1 00:02:00,837 --> 00:02:04,193 Languedoc - 12th century 2 00:03:09,277 --> 00:03:11,837 Joseph, my son! Take your mother and go! 3 00:04:48,157 --> 00:04:51,069 "By order of the Holy Church of Languedoc, 4 00:04:51,637 --> 00:04:53,753 "the Tribunal of the lnquisition 5 00:04:53,917 --> 00:04:56,477 "sentences the heretic Gerard Breuil 6 00:04:57,117 --> 00:05:01,235 "to be burnt at the stake, along with all his writings, 7 00:05:01,557 --> 00:05:04,355 "for straying from the way of Our Lord 8 00:05:04,517 --> 00:05:07,987 "and translating the work of the heretic Averroes." 9 00:06:34,917 --> 00:06:38,592 DESTINY 10 00:08:06,597 --> 00:08:08,110 Joseph... 11 00:08:08,277 --> 00:08:10,029 your mother is dead. 12 00:08:10,397 --> 00:08:11,386 Calm down. 13 00:08:11,557 --> 00:08:13,946 Go... I'll take care of everything. 14 00:08:34,557 --> 00:08:37,355 Andalusia - 1 2th century 15 00:08:38,757 --> 00:08:40,554 Long live Caliph Mansur! 16 00:08:45,757 --> 00:08:47,668 Long live Caliph Mansur! 17 00:08:48,997 --> 00:08:51,511 Long live the victor of Alarcos! 18 00:08:53,677 --> 00:08:55,633 You praise him, like these infidels? 19 00:08:55,797 --> 00:08:59,233 I have orders: flatter him until he bursts. 20 00:09:06,517 --> 00:09:07,836 Join in! 21 00:09:31,477 --> 00:09:32,990 I'll give you 5 dinars. 22 00:09:33,277 --> 00:09:36,474 Are you joking? This book comes from Baghdad! 23 00:09:36,637 --> 00:09:39,151 The Caliph would pay 1 00 dinars for it! 24 00:09:39,317 --> 00:09:41,672 He'd bargain with a wretch like you? 25 00:09:41,837 --> 00:09:42,986 I'll buy it. 26 00:09:43,157 --> 00:09:46,832 If I don't buy it for the Caliph's library, he'll slay me. 27 00:09:47,037 --> 00:09:49,597 I need it for my studies. I can barely 28 00:09:49,797 --> 00:09:51,469 afford it. 29 00:09:54,717 --> 00:09:55,832 For your studies? 30 00:09:56,077 --> 00:09:57,988 Then take it. It's yours. 31 00:10:02,357 --> 00:10:04,871 I'll let you have it for 7 dinars. 32 00:10:06,157 --> 00:10:07,875 All I have is five. 33 00:10:09,677 --> 00:10:11,588 You've earned it, wretch. 34 00:10:14,117 --> 00:10:16,995 Where can I find Averroes, the High Judge? 35 00:10:18,157 --> 00:10:20,830 He's my teacher. I'll take you to him. 36 00:10:23,077 --> 00:10:25,272 Wasting such blue eyes on a boy... 37 00:10:25,437 --> 00:10:27,268 how unfair! 38 00:10:28,397 --> 00:10:31,230 Eat! You're all skin and bones! 39 00:10:31,957 --> 00:10:33,470 There's enough for an army! 40 00:10:33,637 --> 00:10:35,593 She complains that I'm stingy 41 00:10:35,757 --> 00:10:38,146 but she feeds the whole neighborhood. 42 00:10:38,957 --> 00:10:42,154 If it weren't for me, you'd all look like him! 43 00:10:42,557 --> 00:10:44,434 Our eyes would turn blue? 44 00:10:45,837 --> 00:10:49,386 Don't take another bite. Manuela will put a curse 45 00:10:49,557 --> 00:10:52,117 on anyone who doesn't taste her biscuits. 46 00:10:52,277 --> 00:10:55,667 She's challenging me again? Go get my date bread. 47 00:10:55,837 --> 00:10:58,670 Just one bite and she'll turn green with envy. 48 00:10:59,197 --> 00:11:01,586 - Take it to her. - I'm no delivery boy! 49 00:11:01,757 --> 00:11:03,952 I'm the son of the Caliph! 50 00:11:04,117 --> 00:11:05,755 As modest as his father. 51 00:11:05,957 --> 00:11:07,470 Tell on me then, Uncle! 52 00:11:07,637 --> 00:11:10,105 If I were your father, I'd disown you! 53 00:11:10,277 --> 00:11:11,266 I'm going dancing! 54 00:11:11,437 --> 00:11:14,713 Unbelievable! The Caliph's son wants to be a dancer! 55 00:11:15,037 --> 00:11:16,026 We call this culture? 56 00:11:16,197 --> 00:11:19,792 At his age, I could dance for three days straight! 57 00:11:20,077 --> 00:11:24,116 Come to the inn, Blue Eyes, or they'll stuff you till you burst. 58 00:11:24,277 --> 00:11:25,346 I should stay. 59 00:11:25,517 --> 00:11:27,792 I'm warning you... 60 00:11:27,997 --> 00:11:30,431 they go to bed when the sun sets. 61 00:11:31,797 --> 00:11:34,186 Abdallah, you forgot these. 62 00:11:40,957 --> 00:11:43,915 I'll lock you in a dungeon filled with books! 63 00:11:59,757 --> 00:12:00,826 Finally... 64 00:12:00,997 --> 00:12:02,271 Is Your Highness sick? 65 00:12:02,437 --> 00:12:04,871 Do I have to be sick to see you? 66 00:12:05,037 --> 00:12:06,265 Let's play. 67 00:12:06,437 --> 00:12:08,712 - At this hour? - I can't sleep. 68 00:12:08,917 --> 00:12:11,351 I've been back from the war for four days. 69 00:12:11,557 --> 00:12:12,706 Where were you? 70 00:12:12,997 --> 00:12:13,827 What's wrong? 71 00:12:15,997 --> 00:12:18,830 It's my sons, Nasser and Abdallah. 72 00:12:18,997 --> 00:12:20,396 They're failures. 73 00:12:20,557 --> 00:12:22,991 You're finally thinking about them! 74 00:12:23,197 --> 00:12:25,108 They're vulnerable. 75 00:12:26,517 --> 00:12:28,348 What do you expect of them? 76 00:12:28,517 --> 00:12:31,953 What do you want them to be: thinking men or lackeys? 77 00:12:32,397 --> 00:12:34,592 I've run circles around the Spaniards. 78 00:12:34,757 --> 00:12:37,271 - We're talking about your sons. - You're obsessed! 79 00:12:37,437 --> 00:12:39,553 You're the one who's worried! 80 00:12:42,837 --> 00:12:45,954 All that interests Nasser is horses and girls. 81 00:12:47,237 --> 00:12:49,307 And Abdallah is beyond all hope. 82 00:12:49,477 --> 00:12:52,435 If I lock him in his room, he escapes. 83 00:12:53,117 --> 00:12:54,755 I threaten him... 84 00:12:54,917 --> 00:12:57,477 I even beat him, but it's hopeless. 85 00:12:57,797 --> 00:12:58,786 He slips away. 86 00:12:58,957 --> 00:13:00,913 Give him real responsibilities. 87 00:13:01,077 --> 00:13:03,545 You treat him like a mere servant. 88 00:13:03,717 --> 00:13:05,708 All he's good for is gypsy dancing. 89 00:13:05,877 --> 00:13:07,469 If you saw how he danced... 90 00:13:07,837 --> 00:13:09,270 Dancing! 91 00:13:09,597 --> 00:13:11,792 My son, a dancer! 92 00:13:12,077 --> 00:13:13,988 And what if he's happy dancing? 93 00:13:14,157 --> 00:13:16,910 When my daughter disagrees with me, 94 00:13:17,077 --> 00:13:19,637 she just blurts out: "You're wrong!" 95 00:13:23,037 --> 00:13:25,153 Instead of being our children's enemies, 96 00:13:25,437 --> 00:13:27,268 Iet's try to persuade them. 97 00:13:27,517 --> 00:13:30,509 Childish soul-searching pales in comparison 98 00:13:30,677 --> 00:13:32,793 with the reality of Conquest! 99 00:13:33,157 --> 00:13:34,670 Checkmate. 100 00:13:35,317 --> 00:13:36,306 All the better! 101 00:13:36,477 --> 00:13:38,274 You see? I'm unbeatable! 102 00:13:38,437 --> 00:13:39,187 Goodnight. 103 00:13:39,357 --> 00:13:41,029 Stay and learn to play. 104 00:13:41,197 --> 00:13:43,267 If I don't get to bed, I'll collapse. 105 00:13:43,437 --> 00:13:46,315 - You're like Abdallah! - We both love life! 106 00:14:12,037 --> 00:14:14,153 Don't... I'm scared. 107 00:14:14,397 --> 00:14:16,706 No... We want each other. 108 00:14:16,877 --> 00:14:18,788 It's simple... 109 00:14:19,237 --> 00:14:22,513 Get dressed. Help me to stay chaste. 110 00:14:29,437 --> 00:14:30,711 That's ridiculous. 111 00:14:33,277 --> 00:14:35,837 I'm hiding our relationship from Manuela. 112 00:14:36,157 --> 00:14:38,068 Lying to my own sister! 113 00:14:39,397 --> 00:14:40,386 Did you tell anyone? 114 00:14:43,757 --> 00:14:45,873 I want to tell the whole world! 115 00:14:46,077 --> 00:14:49,308 Abdallah loves Sarah. He's wild about her. 116 00:14:49,797 --> 00:14:51,071 Too bad she doesn't... 117 00:14:51,237 --> 00:14:53,353 No, I love you too. 118 00:14:53,717 --> 00:14:54,945 Terribly... 119 00:14:56,837 --> 00:14:58,429 Mere words... 120 00:14:58,597 --> 00:15:00,508 If Manuela finds out, she'll kill me. 121 00:15:00,677 --> 00:15:03,510 - She trusts me. - And you're betraying her. 122 00:15:03,997 --> 00:15:06,636 It's not my fault... It's the Devil. 123 00:15:07,157 --> 00:15:10,035 He's a naughty boy... a dirty little rascal. 124 00:15:15,557 --> 00:15:18,469 Every time we meet, I feel 125 00:15:19,157 --> 00:15:21,034 it's going to be the last. 126 00:15:21,197 --> 00:15:24,189 The son of the Caliph and a poor gypsy girl... 127 00:15:30,317 --> 00:15:33,036 You may think I'm strange... 128 00:15:33,237 --> 00:15:35,193 but that's just the way I am. 129 00:15:47,277 --> 00:15:47,948 Soad! 130 00:16:00,317 --> 00:16:02,035 At your service. 131 00:16:23,797 --> 00:16:25,788 They're staring at Abdallah. 132 00:16:26,077 --> 00:16:28,671 When you're a Caliph's son, people stare. 133 00:16:30,557 --> 00:16:33,867 You're worried sick, as if he were your own son. 134 00:16:35,237 --> 00:16:38,468 I'd take a son like him any day, faults and all! 135 00:16:38,837 --> 00:16:40,350 He's sulking. 136 00:16:40,517 --> 00:16:42,985 He won't speak to anyone. 137 00:16:45,237 --> 00:16:48,354 Get him to dance. He's dying to... 138 00:16:48,997 --> 00:16:50,715 The son of the Caliph? 139 00:16:50,877 --> 00:16:53,186 You're all out of your minds! 140 00:16:59,197 --> 00:17:01,267 He's had too much to drink. 141 00:17:01,517 --> 00:17:03,394 Quiet, please! 142 00:17:04,557 --> 00:17:06,070 I have a poem. 143 00:17:07,117 --> 00:17:10,826 Loving you is a slow death. My heart grieves. 144 00:17:11,997 --> 00:17:15,672 And when my torment becomes unbearable, 145 00:17:16,917 --> 00:17:20,956 I invoke my woeful heart and shout: 146 00:17:21,717 --> 00:17:25,392 "Why pine away for someone who ignores you? 147 00:17:27,197 --> 00:17:30,234 "Why care for so uncaring a creature? 148 00:17:30,637 --> 00:17:33,913 "You, prisoner of pride and vanity." 149 00:17:34,277 --> 00:17:36,586 Such depth in so few words... 150 00:17:36,757 --> 00:17:38,156 It's by Abu Nawas. 151 00:17:39,477 --> 00:17:40,751 It's amazing! 152 00:17:41,117 --> 00:17:43,392 You're so young... 153 00:17:43,557 --> 00:17:45,707 and already a genius! 154 00:17:47,877 --> 00:17:49,674 Stay with us a while. 155 00:17:49,837 --> 00:17:52,431 Share your learning with us. 156 00:17:52,677 --> 00:17:55,589 What does "prisoner of pride" mean? 157 00:17:58,157 --> 00:18:02,594 It's sort of what happens when your heart is sort of... 158 00:18:02,877 --> 00:18:06,267 It comes from deep inside. Sort of. 159 00:18:06,437 --> 00:18:07,187 I'm overwhelmed. 160 00:18:07,957 --> 00:18:11,188 I'll never attain your level of insight. 161 00:18:11,877 --> 00:18:13,947 Only a true thinker 162 00:18:14,117 --> 00:18:16,312 can appreciate such verse. 163 00:18:16,877 --> 00:18:18,595 You're a born poet. 164 00:18:18,877 --> 00:18:21,107 Every word you say is like... 165 00:18:21,517 --> 00:18:22,870 A pearl! 166 00:18:23,037 --> 00:18:24,026 A string of pearls! 167 00:18:24,397 --> 00:18:26,706 A Caliph's son mixing with commoners! 168 00:18:27,877 --> 00:18:31,313 You're modesty itself! People like you are rare. 169 00:18:32,077 --> 00:18:34,113 God keep you for your people. 170 00:18:35,517 --> 00:18:38,350 If only you could spend all night with us... 171 00:18:45,757 --> 00:18:47,827 The night is still young. 172 00:18:49,997 --> 00:18:51,589 We can wait. 173 00:19:22,477 --> 00:19:26,948 Hear me, lovers of life. 174 00:19:38,597 --> 00:19:40,872 Hearts are ablaze 175 00:19:41,037 --> 00:19:44,916 in the bonfire of love. 176 00:19:46,997 --> 00:19:49,306 If the moon hid itself, 177 00:19:49,477 --> 00:19:52,037 a thousand other moons 178 00:19:52,197 --> 00:19:55,269 would light up the night. 179 00:20:08,757 --> 00:20:11,225 They'd open the way 180 00:20:12,317 --> 00:20:14,831 for a thousand paths to the impossible. 181 00:20:23,237 --> 00:20:26,786 Even if you're late, rosy sunrise, 182 00:20:26,997 --> 00:20:31,354 source of life, we know you'll come back. 183 00:20:54,117 --> 00:20:59,066 You'll dazzle our eyes and brighten our souls, 184 00:20:59,557 --> 00:21:02,788 and you'll make us masters of our destiny. 185 00:21:02,957 --> 00:21:05,676 We'll dance as we please. 186 00:21:06,357 --> 00:21:10,475 And our dreams will dance deep in our hearts... 187 00:21:11,197 --> 00:21:12,027 Jezebel! 188 00:21:12,237 --> 00:21:15,434 We defy life with song. 189 00:21:19,437 --> 00:21:23,066 We defy life with song. 190 00:21:25,317 --> 00:21:27,512 Our hearts keep the beat. 191 00:21:28,997 --> 00:21:31,147 Our voices sing the tune. 192 00:21:32,677 --> 00:21:33,666 Our feet 193 00:21:33,917 --> 00:21:35,908 stomp to the rhythm. 194 00:21:45,477 --> 00:21:47,627 Make haste. 195 00:21:47,797 --> 00:21:51,790 The road we must travel is long... 196 00:21:57,477 --> 00:22:01,231 and we have no other. 197 00:22:03,597 --> 00:22:08,068 Every step we take is a burning torch 198 00:22:08,517 --> 00:22:12,476 guiding us on our way. 199 00:22:14,637 --> 00:22:17,754 We will not go astray. 200 00:22:24,997 --> 00:22:27,830 Dawn comes, lighting our way 201 00:22:28,397 --> 00:22:30,865 to a shimmering day. 202 00:22:31,157 --> 00:22:33,387 Dawn comes, lighting our way 203 00:22:33,717 --> 00:22:35,992 to a shimmering day. 204 00:22:36,157 --> 00:22:37,431 And if attacked, 205 00:22:37,717 --> 00:22:39,230 our dreams fight back. 206 00:22:39,437 --> 00:22:40,586 Resist! Fight! 207 00:22:40,797 --> 00:22:42,196 And vanquish! 208 00:22:43,437 --> 00:22:45,997 We must remain masters of our destiny. 209 00:22:52,997 --> 00:22:55,306 - Let's go. - Not without him. 210 00:22:55,477 --> 00:22:57,274 The Caliph's son? 211 00:22:57,437 --> 00:22:58,586 I have orders. 212 00:22:58,757 --> 00:23:01,988 They said: "Don't come back without him." 213 00:23:02,157 --> 00:23:04,352 - He'll slip away. - You think so? 214 00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:05,870 Here he comes. 215 00:23:09,917 --> 00:23:11,191 Poet! 216 00:23:12,277 --> 00:23:14,745 - Will you join us? - Why not? 217 00:23:16,837 --> 00:23:18,793 You won't be disappointed. 218 00:23:42,877 --> 00:23:44,868 Say you're sorry! Say it! 219 00:23:46,517 --> 00:23:48,951 How can l? You're gagging me! 220 00:23:49,997 --> 00:23:52,306 Hearts are ablaze... 221 00:23:53,517 --> 00:23:55,747 Let's go pray 222 00:23:55,917 --> 00:23:59,796 so God will forgive us for last night's excesses. 223 00:24:00,117 --> 00:24:01,470 What excesses? 224 00:24:02,117 --> 00:24:04,506 Dancing? I love dancing. 225 00:24:04,677 --> 00:24:07,271 Of course. Dancing is wonderful. 226 00:24:07,517 --> 00:24:10,031 You sway your head 227 00:24:10,397 --> 00:24:12,353 invoking the name of the Lord. 228 00:24:12,677 --> 00:24:15,271 Your soul follows the rhythm... 229 00:24:30,117 --> 00:24:35,032 O God, you command us and condemn us to silence. 230 00:24:36,157 --> 00:24:40,594 Let us be content with whatever you bestow on us. 231 00:24:42,157 --> 00:24:44,432 He who joins us 232 00:24:44,597 --> 00:24:47,634 will attain bliss and obtain redemption. 233 00:24:48,117 --> 00:24:50,233 He who spurns us 234 00:24:50,437 --> 00:24:52,553 will be forever damned. 235 00:24:53,917 --> 00:24:56,192 Obeying our Emir 236 00:24:56,357 --> 00:24:58,348 is our supreme desire. 237 00:24:59,757 --> 00:25:01,987 Obeying our Emir 238 00:25:02,157 --> 00:25:04,432 is our supreme desire. 239 00:25:04,597 --> 00:25:07,236 Bless us! 240 00:25:07,757 --> 00:25:09,509 Emir, bless us! 241 00:25:33,997 --> 00:25:35,032 Is anything wrong? 242 00:25:35,197 --> 00:25:36,869 No, I'm fine. 243 00:25:39,277 --> 00:25:44,067 A lazy fool learns two verses of the Koran and passes himself off 244 00:25:44,397 --> 00:25:47,867 as a purveyor of divine truth. Is this man pious? 245 00:25:49,197 --> 00:25:52,826 A true understanding of these texts 246 00:25:53,957 --> 00:25:58,235 requires years of reflection, research and labor. 247 00:25:59,677 --> 00:26:02,316 If we believe these self-proclaimed geniuses, 248 00:26:02,477 --> 00:26:04,627 we disregard this Koranic verse: 249 00:26:05,597 --> 00:26:07,394 "In the name of Allah the merciful: 250 00:26:07,557 --> 00:26:11,630 "The ignorant man, whose vain words lead astray from the way of God 251 00:26:11,837 --> 00:26:15,671 "and take it in mockery will be met by a humbling chastisement. 252 00:26:15,837 --> 00:26:18,192 "True is the word of Almighty God." 253 00:26:18,357 --> 00:26:22,635 No one can claim to know the whole truth. 254 00:26:22,917 --> 00:26:25,385 Not even Caliph Mansur? 255 00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:29,915 The lmam Malek said, pointing to the Prophet's tomb: 256 00:26:30,237 --> 00:26:34,116 "Every man can be questioned except for him who lies here." 257 00:26:35,437 --> 00:26:37,189 The lmam EI Chafei said: 258 00:26:37,357 --> 00:26:39,587 "A true opinion can seem false 259 00:26:39,757 --> 00:26:41,952 "and a false opinion, true." 260 00:26:45,397 --> 00:26:47,513 Averroes outsmarted him. 261 00:26:47,677 --> 00:26:49,508 Borhan is inept. 262 00:26:49,677 --> 00:26:51,156 Be patient. 263 00:26:51,357 --> 00:26:54,155 Borhan is craftier than you think. You'll see. 264 00:26:54,357 --> 00:26:57,747 The Koran is clear. Are you inciting us to doubt it? 265 00:26:59,077 --> 00:27:01,545 The Prophet said: 266 00:27:02,277 --> 00:27:05,667 "If your quest leads to truth, you will have two parts. 267 00:27:05,837 --> 00:27:09,750 "If it leads to error, one part. All quests are rewarded." 268 00:27:10,077 --> 00:27:11,635 "Lord, increase me in knowledge." 269 00:27:11,837 --> 00:27:13,589 Knowledge? What about faith? 270 00:27:14,237 --> 00:27:15,636 Are you contesting God? 271 00:27:15,917 --> 00:27:17,589 He outsmarted him again! 272 00:27:17,757 --> 00:27:21,830 Averroes said: "Revelation can be interpreted only by study." 273 00:27:21,997 --> 00:27:24,192 We should have answered: 274 00:27:24,397 --> 00:27:26,547 "The Text allows no interpretation." 275 00:27:27,437 --> 00:27:30,156 If you're so clever, answer him yourself 276 00:27:30,397 --> 00:27:32,786 and get your own flock of admirers. 277 00:27:33,077 --> 00:27:35,637 We have to silence Averroes. 278 00:27:35,997 --> 00:27:40,195 We must coerce the Caliph into forbidding him to teach. 279 00:27:40,837 --> 00:27:42,668 There's no use bickering. 280 00:27:43,597 --> 00:27:46,270 We'll take the necessary measures. 281 00:27:46,757 --> 00:27:49,317 "Be patient as the Messengers possessed of constancy." 282 00:27:50,397 --> 00:27:52,592 They leave the mosque one by one, 283 00:27:52,757 --> 00:27:54,987 pretending your lesson bores them. 284 00:27:55,157 --> 00:27:59,230 It's surely a ruse plotted by an invidious mind. 285 00:27:59,397 --> 00:28:02,469 I should "plot" a little song for them... 286 00:28:02,637 --> 00:28:05,390 Careful. Your song could cost you your life. 287 00:29:26,677 --> 00:29:27,746 What happened? 288 00:29:27,917 --> 00:29:29,873 Not now... 289 00:29:31,317 --> 00:29:32,432 Everyone, out! 290 00:29:57,957 --> 00:30:01,393 A pretty girl like you taking care of the laundry. 291 00:30:01,877 --> 00:30:02,946 And not of you? 292 00:30:03,757 --> 00:30:06,908 I'm ready and willing to help you discover 293 00:30:07,157 --> 00:30:08,829 the pleasures of this world. 294 00:30:09,517 --> 00:30:11,348 The nerve of you! 295 00:30:11,517 --> 00:30:15,351 Son of a Caliph or not, if you keep at it, I'll slap you! 296 00:30:15,517 --> 00:30:18,475 I'll throw you in jail and tickle you to death. 297 00:30:19,037 --> 00:30:20,311 Brute! 298 00:30:31,437 --> 00:30:34,190 He'll be on his feet in a week or so. 299 00:30:34,437 --> 00:30:36,997 For the time being, he needs to rest. 300 00:30:43,557 --> 00:30:44,876 Good going, Nasser. 301 00:30:45,357 --> 00:30:47,791 Removing the knife would have killed him. 302 00:30:48,277 --> 00:30:50,108 Did you see who attacked him? 303 00:30:50,317 --> 00:30:53,912 He was about twenty... with a crazed look in his eyes. 304 00:30:54,117 --> 00:30:56,551 - Why didn't you catch him? - And leave Marwan? 305 00:30:56,717 --> 00:30:57,467 Smart thinking! 306 00:30:57,677 --> 00:31:01,465 My horse kicked one of them in the face. 307 00:31:01,677 --> 00:31:04,396 I'd recognize the hoof-print. 308 00:31:04,757 --> 00:31:07,396 Do something or every philosopher will perish. 309 00:31:07,557 --> 00:31:08,876 Marwan, a philosopher? 310 00:31:09,037 --> 00:31:11,028 His songs belittle my father. 311 00:31:11,197 --> 00:31:15,713 It's your father's fault. He's giving the fanatics free rein. 312 00:31:16,357 --> 00:31:18,996 If I were in charge, I'd show you! 313 00:31:19,157 --> 00:31:21,227 I can just see you on the throne. 314 00:31:24,557 --> 00:31:26,627 Over there. Get off my "throne". 315 00:31:26,837 --> 00:31:28,350 Marwan! 316 00:31:32,797 --> 00:31:34,435 Shut the gates. 317 00:31:55,397 --> 00:31:58,116 I'm looking after my husband now! Understand? 318 00:31:59,717 --> 00:32:04,666 The security of the Almohad dynasty has never been so threatened. 319 00:32:05,157 --> 00:32:08,069 Where have you been, High Judge Averroes? 320 00:32:08,437 --> 00:32:11,952 And you, governor of Cordoba? And you, the crown prince? 321 00:32:12,317 --> 00:32:14,114 The country is foundering. 322 00:32:14,277 --> 00:32:17,826 After all we've done, who would dare protest? 323 00:32:18,197 --> 00:32:20,028 People are exploiting religion 324 00:32:20,197 --> 00:32:22,267 and you're letting them. 325 00:32:22,437 --> 00:32:25,315 They're the only ones we hear in the mosques. 326 00:32:25,597 --> 00:32:28,555 You'd be heard if you were as eloquent as these 327 00:32:28,837 --> 00:32:29,792 men of faith. 328 00:32:30,437 --> 00:32:32,792 Merchants of faith, if you ask me. 329 00:32:32,957 --> 00:32:35,517 Whether they rant on about Arab victories 330 00:32:35,677 --> 00:32:39,306 or about religion, they're only defending their interests. 331 00:32:39,477 --> 00:32:42,913 Stop philosophizing. We're talking about one man. 332 00:32:43,077 --> 00:32:44,635 - It's not... - Nasser! 333 00:32:44,837 --> 00:32:47,909 Find the assailant and have him executed. 334 00:32:48,077 --> 00:32:52,116 It's not a man, but a movement gnawing away at your authority. 335 00:32:52,277 --> 00:32:57,032 No movement in the world can shake my throne. 336 00:32:57,197 --> 00:32:59,836 These barbarians are jeopardizing our culture. 337 00:32:59,997 --> 00:33:03,592 What are you waiting for? Go execute my sentence. 338 00:33:10,597 --> 00:33:13,111 Have the assailant interrogated. 339 00:33:13,317 --> 00:33:15,831 He may tell us what's ailing our country. 340 00:33:15,997 --> 00:33:18,557 The country isn't ailing. It's in fine shape. 341 00:33:18,717 --> 00:33:19,991 The danger is real. 342 00:33:20,237 --> 00:33:23,786 They're a menace to the whole realm, not just Andalusia. 343 00:33:23,957 --> 00:33:26,790 They've indoctrinated thousands of young people. 344 00:33:26,957 --> 00:33:28,072 By magic? 345 00:33:29,557 --> 00:33:33,106 I think the assailant was manipulated by conspirators. 346 00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:35,837 Let the law decide. 347 00:33:36,197 --> 00:33:38,995 Show in the commander of the cavalry. 348 00:33:44,477 --> 00:33:46,308 In my opinion... 349 00:33:46,637 --> 00:33:48,867 You have opinions now? 350 00:33:50,997 --> 00:33:53,875 Opinions, positions... 351 00:33:54,317 --> 00:33:57,070 Convictions, too. A lot more than you think. 352 00:33:57,237 --> 00:33:59,432 Why not take my throne from me? 353 00:33:59,597 --> 00:34:02,509 Turn my people into a dance troupe! 354 00:34:04,037 --> 00:34:06,995 If my ideas bore you, I'll go elsewhere. 355 00:34:07,157 --> 00:34:09,876 Find a mosque and speak your heart out! 356 00:34:10,037 --> 00:34:12,835 Why not? I have a mouth... 357 00:34:13,557 --> 00:34:16,515 You do. It's a brain you don't have. 358 00:34:16,877 --> 00:34:18,469 God help you. 359 00:34:18,637 --> 00:34:20,753 - What? - God bless you. 360 00:34:21,397 --> 00:34:22,989 High Judge! 361 00:34:23,957 --> 00:34:25,310 Does he deserve to die? 362 00:34:25,917 --> 00:34:28,670 The Caliph's moods have replaced our laws. 363 00:34:28,837 --> 00:34:31,874 Go kill the boy. Obey your father's orders! 364 00:34:32,197 --> 00:34:34,506 His Highness demands blind allegiance. 365 00:34:34,677 --> 00:34:37,237 - Maybe I should... - You decide. 366 00:34:38,197 --> 00:34:40,472 If I were you, I'd think it over. 367 00:34:41,397 --> 00:34:42,386 Think hard. 368 00:35:21,997 --> 00:35:24,192 This is only the beginning! 369 00:35:24,397 --> 00:35:26,513 My son! 370 00:35:27,797 --> 00:35:29,116 My child! 371 00:35:32,357 --> 00:35:35,474 Why arrest him? Anyone could have done it! 372 00:35:36,117 --> 00:35:37,869 Where are you taking him? 373 00:35:42,437 --> 00:35:45,235 Did you attack Marwan because of his poems? 374 00:35:45,397 --> 00:35:47,467 - I've never read them. - Why then? 375 00:35:47,637 --> 00:35:50,788 If God lets me live, I'll stab him again. 376 00:35:51,037 --> 00:35:52,436 He's the enemy of God. 377 00:35:52,597 --> 00:35:55,316 - You didn't dress your wound. - It's a sin. 378 00:35:56,437 --> 00:35:59,429 Who told you Marwan is an enemy of God? 379 00:35:59,597 --> 00:36:01,713 Good Muslims don't sing. 380 00:36:06,157 --> 00:36:08,068 He's stark-raving mad. 381 00:36:08,237 --> 00:36:11,229 He repeats like a parrot without understanding. 382 00:36:11,517 --> 00:36:15,715 How do they kill all feelings in these boys 383 00:36:16,197 --> 00:36:18,665 and turn them into criminals? 384 00:36:18,837 --> 00:36:22,113 He has a brother who escaped from the sect. 385 00:36:22,517 --> 00:36:24,587 He tried to kill him too. 386 00:36:27,917 --> 00:36:30,715 I'd like to meet the brother. 387 00:36:32,197 --> 00:36:33,232 I'll get him. 388 00:36:33,477 --> 00:36:36,196 No... Iet's go to his house. 389 00:36:36,477 --> 00:36:40,834 They made my head spin with flattery. I believed them... 390 00:36:41,597 --> 00:36:44,157 "You're so smart... so unique... 391 00:36:44,357 --> 00:36:48,191 "Every word you speak is a pearl. Show us the way... 392 00:36:48,437 --> 00:36:51,827 "Let's go spend a few days in the desert. 393 00:36:52,317 --> 00:36:55,946 "If we meditate together, we'll be as one. 394 00:36:56,637 --> 00:36:58,867 "Nothing will ever tear us apart." 395 00:37:00,237 --> 00:37:02,148 Then they began to wear us down. 396 00:37:03,397 --> 00:37:06,867 Praying until dawn, marching through the desert... 397 00:37:08,197 --> 00:37:09,869 endlessly... 398 00:37:10,797 --> 00:37:13,027 in the burning sun. 399 00:37:14,077 --> 00:37:16,591 Not knowing where we were going, or why... 400 00:37:16,877 --> 00:37:18,868 Our feet burnt by the sand. 401 00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:21,870 "It purifies the soul and strengthens the will." 402 00:37:22,397 --> 00:37:24,706 In fact, it shattered our wills. 403 00:37:25,957 --> 00:37:29,711 We became slaves to the Emir's will. 404 00:37:33,157 --> 00:37:35,193 I was instructed to tell people 405 00:37:35,917 --> 00:37:38,067 that they had become impious, 406 00:37:38,477 --> 00:37:41,435 that they had to regain the path to Truth. 407 00:38:12,397 --> 00:38:16,470 Follow my advice and you'll see the way. 408 00:38:16,717 --> 00:38:19,834 Just like our Emir, who sees all, 409 00:38:20,517 --> 00:38:24,192 past, present and future... 410 00:38:25,357 --> 00:38:27,712 One day, he saw me steal from my mother 411 00:38:27,877 --> 00:38:29,629 and stick my finger in her eye. 412 00:38:29,797 --> 00:38:32,789 He shouted: "You shall deliver the world 413 00:38:33,357 --> 00:38:34,836 from the enemies of God!" 414 00:38:35,037 --> 00:38:36,550 He guides my weapon. 415 00:38:37,237 --> 00:38:39,626 Every throat I cut 416 00:38:43,357 --> 00:38:46,872 takes me one step closer to Paradise. 417 00:38:49,877 --> 00:38:50,627 Yesterday 418 00:38:52,877 --> 00:38:55,869 he had a vision: I was dressed in white, 419 00:38:57,197 --> 00:38:59,552 on my way to Paradise. 420 00:39:00,757 --> 00:39:02,668 Everything I'd ever longed for 421 00:39:03,197 --> 00:39:05,836 was laid out before me. 422 00:39:09,397 --> 00:39:10,876 That can only mean 423 00:39:12,837 --> 00:39:14,793 that I'm very close 424 00:39:16,957 --> 00:39:18,788 to being delivered. 425 00:39:21,157 --> 00:39:22,510 How about me? 426 00:39:22,877 --> 00:39:24,833 We chose you, didn't we? 427 00:39:25,317 --> 00:39:27,353 I shouldn't tell you this... 428 00:39:30,477 --> 00:39:34,390 The Emir had a vision of you ruling over Andalusia 429 00:39:34,597 --> 00:39:37,031 with all of us at your feet. 430 00:39:38,077 --> 00:39:41,274 We are your true family. 431 00:39:46,077 --> 00:39:49,194 Flee those who are in the clutches of the Devil. 432 00:39:50,317 --> 00:39:53,548 Open your heart and tell me all about yourself. 433 00:39:55,837 --> 00:39:56,474 All right? 434 00:40:00,397 --> 00:40:01,386 All right. 435 00:40:01,597 --> 00:40:02,871 What does your son do? 436 00:40:03,037 --> 00:40:07,076 Nothing at all! Everyone says he's a good-for-nothing! 437 00:40:07,237 --> 00:40:09,034 He should find a job! 438 00:40:09,197 --> 00:40:12,234 You find him one! You know lots of people. 439 00:40:12,397 --> 00:40:14,467 You're an important man. 440 00:40:14,637 --> 00:40:16,673 What can he do? 441 00:40:16,997 --> 00:40:20,148 He never liked studying. He likes giving orders. 442 00:40:20,317 --> 00:40:22,035 Make a soldier out of him! 443 00:40:22,197 --> 00:40:24,711 Someone told him: "Learn a few verses 444 00:40:24,877 --> 00:40:27,266 and you can order people around." 445 00:40:27,437 --> 00:40:31,635 Who wants to keep on being a good-for-nothing? 446 00:40:32,237 --> 00:40:34,797 Does murder make you good for something? 447 00:40:34,997 --> 00:40:37,386 - Answer me. - Stop harassing him! 448 00:40:37,557 --> 00:40:39,115 Has he lost his tongue? 449 00:40:39,277 --> 00:40:42,952 He's been silent for a month. When he does talk, he says: 450 00:40:43,117 --> 00:40:46,234 "I'll make you rich, you and all the neighbors!" 451 00:40:46,397 --> 00:40:49,833 Then he goes back to bed and he sleeps. And sleeps! 452 00:40:54,837 --> 00:40:56,953 Once thoroughly exhausted, 453 00:40:57,157 --> 00:41:00,433 you're ready to obey any orders. If they say 454 00:41:00,637 --> 00:41:02,753 "Kill your father," you do it. 455 00:41:02,917 --> 00:41:06,626 And if you get caught, they're the first to turn on you. 456 00:41:07,677 --> 00:41:09,633 What do you think, Sheik Riad? 457 00:41:09,797 --> 00:41:13,676 Can someone regain his dignity by stabbing a poet? 458 00:41:14,477 --> 00:41:16,866 The only right way is the way of the Lord. 459 00:41:17,037 --> 00:41:19,505 Had Marwan lost his way? 460 00:41:19,917 --> 00:41:22,989 Marwan is old enough to know right from wrong. 461 00:41:23,317 --> 00:41:25,672 "Evil is self-evident." 462 00:41:26,037 --> 00:41:29,552 Can these three children tell good from evil? 463 00:41:30,157 --> 00:41:32,591 It's up to the High Judge to decide. 464 00:41:34,117 --> 00:41:37,553 God says: "He who smites shall be smitten." 465 00:41:39,757 --> 00:41:43,067 If they are executed, they'll say they're martyrs 466 00:41:43,277 --> 00:41:44,915 on the way to Paradise. 467 00:41:45,077 --> 00:41:48,274 It's better that they enjoy their lives on earth! 468 00:41:48,437 --> 00:41:50,905 "For this world, act as if you were eternal, 469 00:41:51,077 --> 00:41:53,466 for the next, as if you must die tomorrow." 470 00:41:53,637 --> 00:41:54,706 He's a child! 471 00:41:55,117 --> 00:41:57,392 What does he know 472 00:41:57,557 --> 00:41:59,991 about death and eternity? 473 00:42:00,597 --> 00:42:02,952 Quiet! Listen to the judgement. 474 00:42:17,157 --> 00:42:21,309 Revelation is destined only to those endowed with Reason. 475 00:42:21,517 --> 00:42:23,189 That is, mankind. 476 00:42:23,477 --> 00:42:26,230 Divine law combines Revelation and Reason. 477 00:42:26,877 --> 00:42:31,268 It consists in determining causes and effects, 478 00:42:31,517 --> 00:42:33,075 means and ends. 479 00:42:34,117 --> 00:42:38,315 Revelation encompasses Reason and Reason encompasses Revelation. 480 00:42:39,037 --> 00:42:41,995 Certain children confuse religion and ignorance. 481 00:42:42,157 --> 00:42:45,035 Certain adults turn ignorance into a religion. 482 00:42:46,397 --> 00:42:50,231 Our young defendants were led into perdition. 483 00:42:51,117 --> 00:42:54,826 Without realizing it, they were forced astray. 484 00:42:55,677 --> 00:42:58,714 In its great equity, lslam refuses 485 00:42:59,437 --> 00:43:01,507 to condemn an unsound mind. 486 00:43:01,677 --> 00:43:04,874 The High Court abstains from capital punishment 487 00:43:05,077 --> 00:43:09,548 and sentences the accused to five years in prison. 488 00:43:10,557 --> 00:43:14,948 "God shall not be questioned, but they shall be questioned." 489 00:43:15,157 --> 00:43:16,715 He deserved to die. 490 00:43:16,877 --> 00:43:18,833 Is our house so terrible? 491 00:43:18,997 --> 00:43:22,069 There's plenty to eat and drink. 492 00:43:22,757 --> 00:43:24,827 We all help each other. 493 00:43:24,997 --> 00:43:30,071 But no. He wants everyone to obey him and call him "Emir". 494 00:43:30,397 --> 00:43:33,150 My son, the frog, wants to be a prince. 495 00:43:33,917 --> 00:43:36,590 What's the joy in giving orders? 496 00:43:45,357 --> 00:43:49,236 The judge won't change his mind, will he? 497 00:43:50,197 --> 00:43:52,665 I trust Averroes. 498 00:43:52,877 --> 00:43:57,189 From your mouth to God's ears! Long live Averroes! 499 00:43:57,357 --> 00:44:01,066 May God illuminate your way with His heavenly light! 500 00:44:04,157 --> 00:44:06,432 You're madmen talking about reason! 501 00:44:06,637 --> 00:44:09,834 What more do you want? The boys confessed. 502 00:44:12,037 --> 00:44:14,505 You flouted my authority by sparing him. 503 00:44:14,677 --> 00:44:17,908 The country is going to the dogs! 504 00:44:18,157 --> 00:44:20,227 Didn't I order him to be killed? 505 00:44:20,397 --> 00:44:23,355 Listen to me, brother. The boy is only eighteen. 506 00:44:23,517 --> 00:44:26,668 Fate saved Marwan by averting his knife. 507 00:44:26,837 --> 00:44:28,236 Marwan has forgiven him. 508 00:44:28,397 --> 00:44:29,625 Marwan? 509 00:44:30,037 --> 00:44:33,507 Since when is Marwan a judge? 510 00:44:33,677 --> 00:44:35,713 How can I protect you? 511 00:44:36,597 --> 00:44:39,065 They weren't responsible for their acts. 512 00:44:39,797 --> 00:44:44,154 Sheik Riad says otherwise. So does the Council of Theologians. 513 00:44:44,317 --> 00:44:47,070 I decide what's in the country's interest. 514 00:44:47,357 --> 00:44:50,030 Not Sheik Riad. Not you. Me. 515 00:44:51,477 --> 00:44:52,751 You refuse all advice? 516 00:44:53,597 --> 00:44:55,474 The Council agrees with me. 517 00:44:55,637 --> 00:44:59,027 They're very unhappy with your verdict. 518 00:44:59,197 --> 00:45:00,630 The Sheik is scheming... 519 00:45:00,797 --> 00:45:03,152 The same old hallucinations... 520 00:45:03,637 --> 00:45:05,070 Maybe. 521 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:10,586 As long as I'm Judge, my conscience will guide me. 522 00:45:10,757 --> 00:45:12,270 Even if I lose face? 523 00:45:12,437 --> 00:45:15,634 Brother, your dignity is not in question. 524 00:45:15,797 --> 00:45:19,153 You've always been merciful. Think of the lives at stake. 525 00:45:19,317 --> 00:45:22,514 I won't go back on my word. 526 00:45:22,677 --> 00:45:26,033 This time, tragedy struck the sons of your citizens. 527 00:45:26,237 --> 00:45:29,547 Next time, it may strike your own sons. 528 00:45:30,477 --> 00:45:33,389 - I can protect them. - Lucky for them. 529 00:45:37,957 --> 00:45:42,030 But don't forget: Your citizens are your sons too. 530 00:45:52,277 --> 00:45:54,472 - Where is Saad? - The brother? 531 00:45:54,637 --> 00:45:56,867 I found him a job. 532 00:45:57,517 --> 00:46:00,554 If you can't hide him, I will. 533 00:46:04,517 --> 00:46:06,508 How beautiful! 534 00:46:08,397 --> 00:46:10,513 Our city must be... 535 00:46:13,157 --> 00:46:15,591 the envy of the whole world. 536 00:46:24,757 --> 00:46:29,273 Why did that idiot Emir of yours send Borhan to my house? 537 00:46:30,157 --> 00:46:33,513 One more blunder and I'll cut off his funding. 538 00:46:34,197 --> 00:46:36,028 Better yet... his head. 539 00:46:36,197 --> 00:46:38,916 - I have a request. - I paid you. 540 00:46:39,277 --> 00:46:43,190 Three "suicides"... I've had to shut some mouths. 541 00:46:47,117 --> 00:46:50,268 I have a favor to ask. I can be of use to you. 542 00:46:50,517 --> 00:46:51,233 Speak. 543 00:46:53,917 --> 00:46:57,546 I want to become a judge again and regain my lost honor. 544 00:46:57,717 --> 00:46:59,867 Averroes branded me a common thief. 545 00:47:00,037 --> 00:47:01,026 You were stupid. 546 00:47:01,957 --> 00:47:05,586 He caught you accepting bribes. He's alert. 547 00:47:05,997 --> 00:47:07,669 I'm not after his position. 548 00:47:07,877 --> 00:47:10,437 I just want to be a judge again. 549 00:47:10,757 --> 00:47:13,032 Why are you aiming so low? 550 00:47:13,677 --> 00:47:15,429 You could take his place. 551 00:47:15,997 --> 00:47:17,476 You have a pretty face. 552 00:47:18,157 --> 00:47:21,752 Your beard is reason enough for me to give you his job. 553 00:47:22,597 --> 00:47:24,792 By resigning, you accuse my father. 554 00:47:25,957 --> 00:47:27,993 He's your best friend. 555 00:47:28,277 --> 00:47:32,270 You refuse him the benefit of the doubt you give to criminals. 556 00:47:32,437 --> 00:47:35,668 How can your father ignore what's going on? 557 00:47:35,997 --> 00:47:38,272 Those boys were bound hand and foot 558 00:47:38,437 --> 00:47:40,871 and hanged in nooses made of their clothes. 559 00:47:41,037 --> 00:47:42,595 It's their custom! 560 00:47:42,757 --> 00:47:45,430 When they're caught, they commit suicide! 561 00:47:45,597 --> 00:47:48,714 No, they were "suicided" so they can't talk! 562 00:47:49,037 --> 00:47:50,152 The sects are all over. 563 00:47:50,437 --> 00:47:52,189 Not in my courts! 564 00:47:52,357 --> 00:47:54,552 That would be the death of Andalusia. 565 00:47:54,837 --> 00:47:56,668 The Caliph is not above the law. 566 00:47:56,837 --> 00:47:59,192 He too is accountable for his acts. 567 00:48:00,197 --> 00:48:03,507 Decadence is gnawing away at kingdoms everywhere. 568 00:48:03,757 --> 00:48:08,387 Lies and corruption have replaced justice and morality. 569 00:48:10,077 --> 00:48:12,671 There's more at stake than a few dead boys. 570 00:48:12,877 --> 00:48:16,267 Our culture, whose source is lslam, is threatened. 571 00:48:16,477 --> 00:48:18,627 My father is protecting it! 572 00:48:18,797 --> 00:48:20,628 He built you a library! 573 00:48:20,797 --> 00:48:22,355 He had you analyze Aristotle! 574 00:48:22,517 --> 00:48:25,190 You wrote your commentaries thanks to him! 575 00:48:25,357 --> 00:48:28,315 And thanks to him, my mother had me! Say it! 576 00:48:30,877 --> 00:48:32,549 Here's my resignation. 577 00:48:34,797 --> 00:48:36,788 You're not through with me yet. 578 00:48:41,037 --> 00:48:44,347 I knew it. Averroes would never abandon us 579 00:48:44,637 --> 00:48:47,788 and leave Sheik Riad to do as he pleases. 580 00:48:47,997 --> 00:48:50,670 He expected a death sentence from you. 581 00:48:50,837 --> 00:48:52,589 It was in his interest. 582 00:48:52,797 --> 00:48:54,549 And you outfoxed him. 583 00:48:54,717 --> 00:48:58,392 - Three boys were killed! - Every cloud has a silver lining. 584 00:48:58,557 --> 00:49:00,070 What do you mean? 585 00:49:00,237 --> 00:49:03,673 Forget my father. Let's keep an eye on Sheik Riad. 586 00:49:09,677 --> 00:49:10,996 Get up. 587 00:49:12,357 --> 00:49:14,712 Get up and pray. 588 00:49:17,917 --> 00:49:19,555 There's the east. 589 00:49:21,797 --> 00:49:22,468 Get up! 590 00:49:25,997 --> 00:49:27,828 Die, but die pure. 591 00:49:40,437 --> 00:49:42,997 Marwan asked you here because he loves you. 592 00:49:43,157 --> 00:49:45,910 He's been waiting for you all week. 593 00:49:46,077 --> 00:49:47,271 Why didn't you come? 594 00:49:47,437 --> 00:49:49,507 My only duty is to avoid the Demon. 595 00:49:49,677 --> 00:49:52,191 Who is the Demon? Me? Marwan? 596 00:49:52,357 --> 00:49:53,585 Or his assailant? 597 00:49:53,757 --> 00:49:57,067 If you were pure, you'd know who attacked him. 598 00:49:57,237 --> 00:50:00,946 Thank God, there are serene people who see clearly. 599 00:50:01,117 --> 00:50:02,869 What do these geniuses say? 600 00:50:03,757 --> 00:50:06,032 The true culprit is in the palace. 601 00:50:07,757 --> 00:50:11,636 Your father? The Caliph doesn't need mercenaries. 602 00:50:11,957 --> 00:50:13,993 Are you crazy? Your father! 603 00:50:14,157 --> 00:50:16,193 "Darkness swallows up stray souls." 604 00:50:16,357 --> 00:50:17,153 Your father? 605 00:50:17,317 --> 00:50:19,911 "Abandon all Evil and you shall be saved." 606 00:50:20,077 --> 00:50:21,715 God keep you. 607 00:50:25,717 --> 00:50:26,433 Abdallah! 608 00:50:26,877 --> 00:50:29,550 Manuela, you're the only person I still love. 609 00:50:29,717 --> 00:50:31,787 Don't make me hate you. 610 00:50:32,837 --> 00:50:34,634 What's gotten into him? 611 00:50:41,077 --> 00:50:43,511 He's running away from me. 612 00:50:44,557 --> 00:50:46,627 Because I'm pregnant. 613 00:50:47,877 --> 00:50:49,595 With Abdallah's child? 614 00:50:50,597 --> 00:50:53,907 The Caliph's son? Woe betide us! 615 00:50:55,957 --> 00:50:58,266 Sarah's carrying Abdallah's child. 616 00:51:00,077 --> 00:51:01,430 That explains his behavior. 617 00:51:01,597 --> 00:51:05,272 When his father learns a gypsy will inherit the throne, 618 00:51:05,437 --> 00:51:07,268 he'll slit the baby's throat! 619 00:51:10,477 --> 00:51:15,551 If he came back, then he loves you. That's all that counts. 620 00:51:15,917 --> 00:51:18,795 He's crazy. She'd best forget him. 621 00:51:38,117 --> 00:51:40,585 I'll never be able to forget him! 622 00:51:40,757 --> 00:51:44,466 Neither will l. We're the ones to blame. 623 00:51:44,797 --> 00:51:47,914 We brought them together. It's not Sarah's fault. 624 00:51:48,317 --> 00:51:49,432 Or Abdallah's. 625 00:51:49,597 --> 00:51:53,146 I'll raise the child myself. No one will know a thing! 626 00:51:59,157 --> 00:52:00,988 Are you moving, Joseph? 627 00:52:01,157 --> 00:52:04,467 I'm looking for a safe hiding place. You never know... 628 00:52:04,717 --> 00:52:06,548 This is his life's work. 629 00:52:06,757 --> 00:52:10,227 The house of the High Judge isn't safe enough? 630 00:52:10,477 --> 00:52:14,914 You must have a special place where you keep your valuables. 631 00:52:15,077 --> 00:52:19,195 You mean my jewels? I've never had any! 632 00:52:19,357 --> 00:52:20,472 Averroes is poor? 633 00:52:20,637 --> 00:52:23,947 He spends everything on his books and students. 634 00:52:27,637 --> 00:52:29,593 Come here... Put them in the cellar. 635 00:52:29,757 --> 00:52:32,112 Put them behind the sacks of flour. 636 00:52:32,597 --> 00:52:34,235 Take this. 637 00:53:04,357 --> 00:53:05,676 Aristotle! 638 00:53:08,477 --> 00:53:10,115 Even without gallows... 639 00:53:10,277 --> 00:53:13,747 You're driving me crazy with your gallows! 640 00:53:14,717 --> 00:53:19,074 One more word about criminals and executioners 641 00:53:19,277 --> 00:53:21,552 and I'll send the lamb next door! 642 00:53:21,717 --> 00:53:24,709 - I'll let you starve! - Let's talk about happiness. 643 00:53:24,877 --> 00:53:26,993 Come sit next to me. 644 00:53:27,477 --> 00:53:30,628 Come here, my love... 645 00:53:34,997 --> 00:53:36,908 What is happiness? 646 00:53:37,797 --> 00:53:40,948 At daybreak, after I prepare your tea, 647 00:53:41,277 --> 00:53:45,395 I go back to bed and the rest of the world can go to hell. 648 00:53:45,557 --> 00:53:48,071 It's pure bliss... 649 00:53:49,237 --> 00:53:50,795 What else? 650 00:53:51,237 --> 00:53:55,389 When Salma was born, she didn't even cry. I thought I'd die! 651 00:53:55,557 --> 00:54:00,472 Then she started gurgling. I looked at her. She was so pretty... 652 00:54:01,637 --> 00:54:02,308 Gorgeous! 653 00:54:06,157 --> 00:54:10,275 Salma, here we are! I've brought Marwan! 654 00:54:12,037 --> 00:54:13,311 It's been ages! 655 00:54:13,477 --> 00:54:15,195 Marwan's back! 656 00:54:21,037 --> 00:54:24,473 I'm fine, thank God. It's good to see you all again! 657 00:54:28,717 --> 00:54:30,548 You're back on your feet... 658 00:54:36,317 --> 00:54:39,354 Manuela is grateful for all you've done. 659 00:54:42,797 --> 00:54:44,833 How is my queen doing? 660 00:54:50,077 --> 00:54:53,433 Nasser, you behaved like a true hero. 661 00:55:12,757 --> 00:55:18,275 Sing your song to your heart's content, 662 00:55:20,717 --> 00:55:24,232 for we can still sing. 663 00:55:27,397 --> 00:55:29,957 And we'll keep on singing 664 00:55:32,077 --> 00:55:35,069 day in, day out, for the rest of our lives... 665 00:55:47,117 --> 00:55:48,232 No, come back! 666 00:56:41,117 --> 00:56:42,345 Come on... 667 00:56:42,517 --> 00:56:44,553 What a catastrophe! 668 00:56:44,717 --> 00:56:47,595 - Take shelter! - All my books... destroyed! 669 00:56:57,517 --> 00:57:00,907 All your books are here. None are missing. 670 00:57:02,277 --> 00:57:03,869 They're all here. 671 00:57:07,397 --> 00:57:10,230 Your "Commentary on Aristotle"... 672 00:57:11,317 --> 00:57:13,592 A little messy, but intact. 673 00:57:29,437 --> 00:57:32,713 My "Aristotle"... I can't believe it. 674 00:57:34,157 --> 00:57:35,829 You're the best! 675 00:57:36,357 --> 00:57:37,506 How did you guess? 676 00:57:39,437 --> 00:57:40,756 Son of a witch! 677 00:57:43,277 --> 00:57:45,791 All this for a bean-pole who saves some books! 678 00:57:45,957 --> 00:57:48,755 I save his life and what do I get? Nothing! 679 00:57:48,917 --> 00:57:50,748 A book is worth a hundred lives. 680 00:57:50,917 --> 00:57:53,477 Maybe not for me... but for Averroes. 681 00:58:00,797 --> 00:58:04,028 - This is getting serious. - Maybe Joseph forgot a lamp. 682 00:58:04,197 --> 00:58:06,836 No, this is Sheik Riad's doing. 683 00:58:08,197 --> 00:58:10,950 Before, he just wanted to distract us. 684 00:58:11,477 --> 00:58:14,435 Now he'll use arson and murder to silence us. 685 00:58:15,757 --> 00:58:17,315 How evil! 686 00:58:20,317 --> 00:58:25,516 A pure man like you cannot imagine that others can stoop so low. 687 00:58:25,677 --> 00:58:26,587 You're pure too. 688 00:58:28,317 --> 00:58:30,990 Even I have a hard time believing it. 689 00:58:31,717 --> 00:58:34,675 Sheik Riad craves power for power's sake. 690 00:58:35,917 --> 00:58:39,353 If my suspicions are founded, he should hang ten times. 691 00:58:40,077 --> 00:58:43,353 He's the richest man in the land. What more could he want? 692 00:58:43,877 --> 00:58:45,105 Power... 693 00:58:45,557 --> 00:58:48,867 He'd do anything for it. He's driven by hunger... 694 00:58:49,077 --> 00:58:50,192 Does my father know? 695 00:58:51,117 --> 00:58:53,153 I sincerely hope so. 696 00:58:55,277 --> 00:58:57,745 Sheik Riad is loyal. Don't be ridiculous. 697 00:58:57,917 --> 00:59:00,112 He has always stood by my side. 698 00:59:00,317 --> 00:59:02,512 You gave him a lot of land in return. 699 00:59:02,677 --> 00:59:04,429 Does he want all Andalusia? 700 00:59:04,677 --> 00:59:05,826 I need him. 701 00:59:05,997 --> 00:59:08,909 People respect him. Let me rule my country. 702 00:59:09,077 --> 00:59:10,635 And get rid of Averroes? 703 00:59:10,797 --> 00:59:13,231 Sheik Riad, the man you accuse, 704 00:59:13,477 --> 00:59:16,230 opposes the fatwa that the Council demands. 705 00:59:16,397 --> 00:59:19,230 They want to burn all of Averroes' books. 706 00:59:20,797 --> 00:59:23,072 This one above all. 707 00:59:23,877 --> 00:59:27,028 "The lncoherence of lncoherence." I've read it. 708 00:59:27,237 --> 00:59:28,955 You understand their dismay. 709 00:59:29,117 --> 00:59:32,632 So that's why they set fire to his library. 710 00:59:33,077 --> 00:59:35,466 They all seem to agree with Ghazali. 711 00:59:35,637 --> 00:59:38,834 He's a great thinker and Averroes says he's wrong. 712 00:59:38,997 --> 00:59:40,749 What if Averroes is right? 713 00:59:40,997 --> 00:59:43,147 He's too sure of himself. 714 00:59:43,317 --> 00:59:45,273 He lacks modesty. 715 00:59:46,477 --> 00:59:49,116 He insists on calling me "brother". 716 00:59:49,317 --> 00:59:50,909 Where did he get that from? 717 00:59:51,077 --> 00:59:52,430 Are we related now? 718 00:59:52,797 --> 00:59:56,392 I had no idea. Your uncle is his latest dupe. 719 00:59:56,557 --> 00:59:58,195 My uncle loves him. 720 00:59:58,357 --> 01:00:00,075 That may be our downfall. 721 01:00:00,997 --> 01:00:03,067 Do you realize what a fatwa means? 722 01:00:03,277 --> 01:00:06,508 The annihilation of all of Averroes' works. 723 01:00:06,717 --> 01:00:08,036 As if he never existed. 724 01:00:11,117 --> 01:00:12,516 What are you making? 725 01:00:13,237 --> 01:00:14,829 A basket. 726 01:00:16,677 --> 01:00:18,747 So Sheik Riad's protecting me? 727 01:00:18,917 --> 01:00:20,430 From which fatwa? 728 01:00:20,917 --> 01:00:23,477 The one he recommended to the Council. 729 01:00:28,397 --> 01:00:30,752 - You knew about it? - Of course. 730 01:00:30,917 --> 01:00:33,272 And you didn't tell us? 731 01:00:33,637 --> 01:00:36,310 It's a sword hanging over our heads... 732 01:00:36,477 --> 01:00:39,230 - My father will intervene. - No, he won't. 733 01:00:40,837 --> 01:00:43,226 This is all so sad... 734 01:00:43,677 --> 01:00:45,633 The two of you were so close. 735 01:00:45,797 --> 01:00:48,152 Sheik Riad has spoiled that now. 736 01:00:50,037 --> 01:00:53,586 This is the logical consequence of my acts. 737 01:00:54,037 --> 01:00:55,993 I have to accept it. 738 01:00:57,157 --> 01:01:00,035 This fatwa threatens more than your books. 739 01:01:02,157 --> 01:01:03,954 Your life is danger. 740 01:01:04,157 --> 01:01:06,830 We all have to die someday. 741 01:01:07,437 --> 01:01:10,668 I'd rather die in bed, surrounded by weeping women. 742 01:01:10,837 --> 01:01:13,510 Lots of flowers and a stately funeral... 743 01:01:14,197 --> 01:01:17,109 But what's the difference if I die in a street? 744 01:01:17,397 --> 01:01:18,466 That's suicide! 745 01:01:21,717 --> 01:01:23,753 - What's wrong with him? - Nothing! 746 01:01:23,917 --> 01:01:27,546 He confronts hardships that would topple a mountain! 747 01:01:29,277 --> 01:01:31,347 Only I can understand him. 748 01:01:32,397 --> 01:01:34,513 Get back to your work. 749 01:01:46,917 --> 01:01:48,828 How many students has he had? 750 01:01:49,037 --> 01:01:51,995 He's educated at least one son in every family. 751 01:01:52,157 --> 01:01:55,149 He's taught a lot and given much. 752 01:01:55,317 --> 01:01:59,754 With one hundred students, we can recopy his work in two weeks. 753 01:01:59,917 --> 01:02:01,828 Two copies of each book. 754 01:02:02,037 --> 01:02:04,870 Nasser... are there rumors in the palace? 755 01:02:05,117 --> 01:02:08,746 - Let's make... - Three copies of each! 756 01:02:08,917 --> 01:02:11,477 Manuela, Sarah and I will work day and night. 757 01:02:11,637 --> 01:02:14,356 Manuela? This is supposed to be a secret! 758 01:02:14,517 --> 01:02:16,951 Manuela outrivals you and your ancestors! 759 01:02:17,117 --> 01:02:19,790 She's educated! She swears in 5 languages! 760 01:02:20,037 --> 01:02:21,550 I'll take a copy to France. 761 01:02:21,717 --> 01:02:25,505 - It's too dangerous! - It's to save my uncle's work. 762 01:02:25,877 --> 01:02:27,708 I was thinking that... 763 01:02:27,877 --> 01:02:31,347 Is Blue Eyes predicting the future again? 764 01:02:31,597 --> 01:02:34,475 Forget France! I'll take them to Marrakesh. 765 01:02:34,637 --> 01:02:36,275 Everyone's a relative there. 766 01:02:36,437 --> 01:02:39,554 Joseph wants to help and you give him a hard time! 767 01:02:39,997 --> 01:02:41,146 I'm starting now. 768 01:02:41,437 --> 01:02:44,509 I know his work by heart. I'll dictate. 769 01:02:44,917 --> 01:02:47,556 I'll do these with Manuela and Sarah. 770 01:02:47,917 --> 01:02:51,432 If you so much as blink, I'll hang you from the minaret. 771 01:02:51,597 --> 01:02:52,666 Understood? 772 01:03:00,957 --> 01:03:04,632 Uncle, Averroes must know nothing of our voyages. 773 01:03:04,797 --> 01:03:07,550 From me? My lips are sealed. 774 01:03:13,037 --> 01:03:15,835 Wisdom guides the virtuous theologian 775 01:03:15,997 --> 01:03:19,194 in his study of what we call "syllogism". 776 01:03:21,517 --> 01:03:24,236 And divine law guides the philosopher 777 01:03:24,397 --> 01:03:27,594 in his study of what we call "reason". 778 01:03:27,797 --> 01:03:32,109 Reason is the study of divine law. Philosophy is the study of wisdom. 779 01:03:32,317 --> 01:03:34,387 Everything that has been deduced 780 01:03:34,557 --> 01:03:39,187 from divine law is subject to interpretation. 781 01:03:39,837 --> 01:03:43,989 No devout Muslim can doubt this. 782 01:03:44,837 --> 01:03:48,546 Reason is the sister of divine law. 783 01:03:49,037 --> 01:03:52,473 The supposed conflict between them 784 01:03:52,717 --> 01:03:54,548 is a malicious invention. 785 01:04:05,397 --> 01:04:06,830 Taste this. 786 01:04:07,357 --> 01:04:09,473 Why are you wearing all that? 787 01:04:09,757 --> 01:04:11,793 Have you caught cold? 788 01:04:12,877 --> 01:04:15,949 Aunt Zeinab, I want you to know... 789 01:04:16,557 --> 01:04:18,707 you're like a mother to me. 790 01:04:18,957 --> 01:04:20,151 Not now. 791 01:04:20,517 --> 01:04:21,996 Taste this. 792 01:04:29,957 --> 01:04:32,676 Your blue eyes tell me you're leaving. 793 01:04:33,037 --> 01:04:34,186 You're going home? 794 01:04:38,797 --> 01:04:42,267 My heart tells me you'll soon be back. 795 01:04:42,557 --> 01:04:45,629 I'll put aside a jar of dates for you. 796 01:04:46,437 --> 01:04:49,076 I'll be back... I promise. 797 01:05:16,757 --> 01:05:19,510 It's safer if you travel by night. 798 01:05:20,717 --> 01:05:23,185 It's best if I mix with the crowds. 799 01:05:23,477 --> 01:05:27,152 If my father had done that, he'd still be alive. 800 01:05:49,077 --> 01:05:50,874 You're like a brother. 801 01:05:51,797 --> 01:05:55,426 But... I'm in love with someone else. 802 01:05:56,677 --> 01:05:57,632 With Nasser. 803 01:06:08,637 --> 01:06:12,596 My country is full of ignorance and misery, but I love it. 804 01:06:13,397 --> 01:06:17,185 I have to go pass on to them what I've learned here. 805 01:06:17,357 --> 01:06:19,507 Come what may? 806 01:06:19,997 --> 01:06:22,227 You really do love Averroes. 807 01:06:22,797 --> 01:06:24,549 I'm not the only one... 808 01:06:26,677 --> 01:06:28,872 This is a letter for him. 809 01:07:21,197 --> 01:07:24,872 That's his most important book. Have a safe trip. 810 01:07:25,397 --> 01:07:27,115 Tell your people 811 01:07:27,277 --> 01:07:30,906 that what we Arabs respect most is loyalty. 812 01:07:31,837 --> 01:07:36,115 And tell your people that what we Christians respect most 813 01:07:36,557 --> 01:07:37,546 is honesty. 814 01:07:37,997 --> 01:07:42,752 The best moments of my life were those I spent with you. 815 01:07:43,957 --> 01:07:45,549 But what can be better 816 01:07:45,717 --> 01:07:49,027 than saving books that will enlighten mankind? 817 01:07:49,357 --> 01:07:52,554 Your benevolence and kindness have overwhelmed me. 818 01:07:53,357 --> 01:07:55,268 After everything I've learned, 819 01:07:55,437 --> 01:07:58,509 I couldn't risk your forbidding me to go. 820 01:07:58,717 --> 01:08:02,949 This decision comes from deep within me. It is entirely mine. 821 01:08:03,317 --> 01:08:05,194 If you won't forgive me, 822 01:08:05,397 --> 01:08:06,989 at least be indulgent. 823 01:08:07,157 --> 01:08:10,627 You said: "Wherever we are, knowledge is a homeland 824 01:08:10,877 --> 01:08:13,471 and ignorance, a foreign place." 825 01:08:14,317 --> 01:08:17,434 I promise to return to the land of humanism 826 01:08:18,237 --> 01:08:19,431 and of love. 827 01:08:19,597 --> 01:08:21,508 Your son, Joseph. 828 01:08:33,157 --> 01:08:37,150 Manuela thinks that Abdallah has joined a sect. 829 01:08:38,117 --> 01:08:39,948 They've been stalking him. 830 01:08:40,117 --> 01:08:42,108 They nabbed him at the inn. 831 01:08:42,477 --> 01:08:46,186 He kept going to the desert and coming back covered with sand. 832 01:08:46,597 --> 01:08:50,272 He told me to mind my own business. Now he's gone again. 833 01:08:50,477 --> 01:08:51,307 Does Marwan know? 834 01:08:51,597 --> 01:08:54,987 Marwan was half-dead and Abdallah told him to pray. 835 01:08:55,157 --> 01:08:58,467 He told me: "The real culprit is in the palace." 836 01:08:58,637 --> 01:09:00,628 I said: "Your father? You're crazy!" 837 01:09:00,877 --> 01:09:01,992 And you kept quiet? 838 01:09:02,157 --> 01:09:04,148 I thought he was avoiding Sarah. 839 01:09:04,317 --> 01:09:06,751 What for? What a bunch of idiots! 840 01:09:12,917 --> 01:09:14,635 Marwan, I need to see you. 841 01:09:16,277 --> 01:09:18,347 Did you know about Joseph? 842 01:09:18,517 --> 01:09:19,666 Yes, I did. 843 01:09:19,837 --> 01:09:23,432 He can save your books if he wants. We all can. 844 01:09:29,157 --> 01:09:30,306 Stay seated. 845 01:09:30,477 --> 01:09:33,196 What would a member of a sect be learning 846 01:09:33,437 --> 01:09:35,428 in his third week of training? 847 01:09:37,117 --> 01:09:38,914 How to handle arms. 848 01:09:39,077 --> 01:09:41,033 Where would that happen? 849 01:09:48,397 --> 01:09:51,036 Wait for the water to settle! 850 01:10:10,117 --> 01:10:11,311 What are you doing? 851 01:10:11,517 --> 01:10:14,236 The more water, the more you see. 852 01:10:15,117 --> 01:10:18,029 If he knew you were improving his invention, 853 01:10:18,197 --> 01:10:20,791 Alhazen would roll over in his grave. 854 01:10:21,877 --> 01:10:24,949 I'm here to find Abdallah. 855 01:10:25,477 --> 01:10:26,432 That's all. 856 01:10:28,757 --> 01:10:31,396 It won't be easy to get in there. 857 01:10:32,157 --> 01:10:34,717 If you see him there, come tell me. 858 01:10:34,917 --> 01:10:37,750 Get some rest. We'll keep watch. 859 01:10:50,117 --> 01:10:51,596 Are you crazy? 860 01:10:51,877 --> 01:10:52,753 Here? 861 01:10:57,077 --> 01:10:58,988 Instead of sitting around... 862 01:10:59,157 --> 01:11:00,875 Iet's make a baby. 863 01:11:01,117 --> 01:11:04,427 If we were able to, Abdallah would worry us less. 864 01:11:04,637 --> 01:11:06,753 So then, let's just make love. 865 01:11:07,837 --> 01:11:10,112 Say yes and I'll get Abdallah back. 866 01:11:11,957 --> 01:11:14,471 It'll help me concentrate. 867 01:11:18,037 --> 01:11:19,948 You filthy brute! 868 01:11:20,117 --> 01:11:21,755 Worse than the gypsies! 869 01:11:22,357 --> 01:11:24,393 You're obsessed. 870 01:11:25,397 --> 01:11:28,992 Hands off or I'll scratch out your eyes. 871 01:11:30,357 --> 01:11:33,667 And I'll pull out your hair... 872 01:11:36,557 --> 01:11:37,751 Get it? 873 01:11:38,877 --> 01:11:39,832 Now you try. 874 01:12:18,797 --> 01:12:22,073 Wait until you hear someone shout "His Grace!" 875 01:12:22,237 --> 01:12:23,465 Then get a good look. 876 01:12:23,637 --> 01:12:26,754 He only shows his face once a year. 877 01:12:31,637 --> 01:12:33,593 Marwan, get up! 878 01:12:33,757 --> 01:12:36,225 Abdallah's there! I saw him! 879 01:12:41,357 --> 01:12:43,552 His Grace! 880 01:12:59,797 --> 01:13:01,389 An angel... 881 01:13:07,037 --> 01:13:08,993 There are a lot of them. 882 01:13:38,237 --> 01:13:39,386 Protect the Emir! 883 01:13:43,517 --> 01:13:45,155 Have them move back! 884 01:13:45,637 --> 01:13:46,387 Get back! 885 01:13:47,517 --> 01:13:49,075 I want him on my horse. 886 01:13:49,237 --> 01:13:52,070 Can't you hear? Get him on the horse! 887 01:13:52,237 --> 01:13:53,636 Abdallah! 888 01:13:59,197 --> 01:14:01,267 Tie his hands behind his back. 889 01:14:10,757 --> 01:14:12,395 Go join the others. 890 01:14:15,917 --> 01:14:17,475 You too. 891 01:14:20,917 --> 01:14:22,430 Stand up! 892 01:17:51,557 --> 01:17:54,594 We're respecting our agreement with Sheik Riad. 893 01:17:55,197 --> 01:17:58,712 We attack in two weeks. We expect Cordoba to be ready. 894 01:17:58,877 --> 01:18:00,788 No fighting. No resistance. 895 01:18:01,717 --> 01:18:03,673 Everything is in place. 896 01:18:03,837 --> 01:18:06,510 Sheik Riad will seem the perfect patriot. 897 01:18:06,757 --> 01:18:09,032 I trust him implicitly. 898 01:18:10,637 --> 01:18:15,347 Why would he risk losing what he's strived for all these years? 899 01:18:15,757 --> 01:18:18,715 The battle will allow us to eliminate Mansur. 900 01:18:19,117 --> 01:18:20,835 - And his heirs? - His sons? 901 01:18:20,997 --> 01:18:25,388 One babbles with the philosophers, the other eats out of our hands. 902 01:18:25,557 --> 01:18:27,195 And the philosophers? 903 01:18:27,357 --> 01:18:31,350 By the time they're understood, we'll be in power. 904 01:18:31,997 --> 01:18:35,273 - You're well-informed. - With all due modesty... 905 01:18:48,317 --> 01:18:51,036 Smuggling books... What decadence! 906 01:19:43,917 --> 01:19:47,227 Where were you? The whole palace is looking for you! 907 01:19:47,397 --> 01:19:51,276 "The infidels and blasphemers will burn in Hell." 908 01:19:51,437 --> 01:19:54,076 Then to hell with all of us! 909 01:19:54,517 --> 01:19:56,587 Why were you with those fanatics? 910 01:19:56,757 --> 01:19:58,475 You've made a mess of your life. 911 01:19:58,637 --> 01:20:01,754 - You have no right to question me. - But I am. 912 01:20:03,237 --> 01:20:04,636 Answer me! 913 01:20:08,037 --> 01:20:09,629 You want to kill Marwan? 914 01:20:10,637 --> 01:20:12,434 Why not kill me? 915 01:20:12,717 --> 01:20:14,514 Or our father? 916 01:20:15,117 --> 01:20:16,072 Kill him. 917 01:20:16,997 --> 01:20:21,627 "They'll suffer shame in this world and a mighty chastisement in the next." 918 01:20:28,797 --> 01:20:31,265 Out of my house, you lout! 919 01:20:31,437 --> 01:20:32,586 - Madwoman! - Go away! 920 01:20:32,757 --> 01:20:34,475 He's the crown prince! 921 01:20:34,637 --> 01:20:36,992 Does that allow him to hit his brother? 922 01:20:37,157 --> 01:20:40,866 This is my house! I pay the tithe. So get out! 923 01:20:41,037 --> 01:20:41,947 Who is he? 924 01:20:42,157 --> 01:20:44,352 Just the crown prince. 925 01:20:44,717 --> 01:20:46,389 Welcome to our humble home. 926 01:20:46,717 --> 01:20:48,435 He's not welcome at all! 927 01:20:48,597 --> 01:20:49,473 Why not? 928 01:20:49,637 --> 01:20:51,912 He's a brute who hits his brother! 929 01:20:52,077 --> 01:20:54,671 Your brother hits you all the time. 930 01:20:54,837 --> 01:20:56,111 He's a brute too! 931 01:20:56,277 --> 01:20:58,916 - Even your father. Look. - Mother, not now. 932 01:20:59,077 --> 01:21:00,829 Stay put or you're dead! 933 01:21:01,037 --> 01:21:03,949 He'll stay here until he's back in shape. 934 01:21:07,997 --> 01:21:11,034 You may be a son to me, but none of your tricks. 935 01:21:11,197 --> 01:21:14,394 Be a good boy. I'll make you some saffron rice. 936 01:21:17,797 --> 01:21:22,427 We'll celebrate. He'll sing and dance like before. 937 01:21:22,757 --> 01:21:24,429 Averroes was right. 938 01:21:24,597 --> 01:21:27,065 Things are never as simple as they seem. 939 01:21:27,237 --> 01:21:29,432 Your assailants were like him. 940 01:21:29,597 --> 01:21:31,588 He's a criminal too. 941 01:21:31,757 --> 01:21:33,270 He should be punished. 942 01:21:33,437 --> 01:21:34,950 He's your brother. 943 01:21:35,997 --> 01:21:38,557 Where was he hiding all this hate? 944 01:21:39,757 --> 01:21:42,066 Those lunatics unleashed it! 945 01:21:44,557 --> 01:21:47,151 They're experts at instilling hate. 946 01:21:47,597 --> 01:21:49,633 Go ask Averroes. 947 01:21:50,437 --> 01:21:53,076 He knows their methods now. 948 01:21:58,757 --> 01:22:00,952 And he says to fight hate with hate? 949 01:22:32,037 --> 01:22:34,597 The Christians are pushing us into the sea. 950 01:22:34,797 --> 01:22:37,470 You're busy playing with the gypsies 951 01:22:37,637 --> 01:22:39,867 while I'm here all by myself 952 01:22:40,037 --> 01:22:43,347 building the greatest fleet in history. 953 01:22:43,557 --> 01:22:47,391 - This time, it's serious. - No more than any other time! 954 01:22:47,997 --> 01:22:51,273 Your lack of foresight makes you an unworthy prince 955 01:22:51,437 --> 01:22:53,268 and an unworthy human being. 956 01:22:53,437 --> 01:22:55,712 And you consider yourself a worthy father? 957 01:22:57,677 --> 01:23:00,430 I'll forgive you. They're not your words. 958 01:23:01,837 --> 01:23:04,829 Averroes has managed to turn you against me. 959 01:23:05,237 --> 01:23:08,195 They kidnapped Abdallah and shattered his will. 960 01:23:08,357 --> 01:23:11,030 You told me he joined them willingly. 961 01:23:11,197 --> 01:23:13,347 They'll make a man of him. 962 01:23:13,517 --> 01:23:17,066 - They'll make a criminal of him. - Keep him under guard. 963 01:23:17,237 --> 01:23:19,797 What else can I do for you? 964 01:23:21,117 --> 01:23:22,948 Take us seriously. 965 01:23:29,957 --> 01:23:32,107 I don't eat the food of sinners. 966 01:23:34,677 --> 01:23:36,713 You've become too skinny. 967 01:23:37,197 --> 01:23:39,791 - Your heart... - My heart is my business. 968 01:23:40,837 --> 01:23:43,749 Stomp on it, if you want. But be careful... 969 01:23:44,197 --> 01:23:45,073 I'm in it. 970 01:23:45,517 --> 01:23:48,270 God alone is in my heart. 971 01:23:48,957 --> 01:23:51,346 But God is love. 972 01:23:53,837 --> 01:23:56,067 Our Emir eats only a date a day. 973 01:23:56,237 --> 01:23:59,149 But you said he was an angel. 974 01:23:59,437 --> 01:24:03,146 You and I are mortals. Or have you become an angel? 975 01:24:03,917 --> 01:24:06,067 Eat. You're skin and bones. 976 01:24:06,237 --> 01:24:09,274 "To withstand God's ordeals is a virtue." 977 01:24:09,957 --> 01:24:11,595 Your brother is right. 978 01:24:11,997 --> 01:24:14,067 They've hardened your heart. 979 01:24:25,437 --> 01:24:26,950 Bon appetit! 980 01:24:35,917 --> 01:24:40,354 Sing your song to your heart's content 981 01:24:43,917 --> 01:24:48,593 for we can still sing. 982 01:24:53,197 --> 01:24:55,472 And we'll keep on singing 983 01:24:56,157 --> 01:25:00,116 day in, day out, for the rest of our lives. 984 01:25:38,597 --> 01:25:40,508 And if ever one day 985 01:25:40,677 --> 01:25:42,747 they try to break you, 986 01:25:42,917 --> 01:25:44,873 stand up tall 987 01:25:45,077 --> 01:25:47,193 Iike the proud palm tree 988 01:25:47,357 --> 01:25:51,316 reaching up to the sky. 989 01:25:51,637 --> 01:25:55,425 Don't let them beat you. Don't let them break you. 990 01:26:00,717 --> 01:26:02,867 Don't let them scare you. 991 01:26:03,037 --> 01:26:07,189 Be like a dream, blossoming in the desert. 992 01:26:08,397 --> 01:26:11,673 Sing your song to your heart's content, 993 01:26:12,117 --> 01:26:15,951 for we can still sing. 994 01:26:16,317 --> 01:26:19,548 Only dancing can bring him back to us. 995 01:26:31,317 --> 01:26:34,309 Your song, resounding amongst mankind, 996 01:26:34,877 --> 01:26:37,710 will make the night's heart beat with joy 997 01:26:38,277 --> 01:26:42,714 and heal the wounds of the innocent. 998 01:26:56,997 --> 01:26:58,555 Will you dance? 999 01:26:59,197 --> 01:27:00,312 I will too. 1000 01:27:00,557 --> 01:27:02,627 Despite myself, I'll dance too. 1001 01:27:02,797 --> 01:27:06,392 Despite myself... despite myself... I'll dance too. 1002 01:27:07,277 --> 01:27:10,633 Until your dream is entwined with mine... 1003 01:27:10,797 --> 01:27:13,391 despite myself, I'll dance too. 1004 01:28:05,157 --> 01:28:07,990 Soon enough, you'll be dancing in hell! 1005 01:28:10,037 --> 01:28:11,675 Maybe. But look at you. 1006 01:28:11,837 --> 01:28:14,829 You've made your hell on earth! 1007 01:29:10,917 --> 01:29:11,952 Get off your horse. 1008 01:29:21,437 --> 01:29:24,554 Kneel down and beg for mercy. 1009 01:29:39,757 --> 01:29:40,712 Perfect. 1010 01:30:04,277 --> 01:30:06,029 Marwan! 1011 01:30:11,717 --> 01:30:14,185 All infidels will meet the same fate. 1012 01:30:14,357 --> 01:30:17,235 We shall purge society of the vile Mansur. 1013 01:30:18,117 --> 01:30:23,589 The country will now live according to the precepts of God, his Prophet, 1014 01:30:23,837 --> 01:30:24,826 and his successor. 1015 01:31:14,837 --> 01:31:18,546 You're faced with the choice of a lifetime. 1016 01:31:20,157 --> 01:31:21,909 If you want to, 1017 01:31:23,117 --> 01:31:25,073 take my horse, follow them. 1018 01:31:39,197 --> 01:31:43,429 I wish it had been you who delivered the mortal blow. 1019 01:31:45,437 --> 01:31:48,110 To die by your hand... 1020 01:31:48,597 --> 01:31:50,588 what bliss... 1021 01:32:48,717 --> 01:32:50,548 He's dead! 1022 01:32:50,797 --> 01:32:51,991 Murderer! 1023 01:33:12,237 --> 01:33:14,956 I'm to blame for Marwan's death. 1024 01:33:16,357 --> 01:33:17,915 How presumptuous! 1025 01:33:18,437 --> 01:33:20,553 He alone decided to die. 1026 01:33:20,717 --> 01:33:23,106 For him, saving you was a duty. 1027 01:33:23,277 --> 01:33:25,837 - I'd never have thought... - Thought? 1028 01:33:26,357 --> 01:33:29,793 You let others do the thinking for you. 1029 01:33:30,317 --> 01:33:35,107 If you want a shoulder to cry on, a word of warning: 1030 01:33:35,277 --> 01:33:37,711 I'm neither Marwan, nor your father. 1031 01:33:37,877 --> 01:33:40,914 - Marwan wasn't my father. - He chose to be. 1032 01:33:41,157 --> 01:33:43,910 That's far more noble than giving life. 1033 01:33:45,677 --> 01:33:47,713 He taught you to love life. 1034 01:33:50,477 --> 01:33:52,388 And he paid the price. 1035 01:33:59,237 --> 01:34:02,229 My real father never cared about me. 1036 01:34:03,357 --> 01:34:05,109 Every man has his limits. 1037 01:34:05,677 --> 01:34:08,475 Your father can't give what he hasn't got. 1038 01:34:09,917 --> 01:34:11,873 You're no longer a child. 1039 01:34:12,117 --> 01:34:14,347 You're responsible for your choices. 1040 01:34:15,637 --> 01:34:20,028 You're too old to whine: "Mother hit me, Father neglected me 1041 01:34:20,317 --> 01:34:22,114 "and he preferred my brother. 1042 01:34:22,277 --> 01:34:26,634 "I hate the whole world so I'll accuse it of being impious." 1043 01:34:26,797 --> 01:34:28,355 That's too easy. 1044 01:34:29,037 --> 01:34:32,825 Too easy to justify the laziness, hatred and jealousy 1045 01:34:32,997 --> 01:34:36,307 you carry within yourself by blaming it on others. 1046 01:34:38,517 --> 01:34:40,747 Do you aspire to greatness? 1047 01:34:41,357 --> 01:34:44,588 You'll reach it by doing something for others. 1048 01:34:45,517 --> 01:34:48,429 What's impious is reveling in your hatred. 1049 01:34:48,597 --> 01:34:49,950 That's heresy! 1050 01:34:50,117 --> 01:34:54,315 - I want to spread God's word. - Whose do I spread? The Devil's? 1051 01:34:55,277 --> 01:34:56,869 You? 1052 01:34:57,917 --> 01:35:00,067 Spreading God's word? 1053 01:35:01,117 --> 01:35:02,994 How presumptuous. 1054 01:35:03,397 --> 01:35:07,993 You're so hollow, you repeat whatever nonsense you're told. 1055 01:35:08,637 --> 01:35:12,676 Learn a poem and a Koranic verse and you're a poet and scholar? 1056 01:35:16,117 --> 01:35:19,075 What do you know about medicine and astronomy, 1057 01:35:19,797 --> 01:35:22,595 about mathematics and chemistry... 1058 01:35:24,317 --> 01:35:25,989 about philosophy? 1059 01:35:28,197 --> 01:35:30,267 Do you know enough about love... 1060 01:35:31,197 --> 01:35:32,676 about truth... 1061 01:35:33,877 --> 01:35:35,549 about justice... 1062 01:35:36,557 --> 01:35:39,435 to claim to be able to spread God's word? 1063 01:35:40,157 --> 01:35:41,510 Answer me! 1064 01:35:45,517 --> 01:35:47,712 Why do I keep on writing? 1065 01:35:47,917 --> 01:35:51,626 My ideas don't reach anyone anymore! 1066 01:35:54,877 --> 01:35:58,392 Why should I wait for them to burn my books? 1067 01:35:58,637 --> 01:36:00,867 I'll burn them myself! 1068 01:36:01,037 --> 01:36:03,346 It's every man for himself! 1069 01:36:05,757 --> 01:36:07,634 Let them burn! 1070 01:36:08,997 --> 01:36:10,510 Keep out of it! 1071 01:36:10,677 --> 01:36:11,826 I'm not an animal! 1072 01:36:12,037 --> 01:36:13,914 Animals have more heart 1073 01:36:14,157 --> 01:36:15,954 than you and your sect! 1074 01:36:16,557 --> 01:36:18,309 Do you understand? 1075 01:36:28,437 --> 01:36:29,631 Zeinab! 1076 01:36:35,277 --> 01:36:37,745 I was worse with him than they were. 1077 01:36:38,197 --> 01:36:39,949 God forgive me. 1078 01:36:55,557 --> 01:36:57,832 You kicked me out of your house... 1079 01:36:57,997 --> 01:36:59,715 And I'll do it again. 1080 01:36:59,877 --> 01:37:01,435 Do you want me to leave? 1081 01:37:01,797 --> 01:37:05,631 Nasser was Marwan's best friend. He's come to console you. 1082 01:37:10,877 --> 01:37:12,754 You were all so handsome... 1083 01:37:14,077 --> 01:37:18,116 Three suns which merged into one... 1084 01:37:20,677 --> 01:37:22,269 Nasser... 1085 01:37:22,917 --> 01:37:24,396 Joseph... 1086 01:37:27,157 --> 01:37:28,715 and Marwan. 1087 01:37:29,517 --> 01:37:32,748 I've come to thank you for the joy you gave him. 1088 01:37:33,797 --> 01:37:37,153 Thanks to you, not only Marwan, but all of us 1089 01:37:38,317 --> 01:37:40,626 Iearned about the joy of life. 1090 01:37:45,117 --> 01:37:45,867 Still here? 1091 01:37:47,117 --> 01:37:49,187 You're not with your "friends"? 1092 01:37:49,637 --> 01:37:51,150 Marwan had to die? 1093 01:37:51,317 --> 01:37:53,877 - Nasser! - How can you allow him here? 1094 01:37:56,277 --> 01:38:00,156 Marwan always looked after Abdallah like a son. 1095 01:38:02,597 --> 01:38:06,033 Can't we forget? Can't we forgive? 1096 01:38:10,357 --> 01:38:13,474 Console him. He's lost his father... Marwan. 1097 01:38:55,117 --> 01:38:59,713 Sing your song to your heart's content, 1098 01:39:00,917 --> 01:39:05,468 for we can still sing. 1099 01:39:41,957 --> 01:39:42,673 Nasser! 1100 01:39:44,037 --> 01:39:46,597 Don't let yourself be blinded by hate. 1101 01:40:56,437 --> 01:40:59,509 Saving this one book was worth all the risks. 1102 01:41:04,717 --> 01:41:08,073 Read me something from it. 1103 01:41:20,997 --> 01:41:22,112 I'm going back. 1104 01:41:31,037 --> 01:41:34,029 You're resigning, like a lowly employee? 1105 01:41:34,397 --> 01:41:35,876 Go, if you want to. 1106 01:41:36,037 --> 01:41:38,505 No one is indispensable to me. 1107 01:41:38,797 --> 01:41:40,628 I'll find ten others like you. 1108 01:41:40,797 --> 01:41:43,152 It's my father who appointed you. 1109 01:41:43,317 --> 01:41:45,990 I inherited you from him. 1110 01:41:46,157 --> 01:41:47,988 In that case, I may go... 1111 01:41:48,157 --> 01:41:49,670 You may not! 1112 01:41:49,957 --> 01:41:53,586 You're a commoner now. You're subject to my whims. 1113 01:41:55,237 --> 01:41:56,909 Dismissed! 1114 01:42:02,837 --> 01:42:05,670 All this fuss over the death of a cockroach. 1115 01:42:05,837 --> 01:42:08,476 They claim responsibility for Marwan's death 1116 01:42:08,637 --> 01:42:11,105 and menace their enemies with the same. 1117 01:42:11,277 --> 01:42:14,030 They undermine justice and your authority. 1118 01:42:14,357 --> 01:42:15,585 Riad rules the streets. 1119 01:42:16,117 --> 01:42:19,905 Are you sure it's Sheik Riad who rules the streets? 1120 01:42:22,197 --> 01:42:23,516 Or is it you? 1121 01:42:24,437 --> 01:42:25,665 Why not? 1122 01:42:25,837 --> 01:42:27,350 I'm not interested in power. 1123 01:42:27,677 --> 01:42:31,556 But you're interested in glory. In immortality. 1124 01:42:32,397 --> 01:42:34,353 Living on for posterity. 1125 01:42:36,597 --> 01:42:39,953 Don't worry. Sheik Riad knows his limits. 1126 01:42:40,117 --> 01:42:41,345 Let's hope so. 1127 01:42:42,717 --> 01:42:45,754 Show me a man who is not a slave to his pride. 1128 01:42:45,917 --> 01:42:47,396 His place is in my heart. 1129 01:42:47,557 --> 01:42:49,434 You hate me. 1130 01:42:49,957 --> 01:42:51,595 I hate ignorance and vanity. 1131 01:42:52,517 --> 01:42:55,907 - You think I'm vain? - I think Sheik Riad is. 1132 01:42:57,557 --> 01:43:01,345 No need to fear. I'm more clever than he is. 1133 01:43:02,677 --> 01:43:04,110 Sit down. 1134 01:43:05,917 --> 01:43:07,430 Such is politics. 1135 01:43:07,597 --> 01:43:10,555 Politics without morality is doomed to failure. 1136 01:43:10,717 --> 01:43:14,596 Don't you see? The political situation decides for us. 1137 01:43:16,197 --> 01:43:18,427 Our conscience should decide. 1138 01:43:19,877 --> 01:43:23,392 If I didn't owe you some respect, I'd destroy you. 1139 01:43:24,357 --> 01:43:28,111 Destroy me rather than both yourself and the country. 1140 01:43:55,437 --> 01:43:56,790 I won't write anymore. 1141 01:43:56,957 --> 01:44:00,313 Then they've won. They've broken you 1142 01:44:00,957 --> 01:44:02,436 and severed you from Mansur. 1143 01:44:02,597 --> 01:44:06,909 Had I stayed with him, I'd have ended up hating him or myself. 1144 01:44:07,317 --> 01:44:10,514 If you could hate him, you wouldn't be grieving. 1145 01:44:11,597 --> 01:44:15,636 A friend who is spurned seeks revenge. He despises himself 1146 01:44:16,557 --> 01:44:18,707 for the love he once gave. 1147 01:44:19,157 --> 01:44:20,636 It's just me and you. 1148 01:44:20,797 --> 01:44:24,426 I esteem neither your politics nor your company. 1149 01:44:24,637 --> 01:44:27,595 I'm not thrilled about yours either. 1150 01:44:27,797 --> 01:44:30,265 Go console your friend in his fall. 1151 01:44:30,437 --> 01:44:33,634 - Providence is on his side. - And not on mine? 1152 01:44:34,157 --> 01:44:36,876 I thought no one was indispensable to you. 1153 01:45:04,037 --> 01:45:06,232 Can we really expect... 1154 01:45:07,797 --> 01:45:11,073 Can we expect a man to be a great strategist, 1155 01:45:11,237 --> 01:45:14,866 a great leader and a good, loving father? 1156 01:45:15,037 --> 01:45:17,073 We ask nothing of your father. 1157 01:45:17,237 --> 01:45:19,990 He is what he is. We must make our own way. 1158 01:45:23,077 --> 01:45:24,795 My way is... 1159 01:45:25,437 --> 01:45:26,790 to Egypt. 1160 01:45:27,557 --> 01:45:28,785 Tomorrow at dawn. 1161 01:45:29,077 --> 01:45:32,467 Now that's a decision! You better stick to it. 1162 01:45:32,717 --> 01:45:35,675 - You agree? - I agree if the decision is yours, 1163 01:45:35,917 --> 01:45:39,148 if you put your father behind you, if you forgive Abdallah 1164 01:45:39,317 --> 01:45:42,150 and if you say you love me as I love you. 1165 01:45:44,797 --> 01:45:46,594 You're in love with Joseph. 1166 01:45:46,757 --> 01:45:50,067 The day he left, you stared into his eyes from the roof. 1167 01:45:50,237 --> 01:45:52,307 My mother likes his blue eyes too. 1168 01:45:52,477 --> 01:45:54,115 I saw you kiss him! 1169 01:45:55,117 --> 01:45:57,426 He's the one who kissed me. 1170 01:45:58,997 --> 01:46:02,228 When you leave, I'll go to the roof and stare at you. 1171 01:46:03,557 --> 01:46:04,592 Will you? 1172 01:46:04,757 --> 01:46:07,590 Swear to God that you'll marry me. 1173 01:46:07,757 --> 01:46:10,191 - Another decision! - I'll tell your father. 1174 01:46:10,397 --> 01:46:12,115 - He knows I love you. - You told him? 1175 01:46:12,277 --> 01:46:13,551 - My mother did. - She knows? 1176 01:46:13,757 --> 01:46:16,715 Everyone knows but you. 1177 01:46:21,357 --> 01:46:24,952 Go. When you come back, my trousseau will be ready. 1178 01:46:33,917 --> 01:46:36,067 I'll go faster than my shadow. 1179 01:46:36,277 --> 01:46:39,155 Father will refuse your trip and our marriage. 1180 01:46:39,357 --> 01:46:42,269 - I demand both. - Or nothing at all. 1181 01:46:42,597 --> 01:46:44,155 We'll stand up to him. 1182 01:46:44,317 --> 01:46:46,353 The two of us... together. 1183 01:46:53,157 --> 01:46:55,512 What are you waiting for? 1184 01:46:56,317 --> 01:46:58,990 Someone's permission? Joseph would have... 1185 01:47:05,197 --> 01:47:08,394 Let them burn my books! Someone else can write them! 1186 01:47:08,557 --> 01:47:11,025 Great thinkers don't grow on trees! 1187 01:47:11,277 --> 01:47:14,633 Too bad. Such is my destiny and that of the nation. 1188 01:47:15,037 --> 01:47:17,267 I'm scared, but I'm letting him go. 1189 01:47:17,437 --> 01:47:19,667 You write books to incite people, 1190 01:47:19,837 --> 01:47:22,067 to rouse them, to make them think! 1191 01:47:22,237 --> 01:47:25,434 We have a right to take a stand and share the risks! 1192 01:47:25,597 --> 01:47:27,633 She sounds just like her father! 1193 01:47:27,797 --> 01:47:29,947 Thank God she looks like her mother! 1194 01:47:30,117 --> 01:47:31,948 Quiet! My husband is gorgeous! 1195 01:47:32,117 --> 01:47:35,393 I have to take responsibility for my decisions. 1196 01:47:35,557 --> 01:47:36,194 Exactly. 1197 01:47:36,357 --> 01:47:38,393 Besides, I'm the Caliph's son. 1198 01:47:38,557 --> 01:47:40,434 I'll make myself respected. 1199 01:47:40,597 --> 01:47:42,508 No one will be able to stop me. 1200 01:47:42,757 --> 01:47:45,635 He's already proved his worth. 1201 01:47:46,597 --> 01:47:48,315 Salma and I are for. 1202 01:47:48,517 --> 01:47:50,348 He and I are against. 1203 01:47:50,557 --> 01:47:51,387 Are we? 1204 01:47:51,557 --> 01:47:53,195 How about me? 1205 01:47:53,517 --> 01:47:57,305 Salma and Nasser are for. You and Abu Yehia are against. 1206 01:47:58,237 --> 01:48:00,307 I've always played fair. 1207 01:48:02,397 --> 01:48:05,787 I'm with them. That makes three against two. 1208 01:48:06,797 --> 01:48:08,674 Isn't that right? 1209 01:48:10,357 --> 01:48:12,154 You're always right, my love. 1210 01:48:12,317 --> 01:48:15,434 Go... No one can deprive the world of wisdom. 1211 01:48:15,637 --> 01:48:17,070 God keep you. 1212 01:48:19,277 --> 01:48:20,995 I'll do our children proud. 1213 01:48:24,517 --> 01:48:26,428 As soon as we have some. 1214 01:48:55,717 --> 01:48:56,945 Where are they? 1215 01:48:57,117 --> 01:49:00,234 Here and there. They're approaching Guadalquivir. 1216 01:49:00,517 --> 01:49:04,635 They're a stone's throw away. Where did we go wrong? 1217 01:49:05,037 --> 01:49:08,666 After Alarcos, we wasted our fighting forces 1218 01:49:08,837 --> 01:49:12,432 in futile battles. Our army has suffered. 1219 01:49:12,637 --> 01:49:14,832 Nothing I do is futile. 1220 01:49:15,997 --> 01:49:17,316 Sire... 1221 01:49:25,437 --> 01:49:27,905 The enemy is here and we jabber away. 1222 01:49:28,077 --> 01:49:31,990 How about the enemies within? They're undermining your power. 1223 01:49:32,197 --> 01:49:34,108 Your friend Averroes warned you. 1224 01:49:34,277 --> 01:49:37,713 If you mention his name again, I'll throw you in jail! 1225 01:49:37,877 --> 01:49:39,674 Go ahead. You're the Caliph. 1226 01:49:39,877 --> 01:49:42,107 People bow, even when you fart! 1227 01:49:42,357 --> 01:49:44,712 It's Averroes who divided the nation! 1228 01:49:44,877 --> 01:49:48,506 He just happens to resign when the enemy attacks. 1229 01:49:48,677 --> 01:49:52,113 He just happens to send my son God knows where. 1230 01:49:52,277 --> 01:49:54,996 And the enemy happens to read his books! 1231 01:49:55,317 --> 01:49:57,467 Do they contain military secrets? 1232 01:49:57,637 --> 01:49:59,468 Ideas belong to all of mankind. 1233 01:49:59,637 --> 01:50:03,596 Our kingdom was born of an idea. Ideas will live on 1234 01:50:03,837 --> 01:50:06,874 Iong after you and I fall into oblivion. 1235 01:50:07,077 --> 01:50:10,752 I'll win this battle. It's his ideas that will perish. 1236 01:50:11,197 --> 01:50:14,428 Ideas have wings. No one can stop their flight. 1237 01:50:14,957 --> 01:50:16,595 I can! 1238 01:50:16,957 --> 01:50:20,188 I'll have all his books burnt! I'll banish him! 1239 01:50:20,357 --> 01:50:23,986 It'll be the end of Almohad culture and all of Andalusia. 1240 01:50:25,837 --> 01:50:26,986 I am Andalusia! 1241 01:50:29,477 --> 01:50:30,910 Not him! 1242 01:50:36,037 --> 01:50:37,629 Open the doors! 1243 01:50:39,517 --> 01:50:41,633 Show Sheik Riad in. 1244 01:50:50,717 --> 01:50:52,708 Can you rally the people? 1245 01:50:52,877 --> 01:50:54,196 Of course. 1246 01:50:54,757 --> 01:50:56,315 How long will it take? 1247 01:50:56,477 --> 01:50:58,786 A day... a moment... 1248 01:50:59,317 --> 01:51:00,830 They're waiting for you. 1249 01:51:01,917 --> 01:51:06,274 Ever since our glorious Saladin - God bless his soul - 1250 01:51:06,517 --> 01:51:11,386 set Jerusalem free, unifying Arab people the world over, 1251 01:51:12,117 --> 01:51:14,426 Christians have sought revenge. 1252 01:51:14,597 --> 01:51:17,873 Their one wish is to destroy our empire 1253 01:51:18,557 --> 01:51:22,630 which has enlightened the world for over six centuries. 1254 01:51:22,957 --> 01:51:27,109 They want Andalusia to sink back into misery and ignorance. 1255 01:51:28,157 --> 01:51:33,356 They'll burn our homes, kill our children. They want our blood. 1256 01:51:34,197 --> 01:51:36,074 Can we let 1257 01:51:36,917 --> 01:51:39,033 the enemy take back the land 1258 01:51:39,197 --> 01:51:43,076 which our forefathers turned into a paragon of civilization? 1259 01:51:43,237 --> 01:51:44,113 Can we? 1260 01:51:44,797 --> 01:51:47,550 God has given us a leader 1261 01:51:47,717 --> 01:51:50,390 even more glorious than Saladin! 1262 01:51:51,477 --> 01:51:54,469 Our mentor is pure. He is courageous 1263 01:51:54,677 --> 01:51:55,951 and inspired. 1264 01:51:56,117 --> 01:51:58,631 Mansur the Victorious! 1265 01:51:59,197 --> 01:52:02,030 Commander of the believers of Andalusia! 1266 01:52:07,997 --> 01:52:10,352 We are your soldiers, Victorious One! 1267 01:52:23,437 --> 01:52:24,711 Glorious believers... 1268 01:52:29,157 --> 01:52:34,311 The world will soon know that Paradise is for the pure of heart... 1269 01:52:49,597 --> 01:52:51,633 What happened, Sheik Riad? 1270 01:52:52,557 --> 01:52:54,388 You left during my speech. 1271 01:52:54,557 --> 01:52:57,515 It is you who inspires the people. 1272 01:52:57,677 --> 01:52:59,235 You and you alone. 1273 01:52:59,397 --> 01:53:02,389 Whatever you say arouses their enthusiasm. 1274 01:53:02,757 --> 01:53:05,112 They hung upon your every word. 1275 01:53:06,157 --> 01:53:09,547 There's no use talking about land and honor. 1276 01:53:10,197 --> 01:53:11,266 Just tell them 1277 01:53:12,077 --> 01:53:15,274 it's God's will. Every one of them will obey. 1278 01:53:15,437 --> 01:53:18,873 You're a real saint. And a clever one at that. 1279 01:53:23,437 --> 01:53:26,713 For foundering in the ocean of illusion 1280 01:53:27,037 --> 01:53:29,505 and obscuring the people's judgement, 1281 01:53:29,677 --> 01:53:33,511 the Caliph forbids the following people from teaching 1282 01:53:33,837 --> 01:53:37,989 in schools and mosques. Furthermore, the Caliph orders 1283 01:53:38,317 --> 01:53:41,115 that their books be burnt in public 1284 01:53:41,437 --> 01:53:43,667 and that they be banished. 1285 01:54:12,517 --> 01:54:14,155 It's Averroes! 1286 01:54:17,597 --> 01:54:19,349 Are you hurt? 1287 01:54:46,317 --> 01:54:48,990 Al-Razi, only you can be entrusted with this. 1288 01:54:49,877 --> 01:54:53,028 I don't always agree with what Averroes says, 1289 01:54:53,197 --> 01:54:55,188 but under such circumstances 1290 01:54:55,477 --> 01:54:57,866 it is my duty to save these books. 1291 01:54:58,197 --> 01:55:01,826 My father has great respect for Averroes, but... 1292 01:55:02,117 --> 01:55:05,905 He ordered these books burnt and their author banished. 1293 01:55:06,077 --> 01:55:07,476 It will soon take effect. 1294 01:55:08,037 --> 01:55:09,993 I learned of this yesterday. 1295 01:55:10,157 --> 01:55:12,113 Sheik Riad has won. 1296 01:55:13,437 --> 01:55:15,109 Run back to Averroes. 1297 01:55:15,277 --> 01:55:17,393 If he sees his books burn 1298 01:55:17,597 --> 01:55:20,555 without knowing they've been saved, 1299 01:55:20,717 --> 01:55:22,230 he'd die. 1300 01:55:39,077 --> 01:55:42,547 "Commentary on Aristotle by Averroes of Andalusia" 1301 01:55:46,397 --> 01:55:48,865 "The lncoherence of lncoherence" 1302 01:55:50,557 --> 01:55:54,869 Subjective, conflicting interpretations of divine law 1303 01:55:55,077 --> 01:55:58,228 which assert their veracity above all others 1304 01:55:58,557 --> 01:56:00,627 have torn the country apart. 1305 01:56:01,037 --> 01:56:05,747 We are all to be held responsible for these rifts, 1306 01:56:05,917 --> 01:56:07,350 for these schisms. 1307 01:56:07,557 --> 01:56:08,706 Tell her she's wrong! 1308 01:56:08,877 --> 01:56:11,266 No, your mother is right. 1309 01:56:14,757 --> 01:56:16,634 Everything stays but the bench. 1310 01:56:16,797 --> 01:56:19,550 Take the cupboard while you're at it! 1311 01:56:29,917 --> 01:56:30,793 Remember? 1312 01:56:31,837 --> 01:56:34,067 Life is so cruel with us. 1313 01:56:34,237 --> 01:56:35,386 Leaving everything... 1314 01:56:36,717 --> 01:56:40,676 We've been through worse. As long as we're together... 1315 01:56:40,837 --> 01:56:42,270 we'll pull through. 1316 01:56:43,437 --> 01:56:44,267 Tell me... 1317 01:56:45,837 --> 01:56:47,793 Do you remember this bench? 1318 01:56:48,757 --> 01:56:52,670 Of course I do. I thought you'd forgotten. 1319 01:56:52,837 --> 01:56:54,190 Our first night... 1320 01:56:54,877 --> 01:56:58,347 On the bench... God forgive you! 1321 01:57:36,757 --> 01:57:38,110 Thank God, you're safe. 1322 01:57:53,597 --> 01:57:54,666 Nasser's back. 1323 01:57:55,637 --> 01:57:56,786 I want him docile 1324 01:57:57,917 --> 01:57:59,350 or I want him dead. 1325 01:58:06,317 --> 01:58:08,831 Meeting like this is a true blessing. 1326 01:58:09,717 --> 01:58:11,116 Indeed. 1327 01:58:12,277 --> 01:58:16,111 I'm going to betray one of Sheik Riad's secrets. 1328 01:58:16,757 --> 01:58:18,907 The Spaniards want peace. 1329 01:58:19,077 --> 01:58:20,192 Who wouldn't? 1330 01:58:20,917 --> 01:58:23,385 "If they incline to peace, incline to it." 1331 01:58:24,317 --> 01:58:28,913 They want us to reduce the army and give out some gifts 1332 01:58:29,157 --> 01:58:32,547 to pacify the people and make them amenable. 1333 01:58:32,717 --> 01:58:37,950 Trade will thrive. We all stand to profit from it. 1334 01:58:38,117 --> 01:58:40,790 What does the Caliph of Andalusia think? 1335 01:58:42,677 --> 01:58:45,237 My father is the Caliph of Andalusia. 1336 01:58:45,637 --> 01:58:46,467 Al-Mansur. 1337 01:58:47,037 --> 01:58:50,393 He's given enough. He deserves a long rest. 1338 01:59:43,517 --> 01:59:46,077 I've been trained to kill you. 1339 01:59:46,637 --> 01:59:47,387 From behind? 1340 01:59:49,717 --> 01:59:51,309 Go ahead... 1341 01:59:51,597 --> 01:59:54,111 Won't your hand obey? Do it. 1342 01:59:54,877 --> 01:59:58,313 I could have if they'd reached my heart. 1343 01:59:58,797 --> 02:00:01,072 But they only played with my mind. 1344 02:00:02,597 --> 02:00:03,586 Who's "they"? 1345 02:00:03,757 --> 02:00:06,908 Those you wish to please by burning his books. 1346 02:00:23,957 --> 02:00:25,788 Justice is done! 1347 02:00:31,797 --> 02:00:33,469 Too late. 1348 02:00:52,277 --> 02:00:54,996 I know your books are safe in Egypt. 1349 02:00:55,717 --> 02:00:57,196 Of course... 1350 02:01:05,077 --> 02:01:06,795 Abdallah almost killed me. 1351 02:01:10,117 --> 02:01:13,996 Sheik Riad has sided with the Spaniards. 1352 02:01:16,797 --> 02:01:18,310 I was offered your throne. 1353 02:01:22,557 --> 02:01:23,706 They lost. 1354 02:01:26,397 --> 02:01:27,955 I'm ready to fight now. 1355 02:01:28,357 --> 02:01:29,836 So am l. 1356 02:01:37,317 --> 02:01:40,593 Heaven has answered your prayers, Sheik Riad. Enter. 1357 02:01:57,557 --> 02:02:00,071 Not thwarting Averroes' plans 1358 02:02:00,317 --> 02:02:02,433 would have been disastrous. 1359 02:02:02,597 --> 02:02:05,111 He can do us no more harm. 1360 02:02:05,557 --> 02:02:10,347 Now that we are unified, we can confront the enemy together. 1361 02:02:11,197 --> 02:02:15,076 You and your sects will go to the front line. 1362 02:02:16,637 --> 02:02:17,786 As a shield. 1363 02:02:17,997 --> 02:02:21,910 An example for those willing to die in the name of lslam. 1364 02:02:22,437 --> 02:02:26,316 Victory or death... both lead to Paradise. 1365 02:02:26,677 --> 02:02:29,316 - I'm not a warrior. - Come now! 1366 02:02:29,477 --> 02:02:32,469 Your eloquence alone gets the masses marching! 1367 02:02:35,357 --> 02:02:37,871 Have you nothing to say, Sheik Riad? 1368 02:02:39,517 --> 02:02:41,508 Who'll run the country? 1369 02:02:41,997 --> 02:02:43,988 No one. It will run itself. 1370 02:02:44,277 --> 02:02:48,031 - The philosophers can do no more harm. - I'm an old man. 1371 02:02:48,197 --> 02:02:51,906 Don't underestimate yourself! You're in fine health! 1372 02:02:52,077 --> 02:02:54,830 I know my dream will come true. 1373 02:02:55,477 --> 02:02:58,992 I saw you leading the army, charging with the troops, 1374 02:02:59,157 --> 02:03:01,910 dressed in white, a sword in hand. 1375 02:03:02,077 --> 02:03:05,114 - I've never held a weapon. - Now's your chance! 1376 02:03:05,277 --> 02:03:08,792 The mettle of a warrior is apparent only in battle. 1377 02:03:08,957 --> 02:03:10,913 - Sword against sword. - Take mine. 1378 02:03:11,077 --> 02:03:14,513 We know that the enemy is gathering near Jaen. 1379 02:03:14,677 --> 02:03:18,795 Get your men ready. We attack at daybreak. 1380 02:03:22,157 --> 02:03:24,352 We're attacking them at Jaen? 1381 02:03:24,517 --> 02:03:28,635 That's what our new "general" will tell them. 1382 02:03:28,797 --> 02:03:31,595 - We'll attack at Alarcos. - Perfect. 1383 02:03:31,997 --> 02:03:33,396 Sire... 1384 02:03:35,917 --> 02:03:38,226 Averroes' books are safe. 1385 02:03:38,757 --> 02:03:41,271 I took a copy of each to Egypt. 1386 02:03:42,997 --> 02:03:44,669 Thank God. 1387 02:03:45,077 --> 02:03:47,637 That was a wise thing to do. Thank you. 1388 02:03:47,797 --> 02:03:48,593 May I tell him? 1389 02:03:50,037 --> 02:03:51,868 We set off in an hour. 1390 02:03:52,117 --> 02:03:53,994 I won't be long. 1391 02:04:00,397 --> 02:04:02,831 Will you restore him his honors? 1392 02:04:03,797 --> 02:04:07,551 I accused him of treason. Shall I contradict myself now? 1393 02:04:08,797 --> 02:04:11,470 What made you fall into your own trap? 1394 02:04:16,277 --> 02:04:17,869 Vanity. 1395 02:04:32,997 --> 02:04:35,465 The books! They're safe! 1396 02:04:35,717 --> 02:04:40,074 Sarah, Manuela, his books are safe in Egypt! 1397 02:04:44,237 --> 02:04:46,114 That's Aunt Zeinab! 1398 02:04:46,277 --> 02:04:49,075 Move away! We have to congratulate him! 1399 02:05:10,477 --> 02:05:13,913 - I'll marry you when I come back. - No, now! 1400 02:05:14,237 --> 02:05:15,875 Wait. 1401 02:05:16,517 --> 02:05:18,075 I'll be back. 1402 02:05:18,677 --> 02:05:20,030 Just a moment. 1403 02:05:29,477 --> 02:05:30,956 Thank you. 1404 02:05:32,717 --> 02:05:34,514 Thank you. 1405 02:05:36,037 --> 02:05:37,675 A thousand thanks... 1406 02:06:08,517 --> 02:06:14,831 Ideas have wings. No one can stop their flight. 1407 02:09:23,517 --> 02:09:28,545 Subtitles: Andrew Litvack