La catedral del mar (2018) s01e08 Episode Script
Episode 8
A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES I won't lock up my daughter in a convent just to appease your insanity.
Swear you don't want her.
I told you.
He's blinded by his obsession.
And he's forcing our hand.
Was this part of your plan? What's wrong, Arnau? Your father just consented to our marriage before the host.
Your brother has been made Inquisitor.
He got orders to go to the Pyrenees, and he wasn't able to say goodbye.
I'm sorry about your father's death.
I read your letter.
I believe we have a common foe.
The Jews have desecrated the Holy Bread! There's only one way to sort this out.
To buy our freedom.
They got their revenge.
Nobody will notice me.
Look at them! The way he's holding her! Your brother was arrested.
The Holy Inquisition accuses him of heresy.
He's the cause of all my problems.
And of yours.
For it was his mother who bewitched you.
That woman gave me milk from her breasts and made me ill.
Find the whore.
Mar.
I want you to go get her.
Why do you want to see her? It's been a long time, brother.
I want to apologize.
I need her forgiveness.
SENTENCED Come on.
My Lord.
Here she is.
Who's this? One of her whores.
Give them food and water, and bundles of straw so they can rest.
What are you doing? Has the curse addled your brain? You fool, look at the state they're in.
The better they look, the better for us.
My Lady.
Friar Joan is here to see you.
I told him you were not available, but he insists.
Tell him I do not wish to see him.
Why are you so interested in our prisoner? We want to know what the charges are against him.
Please forgive him, Your Eminence.
Lord Puig is only trying to help find out the truth.
We know an accusation has been made against Arnau Estanyol, and we want to support it.
Speak up.
We are all good Christians, and we strongly believe that Arnau Estanyol is the Devil's spawn.
That man is the son of a murderer and a witch.
His father, Bernat Estanyol, murdered a boy in Navarcles Castle and ran away to Barcelona with his son, Arnau, who my father, as he knew who his father was, kept locked up so he couldn't cause harm to anybody.
Bernat Estanyol was the leader of the Blat Square uprising.
He was executed right there.
And his corpse was burned.
Burned? By whom? We never knew.
But I'm sure you do know, don't you? I'm sure it was his own son, Arnau.
So why didn't you report it back then? Your Eminence Why didn't you? I was just a boy.
I was afraid he would do the same to me.
Arnau had already killed my little brother, Guiamón.
He killed him because he refused to take part in his demonic rites.
And you didn't report that either? He's our cousin.
My mother couldn't hurt her own blood.
And that's how he repaid us, humiliating us.
I see.
As Lady Elionor told me, this thoughtless man has not only lain with an enemy of our holy faith, a Jew, but incited peasants and serfs to disobey their natural lords.
As I was saying, his mother is a witch.
She's a whore now, but when I was an infant, she breastfed me and gave me the illness with her milk.
I'm the son of Llorenç and Caterina de Bellera, and no one in my family has ever suffered this disease.
You can verify this.
The Bishop certified it when I was born.
So surely it was that evil woman's milk.
- Did you have her arrested? - I have, Your Eminence.
And I've ordered that she be brought before this tribunal.
Who's this? One of the old woman's whores.
Throw her out.
Your Honor, this woman's been wrongly accused.
Get out! I'll get you out of here, I promise.
Lock her up next to her son, but so they cannot talk.
Aledis.
We've been following you.
Are you all right? - Francesca has been taken to the dungeons.
- Why? I don't know.
But we'll soon find out.
Wait.
In there.
Away from Estanyol.
Hello? Hello? What's the matter? What are you looking for, friar? I came to talk to you.
I don't want to hear anything you have to tell me.
I promised Arnau I'd talk to you.
Arnau has been imprisoned by the Inquisition.
Others have been imprisoned for a long time.
It wasn't him who imprisoned you.
Arnau gave me to Felip de Ponts, instead of avenging my dishonor! It wasn't him.
It was me.
It was me who talked him into doing that.
Elionor convinced me.
We arranged your kidnapping and let him rape you so we could convince Arnau to give you away in marriage.
He would never have given you away because Why? Tell me why he wouldn't have given me away.
Why? Is something the matter, My Lady? Lock him up in the tower.
Since Arnau was arrested by the Inquisition, I found out it was his wife who reported him for Judaizing and having carnal relations with my sister Raquel.
I happen to know that Nicolau Eimeric, Inquisitor General, means to use Arnau's trial against the King, in order to further consolidate the Inquistion's power.
We, the Jews, due to the nature of Arnau's charges, can do nothing to help him.
Here you go.
The liquidation of all your businesses.
Money and receipts.
We got a good price, despite the rush.
Thank you, Filippo.
They say there will be fair winds, so it won't take you long to get to Barcelona.
Although I don't know whether that's a good idea, to be honest.
Sometimes it's best not to stir the past up.
I'm needed there.
What made you two drift apart? A girl.
I understand.
No, you don't.
There was so much love in that girl's heart.
Cover your eyes.
You can't make me.
I'm an Inquisitor.
Cover your eyes, I said.
The Inquisition never covers its prisoners' eyes.
True.
You only cover their souls and take their honor away.
That's not true.
Why wouldn't Arnau have given me away? Why? Hang him and get rid of his body.
Because he loved you.
Because he loved you then.
And he still does.
I know where Jaume de Bellera is staying.
He'll dine there with Genís Puig tonight.
You will go to that inn, and pretend to be sisters.
I cannot be seen.
They know my face.
You don't know the first thing about men, but make them drink.
They won't take long to start bragging about Francesca's capture.
You think you can manage to look decent? Girls.
Stay with us.
What do you want? I want to see the woman they locked up for witchcraft.
Visitors are not allowed.
How are you? They arrested Arnau.
They want to prove he is the son of a witch.
That's why they're keeping you here.
I know.
He's there.
Nobody can know Arnau's my son.
You're the only one who knows.
So does Jaume de Bellera.
But he can't prove it.
Swear you won't tell anybody.
You think I'm not dying to tell him who I am? To hold him, to kiss him? A Bellera once ruined my life, and I won't have his son do the same to Arnau.
Swear it.
I swear.
Listen.
I want to talk to you.
Don't go.
He was found outside his brother's exchange house, Your Eminence.
Send him in, and leave us.
Your Eminence, I implore you.
How dare you jeopardize the Holy Inquisition's assets? You made your brother's assistants sell cheap in order to get money.
To help my brother.
Your brother just needs God's help.
The Inquisition has confiscated his books, and there will be no more transactions.
At least let me see him.
You promised to get his confession, and you've got nothing! He will be put on trial in a few days, and as the Lord lives, he'll get the punishment he deserves.
Get out.
What happened? I tried everything, I promise.
I tried.
Joan? I'm Aledis.
Remember me? The tanner's daughter.
We shared the same roof when we were children.
Why are you looking at me like that? You're beautiful.
Beauty does not guarantee happiness.
I once had happiness within reach, and I let it go.
Who are you? Years ago, had my father consented, I would have married Arnau.
Years ago, had I been treated like a human being and not like an animal, I'd still be by Arnau's side.
The time for dreaming is over for me.
As Friar Joan said, now I'm just a childhood friend.
I doubt that friar ever had a childhood.
Why do you speak of him like this? It's a long story.
If you like, I have time.
Price has gone up.
What do you want? Forgive me, Francesca.
I'll keep my word, but I must talk to him.
Why? What do you want to tell him? Something that will break my heart.
But I must.
Please, don't.
Trust me.
Who are you? Who's that woman? I can't tell you, Arnau.
How do you know my name? It doesn't matter.
I just want you to know that Mar is here, waiting for you.
She loves you.
She still loves you, after everything.
Tell her I love her too, although now I can't.
Why are you talking to the cambist? It's forbidden! Get out! I don't want to see you here anymore.
When the trial starts, they'll make you swear by the Four Gospels.
Then they'll assign a lawyer to you, but he won't be allowed to defend you.
He will only go for the heretic's voluntary confession.
Defending the heretic would mean defending heresy.
Then he'll be asked to name his enemies.
I'm sorry.
My Lady does not wish to see you.
I think my wife hates me.
Why would Lady Elionor hate you? We haven't had any children.
Have you tried? Have you ever lain with her? You made an oath on the Four Gospels.
No.
I have never lain with my wife.
Are you confessing to never having had carnal relations with your wife? I cannot have any carnal relations.
I was married before, and I had no children either.
You mean you have a physical problem? No, I don't.
Do you refuse to perform your duties, according to God's obligations? I don't.
So? Must this tribunal take your silence as a confession? I don't question the obligations.
But God cannot make me desire my wife.
And how do you satisfy your instincts? I don't understand your question.
You're a man, and you confessed you didn't have carnal relations with your wife.
How do you satisfy your manly needs? I haven't had any relations with women for years.
"Statement of Pere Salvete, St.
Mary of the Sea canon.
In Easter, Year of Our Lord 1365, during mass, some citizens stormed in the church reporting that heretics had stolen Holy Bread.
The parishioners left the temple.
When Arnau Estanyol left, his wife, Lady Elionor, said to him the following words Run, or you won't see your Jewish lover.
Did the canon lie? I haven't accused anybody of lying.
Is this how you satisfy your instincts, with Jewish women? I told you I haven't had any relations with any women.
You're lying! This tribunal has seen you holding a heretic woman.
That's contact with a woman, isn't that so? Not the kind you're referring to.
What would make a man and woman embrace each other in public, if not lust? Grief.
Grief for what? For the execution of a heretic who desecrated Holy Bread? Is that the pain you feel as a good Christian? The full force of justice brought to bear on Hasdai Crescas, a vile desecrating thief.
He didn't do it.
The three Jews admitted their guilt.
But they somehow lied, and you happen to know who stole the Holy Bread? No.
So why are you defending them? The Jews crucified Jesus.
Haven't they paid enough in lives? Why do Jews born in our time have to regret it? They're not to blame for what happened then.
Everybody who embraces the Jewish faith takes on what their ancestors did.
They just embrace ideas, beliefs, just as we do.
Write it down.
The defendant has dared to compare the Christian Faith, the only one, the true one, with the Jewish heretic doctrines.
I didn't say anything of the kind.
We heard what you said loud and clear.
I just said they are just like us.
An officer of the guard who is friends with my brother told him that, in yesterday's session, Arnau made heretic statements.
Did he tell you whether he mentioned me, or us? The Inquisitor asked him whether it was true he never fulfilled his duties as a husband.
And what did he answer? He said he felt no desire for you as a woman.
My God, the whore.
Elionor! What you've done to your husband is despicable.
Please, my Lady, contain yourself.
Should something happen to him, I swear I'll Let go of me! I thought you'd be glad to see me.
Sahat! I see your temper is intact.
He let them kill him, Sahat.
Our father let them kill him to save us all.
They were out of their minds.
They wanted to burn down the Jewish quarter.
And they call themselves Christians.
Although Arnau protected us, he couldn't save his life.
Then his wife accused him of having relations with a Jewish woman.
But Arnau never said my name.
He protected us from infamy.
We didn't know what to do, or how to help him.
That's why we contacted you.
Arnau lent King Pedro a lot of money.
And now, after so many wars, the King is in no condition to return it.
Should Arnau be condemned, his assets would be appropriated by the Inquisition, and thus the King would be in debt to the Inquistion, that is to say, to the Church.
And King Pedro won't be happy about that.
So? I have to talk to some people that might give me access to Prince Joan, who's in Barcelona now.
And I'll need all sorts of arguments to convince them.
The tribunal is now in session.
I remind you you're still under oath.
Do you think the Christian faith is only a set of ideas or beliefs that can be voluntarily embraced by men? I didn't properly word it.
How would you word it then? I don't know.
I can only say I believe in God, I'm a good Christian and I've always followed His precepts.
Burning your father's body is following God's precepts? Your father was a devil who stirred up the people.
That's why he was executed.
And that's why you burned his body.
Confess! Did you burn it? Did your burn your father as you would a demon? We were starving.
Have you ever starved? Did you burn your father as you would a demon? My father was no demon.
But you burned his body.
Answer! Did your mother force you to do it? Your mother is a witch that spreads Satan's evil.
Your father murdered a boy to free you.
Confess! You also murdered a Christian child when you were a boy.
What did you want from him? Was it his heart? How many more have you murdered? No! We'll see about that pride of yours when your mother testifies.
I don't have a mother.
We must make it so because it's the King's will.
And once the rebellion in Sardinia is crushed Your Highness.
What is it, Perellós? I think you should listen to this man.
He was Arnau Estanyol's slave, the cambist.
He has something important to tell you.
You come to give us money? There's nothing as important as that.
Begging your pardon, Your Highness, that's precisely why I came here.
We cannot take more loans, if that's what your master intends.
I don't mean to offer you more loans.
On the contrary.
I'm here to tell you that the debt you have with my master, Arnau Estanyol, could be settled in full.
I don't understand.
Are you offering me a miracle? My master is being tried by Inquisitor General Nicolau Eimeric.
If he's sentenced, his assets will be appropriated by the Inquisition.
And so will your debt.
I don't think your father will like being in debt to the Inquisition.
What do you want in exchange? Nothing, Your Highness.
We want you to do nothing.
That's exactly what I'm asking.
Your Eminence.
I'm begging you, in God's name, once again, have mercy.
Pull yourself together, Friar Joan.
You're a man of God.
My brother.
My brother is innocent.
It's all my fault.
It's my fault! My brother is innocent.
Forgive him, Your Eminence.
Your brother is already doomed.
It's your obstinacy, Arnau Estanyol.
Only your obstinacy is unnecessarily prolonging the trial.
You remain silent, but it is your silence that sentences you.
However, this tribunal has the means to break your senseless resistance.
Bring in the mother.
Remove the chains.
You might want to embrace her.
Francesca Esteve, do you swear by the Four Gospels? I swear.
But that's not my name.
What's your name then? My name is Francesca.
Ribes, not Esteve.
Francesca Ribes.
You're under oath.
Do you know that? I'm telling the truth.
Are you not the daughter of Pere and Francesca Esteve? I never knew my parents.
Didn't you marry Bernat Estanyol, in the domain of Navarcles? I've never been there, and I've never married anybody.
So I'm guessing you didn't have a son called Arnau Estanyol, either? I know nobody by that name.
Statement from Jaume de Bellera, Lord of Navarcles.
Citizens! The Consul of the Sea of Barcelona is being held captive by the Inquisition.
He's accused of heresy.
How can they accuse of heresy a man that has done everything and anything for the Virgin of the Sea? The Inquisition is not accountable to the city, or the King.
It doesn't answer to the Council of the Hundred or the Magistrates.
Their members are appointed by the Pope, a foreign Pope who only wants our citizens' money.
They just want our Consul's money.
To arms! To arms! Huzzah for St.
Mary of the Sea! Huzzah! - To arms! - To arms! and after murdering an innocent boy, Bernat Estanyol ran away to Barcelona with his son.
To arms! To arms! Joanet, you're early today.
Is something wrong? Did Arnau come with you? Shut them tight.
I don't want to hear what's going on outside.
To arms! To arms! the accuser knows for a fact that the witch became a prostitute.
Therefore, in the light of all this evidence, Arnau is the son of a witch and a murderer.
What do you have to say for yourself? You got the wrong whore.
Look at him.
Look at your son! To arms! To arms! Find out what's going on.
Guard the gates.
Your Eminence.
They're surrounding the palace.
Who dares to challenge the Holy Inquisition? Break up that mob.
It's the city of Barcelona's host, Your Eminence.
Calm down! What is that? The King's soldiers.
What's going to happen now? I don't know, but we can't take on the King's troops.
We can't leave Arnau with them either.
Don't be hasty.
Wait.
Sir, the host orders you to surrender the How dare you give orders to the Holy Inquisition? They're not my orders, but Barcelona's host's.
They're ordering you to surrender the Consul of the Sea.
They will storm the palace.
No, they won't.
They won't dare.
For the last time, give the Consul of the Sea to them.
What do you mean, for the last time? Go outside if you want to find out.
You go outside, and put an end to this riot.
The King's orders are not to assist you in any way.
Take your Consul of the Sea with you.
What are you talking about? You don't have the authority to hand Arnau Estanyol over, Bishop.
Nicolau d'Eimeric, if the Inquisition does not meet the city's demands and release the prisoner, the host will.
It's the law.
- Huzzah for Arnau Estanyol! - Huzzah! - Huzzah for our Consul of the Sea! - Huzzah! Citizens of Barcelona, I told the Holy Tribunal this is a matter of the city of Barcelona.
And that the law forbids the King from intervening.
Once again, Barcelona's host has protected their citizen's interests.
The Consul of the Sea has been released.
Soldiers, we're leaving.
Citizens, let's find our Consul! Let's go! - Huzzah for Arnau Estanyol! - Huzzah! - Huzzah for our Consul of the Sea! - Huzzah! You're free, Arnau.
It's done.
- Huzzah for Arnau Estanyol! - Huzzah! - Huzzah for our Consul of the Sea! - Huzzah! You and I will never see him again.
Ever.
Let us repent.
You have sinned.
You made me sin, all of us.
You poisoned my soul.
Let us repent.
Arnau Estanyol, this is the moment that you and I part ways again.
We both need a fresh start.
You in your city with your loved ones.
Me, in Pisa, trying to set up shop.
But however far apart we are, my life will always be linked to yours.
I'm just sorry I couldn't stop your brother Joan's sad end.
I'm also sorry I couldn't accomplish the last task you assigned me.
I failed to find the woman who was tried with you.
It's what's best for him.
At least, live like you deserve.
Never let difficulties get the better of you, my good friend Arnau.
Never give up.
You're not that kind of man.
You belong to a lineage of brave and honorable men.
Now let me offer you a little parting gift.
I'm sure you'll know how to make the most of it.
And enjoy love.
Mar loves you as I know you love her.
Let go of the past.
With this ring, I plight thee my troth.
And live the future.
The very same future you've been denied so many times.
With this ring, I plight thee my troth.
I go in peace, for I know there's somebody to look after you.
We Muslims call her Maryam.
Christians call her the Virgin of the Sea.
And you, Arnau, call her Mother.
AUGUST 15TH, 1384 ASSUMPTION DAY Huzzah for our Consul of the Sea! Huzzah! What's wrong with Father? He's just deeply moved.
He never thought he'd get to see this church finished.
His church.
Do you see her smile, my son?
Swear you don't want her.
I told you.
He's blinded by his obsession.
And he's forcing our hand.
Was this part of your plan? What's wrong, Arnau? Your father just consented to our marriage before the host.
Your brother has been made Inquisitor.
He got orders to go to the Pyrenees, and he wasn't able to say goodbye.
I'm sorry about your father's death.
I read your letter.
I believe we have a common foe.
The Jews have desecrated the Holy Bread! There's only one way to sort this out.
To buy our freedom.
They got their revenge.
Nobody will notice me.
Look at them! The way he's holding her! Your brother was arrested.
The Holy Inquisition accuses him of heresy.
He's the cause of all my problems.
And of yours.
For it was his mother who bewitched you.
That woman gave me milk from her breasts and made me ill.
Find the whore.
Mar.
I want you to go get her.
Why do you want to see her? It's been a long time, brother.
I want to apologize.
I need her forgiveness.
SENTENCED Come on.
My Lord.
Here she is.
Who's this? One of her whores.
Give them food and water, and bundles of straw so they can rest.
What are you doing? Has the curse addled your brain? You fool, look at the state they're in.
The better they look, the better for us.
My Lady.
Friar Joan is here to see you.
I told him you were not available, but he insists.
Tell him I do not wish to see him.
Why are you so interested in our prisoner? We want to know what the charges are against him.
Please forgive him, Your Eminence.
Lord Puig is only trying to help find out the truth.
We know an accusation has been made against Arnau Estanyol, and we want to support it.
Speak up.
We are all good Christians, and we strongly believe that Arnau Estanyol is the Devil's spawn.
That man is the son of a murderer and a witch.
His father, Bernat Estanyol, murdered a boy in Navarcles Castle and ran away to Barcelona with his son, Arnau, who my father, as he knew who his father was, kept locked up so he couldn't cause harm to anybody.
Bernat Estanyol was the leader of the Blat Square uprising.
He was executed right there.
And his corpse was burned.
Burned? By whom? We never knew.
But I'm sure you do know, don't you? I'm sure it was his own son, Arnau.
So why didn't you report it back then? Your Eminence Why didn't you? I was just a boy.
I was afraid he would do the same to me.
Arnau had already killed my little brother, Guiamón.
He killed him because he refused to take part in his demonic rites.
And you didn't report that either? He's our cousin.
My mother couldn't hurt her own blood.
And that's how he repaid us, humiliating us.
I see.
As Lady Elionor told me, this thoughtless man has not only lain with an enemy of our holy faith, a Jew, but incited peasants and serfs to disobey their natural lords.
As I was saying, his mother is a witch.
She's a whore now, but when I was an infant, she breastfed me and gave me the illness with her milk.
I'm the son of Llorenç and Caterina de Bellera, and no one in my family has ever suffered this disease.
You can verify this.
The Bishop certified it when I was born.
So surely it was that evil woman's milk.
- Did you have her arrested? - I have, Your Eminence.
And I've ordered that she be brought before this tribunal.
Who's this? One of the old woman's whores.
Throw her out.
Your Honor, this woman's been wrongly accused.
Get out! I'll get you out of here, I promise.
Lock her up next to her son, but so they cannot talk.
Aledis.
We've been following you.
Are you all right? - Francesca has been taken to the dungeons.
- Why? I don't know.
But we'll soon find out.
Wait.
In there.
Away from Estanyol.
Hello? Hello? What's the matter? What are you looking for, friar? I came to talk to you.
I don't want to hear anything you have to tell me.
I promised Arnau I'd talk to you.
Arnau has been imprisoned by the Inquisition.
Others have been imprisoned for a long time.
It wasn't him who imprisoned you.
Arnau gave me to Felip de Ponts, instead of avenging my dishonor! It wasn't him.
It was me.
It was me who talked him into doing that.
Elionor convinced me.
We arranged your kidnapping and let him rape you so we could convince Arnau to give you away in marriage.
He would never have given you away because Why? Tell me why he wouldn't have given me away.
Why? Is something the matter, My Lady? Lock him up in the tower.
Since Arnau was arrested by the Inquisition, I found out it was his wife who reported him for Judaizing and having carnal relations with my sister Raquel.
I happen to know that Nicolau Eimeric, Inquisitor General, means to use Arnau's trial against the King, in order to further consolidate the Inquistion's power.
We, the Jews, due to the nature of Arnau's charges, can do nothing to help him.
Here you go.
The liquidation of all your businesses.
Money and receipts.
We got a good price, despite the rush.
Thank you, Filippo.
They say there will be fair winds, so it won't take you long to get to Barcelona.
Although I don't know whether that's a good idea, to be honest.
Sometimes it's best not to stir the past up.
I'm needed there.
What made you two drift apart? A girl.
I understand.
No, you don't.
There was so much love in that girl's heart.
Cover your eyes.
You can't make me.
I'm an Inquisitor.
Cover your eyes, I said.
The Inquisition never covers its prisoners' eyes.
True.
You only cover their souls and take their honor away.
That's not true.
Why wouldn't Arnau have given me away? Why? Hang him and get rid of his body.
Because he loved you.
Because he loved you then.
And he still does.
I know where Jaume de Bellera is staying.
He'll dine there with Genís Puig tonight.
You will go to that inn, and pretend to be sisters.
I cannot be seen.
They know my face.
You don't know the first thing about men, but make them drink.
They won't take long to start bragging about Francesca's capture.
You think you can manage to look decent? Girls.
Stay with us.
What do you want? I want to see the woman they locked up for witchcraft.
Visitors are not allowed.
How are you? They arrested Arnau.
They want to prove he is the son of a witch.
That's why they're keeping you here.
I know.
He's there.
Nobody can know Arnau's my son.
You're the only one who knows.
So does Jaume de Bellera.
But he can't prove it.
Swear you won't tell anybody.
You think I'm not dying to tell him who I am? To hold him, to kiss him? A Bellera once ruined my life, and I won't have his son do the same to Arnau.
Swear it.
I swear.
Listen.
I want to talk to you.
Don't go.
He was found outside his brother's exchange house, Your Eminence.
Send him in, and leave us.
Your Eminence, I implore you.
How dare you jeopardize the Holy Inquisition's assets? You made your brother's assistants sell cheap in order to get money.
To help my brother.
Your brother just needs God's help.
The Inquisition has confiscated his books, and there will be no more transactions.
At least let me see him.
You promised to get his confession, and you've got nothing! He will be put on trial in a few days, and as the Lord lives, he'll get the punishment he deserves.
Get out.
What happened? I tried everything, I promise.
I tried.
Joan? I'm Aledis.
Remember me? The tanner's daughter.
We shared the same roof when we were children.
Why are you looking at me like that? You're beautiful.
Beauty does not guarantee happiness.
I once had happiness within reach, and I let it go.
Who are you? Years ago, had my father consented, I would have married Arnau.
Years ago, had I been treated like a human being and not like an animal, I'd still be by Arnau's side.
The time for dreaming is over for me.
As Friar Joan said, now I'm just a childhood friend.
I doubt that friar ever had a childhood.
Why do you speak of him like this? It's a long story.
If you like, I have time.
Price has gone up.
What do you want? Forgive me, Francesca.
I'll keep my word, but I must talk to him.
Why? What do you want to tell him? Something that will break my heart.
But I must.
Please, don't.
Trust me.
Who are you? Who's that woman? I can't tell you, Arnau.
How do you know my name? It doesn't matter.
I just want you to know that Mar is here, waiting for you.
She loves you.
She still loves you, after everything.
Tell her I love her too, although now I can't.
Why are you talking to the cambist? It's forbidden! Get out! I don't want to see you here anymore.
When the trial starts, they'll make you swear by the Four Gospels.
Then they'll assign a lawyer to you, but he won't be allowed to defend you.
He will only go for the heretic's voluntary confession.
Defending the heretic would mean defending heresy.
Then he'll be asked to name his enemies.
I'm sorry.
My Lady does not wish to see you.
I think my wife hates me.
Why would Lady Elionor hate you? We haven't had any children.
Have you tried? Have you ever lain with her? You made an oath on the Four Gospels.
No.
I have never lain with my wife.
Are you confessing to never having had carnal relations with your wife? I cannot have any carnal relations.
I was married before, and I had no children either.
You mean you have a physical problem? No, I don't.
Do you refuse to perform your duties, according to God's obligations? I don't.
So? Must this tribunal take your silence as a confession? I don't question the obligations.
But God cannot make me desire my wife.
And how do you satisfy your instincts? I don't understand your question.
You're a man, and you confessed you didn't have carnal relations with your wife.
How do you satisfy your manly needs? I haven't had any relations with women for years.
"Statement of Pere Salvete, St.
Mary of the Sea canon.
In Easter, Year of Our Lord 1365, during mass, some citizens stormed in the church reporting that heretics had stolen Holy Bread.
The parishioners left the temple.
When Arnau Estanyol left, his wife, Lady Elionor, said to him the following words Run, or you won't see your Jewish lover.
Did the canon lie? I haven't accused anybody of lying.
Is this how you satisfy your instincts, with Jewish women? I told you I haven't had any relations with any women.
You're lying! This tribunal has seen you holding a heretic woman.
That's contact with a woman, isn't that so? Not the kind you're referring to.
What would make a man and woman embrace each other in public, if not lust? Grief.
Grief for what? For the execution of a heretic who desecrated Holy Bread? Is that the pain you feel as a good Christian? The full force of justice brought to bear on Hasdai Crescas, a vile desecrating thief.
He didn't do it.
The three Jews admitted their guilt.
But they somehow lied, and you happen to know who stole the Holy Bread? No.
So why are you defending them? The Jews crucified Jesus.
Haven't they paid enough in lives? Why do Jews born in our time have to regret it? They're not to blame for what happened then.
Everybody who embraces the Jewish faith takes on what their ancestors did.
They just embrace ideas, beliefs, just as we do.
Write it down.
The defendant has dared to compare the Christian Faith, the only one, the true one, with the Jewish heretic doctrines.
I didn't say anything of the kind.
We heard what you said loud and clear.
I just said they are just like us.
An officer of the guard who is friends with my brother told him that, in yesterday's session, Arnau made heretic statements.
Did he tell you whether he mentioned me, or us? The Inquisitor asked him whether it was true he never fulfilled his duties as a husband.
And what did he answer? He said he felt no desire for you as a woman.
My God, the whore.
Elionor! What you've done to your husband is despicable.
Please, my Lady, contain yourself.
Should something happen to him, I swear I'll Let go of me! I thought you'd be glad to see me.
Sahat! I see your temper is intact.
He let them kill him, Sahat.
Our father let them kill him to save us all.
They were out of their minds.
They wanted to burn down the Jewish quarter.
And they call themselves Christians.
Although Arnau protected us, he couldn't save his life.
Then his wife accused him of having relations with a Jewish woman.
But Arnau never said my name.
He protected us from infamy.
We didn't know what to do, or how to help him.
That's why we contacted you.
Arnau lent King Pedro a lot of money.
And now, after so many wars, the King is in no condition to return it.
Should Arnau be condemned, his assets would be appropriated by the Inquisition, and thus the King would be in debt to the Inquistion, that is to say, to the Church.
And King Pedro won't be happy about that.
So? I have to talk to some people that might give me access to Prince Joan, who's in Barcelona now.
And I'll need all sorts of arguments to convince them.
The tribunal is now in session.
I remind you you're still under oath.
Do you think the Christian faith is only a set of ideas or beliefs that can be voluntarily embraced by men? I didn't properly word it.
How would you word it then? I don't know.
I can only say I believe in God, I'm a good Christian and I've always followed His precepts.
Burning your father's body is following God's precepts? Your father was a devil who stirred up the people.
That's why he was executed.
And that's why you burned his body.
Confess! Did you burn it? Did your burn your father as you would a demon? We were starving.
Have you ever starved? Did you burn your father as you would a demon? My father was no demon.
But you burned his body.
Answer! Did your mother force you to do it? Your mother is a witch that spreads Satan's evil.
Your father murdered a boy to free you.
Confess! You also murdered a Christian child when you were a boy.
What did you want from him? Was it his heart? How many more have you murdered? No! We'll see about that pride of yours when your mother testifies.
I don't have a mother.
We must make it so because it's the King's will.
And once the rebellion in Sardinia is crushed Your Highness.
What is it, Perellós? I think you should listen to this man.
He was Arnau Estanyol's slave, the cambist.
He has something important to tell you.
You come to give us money? There's nothing as important as that.
Begging your pardon, Your Highness, that's precisely why I came here.
We cannot take more loans, if that's what your master intends.
I don't mean to offer you more loans.
On the contrary.
I'm here to tell you that the debt you have with my master, Arnau Estanyol, could be settled in full.
I don't understand.
Are you offering me a miracle? My master is being tried by Inquisitor General Nicolau Eimeric.
If he's sentenced, his assets will be appropriated by the Inquisition.
And so will your debt.
I don't think your father will like being in debt to the Inquisition.
What do you want in exchange? Nothing, Your Highness.
We want you to do nothing.
That's exactly what I'm asking.
Your Eminence.
I'm begging you, in God's name, once again, have mercy.
Pull yourself together, Friar Joan.
You're a man of God.
My brother.
My brother is innocent.
It's all my fault.
It's my fault! My brother is innocent.
Forgive him, Your Eminence.
Your brother is already doomed.
It's your obstinacy, Arnau Estanyol.
Only your obstinacy is unnecessarily prolonging the trial.
You remain silent, but it is your silence that sentences you.
However, this tribunal has the means to break your senseless resistance.
Bring in the mother.
Remove the chains.
You might want to embrace her.
Francesca Esteve, do you swear by the Four Gospels? I swear.
But that's not my name.
What's your name then? My name is Francesca.
Ribes, not Esteve.
Francesca Ribes.
You're under oath.
Do you know that? I'm telling the truth.
Are you not the daughter of Pere and Francesca Esteve? I never knew my parents.
Didn't you marry Bernat Estanyol, in the domain of Navarcles? I've never been there, and I've never married anybody.
So I'm guessing you didn't have a son called Arnau Estanyol, either? I know nobody by that name.
Statement from Jaume de Bellera, Lord of Navarcles.
Citizens! The Consul of the Sea of Barcelona is being held captive by the Inquisition.
He's accused of heresy.
How can they accuse of heresy a man that has done everything and anything for the Virgin of the Sea? The Inquisition is not accountable to the city, or the King.
It doesn't answer to the Council of the Hundred or the Magistrates.
Their members are appointed by the Pope, a foreign Pope who only wants our citizens' money.
They just want our Consul's money.
To arms! To arms! Huzzah for St.
Mary of the Sea! Huzzah! - To arms! - To arms! and after murdering an innocent boy, Bernat Estanyol ran away to Barcelona with his son.
To arms! To arms! Joanet, you're early today.
Is something wrong? Did Arnau come with you? Shut them tight.
I don't want to hear what's going on outside.
To arms! To arms! the accuser knows for a fact that the witch became a prostitute.
Therefore, in the light of all this evidence, Arnau is the son of a witch and a murderer.
What do you have to say for yourself? You got the wrong whore.
Look at him.
Look at your son! To arms! To arms! Find out what's going on.
Guard the gates.
Your Eminence.
They're surrounding the palace.
Who dares to challenge the Holy Inquisition? Break up that mob.
It's the city of Barcelona's host, Your Eminence.
Calm down! What is that? The King's soldiers.
What's going to happen now? I don't know, but we can't take on the King's troops.
We can't leave Arnau with them either.
Don't be hasty.
Wait.
Sir, the host orders you to surrender the How dare you give orders to the Holy Inquisition? They're not my orders, but Barcelona's host's.
They're ordering you to surrender the Consul of the Sea.
They will storm the palace.
No, they won't.
They won't dare.
For the last time, give the Consul of the Sea to them.
What do you mean, for the last time? Go outside if you want to find out.
You go outside, and put an end to this riot.
The King's orders are not to assist you in any way.
Take your Consul of the Sea with you.
What are you talking about? You don't have the authority to hand Arnau Estanyol over, Bishop.
Nicolau d'Eimeric, if the Inquisition does not meet the city's demands and release the prisoner, the host will.
It's the law.
- Huzzah for Arnau Estanyol! - Huzzah! - Huzzah for our Consul of the Sea! - Huzzah! Citizens of Barcelona, I told the Holy Tribunal this is a matter of the city of Barcelona.
And that the law forbids the King from intervening.
Once again, Barcelona's host has protected their citizen's interests.
The Consul of the Sea has been released.
Soldiers, we're leaving.
Citizens, let's find our Consul! Let's go! - Huzzah for Arnau Estanyol! - Huzzah! - Huzzah for our Consul of the Sea! - Huzzah! You're free, Arnau.
It's done.
- Huzzah for Arnau Estanyol! - Huzzah! - Huzzah for our Consul of the Sea! - Huzzah! You and I will never see him again.
Ever.
Let us repent.
You have sinned.
You made me sin, all of us.
You poisoned my soul.
Let us repent.
Arnau Estanyol, this is the moment that you and I part ways again.
We both need a fresh start.
You in your city with your loved ones.
Me, in Pisa, trying to set up shop.
But however far apart we are, my life will always be linked to yours.
I'm just sorry I couldn't stop your brother Joan's sad end.
I'm also sorry I couldn't accomplish the last task you assigned me.
I failed to find the woman who was tried with you.
It's what's best for him.
At least, live like you deserve.
Never let difficulties get the better of you, my good friend Arnau.
Never give up.
You're not that kind of man.
You belong to a lineage of brave and honorable men.
Now let me offer you a little parting gift.
I'm sure you'll know how to make the most of it.
And enjoy love.
Mar loves you as I know you love her.
Let go of the past.
With this ring, I plight thee my troth.
And live the future.
The very same future you've been denied so many times.
With this ring, I plight thee my troth.
I go in peace, for I know there's somebody to look after you.
We Muslims call her Maryam.
Christians call her the Virgin of the Sea.
And you, Arnau, call her Mother.
AUGUST 15TH, 1384 ASSUMPTION DAY Huzzah for our Consul of the Sea! Huzzah! What's wrong with Father? He's just deeply moved.
He never thought he'd get to see this church finished.
His church.
Do you see her smile, my son?