Nostradamus

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

Actors: Tchéky Karyo, F. Murray Abraham, Rutger Hauer, Amanda Plummer

Production: Orion Home Video


IMDB:: 5.8
Rotten Tomatoes:: 43%

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: R
Year:: 1994
: 119 min
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The world is breaking!
-The world is breaking!
-lt's alright.
A nightmare. Just a nightmare.
Just another nightmare.
Do not worry, Michel,
your mother will be home soon.
No, she won't.
Not for another ten days.
Aunt Marie won't be dead
until then.
What did he just say?
Just a lot of nonsense.
Sophie will get you
some breakfast.
Get her up, then.
Come on, you.
Sophie Bertrand,...
You are accused of tuning
yourself into a wolf...
of indulging in sodomy
with the devil...
of obtaining poisonous herbs
to kill the blacksmith's wife
...and so gain his fortune.
That's ridiculous,
l've never, ever...
Do not lie!
Right!
Let her go! Let her go!
Father!
Grandfather!
Michel! Michel!
My grandson, sir.
Come on, now, Michel.
They are taking Sophie!
Gently, gently,
don't say anything...
You should have saved Sophie.
l couldn't.
Michel, do you believe
in God the Father...
and in Our Lord, Jesus Christ?
Yes, but...
And in the lmmaculate
Conception of the Virgin Mary?
Why do you ask?
lt is time you learned
the history of our family.
We are Jews.
But, l was baptized.
A baptized Jew is still a Jew.
lf they find out,
they will burn us.
The lnquisition has killed
many families like ours.
Hold on to your faith in God.
God who endowed you
with the gift of intelligence.
And use it with care.
l have to go.
Oh, Michel.
l am late for my lectures.
But you said you already know
everything they teach you.
l have got to go.
You spend most of the night
gazing at the stars.
You don't know what good
things there are down here.
Where?
Monsieur de Nostradame...
has decided to do us
the honor after all.
How delightful.
This woman poisoned herself.
The poison heated
the blood up.
The blood expanded.
Putting the brain
under enormous pressure.
That is what she died of.
But it would have been
to save her,...
had only been bled in time.
Excuse me.
Question.
We find the poison
in which organ?
Monsieur de Nostredame.
Please enlighten
your fellow students.
The answer you want to hear
is in the kidneys.
Right.
l detect a rather displeasing
undertone in your answer.
The most recent examinations
by Dr. Rabelais in Paris...
revealed that high
concentrations of the poison
were also to be found
in the liver.
Paris.
Where is the poison here?
Do you see any poison?
Anyone see any poison?
There is no poison here.
Do you see any?
l don't see any poison.
You can find it
in the heart as well.
Rubbish!
The medical school at the
university of Montpellier...
is the best, is because only
we get cadavers we can dissect
So, perhaps you can tell me
why, Monsieur Professor...
you are content with knowledge
contained in the old books.
Are you trying to tell me
what l should be doing?
Then, you agree with
my diagnosis. Thank you.
l am flattered.
The blood did indeed heat up
as a result of the poisoning.
The body was trying
to help itself.
The hot blood was supposed
to fight the poison.
Bearing that in mind...
it would have been the wrong
treatment to give the woman.
lt'd merely interfere with the
body's own healing process.
Monsieur de Nostredame...
before we confer a Degree of
Doctor of Medicine on you...
you are going to have to learn
what we teach you.
Nothing other than bleeding
would have help this woman.
Helped her to die faster, yes?
Monsieur de Nostradame,
it's up to you!
You may leave this class
at any time.
But please, don't come back.
Don't ever come back here.
l have no time to waste
on students like you.
We have here some...
The plague?
The plague!
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