Pompei, ieri, oggi, domani (2007) - full transcript

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(panting)

- They're all dying,
one after the other.

- But I don't know,
I don't know if--

- [Shepherd] But you
must save them for me.

There they are.

- [Doctor] Oh my God.

- [Shepherd] Here
we are, Grandfather.

(weeping)
Don't cry, the doctor's here.

You will see that now
everything will be all right.

- You cannot stop me!



I'm appointed by the emperor
to investigate this case.

- There is no more time
for investigations.

The sentence has been passed.

- But you must at least allow
me to speak to the accused.

- They are no longer accused,
they've been sentenced

and tomorrow
they'll be executed.

- Stop!

(thudding)
(grunting)

(coughing and groaning)

(orchestral music)

- [Guard] There is
nothing more to say.

- Tomorrow we'll all be dead.

Tomorrow we'll all be
dead, and it's my fault.

There is no point
in repeating to you



that I didn't kill our master.

I have been found guilty.

That is the fact.

And the law will punish you all,

in the same way that
it will punish me.

And all I can say
is that I would die

to save each of you,

if I could.

I would die for you, Valeria,

my sister, and my friend.

And I would die
for you, my wife,

and for the child you carry.

I would die to save each of you,

but that's a privilege
I'm not allowed.

(thunder rumbles)

- No one knows what will
happen to us tomorrow.

You're not the one
who decides that.

Neither am I, and
neither does Silvan.

(lightning crackles)

Just as no one can decide

whether tomorrow will be a rainy

or a sunny day.

(violin music)

- Marcus.

Marcus.

Come away, Marcus.

Come back home.

- She is in there.

My home is in there.

(violin music)

- I don't know what to say.

There is no sign of violence.

And they don't seem to be ill,
perhaps they were poisoned.

Although the oral cavity
shows no sign of that.

It is strange.

- We know who did this.

- It was the spirits.

- They even killed
the old olive tree.

It was the oldest
tree in Pompeii.

- And where do these
spirits come from?

- They come out of the rocks.

We have seen them.

- And at night we always
hear their voices,

over there in the woods,
at the top of the mountain.

- Mount Vesuvius?

- All the shepherds know it.

That mountain is cursed.

- Who is Valeria Drusilla?

Who is she?

- Here I am.

- Follow us.

- But it's not time yet,

the execution's not--
- Sit down.

Silence, move.

- No, Valeria, no.

- No, Valeria!
- Attica!

- I said move.
- Annius!

(door clangs)

- [Tito] It would be
such a waste to kill you.

Are you afraid?

- Less than you.

You don't even dare
to show your face.

(Tito laughing)

- Valeria, Valeria.

I never seem to have
control over you,

and yet you are mine!
(Valeria gasps)

(Tito chuckles)

- I belong to the city
of Pompeii, not to you.

- I am Pompeii.

There must be something
wrong with our laws

if they oblige us to ruin
something so beautiful.

How can one leave
a neck like this

to the executioner?

(Valeria cries out)

Is that what you want,
you want me to use force?

I could do it, you know.

It would be my right,

and my pleasure.

But then, what
would there be left?

No, I want to save you
from the executioner.

I do not wish to take his place.

Love me, Valeria.

You would be a slave only to me.

The others, all the others,

would be at your orders.

- How can you even think I might
accept something like that?

- You are the one
who must think.

You have one night left in
which to reach a decision.

Guards!

And the lives of your
brother, your sister-in-law,

and all the other
slaves depend on it.

Take her back to her cell.

Look what you have made me do.

- This time she will be yours.

- (scoffs) Who knows?

That girl is strong.

Almost as strong as you.

- Exactly.

- But she thinks she's in
love with that man Marcus.

(chuckles)

- We all waste time
looking for love.

Then, we discover things
that are more important.

- What are you planning to do?

- Nothing.

- One does not unsheathe
a sword without a reason.

- It is not a good time to go
over your old lessons, Father.

- Is it time to forget them?

Despair is the worst
general one can follow.

- I cannot abandon Valeria.

When she dies,

I will follow her.

- Do not do it, Marcus.

Valeria would not want you to.

- I want to.

- Killing one's
self to avoid pain

is not the way a
good solider behaves.

- [Marcus] Then I'm
not a good soldier.

- Me-za.
(dog whimpers)

- But I can't refuse, Attica.

I must accept Caledonius' offer.

- But Valeria,

don't you know what to expect?

You know Caledonius
is a monster.

- If I refuse, that will
be the end for all of us.

- But we don't want you
to pay such a high price.

I will wake Annius.
- No!

Sh.

No one.

None of them must hear of this.

I, and I alone accept
to pay that price.

- What about Marcus?

- Please, Attica.

Don't talk to me about him now.

- This cannot be
the only solution.

- Can you think of another?

(crowd cheering)
(orchestral music)

[Woman] He is victorious!

- [Man] Tiberius-as!

Long live the emperor!

- Tiberius!
- Long live the tribute!

- [Woman] Long live the emperor!

- [Man] Long live the emperor!

- Don't touch it.

- [Man Lying Down] Oh,
oh, stop it Caledonius,

he's always so stuffy.

- Welcome to Pompeii,
Tribune, Tiberius Lepidus.

Did you have a pleasant
journey from Rome?

- I did not come here for
pleasure, Duumvir Caledonius.

- [Caledonius] Over here.

Pompeii provides
opportunities for pleasure,

also to those who are
not in search of them.

- I will think about that
when we have finished.

- As you will see,
Vespasian's Temple

is ready to be inaugurated.

The work undertaken

to make my villa suitable
for the emperor's needs

will be finished in
a couple of days.

There is instead--
- A fourth guard post

needs to be added
to the main gate.

I want to double the
number of the men

stationed at the villa,

and I want them by the
entrance to the baths.

The emperor must feel safe here.

- The emperor has no
reason to fear anything.

- Right.

I was expecting to see an old
friend here, Marcus Severius.

He's an officer.

Do you know where he is?

(ominous music)

- [Man] When did he arrive?

- [Man] This morning.

He is waiting for you
in the courthouse.

(dramatic music)

- Tribune, the sentence
has already been passed.

Everything has been done
in compliance with the law.

At this point, well...

- [Marcus] Tiberius!

- Marcus, my friend.

- I told you we
would meet again.

I didn't manage to
do it, Tiberius.

I failed.

Valeria will be executed today.

- That is exactly what
I was explaining to--

- Sh!

I am here, my friend, I'm here.

- Here I am.

I'm ready.

(door slams)

Caledonius, I'm...

- Valeria.

- Marcus!

(Valeria crying)

Calm down, my love, calm down.

You mustn't cry anymore.

There is no danger now.

Your death sentence
has been suspended

until the Emperor arrives.

Annius will have
to stay in prison,

but you and the other
slaves can leave.

- But how is that possible?

- This is the man
you must thank.

- No, not me.

Thank Marcus.

If it hadn't been for him,

I would have died
in battle years ago.

(boy gasps)
- Fulvius, what's wrong?

- [Tiberius] I'm sorry, I
don't have the authority

to free you from slavery.

- You have given
us back our lives,

we can wait for our freedom.

(Fulvius gasps)

Fulvius!

What happened, you're ill.

- Now I've seen you,
I already feel better.

- The boy is ill.

You, take him to the
doctor immediately.

- But I don't know if--
- Immediately, I said.

- I'll see you later,
as soon as it's dark.

- All right, till later my love.

- [Valeria] Come on, let's go.

- You're lucky to have a woman
like Valeria by your side.

- And a friend like you.

- [Tiberius] Now tell me
everything you have discovered

about the murder of
Quintus Leronius.

- And that's all.

The problem is that part
of the papyrus is missing,

the part on which Quintus
Leronius probably wrote

the name of the place
the map refers to.

It was burned.

- What did you say
they were called?

- Christians.

It's a Greek word, from
Christos which means--

- I know what it means.

- You know of them?

- Only by name.

But in Rome, they
remember them well.

- What do you mean?

- It's an old story.

Tell me, are you sure they
don't know anything else?

- They wanted me to have them.

Why should they
hide anything else?

- Rome has taught me that
the best way to keep a secret

is to reveal only half of it.

I want to talk to these
Christians myself.

- Wait.

- What are you doing?

I don't want anymore.

- I thought the wine in
your glass was trembling.

(Tiberius laughs)

- You need a good night's
sleep, believe me.

But take me the see
these Christians first.

(dramatic music)
(crockery rattling)

(wine sloshing)

(woman gasps)
- Where is your husband?

- Why do you want to see him?

- I just want to talk to him.

- My husband is not here,

he's at the vineyard.

He'll be back tomorrow.

- Take him!

- I don't think
this is necessary.

- [Tiberius] Let
us deal with this.

- Vetusius!

We should not have trusted you.

- Cuspius, Cuspius!

Get out, leave, leave!

(door bangs)

- I'm Tiberius Lepidus,
an imperial tribune.

State your names and
reason for your meeting.

- Tiberius, no.

They are my friends.

- Trust me Marcus, I
know what I'm doing.

- [Guard] Come on.

Let's go.

- So, who are you?

- My name is Aulis.

I'm a slave.

- Are you a Christian?

- That's what they call us.

Because we believe
in Jesus Christ.

- Wrong answer.

That's what they call you

because you hate the Roman gods.

They look like ordinary
people, don't they?

They look calm, they
adore an Oriental god.

And what's wrong with
that, you will ask me.

Believe and allow
others to believe,

that's the custom
of Rome, right?

They instead do not.

They think themselves superior.

- They are innocuous people.

- Innocuous, you say?

Do you know what happened
in Rome over 10 years ago?

(crashing)

(child crying)

Mommy, mommy!

- [Mother] Come with
me, it's all right.

- [Tiberius] I was
still only a child,

but I remember it as
if it were yesterday.

Two-thirds of the
city was destroyed.

And thousands of people died.

My mother and father.

Those who started the fire

were innocuous people,

just like these
friends of yours.

- Tribune Tiberius Lepidus,

I don't know who
started the fire,

I can only express my sorrow

for the suffering it caused you.

(woman gasps)
(sword rings)

- I warn you, slave, do
not make light of me.

- Calm down, we're
not investigating
the burning of Rome.

- Don't you understand?

These people are fanatics.

They are dangerous.
- No.

They believe in their god,
as we believe in Rome.

We were ready to die for
Rome, and ready to kill.

- I still am.

Are you?

I am only ready to die

to save Valeria.

- You've changed.

They have changed you.

Guards!

(sniffing)

- It smells like sulfur.

Like sulfur.

(panting with exertion)

- Ah ha.

I can't imagine how
tiring this work must be.

- Would you like to try?

(laughs)

- My husband told me you
have a strong temperament.

And this is not
your only quality.

Valeria,

don't be afraid.

Listen to my advice.

This is not the
right place for you.

You're special.

Do theses look like hands
suited for washing floors?

No.

You deserve a tub like this,

and slaves who serve you.

Accept my husband's advice,

not because it's the
only way to avoid death,

but because it's the only
way life is worth living.

Believe me.

It would be a pleasure to
have you here, with us.

- You should try it sometime.

- Try what?

- Try to be loved.

It's obvious that this
has never happened to you.

- Love?

Hmm.

(laughs)

Love.

(laughing)

(sighing and panting)

(gasping)

(screams)

- Did you start to feel
ill during the night too?

- Yes.
- Hmm.

And tell me, from which fountain
do you collect your water?

- The one behind
the Nocera Gate.

- The Nocera Gate, you say?

(knocking at door)
Who is it?

- [Woman] I apologize for
disturbing you doctor but--

- What?
- Come please.

They all need to be examined.

- [Doctor] I'm sure, Cornelius.

First the old olive
tree that died,

then the flock of sheep,

now dozens of poisoned people.

There's only one
possible explanation.

The water must be poisoned.

- [Marcus] Cuspius.

Father, do you feel unwell?

- [Cornelius] Oh I'm fine,
it's the water that is ill.

- Sulfur.

- [Cornelius] It's been
like that for two days.

- [Doctor] The problem must
be along the largest aqueduct.

- I agree with that.

- We'll have to check
it inch by inch.

- I have to go back.

There will be other
people who feel unwell.

Try and solve the problem before
there's a widespread panic.

Father,

show me the map of
the water mains.

(dramatic music)

Wait a minute.

Valeria.

- What is it?
- I don't believe this.

Look.

You see?

This is what Quintus'
map refers to.

It's the water mains in Pompeii.

- [Valeria] I see.

- We will come back soon.

- [Cornelius] Be careful.

- We're nearly there.

This.

This is the point
marked on the map.

But why?

(footsteps echoing)

Look.
- Valeria, what is it?

[Valeria] Look, up there.

- [Marcus] I'll go
look, hold the torch.

Hand it to me.

Be careful, be careful!

Ow.

Where are we?

(dramatic music)

(moaning)

- I love you.

I love you.

- I have to go.

- I don't want it.
(coins clatter)

- (scoffs) Why?

You did a good job.

- You're so stupid.
- How dare you?

- Have you not yet noticed
that I truly love you?

(scoffs)

- If you want me to
pay for your freedom,

just speak up clearly.

Don't tease me.

- You don't understand do you?

Perhaps because no one's
ever loved you before me.

(laughs)

- And I am the
one who is stupid?

This is the last time we meet.

(sighs)

(orchestral music)

(gasping)

- These are the ownership deeds.

This is the old land
registry for Pompeii.

- The one buried by
the great earthquake.

But why is it so important?

What are you looking for?

- Was it not after
the great earthquake

that Caledonius reclaimed
your family home?

- Yes.

I thought my father owned it,

but he showed me a deed proving
that he owned the house.

- The deed the governor
showed you was false.

This is the original.

And this proves you were right,

the house your family lived
in belonged to your father,

not to Caledonius.

This land registry is
proof of a colossal fraud.

It's very simple.

The land registry was buried
by the earthquake, so they--

- They organized a new archive.

- Exactly.

But using fake documents,

they registered the
homes and the land

belonging to those who
died in their own names.

- Vultures.

- Not just vultures, assassins.

When Quintus found
out, they killed him.

- But they didn't know
he had drawn a map

of how to get to the
old land registry.

- So we know why
Quintus was killed.

To clear your brother,

we just have to
discover who killed him.

- You two think that
Caledonius is the man

behind all this, don't you?

- Who profited from
the earthquake?

Caledonius.

- What are you going to do?

- I will discuss
it with Tiberius.

He will know how
to trap Caledonius.

- I have to go before
the foremen wake up.

- Please be careful in there.

- And you be careful out there.

(orchestral music)

- And I can prove it, look.

And these are only a few
of the authentic documents

in the old land registry.

- To be sure of
what you are saying,

we must compare them to the
ones in the new land registry.

- Get dressed and let's go.

- What did I tell you?

They're all forgeries.

As soon as Titus arrives, I
will inform him personally.

- The picture is complete now.

Quintus discovered the fraud.

The forgers discovered
he found out and--

- And they killed him.

- No, wait.

- What's the matter?

- If they killed Quintus
because he discovered the fraud,

why didn't they destroy
the old archives?

When I showed the map to
Caledonius and to the judge,

they could have requisitioned
it and destroyed it.

But they didn't take any notice,

as if they didn't know
that Quintus had discovered

the ancient land registry.

Maybe Quintus wasn't
assassinated to hide the fraud.

Perhaps he was killed
for a different reason.

- Don't confuse matters.

It's a simple story.

All we have to do is
wait for Titus to arrive.

(footsteps echoing)

- [Caledonius] What
are you doing here?

- What do you think
I'm doing, hmm?

- But I had this
tub built for Titus.

- Perhaps he would prefer
a tub with me in it,

rather than an empty one.

- This is the Emperor
we're discussing, Lavinia.

Not one of the many senators
you've entertained in your bed.

- Oh, so that's the
problem, you're jealous.

(Lavinia laughing)
- I'm not jealous.

- You're jealous.
- That is not the point.

The point is that you are drunk.

How many times have I told you?

- Oh please, don't preach to me.

Or I will simply
allow myself to drown.

[Caledonius] Get
out, get out of here!

Get out!

Lavinia get out!

(Lavinia laughing)

Come on, get out.

Get out, Lavinia!

(Lavinia laughing)

- [Lavinia] Oh please,
stop it. (laughing)

- I never want to see you again
in this part of the villa.

This is the area
reserved for Titus.

(laughing)

- Why do you worry
so much? (laughing)

You're only waiting for him
to arrive so you can kill him.

- Shut up, shut up!

(dramatic music)

Be quiet, be quiet.

Someone will hear you.

- You are the one who
let Quintus overhear you.

You and that idiot Meleagris,

and because of that,
you had to kill him.

- What do you think, hm?

(Lavinia gasps)

Do you think I'm incapable
of killing you too?

- Do it.

- Come on.

(Lavinia laughs)

Come on!

Come on!

- Wait!
- What is it?

- My wine.

- [Caledonius] Come on!

- [Guard] And where do
you think you're going?

- I need more water
to finish over there.

- Fulvius is the one
responsible for the water.

Send him.

- He's busy, let me go.

I'll return immediately.
- Send the boy.

- Fulvius, I need you
to fetch me some water.

- More water?

But I just brought you some.

- There's something very
important I need you to do.

Go to Marcus at the cistern,

and tell him that I heard
Caledonius and Lavinia speak.

They argued, and I
heard Lavinia say

that Caledonius wants
to kill the Emperor.

This is a secret between
me, you, and Marcus.

Don't tell anyone else, promise.

- Promise.

- Now go, and be careful.

- [Guard] Go.

- The water.

There's no water anymore.

- What happened?
- The water just stopped.

- How should one behave in
the presence of an Emperor?

- (laughs) The first
thing you need to know

is that the Emperor
is becoming deaf.

- [Both] Huh?

- Deaf.

- [Both] Huh?

- He's going deaf!
- Oh!

- Let me hear you speak as
if you were addressing him.

- Salve, salve Titus!
- Louder.

- Salve, salve Titus Flavius,
son of the divine Vespasian!

- Huh?
- No, no, no, no, please no.

It's better that
you try together.

- [Both] Salve, salve--

- Titus Flavius.
- Valerius, Flavius.

- [Both] Son of the
divine Vespasian!

- Yes, right, good!

- [Caledonius]
Stop it, Meleagris.

- You prepare the
villa for Titus,

and I'll take care of
the peasants. (laughing)

- Can't you even take
anything seriously?

- Find me something
worthwhile. (laughing)

- [Tiberius] Caledonius.

- Oh, Tiberius.
- I need to speak to you.

- Come on.

Follow me.

Over here.

- You slippery worm, we have
discovered your damned fraud.

- What, what do you mean?

- The documents in
the new land registry,

that's what I mean.

Quintus' map leads to
the old land registry.

- Pompeii is my territory, and
you are not better than I am.

Since you were here to
assassinate the Emperor.

- No, I'm not like you.

I do not want to kill
Titus to become wealthier,

I want to see him dead
because it's the only way

to remove vermin
like you from Rome,

and rid her from corruption.

- You are deceiving yourself.

- We shall see.

But now we have a problem,

Marcus suspects Quintus was
not killed because of the map,

and he will interfere
with our plans.

- There are too
many people here.

Let's go out.

- Water!
- We need water!

- Water, water!
- Please, calm down.

Please calm down!

- We need water!
- Please calm down!

Calm down, please calm down!

Calm down, please!

My father and I will
explore the mains

to discover where
the blockage is.

In a few hours the
problem will be solved.

- [Man] You always want
to do things your way!

- Fulvius what are
you doing here?

- Valeria has to talk to you,

she has to talk to you.

- Tiberius!

Tiberius, hurry
up, it's important!

Tiberius!

- Marcus, I was on my way out.

Come with me.

- I must talk to you
now, it's important.

I was right Tiberius,
I was right.

Quintus was not killed
because he had discovered

the fraud involving
the land registry.

- Yes, perhaps.

But Marcus, really, I
don't have time now.

I can't stay here
and listen to you.

- But you must listen
to me, because I--

- You can talk to me on the way.

- They intend to kill Titus.

They want to kill the Emperor.

They will kill him
here in Pompeii.

Caledonius is behind all this.

Valeria discovered the plot.

She overheard Lavinia
quarreling with Caledonius

and they said that--
- It's true.

My wife and I really
do talk far too much.

- You too?

You are on his side?

- Who would ever suspect him?

That is why he is
the perfect killer.

Luck is on our side, Tiberius.

We had no idea how
to control Marcus,

and he himself has solved
the problem for us.

All we have to do now

is kill him.

You deal with him.

I will deal with Valeria.

- Guards!

Disarm him.

- [Guard] Let's go down.

- [Tiberius] Chain him up.

- How?

How did you come to this?

You were loyal to Rome
and to the Emperor.

- I am loyal to Rome,
you can't understand.

- Try and explain it to me.

- Go.

Leave me alone with him.
(Marcus grunting)

You have seen what's
happened to Rome.

The city's full of corrupted,
ambitious and ruthless men.

Titus promised to soldiers,

he promised us

that he would be just
if he became Emperor,

and we trusted him.

We supported him.

But as soon as he came to power,

he became like all the others.

We need to get rid of him,

and restore Rome to what she was

when we were ready
to die to defend her.

- And you side with Caledonius,

the most corrupt of them all?

- Caledonius is
only an instrument,

and once we have
got rid of Titus--

- What will you do?

Will you kill him too?

You told me that I changed.

No.

You are the one that
has changed, Tiberius.

Not me.

- If you had seen what I
saw during these years,

you would understand
and be at my side again,

like when you saved my life.

- You were my friend then.

- I still am, Marcus.

That's why I will not kill you.

(Marcus grunts)
You will be my prisoner

until I have finished
what needs to be done.

I'm sorry.

- What about Valeria?

(door slams)

What about Valeria?

What about Valeria?

- Marcus' life

depends on you now.

(sighing)

(grunting)

- (crying out) I can't!

I can't.

(slap resounding)
(crying out)

- You.

You forced me to do that.

- No.

No, no!

- What are you doing?

Let her go.

- [Caledonius] Go
away, don't interfere.

(Caledonius grunting)

(slap resounding)
(crying out)

- I said let her go, stop!

(squelching)
(grunting)

(gasping and sobbing)

(grunting)

- Marcus.

He's in the house.

In my house.

(Tiberius coughing)

Tell him.

Tell him I have not changed.

- Tiberius.

(somber music)

- Hey Cuspius, doctor.

You must be very
thirsty. (laughing)

- Don't be facetious,
it's for my patients.

All I do is go back and forth
from the river to my house.

- Wait, wait, wait,
wait, let me help you.

(grunting)

I hope Cornelius solves
this problem quickly.

I have no idea what
will happen here.

- (laughing) It's easy.

We'll quench our
thirst with your wine.

(laughing)

- Yeah, and then perhaps--

(rumbling)

(exclaiming)
(crashing)

What...

(exclaiming)
(crashing)

- [Man] Over there,
in the alley!

(exclaiming)
(crashing)

(dramatic music)
(rumbling)

(dog barking)

(dramatic music)
(rumbling)

- [Valeria] Let me go.

- You had a choice,
now it's too late.

- No.
(Caledonius grunts)

(blow thudding)
(grunting)

(exclaiming)
(rumbling)

- Is it over?
- Is it over?

- I think so.
- Look at that.

- The fountain.
- It's water.

- The water's back.
- The water's working.

- It's water.
- The water's back.

- Water, water.
- We have water!

- We have water!
- Water!

- The water's back.
- Let me get in there.

- Water.
- I need some water.

- Let me get in.
- Oh, more water.

- The water's back.
(rumbling)

(gasping)
(rumbling)

(dramatic music)

(rumbling)

(yelling)

(orchestral music)
(rumbling)

(bird cawing)

(orchestral music)
(rumbling)

- The mountain.

(orchestral music)
(rumbling)

- By all the gods.

Officer!

- Yes, Admiral.

- Prepare the ships, we
set sail immediately.

- Where to, Admiral?
- Pompeii.

- Pompeii, why?

- There are a few things
I've not seen in my life.

This is one of them.

(orchestral music)

- The mountain is
spitting out hell.

- This is what hit you.

- It's light.

It didn't hurt me at all.

- Right, hot and light.
- What is it?

- What's going on?
- What is it?

(exclaiming)

- [Man] Hurry, save
yourselves, hurry.

(exclaiming)

(rumbling)
(Caledonius groans)

- Caledonius.

What on Earth?

- What is all this noise?

Hmm?

- It is...

It is...

the stones.

- Stones, what stones?

- From the sky.

- Stones from the sky?

Have this body hidden.

There's something I must finish.

- Caledonius.

I...

I am...

I'm afraid.

- [Woman] Come on, come and see,

it's raining stones
from the sky, come.

- It's raining?

It's better to stay
indoors, is it not?

- [Woman] Look it's true,

aren't you curious to
see what's happening?

- That is enough
of this nonsense.

Come on, I paid you
for other services.

- Father, mother!

Ausia said you would not come
back, but I knew you would.

- Would you like to play a game?

- [Child] Yes!

- Good girls, this is the game.

Take these pillows and
put them on your heads.

- Like hats?
- Like hats, brilliant.

Take my hand and stay
close to me, all right?

- What's going on?

- I don't know, I only know
- All right.

- that we must leave Pompeii
immediately, leave everything

and come with us!
- Yes.

- [Child] Quickly.

- What's happening?
(exclaiming)

- Marcus, where are you?

- [Marcus] Valeria!

Valeria!

- Marcus!

- I'm here, down here!

Down here!

Valeria, I'm down here!

- Marcus.

- [Marcus] Valeria, how
did you manage to escape?

- It was Tiberius.

He stopped Caledonius,

and then there was an earthquake
and I managed to get away.

- Where is Tiberius now?

- He's dead.

He died to save me,
Caledonius killed him.

Before dying he said, "Tell
Marcus I've not changed."

(orchestral music)

I'm sorry.

(crashing)

- We must get out of here.

- What about the
chains? (coughing)

- You must break them.

- How?

- Find a sword.

Maybe mine is still upstairs.

Look for it, with my clothes.

- All right I'll go look for it.

- Hurry!

- I found it.
- Hurry!

Hurry!

- I'm here.

- [Marcus] A good strong blow.

We have no choice.

Be brave.

(clanging)
(grunting)

Be brave.

(clanging)
(grunting)

(chain clattering)

- Who ordered you to
stop working, who?

Did I give an order?

No.

Well, out you go.

I'm not interested
in what is happening,

even if it should rain fire.

Work must be completed.

Go back out there.

Go back out there!

Return to work or I
will kill you myself,

one after the other.

Out!

Come on, out!

Go on, out!

And remove all that
stuff from the garden.

You see, there's no
reason to stop working.

You two are no use to me here.

Go and find Valeria
Drusilla for me,

and bring here back here, alive!

- [Slave] Yes sir!

Let's go.

- Don't run away, cowards.

Return to you posts

if all of you don't want
to face a court martial.

- Shall we try to
be reasonable men?

Go.

You remember me?
- I'm sorry.

- Get out of here.
- I'm so sorry.

I'm sorry.

- (coughing) Annuis, Annuis!

- [Annius] Valeria!

Am I already dead?

- No, but if you don't hurry...

It's no longer raining stones.

We must free my wife
and all of the others.

- Hurry before it starts again.

- [Valeria] (whimpering) Marcus!

- [Guard] Stop there!

- Help me.

- Valeria!

(thudding)

I would turn around if
I were you. (laughing)

(thudding)
(grunting)

- As the saying
goes, help yourself

and the heavens will help you.

(crashing)

(Valeria gasping)

- [Marcus] Yes, but
this is too much.

(crowd screaming)

(explosions booming)
(screaming)

(yelling)

- [Annisius] Publius,
come here, come with me.

(coughing)

- What do you want to do?

Abandon everything?

- Prepare my things,
I do not wish to die.

- But leaving, it means dying.

This house is our life.

- Well stay then.

I'm leaving.

I'm leaving!

(orchestral music)

(rumbling)

- What are you doing?

Just standing here.

You must must prop the ceilings.

Are you waiting for them
to collapse one by one?

Follow me.

Follow me.

Come with me.

Follow me, follow me, follow me!

(screaming)

My back.

- Go, go, go.

(groaning)

- My back.

I can't move.

I can't move. (groaning)

Help me.

Help me!

My back!

My back!

My back!

- Aulis, come with us, hurry!

- Don't leave, help me.
- I can't.

- But--
- I can't.

I must help him.

- But the whole building is
about to collapse, come on.

- [Master Of House] Help me.

- Aulis!

(yelling)

- Here, here I am.

Don't worry, don't worry.
- Help me.

- I order you to

get me away from here.

Damn you.

You know me, Aulis.

- Don't be afraid.

We'll both be out
of here, very soon.

(moaning)

(yelling)

- The house collapsed.

Why did he do it?

Why?

- He obeyed the laws of his God.

- And the law of his heart.

(rumbling)

- [Slave] Master!

Master!

- Where is the girl?
- She escaped.

- You are hopeless.

I have to do everything myself.

Keep an eye on them for me.

Now they have all calmed down.

(slave groaning)

(orchestral music)

- [Slave] Fluvius.

(thudding)
(slave gasps)

(Lavinia crying and gasping)

(projectile whistling)
(crashing)

- [Slave] Lavinia!

Lavinia!

- What are you doing here?

- Do you believe me now

when I say that I love you?

Get up and come away with me.

- Away?

- We must escape from Pompeii.

(explosion booming)
(screaming)

Come on.

Come on, come on.

- It's stopped.

- But we don't know whether
it might happen again.

We must take refuge
in the water mains.

They lead to the shore.

It's the only safe
place there is.

- We have to tell everyone
to go to the cistern.

- Let's split up.

You take care of the others,

and I'll go and look for my
wife and the other slaves.

- We'll meet at the cistern
at my father's place.

(explosions booming)
(dramatic music)

- Where am I going?

Where on Earth am I going?

What am I doing?

Stop!

I said stop!

- [Slave] Yes sir.

- I'm going back to Pompeii.
- Do as he says.

(sobbing)

No!

No, no no, there's
no need for you.

There's no need for
you to carry me.

I'm in a hurry.

I'm in a hurry.

I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry!

I'm in a hurry!

(speaks faintly)

- Come on.
(groaning)

(wordless vocal music)

(groaning)

There's someone here.

There's a child, there's
a child down here.

Oh!

(groaning)

Help me.

Dig him out.

Yeah.

- [Valeria] Careful.

- [Marcus] Here you
go, I've got you.

(laughing)

(orchestral music)

- [Man] Hey, we're over here!

We're over here, help us!
- Pick us up!

- Help us!
- Over here, help us!

(exclaiming)

- The Admiral Polinius is here,
they're coming to save us.

- Come get us!
- This way, hurry.

- [Man] Somebody
please, help us!

- You have done
very well so far.

- They're coming to help.
- If you carry on

like this you will,
you will win a prize.

- What prize?

- A journey on a
very, very big ship.

(laughing)

But you must do what your
nanny tells you, all right?

- And where are
you going, Father?

- Father has to leave now.

He has to do something
very important.

But we will come together
again, very soon, all right?

- [Woman] Please come.

- Get on board of those
ships when they land.

- All right.

- It is the only way to safety.

- I will.

What about you, Doctor?

- I must return to the city.

There will be many, many
injured people who need me.

- Good luck, Doctor.

- Take care of the
girls and of yourself.

- Okay.

- Come on.
- Okay.

- [Woman] Over here,
here, this way!

- Father, Father!

Father!

(crying)
- Help, please.

- Please come.
- Please.

- Don't worry
people, we're coming.

We are coming.

- Admiral.

- I'm listening.

- We've lost another ship.

One of the stones opened
a hole in the hull

and there was nothing
more we could do.

Admiral--
- My answer is no.

I know how dangerous it
is to bring the fleet

in close to the coast.

But that is what we will do,

because we're the only hope
there is for all those people.

(explosion booming)

- Admiral, even if we
manage to reach the coast,

we will never be
able to leave again.

Admiral we will suffocate
and so will they.

- Admiral Polinius, please.

(orchestral music)

(laughing)

- Come on.

Thank you.

- Thank you.

(explosion booming)

That black cloud is
swallowing everything up.

- Everyone to the
cistern now, now!

Tell everyone you meet.

The water mains
might protect us.

- If they collapse, if they
collapse we will all be buried.

- Yes that may happen,
but we can't stay here.

- Publius!

Where are you, Publius?

It's Annisius, where are you?

Publius, Publius!

Publius!

Where are you, Publius?

(sobbing)

Publius, Publius.

Let's leave, Publius.

- What are you doing here?

- I had forgotten something.

My brother.

(sobbing)

Let's leave, Publius.

They're all fleeing
to the cistern

to take refuge, water mains.

- The mains?
- Yes.

- My cupboard is safer.

- It can come with
you if you want to.

- The cupboard stays here.

It's all right.

Let's go.
- Let's leave.

Let's leave.

(thudding)

- Open the door, I'm still here.

Open the door.

Open the door!

Open the...

Open the door!

Open the door!

I can't die like this!

I have something worth...

worth living...

worth living for. (wheezing)

(groaning)

- Attica?

Attica!

Attica.

Where are you, Attica?

Attica!

Attica.

(crying)

I'm here now.

Calm down, calm down.

I'm right here.

(fire roaring)
(dramatic music)

(rumbling)

(sword clanking)

- [Marcus] Hurry, inside!

(rumbling)

(orchestral music)

- [Valeria] Annius, Attica.

- [Attica] Valeria!

- [Valeria] Attica
how are you feeling?

- [Attica] I think
I'm all right.

- Father.

(yelling and screaming)

(stones thudding)
(volcano rumbling)

(crashing)

(yelling and screaming)

(dog whines)

Here it comes.

Here it comes.

(dog whining)

(yelling and screaming)

(panting)

(moaning)
(rumbling)

(coughing)

(wind roaring)

- They held.

(rumbling)
The mains held.

(rumbling)
(yelling)

(coughing)

- [Marcus] Come
on, we must go now.

From here.

It will take us to the shore.

Come on, quick!

Let's go, come on.

Give me your hand,
I'll help you.

(dog whining)

- [Cornelius] I'm coming.

(orchestral music)
(water splashing)

- Look.

This is the old land registry.

The tremors have caused
it to sink even deeper.

- The documents will be lost.

- Perhaps not.

(Valeria screams)

- What a moving scene.

United together against
the bad duumvir.

But you needed this bad duumvir

when you had to rebuild
the city, didn't you?

When things had
to be done quickly

without worrying too
much about formalities,

when it was necessary for
Pompeii to rise from its ashes,

before Rome forgot all about us.

And I did it.

No one will ever
forget my Pompeii.

And you will not stop me.

You will be ash

when I walk through the
streets of my new Pompeii.

(dog barks)

(weapons clanging)
(exclaiming)

Death to me, life to you.

This is Rome.

- I know a different Rome.

A Rome that does not
respond with death to death.

(exclaiming)
Everyone out!

Out, out!

Out!

(dog growling)
(Caledonius grunting)

(rumbling)

(orchestral music)

(wordless vocal music)

- Ausia!

Lieuca!

(woman sobbing)

Ausia!

Lieuca.

Ausia.

(orchestral music)

No!

(sobbing)

Oh my god!

Why?

Why?

- What happened?

What happened?

- [Cuspio] Oh, my god.

- Come Father, come.

(sobbing)

(wordless vocal music)
(sobbing)

(screaming)

- Attica, what's wrong?

- The baby!

(screaming)

- Sh, sh, sh.

Cuspius!

Cuspius!
(screaming)

Cuspius!

Cuspius!

It's all right.

- Just breathe.
- It's all right.

- [Woman] Breathe normally.

- Cuspius!

- It's all right.
- Cuspius!

- Just calm down.
- Help us!

- [Annius] Help us,
the baby's coming.

- [Valeria] You're
fine, we're here.

(Attica screaming)

- Over there.

(Attica gasping)
(orchestral music)

(Attica screaming)

(wordless vocal music)
(sobbing)

(orchestral music)

(baby crying)

(laughing)

(orchestral music)

(horse neighing)

- Marcus.

We always say that
Rome is eternal.

But all it takes is one day,

and this is all that remains

of one of the empire's
most beautiful cities.

- You are right, my Emperor.

Rome is not eternal.

Nor is she perfect.

But there is, in Rome, a
dream that deserves to last.

It is up to you Titus,

to make sure that
dream does not die.

(dramatic music)

- [Valeria] Marcus.

(somber music)

(singing in foreign language)

(orchestral music)

(singing in foreign language)

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