The Conspiracy of Torture (Beatrice Cenci) (Beatrice Cenci)

They're coming, they're coming...

the executioner is coming! - He'll be tortured.

And put to death.

Yeah, who is it?

Well we're finally gonna find out.

They're building right over there, in front of the church.

- Girls, girls, an execution. - An execution?

Yes, stupid, what do you think a scaffold's for?

It gives me the shivers.

You've seen one, you've seen them all...

I wonder what this one is.

It's for Cenci.

All right, get a move on.

We haven't got all day.

Hey watch out, you want to smash my toes?

I never saw anybody who loved this job like you.

Three, four...

seven...

eight, nine.

Why don't they just leave it up?

Ten!

I've been told it's for the Cenci.

They're going to execute at least two, three.

They say it's for the Cenci.

Yep, all of them on the same scaffold,

Giacomo, the stepmother, and Beatrice.

The stepmother and Beatrice?

That's not all, the young Bernardo...

has to sit there and watch.

The sentence has been pronounced.

The fair maiden Beatrice, her good stepmother Lucrezia...

the brother Giacomo are to lose their heads...

in the square of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome.

The young brother, Bernardo...

will undergo another form of punishment.

Two are imprisoned at the dungeon of Torre di Nona...

and the two at the dungeon of Corte Sevilla.

The pronouncement has been forwarded in writing...

to the counsel for the defense, Prospero Farinacci...

who reads it to his fellow jurists.

So Bernardo has to sit on the platform...

for the sole purpose of watching the others die.

Then he will be sent to prison for a year...

and serve afterwards as a galley slave...

for the remainder of his life.

Is this really mercy?

I'm sure he'd be better off in Hell.

Imagine a life of slavery.

Colleagues do I have to point out that justice...

is not always what we would wish it to be?

Farinacci would you continue to read the sentence please?

Is that really necessary?

We know what fate awaits these prisoners.

Their possessions are totally confiscated.

All their possessions...

and property.

Everything they owned in Rome and in the mountains.

Everything.

Everything of value will go to the Apostolic chambers.

Over half a million scudi.

No, no.

No.

No, no.

No, no.

No!

I understand.

The execution is set for tomorrow at dawn.

Your stepmother Lucrezia, and your sister...

Beatrice will be decapitated.

You will be exposed to the public which cries out...

for justice in heavy iron chains.

You will then be quartered limb by limb...

in full view of the people of Rome!

Oh wretched woman...

put your lips to this holy image.

Your suffering is naught compared to that...

of our Lord, who was crucified.

Pray for the intercession of Saint Paul...

who was beheaded, as you shall be.

Beseech God to grant thee pardon for thy sins.

How dare you feign to pray with such complacency...

you who have committed the blackest sin of all?

Your demeanor shows no sign of true devotion.

Therefore, you shall be damned to Hell's fire.

Are you not here to give comfort brothers?

We are not here to comfort you...

but to save your soul from Satan.

God cannot absolve you of parasite...

as long as repentance has not purged your soul.

You have murdered your father, and in this you rejoice!

You shall suffer eternal damnation.

Ciero Depante shouldn't have let himself be caught.

Ciero Depante is in the service of Francesco Cenci.

Are you sure about that?

He's the one who burned it down, they saw him too.

I tell you I swear it.

Francesco Cenci ordered him to.

Old Cenci abducted his daughter...

when she was only 14 years old.

But Thomasso and a few others

went to the castle and freed her.

Old man Cenci had to release her.

But he swore sooner or later the family would pay dearly.

Seems very uncommon of him to wait.

Had to, because the mother used his connections...

with Prince Colonna, who promised him protection.

That's why Francesco Cenci held back.

And now, will he go to prison?

It's not your concern, carry on.

If I were as cruel as they say...

I'd let him lie there and bleed.

But I have pity for him.

The dagger.

The dagger.

A guard at every exit, search all the rooms.

Excellency.

Where is Don Francesco?

We're never told where the master travels.

Pray we don't have to send you to the gallows.

Police in the Cenci castle?

What special event brings you here?

It's only for the arrest of your...

revered master, Don Francesco.

Are you his manservant?

Manservant, if only I were.

I'm commonly known as...

his son, yes.

I'm supposed to be his eldest son.

If you're doubtful because of my clothes...

please tell my father, if you can find him.

Every Citizen is required to assist justice.

As justice call, even if you're his son.

I'm no longer his son.

If you feel I have refused to assist justice because of him...

you're most mistaken.

The man's hated by everybody.

And that everybody means every one of his children...

as well as she who beds with him, I'm sure you already know.

His good fortune I fear has come to an end.

He's put himself in the bad graces of our friend Colonna.

If only the Prince will speak of it to His Holiness.

Yes, but it's useless if he gets away...

that is if he makes it to his castle.

That's part of his plan.

Because everyone forgets in time.

I'm not fond of anybody with the police...

but in this I'm willing to help you.

If you'll just take a look in Roca de Petrella.

We welcome you back excellency.

Thanks to God you've arrived in good health Francesco.

Am I not to be thanked for being here?

Naturally.

Now you have lied, twice.

And you Beatrice, don't you greet me?

I bowed my head, it seems more appropriate...

to show respect for you in silence.

Well put, as long as you continue to have respect.

That's all I ask.

Aren't you gonna greet me Papa?

Enough greeting.

And you Chaplain, if I don't mistake a certain...

gleam in your eye, are going to ask for money...

to redo the scene in the chapel.

No, Don Francesco.

If you'll allow me, I'd like to inquire after your children.

Giacomo, my first son, a fine young man...

I mean Rocco and Cristoforo.

Those two.

I must say, I think they're doing quite well, those two.

It's sometime since they've been able to...

impose upon me for a weekly handout.

Let's pray Giacomo will follow their example.

Have they returned yet from Spain?

Why ask me?

Not only has your father had to flee Rome...

he's afraid his own guards will rebel...

and put him in irons again.

Do they speak about such things in your presence?

No, they didn't know I was listening.

It'll be the end of you if they...

find out you've told someone.

I did it because of you, so you'd know what to do.

Do about what?

Well you told me about a certain letter...

you got your brother to deliver to the Vatican.

Suppose your father would...

suppose your father would forgive you...

and try to fix things up.

Do you think he would still insist upon...

going into a convent?

If he should release me.

In a convent...

I should find more peace than anywhere else in the world.

But Madam...

I think...

life's not only peace.

I say it's joy, and love.

Why renounce your share of these things?

I shall never forget what your friendship means to me.

You have rewarded me with your acceptance of it.