
Goya's Ghosts
GOYA'S GHOSTS
HOLY OFFICE OF THE INQUISITION
And these are actually for sale
in the bookshops?
And in the streets as well,
Father.
- And in Toledo?
- In Toledo. In Salamanca,
Sevilla.
And in the Port of Cdiz.
So these prints
are sent abroad?
These are sold in Rome.
Even as far as Mexico.
This is how the world sees us.
This,
this is how the world is seeing us.
What is the name of the artist?
Francisco Goya.
Isn't he the man you commissioned
to paint your portrait?
He is, Father.
Why did you choose him?
In all humility, Father,
I chose him for the same reason
our King and the Queen
have appointed him
to be the Court painter.
They consider him the greatest
painter in Spain.
These prints are quite disturbing,
I must say.
Disturbing?
Yes, yes, of course they are.
But, Father, these prints
show us
the true face of our world.
Maybe your world,
Brother Lorenzo.
How can you call
these hideous images
"the true face of our world"?
There is but one world, Brother,
and it is neither yours, nor mine.
It is the Lord's.
Have you lost your sight,
Brother?
Do you not see what demonic filth
and degradation
this Goya is selling?
He's an agent
of the darkest powers!
Granted that he's decorated
chapels.
He's painted angels, yes,
but when your mother raises her
eyes to pray to God
whom do you think she sees?
Whom do you think Goya
is using as models
for his angels?
Harlots!
at your mother from the ceiling!
I assert
before all of you
that Goya is a valuable
member of the Church.
How so?
Father, I have met women
who cannot recite
a single prayer.
It's them...
We have to seek them out,
but what is our response?
Condemn this great
Spanish artist instead?
Or do you think,
by burning Goya's canvases
the evil this artist
has depicted
will go up in flames?
Why don't we look at ourselves?
What have we accomplished
in the last 50 years?
How many heretics
have we sent to the stake?
I will tell you exactly how many,
Father. Eight.
Eight burned at the stake.
Are you proposing we show
greater severity?
Yes, Father, yes.
We have to return to the old ways.
I'm talking about the God- fearing
ways of the past.
Are you prepared
to join this battle?
Never mind join,
grant me the wisdom to lead it,
Father.
Why doesn't that painting
have a face?
Because he's a ghost.
No, he is not!
Have you ever seen a ghost?
No.
But I have seen a witch.
- Oh, did you?
- Yes, but she had a face.
What did she look like?
She was all bent and creepy,
and she stank... Phew!
That's interesting.
Because the witch that I know
she's young, very lovely,
and she smells of jasmine.
- She does?
- She does.
And I'm working on her portrait
right now.
I'm no witch!
How do you know?
Am I allowed to say something?
- Please.
- I know that face.
She would not be
one of your angels
in the Florida chapel, would she?
Yes, she is.
You're dangerously perceptive.
This is probably a very naive
but I am a man of the cloth.
Do you...?
Do you painters not become very
intimate with your models?
It must be very...
tempting...
when you spend hours
not only beautiful,
but young girl.
Would you like me to include
your hands in the portrait?
- I'll leave that up to you.
- No, it's up to you to decide.
Hands are not easy to paint
and not everybody will spend
the extra money.
Well, what is the difference?
One hand, two thousand reales.
Two hands, three thousand.
Why did you agree to paint
my portrait?
Why not?
You have the reputation of mocking
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