"BLACK FIELD English subtitles by yavass October 2013" "A monk must endure...." "The incessant cruelty of nature" "The relentless suppression of one's feelings..." "He must have a pure body and an enlightened mind." "From the Vows of Medieval nuns and monks." "A Janissary was a Turkish soldier, born originally a Christian..." "Abdacted from his family as a young boy, forced to convert to Islam.... ...and to serve in the Ottoman army for the rest of his life." "Black Field (Mavro Livadi)" "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me." "A.D. 1654 Common Era." "Greece is under Ottoman occupation" "He's a Janissary" "What are you looking at?" "Help me !" "Anthi!" "You go ahead !" "Prepare my tools !" "You remember how we do these things ?" "Thank you, sisters." "You may go." "Have you ever seen a man ?" "You may never get another chance, Anthi." "You may look now..." "I've covered his member up." "Take these !" "Anthi, get out of here right now !" "He's bleeding heavily, Reverend Mother !" "I need my assistant." "Sister Pelagia you can manage on your own perfectly well, I'm sure !" "Please leave the room, Anthi!" "Do not reject the torrent of my tears, Virgin Mary," "For you gave birth to Christ..." "Who wipes away the tears from our eyes." "Fill my heart, Virgin Mary, with gladness," "For you are she who received all the fullness of joy," "And made all sorrow of sinfulness vanish." "Do not reject the torrent of my tears, Virgin Mary," "For you gave birth to Christ who wipes the tears from our eyes." "Be quiet !" "No noises !" "Come on in!" "I want you to stay with him for a few hours." "Do you want him to die?" "When you go, leave the key under my door and be very careful." "Alright?" "If anything goes wrong, wake me up !" "Do not reject the torrent of my tears, Virgin Mary," "For you gave birth to Christ..." "Who wipes away the tears from our eyes." "Fill my heart, Virgin Mary, with gladness," "For you are she who received all the fullness of joy," "And made all sorrow of sinfulness vanish" "A haven and protection you become, O Virgin... for those who flee to you," "An unshaken wall, a shelter and a place of retreat and rejoicing." "Illuminate with the radiance of your lights, Virgin Mary, all those who piously call you the Mother of God, and banish away all darkness of ignorance." "Receive supplication from us wretches..." "Remove my chains !" "(=speaks in Turkish)" "Take my chains off !" "Don't leave !" "Don't leave !" "Don't leave !" "Do you speak Greek?" "You are not local" "Where are you from?" "Who sent you here?" "Why did you come to our convent ?" "You must cooperate with us, do you get it?" "Follow my instructions, exactly as I've told you !" "Look me in the eyes." "His naked flesh has confused you" "You found him repulsive because he's male" "You fear that the Devil is inside him ?" "If you do all I've taught you, the evil will leave you." "And don't forget... .no one else knows your secret. ..only the Lord and myself...." "Why don't you ever wash your nun's robe together with us ?" "The girl is shy... she hasn't blossomed forth a bosom yet !" "Stop talking about Anthi !" "Mind your own business!" "What's wrong with you Areti ?" "I'm wondering if all the rumours about the Turks are true ?" "Reverend Mother has forbidden us to talk about them." "What are these rumours ?" "Tell us !" "They say that Janissaries bring along with them into battle ..young boys dressed as girls." "They call these boys "the tender ones"." "What's wrong ?" "Were you scared by what happened last night?" "Poor dear..." "A dog that barks never bites." "Don't you know that?" "He's been sitting quite, all day today." "He hasn't uttered a word !" "What's this ?" "Balsam oil ?" "You made it for the Janissary?" "You'll go and anoint it on him." "Take it!" "Do my people know that I'm here ?" "I don't know....." "Where's my horse ?" "It died." "We burnt it." "I want you to help me escape." "My life is in danger." "I am a fruitless tree, Lord, .....and out of my guilt I bear no fruit at all...," "And I wait to be cut down with fear... and I tremble with fear before the unsleeping fire." "And so I implore you, before that constraint, come back to me and save me." "We lingered at the seashore... to cool our burning feet." "The sea was calm, glorious..." "Suddenly a wave rose and pulled Areti in." "I lost sight of her." "Then I saw her floating in the deep waters, ...even though she can't swim !" "Then another wave takes her on it and sets her on the sand, safe and sound." "And the sea was calm again." "And the sky cleared." "Areti, go to your cell and rest." "And you, Dorothea, come with me." "I bring you bad news." "He's a deserter." "There is a price on his head !" "They say he's very dangerous They mustn't find him here" "We must get him out of here like this, in chains !" "We must hand him over secretly ...to the Turks." "The reward will help the convent and many families." "That will be considered treason, Reverend Mother." "I won't hurt you." "I just want to clean the wound" "Like waves of the sea, my iniquities assail me..." "Like a skiff on the ocean, I am alone and storm-tossed... by many offences..." "But guide me, Lord, to a fair haven through repentance... and save me." "I am a fruitless tree, Lord," "And of my guilt I bear no fruit at all..." "Come closer so I can hear you." "Don't be afraid." "I won't bite you !" "What's your name ?" "Anthi..." "Why are you whispering ?" "What ?" "Nothing." "Tell me !" "There's a tall cypress tree outside" "One day many years ago it bowed down before a nun." "And she tied her handkerchief on top of the tree." "If you look closely, you can still see it blowing in the wind." "Anthi ?" "This was my favourite dress!" "Feel it." "Haven't you been in this room before ?" "What's wrong with you ?" "Come, dance with me." "A man from Genoa, Italy taught me this dance." "You will be the damsel and I will lead as a man" "Your hands are burning hot, Miss." "This feels nice." "Are you breaking your silence vow ?" "I'm not feeling well...." "Last night when I entered his cell, he called me Anthi." "I can still smell him on me." "Smell!" "He made me his, Anthi, do you understand ?" "You'll never have again the key to his room !" "But guide me, Lord, to a fair haven through repentance... and save me." "I am a fruitless tree, Lord, and of my guilt I bear no fruit at all...," "And I wait to be cut down with fear... and I quail before the unsleeping fire." "And so I implore you, before that constraint, turn back to me and save me." "If you want him back, you need to pay" "This is all we can give and no more !" "What are these?" "What are you doing with these?" "Tell me." "Talk to me!" "Don't avoid me !" "You and I are one...similar to each other" "Come in!" "I've betrayed you, Reverend Mother" "You need not worry any more." "He's leaving today" "Now come with me." "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me." "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me." "Lord Jesus Christ..." "Stop following me." "I don't fancy boys" "Look at me !" "Here !" "I didn't...." "I can't hear you !" "Stop whispering." "Stop!" "Stop it!" "Surely you can do it !" "I can't....." "Speak like a man !" "Speak like a man !" "Let me go !" "Speak like a man!" "Like a man!" "They hid you in the convent when you were a little boy .so that you don't end up a Janissary like me" "I want to come with you." "I will change." "As a first time swimmer, you did well !" "That's how I learned to swim too !" "They threw me into the water and I couldn't swim" "Listen!" "Remember our first night in the forest?" "I remember." "It didn't mean anything" "No." "Because I don't want to." "Neither do I." "Now !" "Again !" "If you don't catch it, we won't have anything to eat today !" "Where are you going?" "In the eyes!" "Is this the young nun?" "Come on." "We brought the child." "Get your Superior." "As agreed." "Give me my money back and you'll have her" "Anthi!" "Take her!" "Take her to my quarters." "Hurry!" "How vulnerable you are to the Devil !" "We must help Anthi." "Not for one moment should she feel .that she is different from us." "Get the tent ready." "Hurry!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Feel here..." "I carry his child" "My child." "Leave this place..." "as quickly as you can." "I'm not going anywhere !" "You're my best soldier" "I won't let you ruin yourself" "When they brought you from Greece.... you were nothing but a lazy village boy" "Remember when I brought you into battles with me?" "Untie him." "Untie him !" "Get out of here!" "Go!" "You can never go far away from me !" "What I did...was for your own good." "You're my child !" "Come quickly, Reverend Mother." "Something terrible has happened!" "Sister Areti... has passed away." "She hanged herself in her cell." "Anthi brought the demon in our convent." "We must throw her out, sisters." "What we should do, sisters, is pray all night .for the soul of Sister Areti." "I believe in one God, Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible." "And in one Lord, Jesus Christ," "The only-begotten of the Father before all ages, light of lights, a true God, begotten, not made, of one essence with the Father," "By whom all things were made." "Who for us men and for our salvation came down... from heaven and was incarnated of the Holy Ghost... and the Virgin Mary and became man." "Who ascended into heaven... and sits on the right hand of the Father." "Who will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead." "And of his kingdom there will be no end." "And I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Lord and giver of life," "Who proceeds from the Father..." "Who with the Father and the Son together... is worshipped and glorified, who spoke by the prophets." "And in one holy, universal, Apostolic Church..." "I acknowledge the baptism for the remission of sins." "And I await the resurrection of the dead..." "Janissary screaming :" "Ahhhhhhhh Anthi screaming :" "Ahhhhhhhh" "You can't leave !" " It's all a lie !" " Calm down !" " I am a monster !" " No, you are not !" "BLACK FIELD English subtitles by yavass October 2013"