Nostradamus Page #2

Synopsis: Recounts the life and loves of the physician, astrologer, and famed prognosticator; his encounters with medieval science and the Inquisition; and his early struggles with his visions of the future. The film is set in France in the 16th century during one of the periodic plague outbreaks (as opposed to the Black Death [mid-14th-century Europe] or the Black Plague [mid-17th-century London]). The film depicts Nostradamus's rise in influence, because of both his success in treating plague and his predictions, culminating in his appointment as court physician to Charles IX of France.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Roger Christian
Production: Orion Home Video
 
IMDB:
5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
R
Year:
1994
119 min
149 Views


We are examining the similarity

in the structure...

in plants and animals.

So that is why l haven't seen

my daughter all week.

She will get old and ugly

before her time.

She'll contribute a great deal

to the advancement of science.

l rather she contribute

to the procreation.

What the girl is doing

is wonderful.

Welcome sir, Dr. Scalinger

has been expecting you.

Bring the luggage.

Your science

is a crime against God!

Dr. Scalinger? Dr. Nostradamus.

Oh how interesting.

l have gathered

you have performed wonders...

against the plague

with your magic rose pills.

Nothing but heresy.

l'm glad to see you, will you

excuse us. You must be tired.

May l introduce Mademoiselle

Marie Abuerligne...

without her l'm deaf and blind.

This is Dr. Nostradamus.

He is here at last.

Thank you.

Good evening, Mademoiselle.

Good evening, Monsieur.

What is the active substance?

-l don't know.

-You don't know.

l often seek animals and plants

of different choice.

That is how l found out

the rose petals help.

What is even more important

is hygiene.

The people live

in their own sewage.

You are not afraid

of infecting yourself.

No, no, no.

And food is important.

No fat, no pork.

Are you a Jew?

l'm glad to see you.

Where are you born?

You want do my horoscope.

December 1 4th,

fifteen hundred and three.

Three minutes past midday,

in St. Remy.

Sun and Mercury are in

conjunction at the equinox...

in the sign of Capricorn.

So you are concerned

with astrology too.

Mercury is declining.

Jupiter, Saturn and Mars

as well.

All in conjunction

in the water sign Cancer.

lnteresting.

Ecstatic visions are

nothing foreign to you.

l'll study this tonight.

Breakfast is at eight.

lt's unusual for a woman to be

interested in such things.

Would you rather

l slaved over a hot stove.

Most people think that.

How did you start

working for him?

Gathering herbs

in the woods as a child.

Then l read all his works.

Will l see you

tomorrow morning?

l'm always here.

The King has to sign

the contract...

he doesn't have any choice.

Yet it would seem

the reasonable thing to do.

Since when

are politics reasonable?

-Good morning.

- Good morning.

-Did you sleep well.

- Like a log.

What is this?

Self made.

Quince Jam, it is excellent.

You must taste it.

The only problem is that you

have to eat it right away.

lt won't keep.

We can work on that.

Breakfast at your leisure and

then come to the library.

l have to talk to you.

-Marie you didn't try the jam.

- No.

Dr. Rabelais was the first

to inform me about you.

His stay at Montpellier

was too brief.

Those fools understand nothing

They abide by the rules

of the church.

Stay here.

l will teach you everything

l know.

Think about it.

Give me your answer tomorrow.

Marie will take you

to the ballet.

l don't know if she will be

very happy about that.

-Can we go?

- Already?

Obviously it does not bore you

as much as it does me.

lf you want him here, you can

take him to the ballet!

But do not treat me

as a harlot!

Since his arrival you have

totally ignored me!

You do not want my company!

There is a limit to your

participation as a woman!

You never set limits

on me before!

lt is too dangerous for you!

-No more than for him.

-But he is a man!

You have destroy everything!

For years he has been waiting...

for someone to trust

with all his knowledge,...

and grew more

and more impatient!

Someday he would have told me!

So it would not be lost.

l know.

First thing in the morning.

Marie! Marie do not!

Marie! No!

Why did you do it?

l did not want to be left out,

l did not want you to go.

Swear.

Swear you will not speak

with anyone...

other then those

who have been initiated,...

about what l will teach you.

lf you break this oath,

you will be killed

Not by the lnquisition.

But by one of us.

Do you understand?

l swear.

You can move

into the guest house.

Practice as a doctor in Arjin.

Now notice how the catch works?

You will use it

while l am away.

Copernicus.

Yes, Copernicus.

The church...

Copernicus is right.

The earth does revolve

around the sun.

lf you say that in public,

you'll be burned at the stake.

Church stands

in the way of truth.

These books.

Here is Al Ghasalis work,

''The Elixir of Bliss''...

in his own hands.

There...

the scriptures of the Kabbalah

Sloman's key.

The men who wrote these

were saints...

even though the church

considers them socialist.

Many of them had the power

to see the future.

You must learn

how they did that.

So you can decipher

your dreams.

Nothing is accidental.

Everything is according

to God's law.

What is that?

lt leads to the inner

secret in yourself.

And there you will see

the future.

Nutmeg?

Partly.

l'll tell you

the exact formula later.

You must be very careful,

too much can be poisonous.

You have to let your body

get use to it slowly.

Then your visions

will be clearer.

What is that?

Our friend, Leonardo, a

machine that drives underwater

And this?

An explosion greater

than anything we know.

ln the days to come you'll

read under my direction.

You will copy nothing.

No book must leave this room.

lf even the slightest

suspicion should arise.

We are lost.

lt is unbelievable.

Does Marie know it is here?

No.

And she must never find out.

Not even if she is your wife.

Your tonsils

are slightly inflamed.

Nothing to worry about.

But it hurts.

Here.

l can help you.

Dress yourself.

ls it serious?

No. l will have you return

with your husband.

What?

l'll explain to him

that the female breast...

is a very sensitive organ...

which should be regularly

and tenderly massaged.

Otherwise, the blood turns

sweet, and flows sluggishly.

This causes heart cramps

and severe pain.

None of these women

are really sick.

Look.

A stone, no cells, no fibers...

nothing structural in common

with plants animals.

Once l have added

water and heat,...

simulating frequent rain,

followed by strong sunshine...

l reproduce liverwort.

And flowering liverwort.

So there is

a direct transition...

between organic

and inorganic matter.

Yes. But precisely between

stone and plants.

As between plants and animals

which Scalinger...

proved theories

between coral and worms.

Congratulations.

Write it down. We will send it

to the friends.

Write it down.

So you can all read and

discuss it without me.

How is my work to progress

in isolation?

Then you are not better

than the lnquisition.

What is the difference

between silencing someone...

and sending them to the stake?

l understand, but it is

to dangerous for you.

lf you can't treat me as

an equal, find another woman!

What?

Or Scalinger.

lf he satisfies

all your needs...

why do you not sleep with him?

l did not mean to hurt you,

so stop this now!

You are both

leaving me behind.

The Ghajat al-hakim.

This is the most important

manuscript...

on Arabian mysticism.

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