|
Mists of Avalon The
|
| 00:00:07 |
Morgaine! |
| 00:00:12 |
Why are you hidden from my sight? |
| 00:00:21 |
She won't be able to feed him yet. |
| 00:00:23 |
Poor babe. |
| 00:00:24 |
But the wet nurse is ready. |
| 00:00:30 |
Shall l take him, my lady? |
| 00:00:32 |
The woman's waiting. |
| 00:00:33 |
Not yet. |
| 00:01:59 |
Mother. |
| 00:02:08 |
Yes, child. |
| 00:02:10 |
Mother, forgive me. |
| 00:02:14 |
For what? |
| 00:02:17 |
Arthur... |
| 00:02:21 |
...he doesn't know. |
| 00:02:24 |
Arthur is the father? |
| 00:02:27 |
Don't tell him. Please. |
| 00:02:30 |
Please, don't tell him. |
| 00:03:04 |
Let me hold him. |
| 00:03:09 |
Let me hold him just once. |
| 00:03:20 |
Leave us. |
| 00:03:27 |
What is this, woman? The child is alive. |
| 00:03:29 |
And will remain so. |
| 00:03:31 |
Why? |
| 00:03:33 |
it is Arthur's child. |
| 00:03:42 |
Son of a king. |
| 00:03:45 |
-She told you? -In her fever. |
| 00:03:48 |
She doesn't know l know. |
| 00:03:51 |
Son of a High King. |
| 00:03:53 |
No matter how many sons he has... |
| 00:03:56 |
...this child will always be his firstborn. |
| 00:04:01 |
With this secret, we have a weapon in our hands. |
| 00:04:05 |
Think of it, Husband. |
| 00:04:08 |
His flesh, his blood, his heir. |
| 00:04:14 |
But my instruction, my influence. |
| 00:00:03 |
I'll teach him to have little need of Morgaine and great need of me. |
| 00:04:23 |
And as the years pass... |
| 00:04:25 |
...Britain will become more and more our own. |
| 00:04:31 |
lt's time for his first meal. |
| 00:04:36 |
A new and dreadful power was unleashed. |
| 00:04:39 |
And the fate of all Britain was altered forever. |
| 00:05:03 |
it was as if my life had become lost in the mists. |
| 00:05:06 |
Everything that l loved and cherished was gone. |
| 00:05:10 |
l thought there was nothing more that could be taken from me. |
| 00:05:13 |
How wrong l was. |
| 00:05:16 |
But at Camelot, it seemed that high summer had come to Britain at last. |
| 00:05:21 |
Under the rule of a good, brave man, with the Knights of the ound Table... |
| 00:05:25 |
...our beleaguered country was at peace. |
| 00:05:28 |
Arthur was the High King everyone had hoped for... |
| 00:05:31 |
...and Guinevere, his queen. |
| 00:05:39 |
I've missed you, my love. |
| 00:05:42 |
Are you ill? |
| 00:05:44 |
My courses have come on me again. |
| 00:05:47 |
Why do you let them distress you so? |
| 00:05:50 |
But it means l haven't given you a son. |
| 00:05:52 |
l haven't given you an heir. |
| 00:05:56 |
We are young yet. We have years for children. |
| 00:06:01 |
Now, get dressed. The troops have returned victorious, as l promised... |
| 00:06:06 |
...and they expect to see the queen by my side. |
| 00:06:22 |
Arthur! |
| 00:06:33 |
What is it, Morgaine? |
| 00:06:35 |
I'm fine. |
| 00:06:38 |
Another bad dream? |
| 00:06:40 |
Mom, why do you have so many bad dreams? |
| 00:06:44 |
Some people are born that way, my poppet. |
| 00:06:48 |
it's like, some people have brown hair... |
| 00:06:51 |
...and some people have yellow hair. |
| 00:06:54 |
Some people see things. |
| 00:06:57 |
Not yet. He's far too young. |
| 00:07:03 |
Strange, that in the peace of Orkney l should feel distracted so. |
| 00:07:09 |
Why don't you go back to Camelot? |
| 00:07:13 |
What about my child? |
| 00:07:15 |
We'll be fine on our own, won't we, poppet? |
| 00:07:18 |
You've quite won him away from me. |
| 00:07:21 |
We're twin souls, he and l. |
| 00:07:23 |
Now I'll have him all for myself, won't that be nice? |
| 00:07:28 |
You must promise me one thing: |
| 00:07:31 |
Never let Viviane get her hands on Mordred. |
| 00:07:34 |
She wants to foster him. You must never allow it. |
| 00:07:37 |
l promise. |
| 00:07:54 |
And so the day came when l returned to Camelot... |
| 00:07:58 |
...the beating heart of Britain itself... |
| 00:08:01 |
...and the place where l had spent my childhood... |
| 00:08:03 |
...with my little brother, Arthur. |
| 00:08:27 |
Knights. |
| 00:08:30 |
My sister has returned from Orkney. |
| 00:04:18 |
-You remember Gawain. -Morgaine. |
| 00:08:38 |
Percival, Gallahad, Accolon. |
| 00:08:44 |
l heard you were educated on the Isle of Mists. |
| 00:08:47 |
l was trained there as a priestess. |
| 00:08:50 |
l long to go there one day... |
| 00:08:51 |
...and know the mysteries of the hidden world. |
| 00:08:54 |
My lord... |
| 00:08:55 |
...aren't you going to present me as well? |
| 00:08:57 |
-My queen. -We've met briefly, but hardly spoke at all. |
| 00:09:01 |
it's more fitting that l should bow to you, Morgaine. |
| 00:09:04 |
You were in the king's affections long before l was. |
| 00:09:07 |
Come, let us talk as sisters... |
| 00:09:10 |
...for sisters is what we are. |
| 00:09:23 |
l will not pretend l am not afraid of you. |
| 00:09:27 |
l was raised in great suspicion of the old religion. |
| 00:09:30 |
But your head tells you we're the same. |
| 00:09:34 |
Something like that, yes. |
| 00:09:37 |
And yet-- |
| 00:09:38 |
We couldn't be more different. |
| 00:09:41 |
Very good. |
| 00:09:42 |
They taught you well to read another's thoughts. |
| 00:09:45 |
l read another's thoughts as well as any woman can. |
| 00:09:50 |
But the training, Morgaine... |
| 00:09:53 |
...it must have been good for something. |
| 00:09:56 |
For instance, did Avalon train you in herb lore and spells? |
| 00:10:02 |
Of course. |
| 00:10:05 |
Tell me what I'm thinking now. |
| 00:10:10 |
l couldn't guess. |
| 00:10:12 |
Then l will say it aloud, if l must. |
| 00:10:18 |
There are herbs... |
| 00:10:19 |
...that can make a woman conceive, are there not? |
| 00:10:24 |
Is that what you want? |
| 00:10:27 |
Please do not make this any harder than it already is. |
| 00:10:33 |
There is a charm that is sometimes used. |
| 00:10:36 |
But you, surely, would never touch it. |
| 00:10:41 |
Tell me you are not a witch. |
| 00:10:45 |
Tell me it is not the devil's own spell... |
| 00:10:47 |
...and that l will not burn for it. |
| 00:10:50 |
This time, this one time... |
| 00:10:54 |
...l will believe you. |
| 00:11:00 |
You will have it by the night of Beltane. |
| 00:11:11 |
There, my friend. Everything's all right. |
| 00:11:13 |
You'll gallop like a colt! |
| 00:11:25 |
You have a way with horses. |
| 00:11:28 |
Better than with people, l sometimes think. |
| 00:11:31 |
All people, or just some people? |
| 00:11:36 |
I'm speaking of women. |
| 00:11:37 |
l would have thought you'd have a bride by now. |
| 00:11:41 |
Or does your heart still long for the woman you can't have? |
| 00:11:46 |
The rumors are not true. |
| 00:11:48 |
You may speak of it to me, Cousin. |
| 00:11:51 |
After all, I'm the one that brought it about. |
| 00:11:53 |
l lifted her into your world. |
| 00:11:57 |
Little did l know all that would come from that moment. |
| 00:12:01 |
l love Arthur more than l have ever loved another man. |
| 00:12:05 |
But whatever else is in my head, or my heart... |
| 00:12:07 |
...will stay with me until l die. |
| 00:12:10 |
And do you know what is in my head and in my heart? |
| 00:12:16 |
l feel the loss of you, dear Cousin. |
| 00:12:21 |
No one touched me like you did. |
| 00:12:24 |
And still, even now, l yearn for you. |
| 00:12:33 |
l have fought many battles, Morgaine... |
| 00:12:37 |
...but none like the one l fought since that day in Avalon. |
| 00:08:39 |
Come to bed, Arthur. |
| 00:13:44 |
The moon waxed and waned... |
| 00:13:46 |
...and the time of the fertility rites of Beltane... |
| 00:13:49 |
...came round again. |
| 00:13:53 |
This will make me conceive? |
| 00:13:55 |
Don't be surprised if the charm works better than you think it should. |
| 00:13:58 |
The ways of the Goddess are her own. |
| 00:14:01 |
Seems fitting, doesn't it? |
| 00:14:03 |
The night of Beltane, but l don't care. |
| 00:14:06 |
Let them practice their pagan magic... |
| 00:14:09 |
...if their goddess will bring me a child.... |
| 00:14:40 |
Drink, men, drink. |
| 00:14:42 |
We'll have our own Beltane celebration within these walls... |
| 00:14:46 |
...where it's safe. |
| 00:16:13 |
You would walk without light? |
| 00:16:15 |
There is light enough over there. |
| 00:16:18 |
it's dangerous to light the fires these days. |
| 00:16:20 |
The priests don't like it. |
| 00:16:23 |
The priests are becoming more powerful. |
| 00:16:27 |
But tonight, just tonight... |
| 00:16:32 |
...we can forget about the priests. |
| 00:16:37 |
Shall we walk, my lord? |
| 00:12:50 |
My queen. |
| 00:17:08 |
Guinevere and Lancelot. |
| 00:17:13 |
Two people l love most in the world. |
| 00:17:16 |
Do you love me, both of you? |
| 00:17:21 |
Sometimes l think Lancelot is the best of us. |
| 00:17:25 |
Up you come. |
| 00:17:32 |
Come, lie beside me. Both of you. |
| 00:17:35 |
l want to talk to you... |
| 00:17:37 |
...and if drink won't help me say this... |
| 00:17:40 |
...it will never be said. |
| 00:17:44 |
Guinevere has no child. |
| 00:17:49 |
Don't you think l see how you two look at each other? |
| 00:17:52 |
-Arthur-- -No. |
| 00:17:54 |
l will get to the end of this... |
| 00:17:58 |
...even if l have to command your silence. |
| 00:18:02 |
My wife thinks it's her fault we have no child... |
| 00:18:07 |
...but l believe it's me. |
| 00:18:09 |
Yes, sometimes the fault lies with the man. |
| 00:18:13 |
Even when that man is king. |
| 00:18:14 |
Arthur, please do not continue with this. |
| 00:18:17 |
My kingdom needs an heir, my sweet. |
| 00:18:20 |
Otherwise, everything I'm fighting for is lost. |
| 00:18:30 |
A son of yours, Lancelot... |
| 00:18:32 |
...conceived in the king's bed... |
| 00:18:35 |
...would be heir to my throne. |
| 00:18:38 |
Better that, than the son of Lot should reign, is it not? |
| 00:18:44 |
Sure, Bishop Patricius would say it was a grievous sin... |
| 00:18:48 |
...but l say it's a greater sin to provide no son to inherit my crown... |
| 00:18:53 |
...and let the kingdom slip into such chaos... |
| 00:18:56 |
...as there was before my father came to the throne. |
| 00:19:01 |
My friend... |
| 00:19:04 |
...my cousin, will you do this for me? |
| 00:19:19 |
it's for my lady to say. |
| 00:19:25 |
My lord, no. l have given my vows to you. |
| 00:19:28 |
To me, yes. |
| 00:19:30 |
To be mine, and to obey me, as your husband and your king. |
| 00:19:34 |
For years our forefathers have done these things without shame... |
| 00:19:38 |
...in the faces of the very same gods who look over us tonight. |
| 00:19:49 |
We will both be with you, together. |
| 00:19:54 |
And if the child we want should come of this... |
| 00:19:58 |
...none of us need ever know for certain. |
| 00:20:03 |
And you will be able to swear... |
| 00:20:07 |
...in truth... |
| 00:20:09 |
...that our child was conceived in the king's bed. |
| 00:21:05 |
l wish you were the sister of some lesser man. |
| 00:18:36 |
Good morning, Cousin. |
| 00:22:56 |
You gave her a charm, didn't you? |
| 00:22:58 |
Guinevere? |
| 00:23:01 |
She told me. |
| 00:23:03 |
-it was not meant for you. -Was it not? |
| 00:23:07 |
l had no idea it would be you. |
| 00:23:11 |
Then the ways of the Goddess are beyond your understanding. |
| 00:23:18 |
The king himself... |
| 00:23:20 |
...asked me into his bed with the queen. |
| 00:23:26 |
All three of you? |
| 00:23:41 |
How can l go back... |
| 00:23:45 |
...to the way things were? |
| 00:23:48 |
How can l sit at his table... |
| 00:23:52 |
...how can l kneel before him and call myself his servant? |
| 00:23:58 |
You are not to blame for loving Guinevere. |
| 00:24:06 |
What can l do? |
| 00:24:09 |
Don't worry, Cousin. |
| 00:24:12 |
We will put our heads together. |
| 00:24:17 |
l just never dared hope... |
| 00:24:20 |
...then the Lady Morgaine told me there was hope. |
| 00:24:25 |
And l spoke to him, and he asked me. |
| 00:24:30 |
Who asked you? |
| 00:24:32 |
Lancelot. |
| 00:24:35 |
Your Majesty, I'm the happiest woman in England. |
| 00:24:41 |
Lancelot asked you to be his wife? |
| 00:24:45 |
And you said yes. |
| 00:24:48 |
Of course you did. |
| 00:24:50 |
What could be more natural? |
| 00:24:52 |
Your Majesty? |
| 00:24:55 |
You have a husband, very good. |
| 00:24:57 |
But do l have a child to give my king? No. |
| 00:25:00 |
That's what you'll whisper to the rest of my women, isn't it? |
| 00:25:04 |
''The queen has her courses again.'' |
| 00:25:06 |
Get out of my sight! |
| 00:25:18 |
-Two options: we can go to the north-- -Arthur. |
| 00:25:27 |
Take over for me. |
| 00:25:34 |
So much for the love of your friend. So much for your dear sister's potions. |
| 00:21:23 |
Guinevere, calm yourself. |
| 00:25:41 |
What is it that brings you? |
| 00:25:43 |
My courses have come on me, Arthur. l bear you no child. |
| 00:25:47 |
But, my queen-- |
| 00:25:49 |
l took poison from a witch... |
| 00:25:51 |
...l slept with you and your friend and gave myself... |
| 00:25:55 |
...to your lust and ungodliness, and all for nothing. |
| 00:25:58 |
All for nothing! |
| 00:26:02 |
No baby, no baby. |
| 00:26:08 |
Where is my baby? |
| 00:26:10 |
it's in God's hands now, not ours. |
| 00:26:16 |
Don't cry. |
| 00:26:17 |
God does not reward sinners. |
| 00:26:23 |
We are all sinners, my love. |
| 00:26:26 |
He knows that and understands. |
| 00:26:29 |
And He knows that you value pagans equally with Christians... |
| 00:26:34 |
...and fight under a banner of the Mother Goddess... |
| 00:26:36 |
...as if she were equal to our Father in heaven. |
| 00:26:39 |
Our Father may be in heaven, Guinevere... |
| 00:26:42 |
...but the Goddess is Great Mother to us all. |
| 00:26:44 |
She is not Great Mother to me. |
| 00:26:47 |
She will not give me a child. |
| 00:26:48 |
And while you honor her, God will not give me a child either. |
| 00:26:52 |
You say you are a good man... |
| 00:26:54 |
...but you condemn your wife to barrenness... |
| 00:26:56 |
...for the sake of an oath to painted savages. |
| 00:27:01 |
l despise you, Arthur Pendragon. |
| 00:27:05 |
Neither good Christian, nor good pagan... |
| 00:27:07 |
...nor good husband to me. |
| 00:27:23 |
And so, Lancelot was married to the Lady Elaine. |
| 00:27:27 |
And if he could not make me happy... |
| 00:27:29 |
...at least he could fill her simple soul with delight... |
| 00:27:32 |
...and heal the wounds that had been inflicted on him... |
| 00:27:35 |
...by the magic of Avalon. |
| 00:27:37 |
Has my mother come, old Druid? |
| 00:27:40 |
Your mother sends her blessings, my son. |
| 00:27:43 |
Perhaps she could not bear to see you... |
| 00:27:45 |
...married under the banners of Christianity all alone. |
| 00:27:50 |
We'll visit her on the way to Pellinore. |
| 00:27:52 |
Thank you, Morgaine. |
| 00:28:00 |
Morgaine... |
| 00:28:02 |
...the Lady of the Lake is heartsick that you have withheld yourself from her. |
| 00:28:07 |
l think of her often... |
| 00:28:10 |
...though I'm committed to my course. |
| 00:28:14 |
How does Viviane fare? |
| 00:28:16 |
She longs to have you at her side. |
| 00:28:20 |
She did what she did in the service of the Goddess. |
| 00:28:24 |
And although you reject her, you do not reject the old ways, l think. |
| 00:28:28 |
For which l honor you. |
| 00:28:31 |
This is Accolon of Wales. |
| 00:28:34 |
He also is strong in the old religion, as is his father, Uriens. |
| 00:28:40 |
We've already had the pleasure to meet, Merlin. |
| 00:28:43 |
Will you join me in a dance, lady? |
| 00:28:47 |
lf you can bring your horsemen... |
| 00:28:49 |
...down from the Welsh hills, we can trap the Jutes... |
| 00:28:51 |
...before they breach the line of the Avon. |
| 00:28:54 |
it will be done, Your Majesty. |
| 00:28:57 |
Have you thought, sir, of that boon l crave of you? |
| 00:28:59 |
King Uriens has long been a widower and wishes to remarry. |
| 00:29:03 |
l asked His High Majesty if there was a lady of your court... |
| 00:29:06 |
...who would be willing to become Queen of North Wales. |
| 00:29:14 |
Morgaine. |
| 00:29:17 |
Morgaine? |
| 00:29:19 |
Is she not a little young? |
| 00:29:21 |
l think she would be happy with an older man. |
| 00:29:24 |
She is no giddy, young thing. |
| 00:29:29 |
What do you think, King Uriens? |
| 00:29:32 |
The High King's own sister? |
| 00:29:38 |
l would be honored if she'd have me. |
| 00:29:41 |
We will discuss this later, my friend. |
| 00:29:43 |
Thank you, my lord. |
| 00:29:48 |
Morgaine, for Uriens? |
| 00:29:51 |
He is a good man... |
| 00:25:36 |
...of the old religion and an important ally. |
| 00:29:57 |
Should we not at least ask her? |
| 00:30:01 |
l think l know what her answer will be. |
| 00:30:08 |
Morgaine, we have had an offer of marriage for you. |
| 00:30:11 |
Well, it has been broached. |
| 00:30:15 |
You are asked to join yourself to the royal house of North Wales. |
| 00:30:20 |
it is a wild place. |
| 00:30:21 |
And you will be far from Camelot, Sister. |
| 00:30:23 |
There is one of the old religion there, who would wish to wed you. |
| 00:30:34 |
l cannot pretend l am as surprised as all that, Brother. |
| 00:30:40 |
Why, the sly fellow. He did not tell me he had spoken to you. |
| 00:30:45 |
What shall l tell him? |
| 00:30:49 |
You may tell him I'd be happy to live in North Wales. |
| 00:30:58 |
I'm happy for you, Morgaine. |
| 00:31:02 |
Very happy. |
| 00:31:15 |
Friends... |
| 00:31:17 |
...on this auspicious day... |
| 00:31:19 |
...l have yet another note of happiness to sound. |
| 00:31:22 |
My dear sister, Morgaine... |
| 00:31:24 |
...is to be betrothed to King Uriens of North Wales. |
| 00:31:36 |
For a moment it did not sink in. |
| 00:31:39 |
And then l realized: |
| 00:31:41 |
l had been tricked into marrying the father instead of the son... |
| 00:31:44 |
...and there was nothing l could do about it. |
| 00:31:47 |
To have rejected Uriens there and then... |
| 00:31:50 |
...would have humiliated him before the whole country... |
| 00:31:52 |
...and cost my brother the loyalty of Wales. |
| 00:31:56 |
l was caught... |
| 00:31:58 |
...like a fly in a web. |
| 00:32:20 |
How could you let this happen? |
| 00:32:23 |
There was little l could do. |
| 00:32:25 |
First, they take down the banners of Pendragon. |
| 00:32:28 |
Then Morgaine... |
| 00:32:29 |
...the one person who could've kept the spirit of the Goddess alive in Camelot... |
| 00:32:33 |
...is sent to North Wales. And why? |
| 00:32:36 |
Because of some Christian ninny. |
| 00:32:39 |
l have lost my strength, Viviane. |
| 00:32:46 |
l feel the power of the Goddess... |
| 00:32:51 |
...is no longer in me. |
| 00:32:53 |
Why, you're just tired, Merlin. |
| 00:32:55 |
it's been a long journey from Camelot. |
| 00:32:58 |
l am more than just tired. |
| 00:33:06 |
Surely, there are enough herbs in Avalon to give you back your strength. |
| 00:33:10 |
l shall ask Raven to fetch you some. |
| 00:33:12 |
Please, don't leave me. |
| 00:33:16 |
Please. |
| 00:33:22 |
Poor Merlin. |
| 00:33:26 |
I'm getting tired, too. |
| 00:33:28 |
I'd hoped Morgaine would put on my robes. |
| 00:33:33 |
Perhaps no one will step into your robes, Viviane. |
| 00:33:39 |
Perhaps... |
| 00:33:41 |
...Avalon will die with us. |
| 00:33:43 |
Well, there's young Mordred yet. |
| 00:33:46 |
He's coming of age. |
| 00:33:47 |
He is our best hope. |
| 00:33:52 |
We had a long fight together... |
| 00:33:57 |
...you and l. |
| 00:33:59 |
You have been a worthy partner. |
| 00:34:05 |
I've learned everything l know from you, Merlin. |
| 00:29:53 |
We shall fight for many years to come. |
| 00:34:11 |
No, l won't see any more wars. |
| 00:34:17 |
But you will continue. |
| 00:34:20 |
You have always... |
| 00:34:23 |
...sacrificed everything for Avalon... |
| 00:34:27 |
...and done so gladly. |
| 00:34:31 |
Merlin, do you think l've wasted my life? |
| 00:34:38 |
No. |
| 00:34:40 |
We gave everything to Avalon... |
| 00:34:45 |
...because we had no choice. |
| 00:34:48 |
-But we failed. -No, we didn't fail. |
| 00:34:52 |
We did what... |
| 00:34:55 |
...we thought was right every single moment. |
| 00:35:00 |
Sometimes we were headstrong... |
| 00:35:04 |
...but we lived our lives with passion and commitment. |
| 00:35:11 |
We should be grateful for that. |
| 00:35:18 |
Viviane... |
| 00:35:21 |
...find some happiness. |
| 00:35:27 |
Just a small moment of happiness... |
| 00:35:34 |
...that belongs only to you. |
| 00:35:41 |
l think the Goddess... |
| 00:35:46 |
...lives in our humanity... |
| 00:35:51 |
...and not anywhere else. |
| 00:37:44 |
Strange as it may seem... |
| 00:37:46 |
...in marrying King Uriens and moving with him to Wales... |
| 00:37:50 |
...l won my self some of the few years of happiness my life was to bring me. |
| 00:37:56 |
When Accolon came to be with us... |
| 00:37:58 |
...it seemed for a while as if we were a family. |
| 00:38:07 |
But far to the north, under the tutelage of Morgause... |
| 00:38:11 |
...my son Mordred was growing to manhood. |
| 00:38:14 |
A manhood that would destroy us all. |
| 00:34:08 |
Stay the horses! |
| 00:38:26 |
What is it, my lord? |
| 00:38:34 |
Lucius, take these men back to Orkney. |
| 00:38:38 |
Take not this road, but the one that follows the river. |
| 00:38:41 |
-l will see you this night. -Yes, my lord. |
| 00:38:43 |
Follow me. |
| 00:39:05 |
Viviane. |
| 00:39:06 |
-You know me, then. -Of course. |
| 00:39:10 |
l welcome you to Lothian, Lady of the Lake. |
| 00:39:14 |
You act as if you've been expecting me. |
| 00:39:16 |
l could feel you long before l could see you. |
| 00:39:20 |
You have a plan for me, l think. |
| 00:39:21 |
l come in the cause of the Goddess, Mordred. |
| 00:39:24 |
She needs a champion. |
| 00:39:26 |
And the question is, will you be that champion? |
| 00:39:29 |
You already have one. His name is Arthur. |
| 00:39:32 |
Avalon can no longer rely on Arthur. |
| 00:39:35 |
He's dismantled our presence at Camelot, and he has no heir. |
| 00:39:40 |
Will you be that heir? |
| 00:39:43 |
Why should anyone acknowledge me... |
| 00:39:45 |
...as the High King's heir? |
| 00:39:47 |
Because you are his son. |
| 00:39:50 |
His son? |
| 00:40:01 |
But my mother is his sister. |
| 00:40:04 |
The blood of two parents from the same powerful line... |
| 00:40:07 |
...rich in magic, run through you, Mordred. |
| 00:40:10 |
You have the power, too, and you know it. |
| 00:40:14 |
His son. Arthur's son. |
| 00:40:19 |
By his own sister. |
| 00:40:24 |
Yes, l have the power. |
| 00:40:28 |
l have always known that. |
| 00:40:30 |
l can bend men to my will. |
| 00:40:33 |
l am placing the future of this land in your hands, Mordred. |
| 00:40:38 |
Will you rise to it, or remain here... |
| 00:40:42 |
...powerless in the Scottish wilderness? |
| 00:40:45 |
You made me, Aunt... |
| 00:40:48 |
...as surely as if you had fashioned me out of clay. |
| 00:40:51 |
What do you think my answer will be? |
| 00:41:04 |
Leave me. Leave! |
| 00:41:13 |
Why didn't you tell me? |
| 00:41:17 |
She's come to you, hasn't she? |
| 00:41:19 |
Why didn't you tell me... |
| 00:41:21 |
...who my father is? |
| 00:41:23 |
l was waiting until you were ready. |
| 00:41:25 |
I'm ready. Viviane believes l am ready. |
| 00:41:28 |
Viviane! Don't you see how ruthless she is? |
| 00:41:31 |
Breeding you out of her own niece and nephew? |
| 00:41:34 |
Looking 20 years ahead to a time when she might have use for you. |
| 00:41:39 |
But in return... |
| 00:41:41 |
...she is placing the reins of power in my hands. |
| 00:41:44 |
Not she alone, Mordred. |
| 00:41:49 |
lt was l... |
| 00:41:50 |
...who ensured that Arthur and Guinevere have no son of their own. |
| 00:41:55 |
lt was l who cursed her womb. |
| 00:42:04 |
So you'd like to see me on the High Throne... |
| 00:42:09 |
...with you as High Queen Mother? |
| 00:42:13 |
Yes. |
| 00:42:15 |
But nothing can be done now. |
| 00:42:17 |
Arthur's flame has never burned brighter. |
| 00:42:20 |
Anyone who raises a hand against him will be torn to pieces by his companions. |
| 00:42:24 |
You think l cannot defeat him directly? |
| 00:42:26 |
But if you win power that way, it will not last. |
| 00:42:34 |
Listen to wisdom. |
| 00:42:36 |
Your enemy is that the king is so loved. |
| 00:38:24 |
So, Britain's love of her king must be made somehow less. |
| 00:42:45 |
How? |
| 00:42:46 |
He must be discredited. |
| 00:42:50 |
No man is without flaws. |
| 00:42:54 |
With the king, it concerns his queen. |
| 00:43:01 |
l do not like to think that this great king... |
| 00:43:06 |
...this great man, my father... |
| 00:43:11 |
...is my enemy. |
| 00:43:14 |
And that for the sake of Avalon... |
| 00:43:16 |
...l must bring him down to nothing. |
| 00:43:21 |
l would rather love him as all men do. |
| 00:43:28 |
l would like to look on my mother... |
| 00:43:31 |
...Lady Morgaine. l would like to look on her... |
| 00:43:34 |
...who bore me as my mother... |
| 00:43:39 |
...not as the priestess, or the Goddess. |
| 00:43:45 |
l am so weary of gods and goddesses. |
| 00:43:50 |
l am weary of my fate. |
| 00:43:57 |
Who was yonder old Roman... |
| 00:44:00 |
...who said, ''Call no man happy until he is dead''? |
| 00:44:08 |
My task then... |
| 00:44:09 |
...is to bring that greatest of all happinesses to my father. |
| 00:44:25 |
You will be drunk, dear one. |
| 00:44:26 |
So l will be drunk. |
| 00:44:28 |
So let it be. |
| 00:44:32 |
l drink to death and dishonor. |
| 00:44:51 |
''And the Lord God said unto Abraham: |
| 00:44:54 |
'''Lo, thou art in thy ninetieth year, yet l will grant thee a son... |
| 00:44:59 |
'''...and from his loins shall spring a people... |
| 00:45:02 |
'''...as numerous as the stars in the firmament... |
| 00:45:06 |
'''...and they shall inherit the earth.''' |
| 00:45:41 |
Forgive me, my lord, l came without announcement. |
| 00:45:46 |
Mordred of Lothian. |
| 00:45:48 |
l pray only to serve you, sir. |
| 00:45:50 |
I've heard of your deeds, lad. |
| 00:45:52 |
You've routed Saxon troops who outnumbered you 7-to-1 . |
| 00:45:55 |
l have been questioning those Saxons who fall into my hands, my lord. |
| 00:45:59 |
And l believe they are planning an invasion. |
| 00:46:03 |
But they've been peaceful for 10 years. |
| 00:46:05 |
They've spent that time building ships. Hundreds of ships... |
| 00:46:09 |
...and if l know the Saxon mind, this time it won't be petty skirmishes. |
| 00:46:13 |
They will take this country from shore to shore. |
| 00:46:16 |
-How could this be? -it could be true, sir. |
| 00:46:18 |
Saxons have never been as quiet as this. |
| 00:46:21 |
l beg of you, sir... |
| 00:46:23 |
...grant me the order of knighthood. |
| 00:46:26 |
Let me bring my knowledge to your army. |
| 00:46:28 |
With my tactics, we will destroy them. |
| 00:46:31 |
On my honor. |
| 00:46:40 |
My lords... |
| 00:46:42 |
...l heard always that a champion's duty is to meet with all comers. |
| 00:46:47 |
Now l have cause to chastise this impudence. |
| 00:43:18 |
Where did you learn to fight like this? |
| 00:47:36 |
Are you the son of one of my men? |
| 00:47:38 |
Not of one of your men, sir. |
| 00:47:42 |
My father was gone long before l could know him. |
| 00:47:44 |
But if you find me familiar... |
| 00:47:46 |
...perhaps it is my mother you see in my face. |
| 00:47:50 |
She is your sister... |
| 00:47:52 |
...the Lady Morgaine. |
| 00:47:55 |
Morgaine's son. l don't believe it. |
| 00:48:01 |
She would have spoken of him. |
| 00:48:03 |
She would have, my good lady... |
| 00:48:06 |
...but that l believe there was some sadness in my making. |
| 00:48:10 |
l was raised at Orkney... |
| 00:48:11 |
...by my Aunt Morgause. |
| 00:48:16 |
Yet you have that regal air possessed of Morgaine. |
| 00:48:20 |
Who but the son of my sister would have marched in here like that? |
| 00:48:24 |
l can see by your face beyond doubt, that you are hers. |
| 00:48:29 |
Welcome to my court, lad, and to my table. |
| 00:48:41 |
Sit with me and tell me everything. |
| 00:48:44 |
We shall stay up till morning getting to know each other. |
| 00:48:47 |
Men, welcome my nephew. |
| 00:48:50 |
He is one of us. |
| 00:49:01 |
When King Uriens died... |
| 00:49:03 |
...l could not stop thinking ofAvalon. |
| 00:49:09 |
l knew that one phase of my life was over... |
| 00:49:12 |
...and a new one was about to begin. |
| 00:49:16 |
And much though l still loved Accolon... |
| 00:49:19 |
...l knew, too, he could not be a part ofit. |
| 00:49:23 |
Morgaine. |
| 00:49:26 |
This was your father's favorite view. |
| 00:49:32 |
I'll be leaving soon. |
| 00:49:36 |
You could stay. |
| 00:49:41 |
Thank you. |
| 00:49:46 |
But every time l look at you, I'll see him. |
| 00:49:51 |
Where will you go? |
| 00:49:57 |
l must go back to Avalon. |
| 00:50:08 |
But if l thought the Mother Goddess would make it easy for me... |
| 00:50:12 |
...to come to terms with Viviane... |
| 00:50:14 |
...l was wrong. |
| 00:51:01 |
The Saxons are upon us. |
| 00:51:07 |
Fight! |
| 00:48:50 |
My men tell me the invasion will come before the next full moon, my lord. |
| 00:53:11 |
We are ready for them. |
| 00:53:13 |
Except in one respect. |
| 00:53:15 |
And that is? |
| 00:53:16 |
lf you were to die in battle, sir. |
| 00:53:23 |
Well, you would fight on. |
| 00:53:25 |
Lancelot would fight on. |
| 00:53:27 |
All my brave companions would fight on. |
| 00:53:30 |
And which of them would become High King, sire? |
| 00:53:34 |
You have no designated successor. |
| 00:53:36 |
l cannot designate a successor when my queen might yet bear me an heir. |
| 00:53:44 |
lt is a hope she clings to. |
| 00:53:47 |
l will not rob her of that. |
| 00:53:49 |
Whatever the cost to your kingdom? |
| 00:53:52 |
lf l choose someone not of my own descent... |
| 00:53:54 |
...it will split the companions. |
| 00:53:56 |
There will be war between us and the Saxons would prevail. |
| 00:54:00 |
Then choose someone of your own descent, sir. |
| 00:54:05 |
l am your son. |
| 00:54:13 |
l am your son. |
| 00:54:23 |
But Morgaine is your mother. |
| 00:54:26 |
lt was she that you slept with in the great marriage. |
| 00:54:32 |
She was the virgin huntress. |
| 00:54:37 |
You coupled with her... |
| 00:54:40 |
...and together you conceived a child. |
| 00:54:44 |
l am that child, come now to demand... |
| 00:54:47 |
...that which is my due! |
| 00:54:50 |
No, it's not true. it's not true. |
| 00:54:55 |
You're lying to force Arthur to promote you beyond your merits. |
| 00:55:00 |
Arthur, tell him it's not true. |
| 00:55:02 |
Tell him you never.... |
| 00:55:07 |
You never.... |
| 00:55:13 |
He cannot tell you... |
| 00:55:15 |
...because he knows what l say is true. |
| 00:55:25 |
Then all this time when l could not give you a child.... |
| 00:51:58 |
Mordred is his son. |
| 00:56:19 |
For many years... |
| 00:56:21 |
...l gave myself to my husband... |
| 00:56:25 |
...in the name of our Lord. |
| 00:56:27 |
For many years, we prayed to fashion life within me. |
| 00:56:36 |
But it seems that God has not heard those prayers. |
| 00:56:46 |
Perhaps He has heard... |
| 00:56:51 |
...but did not will it. |
| 00:56:54 |
But what did He will instead? |
| 00:56:58 |
That a bastard child... |
| 00:57:01 |
...sprung from an incestuous bed... |
| 00:57:04 |
...should triumph over our tireless devotion. |
| 00:57:10 |
They say His ways are unknowable. |
| 00:57:15 |
Of course. |
| 00:57:18 |
l am too small to understand the will of God. |
| 00:57:23 |
Do you think... |
| 00:57:26 |
...I'm being punished for the night we spent together? |
| 00:57:32 |
l don't think it's God who punishes us. |
| 00:57:37 |
l think we punish ourselves. |
| 00:57:44 |
Would it not be a comfort to believe... |
| 00:57:47 |
...just for a time... |
| 00:57:49 |
...that we create our own heavens and our own hells? |
| 00:58:01 |
it would be a comfort. |
| 00:58:06 |
it would, Lancelot. |
| 00:58:08 |
Maybe God does not grant you all the comforts you ask of Him... |
| 00:58:13 |
...but offers you others which you refuse to see. |
| 00:58:19 |
Maybe you should find the comforts He does offer you... |
| 00:58:23 |
...my dear lady, and accept them. |
| 00:59:30 |
Wounded and weary, at last l arrived at the borders of Avalon. |
| 00:59:38 |
l felt somehow l had never left. |
| 00:56:07 |
But then l realized... |
| 01:00:25 |
...the power l once prevailed over had left me... |
| 01:00:28 |
...a long time ago. |
| 01:00:32 |
l was stranded on the outside... |
| 01:00:34 |
...like a child locked out. |
| 01:00:37 |
Viviane had forsaken me. |
| 01:00:48 |
Then l heard a sound l had not heard for years: |
| 01:00:53 |
The bell of Glastonbury. |
| 01:01:37 |
My daughter! |
| 01:01:57 |
Where have you been, my child? |
| 01:01:59 |
I've had such sadness. |
| 01:02:14 |
Come. |
| 01:03:03 |
Lancelot? |
| 01:03:09 |
Wrong. |
| 01:03:37 |
Run! |
| 01:03:49 |
Mordred... |
| 01:03:50 |
...such a trick is worthy of you. |
| 01:03:52 |
in the king's name, Lancelot, l accuse you of high treason. |
| 01:03:57 |
Gawain, in God's name, how could you lend yourself to this? |
| 00:59:45 |
l never believed it of you. |
| 01:04:04 |
l were to God l had fallen in battle before ever l saw this day. |
| 01:04:08 |
Dress yourself. |
| 01:04:09 |
l will not take you so disgraced into Arthur's presence. |
| 01:04:13 |
Enough men have witnessed your shame. |
| 01:04:19 |
I'm glad for your sake that you would come with us quietly. |
| 01:04:23 |
Mother? |
| 01:04:34 |
See to the queen. |
| 01:04:36 |
She'll be in your hands until Arthur deals with her. |
| 01:04:41 |
Come along, my lady. Get into your gown. |
| 01:04:43 |
You do not want to go shameless before the king, do you? |
| 01:04:47 |
Get me your sword, Lancelot. |
| 01:05:12 |
Come. |
| 01:05:16 |
Stop! |
| 01:05:17 |
Let them go. |
| 01:05:19 |
it is for the king to decide their fate now. |
| 01:05:26 |
No man in all of Britain will hide them now. |
| 01:05:45 |
They have defied you. |
| 01:05:47 |
He has slain one of your most loyal men. |
| 01:05:49 |
l love them both. l will not hunt after them. |
| 01:05:55 |
l beg you, my lord. |
| 01:05:56 |
Lancelot has committed treason. |
| 01:05:59 |
Treason against the Crown, to which l have sworn allegiance, sworn with my life! |
| 01:06:03 |
Lancelot and Guinevere are a part of me. |
| 01:06:06 |
Do not ask me to tear into my own flesh. |
| 01:06:10 |
lf you do nothing, Father... |
| 01:06:12 |
...you will lose the confidence of your army and your men. |
| 01:06:16 |
You will cease to be High King in anything but name. |
| 01:06:21 |
l have not the heart for it. |
| 01:06:25 |
l have no choice but to leave this in your hands. |
| 01:06:46 |
l cannot bear to say goodbye to you here, my lady. |
| 01:06:50 |
l am no longer any man's wife, or lover. |
| 01:07:00 |
From this point on, l give my heart to no one except God. |
| 01:07:06 |
I've lost my king. |
| 01:07:09 |
I've lost my honor, and now-- |
| 01:07:27 |
That day l saw you on the stones. |
| 01:07:31 |
That bell was also ringing. |
| 01:07:36 |
Remember? |
| 01:07:40 |
How could l forget? |
| 01:07:44 |
So innocent we were. |
| 01:08:15 |
l pray... |
| 01:04:01 |
...there is a heaven... |
| 01:08:20 |
...and that you would be an angel in it... |
| 01:08:23 |
...so when l die, we can be together at last. |
| 01:09:08 |
l knew you'd come. |
| 01:09:17 |
Mother Superior, l come seeking forgiveness. |
| 01:09:22 |
And this is the place where you shall find it. |
| 01:09:29 |
Suffering brings women to God. |
| 01:10:13 |
When you left Camelot... |
| 01:10:16 |
...Arthur missed you so. |
| 01:10:19 |
l have often thought my greatest sin... |
| 01:10:22 |
...was coming between the love that you and Arthur have for each other. |
| 01:10:27 |
How is my dear brother? |
| 01:10:29 |
He is in great danger. |
| 01:10:31 |
He has need of you now. |
| 01:10:33 |
Why? What's happened? |
| 01:10:37 |
it is your son, Mordred. |
| 01:10:52 |
As l raced back to Camelot... |
| 01:10:54 |
...to be with my brother in his hour of need... |
| 01:10:56 |
...l saw people fleeing from the coasts. |
| 01:11:12 |
The final assault of the Saxons had at last begun. |
| 01:11:20 |
it was at that moment that l finally encountered... |
| 01:11:23 |
...the one person l had given up hope... |
| 01:11:25 |
...of ever seeing again. |
| 01:11:41 |
l was behind you much of the way. |
| 01:11:46 |
l was proud and unforgiving. |
| 01:11:51 |
l may have turned my back on you... |
| 01:11:53 |
...but my heart never turned. |
| 01:12:02 |
l destroyed something between us in the name of the Goddess. |
| 01:12:08 |
Now l fear l have destroyed something else in her name. |
| 01:12:13 |
Will Camelot and Avalon disappear into the mists? |
| 01:12:21 |
l see a land that runs red with blood... |
| 01:12:24 |
...where chaos rules. |
| 01:12:30 |
it is the end of an age. |
| 01:08:24 |
l thought that l knew what to expect when Viviane and l reached Camelot. |
| 01:12:46 |
But it was beyond anything either of us had imagined. |
| 01:13:15 |
l am Morgaine, sister to the king. |
| 01:13:19 |
Where is my brother? |
| 01:13:22 |
Where is Arthur Pendragon? |
| 01:13:38 |
Mother. |
| 01:13:41 |
What a surprise. |
| 01:13:52 |
So you came to see Arthur and not me? |
| 01:13:58 |
You came to see your brother... |
| 01:14:01 |
...and not the son you bore him. |
| 01:14:16 |
Welcome to the new Camelot. |
| 01:14:19 |
This is an abomination. |
| 01:14:23 |
l thought you would be proud. |
| 01:14:24 |
We are keeping the ways of the Goddess alive. |
| 01:14:27 |
These are not the ways of the Goddess. |
| 01:14:29 |
You think you know her ways better than l? |
| 01:14:33 |
You always got it all, while l was left with nothing. |
| 01:14:37 |
But someone was watching out for me... |
| 01:14:40 |
...and what god it is l care not. |
| 01:14:45 |
The tribesmen only follow you... |
| 01:14:47 |
...because you have the Pendragon banner hanging over their heads. |
| 01:14:57 |
l am the Lady of the Lake. |
| 01:15:03 |
l am the High Priestess of Avalon... |
| 01:15:10 |
...and l declare she has been deceiving you. |
| 01:15:17 |
This is not Avalon. |
| 01:15:21 |
This is not the will of the Goddess l serve. |
| 01:15:25 |
This is her will... |
| 01:15:29 |
...and it is murder and perversion. |
| 01:15:34 |
My sister is an evil sorceress... |
| 01:15:37 |
...intent on destroying all that is Camelot. |
| 01:14:08 |
Now, bring me to the king! |
| 01:18:35 |
Is it you? |
| 01:18:39 |
Is it really you? |
| 01:18:51 |
You've come back to me. |
| 01:18:59 |
My sister, why did you not tell me about our child? |
| 01:19:06 |
Why did you bear the burden all alone? |
| 01:19:09 |
The pain of it would have been no less for me had l shared it with you. |
| 01:19:15 |
You always looked after me. |
| 01:19:16 |
I've done my duty, and now you must do yours. |
| 01:19:22 |
What duty remains for me to do? |
| 01:19:24 |
You must protect your land against the Saxon invasion... |
| 01:19:28 |
...the likes of which I've never seen before. |
| 01:19:32 |
I'm a sinner and I'm weak. |
| 01:19:34 |
We have both sinned. |
| 01:19:36 |
Are we going to let those sins drag us down, as some priests would have it... |
| 01:19:40 |
...and send us crawling on our knees begging forgiveness... |
| 01:19:44 |
...or are we going to rise above them and do what we were put on this earth to do? |
| 01:19:49 |
What were we put on this earth to do? |
| 01:19:52 |
You were put on this earth to lead your people, Arthur. |
| 01:19:55 |
Stand! |
| 01:19:57 |
The Saxon invasion has begun. They have lined our shores. |
| 01:20:00 |
They will take down Camelot. |
| 01:20:02 |
You must ride out now, even if it's the last battle you ever fight. |
| 01:20:06 |
You must bring one last note of glory to Avalon. |
| 01:20:32 |
And so Arthur and the remnants of the ound Table... |
| 01:20:35 |
...rode out for their last battle. |
| 01:18:29 |
We will fight as we always did. |
| 01:22:49 |
As we always did, my friend. |
| 01:23:35 |
He's joined the Saxons. |
| 01:23:41 |
Our Father in heaven... |
| 01:23:44 |
...and our Mother of the earth... |
| 01:23:47 |
...soon l shall be taken into Your house. |
| 01:23:52 |
Let me be fit to wear Your robes. |
| 01:23:55 |
Let the sword that l die by cleanse me. |
| 01:24:01 |
And if there is honor in the course you have set for me... |
| 01:24:05 |
...let me earn it today. |
| 01:23:07 |
Mordred! |
| 01:27:31 |
Father. |
| 01:27:45 |
The Goddess holds everything in balance. |
| 01:27:48 |
Without her, destruction and chaos will prevail. |
| 01:27:53 |
Bring me my horse. |
| 01:28:45 |
Why have you become my enemy? |
| 01:28:49 |
You truly believe that l was ever anything else, my father? |
| 01:26:21 |
Mother. |
| 01:31:32 |
Lancelot. |
| 01:31:37 |
Take me home, Sister. |
| 01:31:42 |
Take me to Avalon. |
| 01:32:00 |
Though Avalon had already rejected me... |
| 01:32:03 |
...l felt its strange power... |
| 01:32:05 |
...as it drew the dying king and l back towards its sacred shores. |
| 01:32:10 |
l began to doubt we would ever reach Avalon. |
| 01:32:14 |
Perhaps, for our disobedience... |
| 01:32:15 |
...we would be lost in this limbo of mist forever. |
| 01:32:19 |
Or perhaps, with Viviane's death... |
| 01:32:22 |
...it had simply disappeared. |
| 01:33:19 |
Are we shut out of Avalon, Sister? |
| 01:33:23 |
l fear the Goddess has rejected us, Arthur... |
| 01:33:27 |
...as we rejected her. |
| 01:33:30 |
Perhaps she needs an offering. |
| 01:33:48 |
Give it back to the Goddess, Morgaine. |
| 01:29:37 |
lt belongs to her now. |
| 01:34:44 |
We are home, Arthur. |
| 01:35:05 |
My little brother... |
| 01:35:09 |
...my love. |
| 01:35:13 |
We're home. |
| 01:35:47 |
Avalon faded from the world of men... |
| 01:35:50 |
...and only Glastonbury marked where its wonders had been. |
| 01:35:56 |
The Saxons overran Britain and made it their own... |
| 01:35:59 |
...and the Goddess was forgotten. |
| 01:36:02 |
Or so l was convinced for many years. |
| 01:36:22 |
Virgin Mary... |
| 01:36:24 |
...Mother of God, pray for me. |
| 01:36:32 |
Until at last l realized the Goddess had survived. |
| 01:36:37 |
She had not been destroyed... |
| 01:36:39 |
...but had simply adopted another incarnation. |
| 01:36:43 |
And perhaps, one day... |
| 01:36:45 |
...future generations will be able to bring her back... |
| 01:36:49 |
...as we knew her... |
| 01:36:50 |
...in the glory of Avalon. |
