to me that you're sorry. 641 01:14:05,274 --> 01:14:07,068 Do I repulse you? 642 01:14:13,240 --> 01:14:15,451 You don't know how much I've waited for this moment. 643 01:14:17,328 --> 01:14:19,246 And the courage it took to speak to you. 644 01:14:22,500 --> 01:14:24,627 Till now I've interpreted your every gesture... 645 01:14:25,670 --> 01:14:29,423 your every word, as meaning that you might even care for me. 646 01:14:34,679 --> 01:14:36,639 I degrade myself. 647 01:14:38,349 --> 01:14:40,184 I'm no longer myself next to you. 648 01:14:42,103 --> 01:14:45,314 Now, nothing matters to me... 649 01:14:46,732 --> 01:14:48,484 unless I can love you always. 650 01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:54,198 Together, we can find a way. 651 01:14:55,533 --> 01:14:57,493 No, it's not my fault. 652 01:14:57,785 --> 01:15:00,204 It's not my fault if you misunderstood. 653 01:15:02,164 --> 01:15:03,332 You're clever. 654 01:15:04,333 --> 01:15:05,626 I'll make you regret it. 655 01:15:09,171 --> 01:15:11,007 Now I'm the one who doesn't want you. 656 01:15:12,550 --> 01:15:13,342 Get out. 657 01:15:26,063 --> 01:15:27,481 It makes life hard for me. 658 01:15:32,570 --> 01:15:34,572 I like to hear of quarrels between nuns. 659 01:15:38,534 --> 01:15:39,285 Tell me more. 660 01:15:41,787 --> 01:15:43,622 You must take care of the young man. 661 01:15:54,508 --> 01:15:58,471 You excite me more than any woman I've ever known. 662 01:16:04,351 --> 01:16:05,519 What do you want me to do? 663 01:16:07,396 --> 01:16:08,147 Tell me. 664 01:16:12,693 --> 01:16:15,529 If he should come for a rendezvous... 665 01:16:24,455 --> 01:16:26,415 That should be amusing. 666 01:16:45,392 --> 01:16:46,936 Sister, I'd like to have those things... 667 01:16:47,228 --> 01:16:48,521 I gave you when I arrived here. 668 01:16:48,813 --> 01:16:50,189 But you may keep half of them. 669 01:16:52,399 --> 01:16:53,442 What for? 670 01:16:53,734 --> 01:16:55,486 What do you want to do, run away with him? 671 01:16:55,778 --> 01:16:58,030 Anyway, your things, like all of the others... 672 01:16:58,322 --> 01:16:59,073 are kept under lock and key. 673 01:16:59,365 --> 01:17:00,116 You should have warned me. 674 01:17:00,407 --> 01:17:01,283 Let her go. 675 01:17:02,243 --> 01:17:04,328 But don't forget, if the inquisitors catch a nun... 676 01:17:04,620 --> 01:17:07,373 who runs away, she can even be put to death. 677 01:17:07,665 --> 01:17:08,332 Hurry. 678 01:18:29,496 --> 01:18:31,999 I told you, he wasn't to be killed... 679 01:18:32,291 --> 01:18:33,667 but only cut up a certain way. 680 01:18:35,628 --> 01:18:36,545 Someone's coming. 681 01:18:44,220 --> 01:18:45,012 Julian? 682 01:18:48,140 --> 01:18:48,724 Julian? 683 01:18:59,485 --> 01:19:02,571 They killed him! 684 01:19:02,863 --> 01:19:04,365 Carmela, that's wrong? 685 01:19:04,657 --> 01:19:05,658 He's dead! 686 01:19:05,950 --> 01:19:08,118 No! 687 01:19:08,410 --> 01:19:10,204 They've killed him! 688 01:19:10,496 --> 01:19:11,330 No, no no no! 689 01:19:13,791 --> 01:19:14,583 Murderers! 690 01:19:15,542 --> 01:19:16,335 Let me go! 691 01:19:17,461 --> 01:19:22,383 They've killed him, my Julian. 692 01:19:22,758 --> 01:19:25,302 Let me go, let me go! I want to die too. 693 01:19:25,594 --> 01:19:28,180 I don't want to live without him. 694 01:19:29,515 --> 01:19:32,601 She said someone killed Julian. 695 01:19:32,893 --> 01:19:35,604 I have no one! No family! 696 01:19:35,896 --> 01:19:36,897 Now they they've killed Julian... 697 01:19:37,189 --> 01:19:38,399 I have nothing left to live for. 698 01:19:38,691 --> 01:19:39,650 Let me die! 699 01:19:40,734 --> 01:19:41,527 Julian! 700 01:19:43,696 --> 01:19:46,282 It was you. She did it. 701 01:19:46,573 --> 01:19:47,574 It was you. 702 01:19:47,866 --> 01:19:48,492 Me? I know nothing. 703 01:19:48,784 --> 01:19:50,202 Yes you do! You do! 704 01:19:51,537 --> 01:19:52,997 She did it! 705 01:19:53,289 --> 01:19:54,665 Damn the day I was born. 706 01:19:56,333 --> 01:19:57,418 Carmela! 707 01:19:57,710 --> 01:19:58,377 Are you mad? 708 01:19:58,669 --> 01:19:59,253 Damn you all! 709 01:19:59,545 --> 01:20:00,337 Take her away. 710 01:20:00,629 --> 01:20:03,632 Damn you, the whole lot of you! 711 01:20:03,924 --> 01:20:04,550 Let me go! 712 01:20:06,635 --> 01:20:09,430 I want to die. Let me kill myself! 713 01:20:10,556 --> 01:20:11,348 Let me go! 714 01:20:12,558 --> 01:20:13,350 Oh! 715 01:20:23,610 --> 01:20:27,031 Sisters, we can find no trace neither inside... 716 01:20:27,323 --> 01:20:29,325 nor outside the convent walls... 717 01:20:29,616 --> 01:20:32,119 of what Carmela says has happened. 718 01:20:32,411 --> 01:20:34,413 We must presume she was delirious. 719 01:20:36,665 --> 01:20:37,583 How is she today? 720 01:20:39,501 --> 01:20:42,212 She has stopped crying and murmurs senseless phrases. 721 01:20:44,381 --> 01:20:46,759 May the Lord have mercy on our sister Carmela. 722 01:20:47,760 --> 01:20:49,136 Let us pray for her. 723 01:21:51,115 --> 01:21:51,698 Jesus... 724 01:21:55,369 --> 01:21:57,079 I bless 1,000 times the moment... 725 01:21:57,371 --> 01:21:59,498 that you came into this world. 726 01:22:01,834 --> 01:22:03,377 You who suffered for us. 727 01:22:04,420 --> 01:22:08,549 You whose flesh was humiliated and martyred. 728 01:22:10,634 --> 01:22:12,094 You can understand me. 729 01:22:13,137 --> 01:22:14,680 You died for our sins. 730 01:22:14,972 --> 01:22:16,098 Please forgive me. 731 01:22:20,269 --> 01:22:21,061 I beg you. 732 01:22:22,271 --> 01:22:24,314 Give me the strength to continue living. 733 01:22:31,780 --> 01:22:33,657 Mother of God... 734 01:22:35,576 --> 01:22:37,119 intercede with your son. 735 01:22:39,204 --> 01:22:40,539 Ave Maria. 736 01:22:58,515 --> 01:22:59,308 Amen. 737 01:23:14,198 --> 01:23:15,574 Through thy death and burial. 738 01:23:15,866 --> 01:23:16,450 Deliver us, O Lord. 739 01:23:16,742 --> 01:23:17,534 Through thy holy resurrection. 740 01:23:17,826 --> 01:23:18,994 Deliver us, O Lord. 741 01:23:19,286 --> 01:23:20,537 Through thy admirable ascension. 742 01:23:20,829 --> 01:23:21,997 Deliver us, O Lord. 743 01:23:22,289 --> 01:23:23,332 Through the coming of the Holy Spirit... 744 01:23:23,624 --> 01:23:24,374 the comforter. 745 01:23:24,666 --> 01:23:25,626 Deliver us, O Lord. 746 01:23:25,918 --> 01:23:26,668 In the day of judgment. 747 01:23:26,960 --> 01:23:28,337 Deliver us. 748 01:23:28,629 --> 01:23:29,630 Mother of our Savior. 749 01:23:29,922 --> 01:23:31,548 Pray for us. 750 01:23:32,841 --> 01:23:35,093 Help her, quickly. 751 01:23:38,597 --> 01:23:40,432 What you have confessed is terrible. 752 01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:45,187 For a nun to have a child is a desecration. 753 01:23:55,739 --> 01:23:57,574 You must be put in the isolation cell. 754 01:24:03,163 --> 01:24:05,040 I'll do the best I can. 755 01:24:07,501 --> 01:24:10,420 I'll try to keep the secret within the convent walls. 756 01:24:12,297 --> 01:24:15,509 Forgive me, Mother. Please, what can I do? 757 01:24:17,135 --> 01:24:17,719 Nothing. 758 01:24:18,804 --> 01:24:19,721 You can do nothing. 759 01:24:21,557 --> 01:24:23,600 You cannot destroy the fruits of your womb. 760 01:24:32,568 --> 01:24:34,611 What is it, more soldiers? 761 01:24:37,197 --> 01:24:40,117 No, no it's the carts... 762 01:24:40,409 --> 01:24:41,785 taking the women to their men. 763 01:24:43,203 --> 01:24:45,080 Oh, Julian. 764 01:24:51,628 --> 01:24:53,547 Carmela, you have to be strong. 765 01:24:56,633 --> 01:24:58,176 Her time is near. 766 01:24:58,468 --> 01:24:59,344 Fetch Sister Rita. 767 01:25:10,564 --> 01:25:12,566 His name will be Julian. 768 01:25:12,858 --> 01:25:15,027 We'll baptize him Julian. 769 01:25:15,319 --> 01:25:16,111 Which saint is he? 770 01:25:17,237 --> 01:25:18,322 I know one St. Julian. 771 01:25:18,614 --> 01:25:20,240 He was a soldier in the Roman Empire. 772 01:25:20,532 --> 01:25:22,242 St. Julian the Martyr, he's called. 773 01:25:22,534 --> 01:25:25,454 But also the humane, for the hospitals he helped provide. 774 01:25:27,789 --> 01:25:30,250 It's such a beautiful name. 775 01:26:00,447 --> 01:26:02,324 No! 776 01:26:12,167 --> 01:26:12,751 No! 777 01:26:16,713 --> 01:26:18,090 No! 778 01:26:21,301 --> 01:26:23,053 More, Carmela, more. 779 01:26:24,346 --> 01:26:25,389 Push. 780 01:26:28,767 --> 01:26:30,602 You have to help us. 781 01:26:30,894 --> 01:26:32,312 That's it. 782 01:26:32,604 --> 01:26:34,022 Just like that. 783 01:26:34,314 --> 01:26:36,233 Harder, don't relax. 784 01:26:36,525 --> 01:26:37,609 Just a little more. 785 01:26:41,154 --> 01:26:42,406 Come, come, come. 786 01:26:45,617 --> 01:26:46,618 Oh. 787 01:26:49,913 --> 01:26:50,580 That's it. 788 01:26:51,832 --> 01:26:53,125 More. 789 01:26:53,417 --> 01:26:54,084 Oh, oh. 790 01:26:56,169 --> 01:26:56,753 Oh. 791 01:27:09,516 --> 01:27:10,475 Carmela. 792 01:27:22,571 --> 01:27:24,990 If what the person has written in this anonymous report... 793 01:27:25,282 --> 01:27:26,783 is a fact, it's indefensible. 794 01:27:27,743 --> 01:27:30,704 Would Your Grace authorize me to investigate the convent? 795 01:27:31,830 --> 01:27:33,165 You shall. 796 01:27:33,457 --> 01:27:36,168 I too shall go, and we'll break the cloister seal... 797 01:27:36,460 --> 01:27:37,711 in the presence of the militia. 798 01:28:01,193 --> 01:28:03,153 What has happened here is infamous! 799 01:28:04,362 --> 01:28:09,117 A shameful blight not only on this convent and our diocese... 800 01:28:09,409 --> 01:28:12,120 but the entire religious community of our country. 801 01:28:13,121 --> 01:28:17,167 I warn you, concealing the guilty is also a capital sin... 802 01:28:17,459 --> 01:28:18,710 in the eyes of the church. 803 01:28:20,837 --> 01:28:25,050 And unless you surrender freely to the secular arm 804 01:28:25,342 --> 01:28:26,468 this fiend you are hiding... 805 01:28:27,761 --> 01:28:30,430 you are all in league with the devil. 806 01:28:30,722 --> 01:28:31,348 Now! 807 01:28:33,350 --> 01:28:34,601 Which is the mother? 808 01:28:40,398 --> 01:28:42,234 I want to know the mother! 809 01:28:42,526 --> 01:28:43,193 She is. 810 01:28:45,779 --> 01:28:46,571 Yes. 811 01:28:48,532 --> 01:28:50,575 It's true. I'm the mother. 812 01:28:50,867 --> 01:28:53,995 No, she's lying. 813 01:28:55,121 --> 01:28:55,747 I'm the mother. 814 01:28:58,166 --> 01:29:01,169 The sisters are not telling the truth. I'm the mother. 815 01:29:01,461 --> 01:29:02,128 Wait. 816 01:29:03,630 --> 01:29:06,049 It's nothing to be ashamed of. 817 01:29:06,341 --> 01:29:07,259 I'm the mother. 818 01:29:07,551 --> 01:29:08,426 It's not true, I'm the mother. 819 01:29:08,718 --> 01:29:10,428 Enough, silence! 820 01:29:12,264 --> 01:29:15,392 Now let only the guilty nun confess her crime. 821 01:29:15,684 --> 01:29:17,102 I am the mother. 822 01:29:17,394 --> 01:29:18,353 He's my son. 823 01:29:19,771 --> 01:29:22,524 No, he's my son. He's my son. 824 01:29:22,816 --> 01:29:24,693 Do you hear, I'm the mother. 825 01:29:24,985 --> 01:29:27,028 It's my child. He's mine. 826 01:29:28,905 --> 01:29:31,366 Enough, enough! Silence! 827 01:29:31,658 --> 01:29:32,993 I'm the mother. 828 01:29:34,286 --> 01:29:35,537 No, I'm the mother. 829 01:29:36,788 --> 01:29:39,666 If every nun claims it, you laugh at me! 830 01:29:39,958 --> 01:29:42,127 Now the diocese will close your rebellious convent! 831 01:29:56,391 --> 01:29:59,060 I'm the mother. I'm the mother. 832 01:30:20,707 --> 01:30:24,419 Carmela, you'll have to leave with the baby. 833 01:30:25,503 --> 01:30:28,548 If you wear these men's clothes, it'll be easier for you. 834 01:30:30,383 --> 01:30:32,594 In a few hours, they'll be no one left here. 835 01:30:32,886 --> 01:30:33,720 We're being sent away. 836 01:30:35,722 --> 01:30:38,058 The soldiers are coming to escort us tomorrow. 837 01:30:39,768 --> 01:30:41,353 The order is being dissolved. 838 01:30:42,520 --> 01:30:45,065 I'm not worthy of your sacrifice. 839 01:30:45,357 --> 01:30:46,066 That's not true. 840 01:30:46,358 --> 01:30:48,234 You'll be treated horribly... 841 01:30:48,526 --> 01:30:50,987 in the convents where you're placed, won't you? 842 01:30:51,279 --> 01:30:52,364 Don't think about it. 843 01:30:54,449 --> 01:30:55,241 Mother. 844 01:30:57,744 --> 01:30:59,537 Mother, God bless you. 845 01:31:00,622 --> 01:31:02,999 It's almost daylight. 846 01:31:03,291 --> 01:31:05,210 Mother, she has to go now. 847 01:31:09,631 --> 01:31:10,423 Carmela. 848 01:31:13,510 --> 01:31:14,344 Go. 849 01:31:50,755 --> 01:31:52,966 I'd like to say goodbye to the others. 850 01:31:53,258 --> 01:31:55,218 No, it will be dangerous. 851 01:31:58,096 --> 01:31:59,222 Could you ever forgive me? 852 01:32:00,765 --> 01:32:02,934 I've already forgiven you. 853 01:32:05,603 --> 01:32:06,271 Goodbye. 854 01:32:08,231 --> 01:32:08,982 I love you. 855 01:32:20,201 --> 01:32:21,786 Here's your jewelry. 856 01:32:23,747 --> 01:32:25,582 And more from all of us. 857 01:32:25,874 --> 01:32:27,167 It'll be useful. 858 01:32:35,133 --> 01:32:36,051 Thank you, Sister. 859 01:32:38,636 --> 01:32:40,180 Wait a little. 860 01:32:40,472 --> 01:32:41,973 When we're all out of the place... 861 01:32:42,265 --> 01:32:43,433 go wait by the ruined church. 862 01:32:43,725 --> 01:32:46,061 You'll see a woman who will look after you there. 863 01:33:20,303 --> 01:33:21,387 Excuse me, Sister. 864 01:33:23,640 --> 01:33:25,475 Have you seen a young man with a baby? 865 01:33:28,853 --> 01:33:30,647 I was supposed to dress like a man. 866 01:33:31,856 --> 01:33:32,649 I didn't. 867 01:33:34,359 --> 01:33:35,527 But I'm the one you were to meet. 868 01:33:35,819 --> 01:33:38,071 But is your habit worn every day? 869 01:33:38,363 --> 01:33:39,531 Or did you borrow the veil? 870 01:33:40,532 --> 01:33:42,325 If God has accepted the vows I made... 871 01:33:42,617 --> 01:33:45,036 in my heart, I'm truly a nun. 872 01:34:25,368 --> 01:34:26,286 Well help me. 873 01:34:31,374 --> 01:34:32,625 What is your name? 874 01:34:32,917 --> 01:34:34,169 Sister Agnes. 875 01:34:35,628 --> 01:34:37,755 What will you do from now on? 876 01:34:39,674 --> 01:34:41,467 Aid those who suffer in this world. 877 01:34:48,099 --> 01:34:50,310 You have courage, Sister.