Kings of the Sun

213 00:27:29,572 --> 00:27:31,869 One may have to watch, 214 00:27:31,940 --> 00:27:34,704 the other must return with word to the council. 215 00:27:44,986 --> 00:27:46,431 We have been looking for these strangers 216 00:27:46,455 --> 00:27:48,980 for more than five times this number of days. 217 00:27:49,057 --> 00:27:52,049 - And we'll look more. - Maybe there are no strangers. 218 00:27:52,127 --> 00:27:54,391 Maybe there was nothing more than a big canoe. 219 00:27:54,463 --> 00:27:56,555 Then we'll find that out. 220 00:28:54,553 --> 00:28:58,080 - There is no need for you to do this. - My place is with my people. 221 00:28:58,155 --> 00:29:01,387 Now they're Balam's people. You should be their queen. 222 00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:05,452 Ixchel, your father was wiser than that. 223 00:29:05,530 --> 00:29:09,126 A king is a lonely man, perhaps the loneliest man on earth. 224 00:29:09,201 --> 00:29:10,691 Your father understood that. 225 00:29:10,768 --> 00:29:14,636 He knew that for Balam to rule wisely he needed someone at his side. 226 00:29:14,705 --> 00:29:18,835 Someone he could confide in, trust and love. 227 00:29:20,211 --> 00:29:22,178 Both of you are lonely. 228 00:29:22,246 --> 00:29:25,340 If he is lonely, why doesn't he tell me himself? 229 00:31:51,289 --> 00:31:54,121 How much longer must you keep our farmers piling dirt 230 00:31:54,192 --> 00:31:56,284 when they should be planting corn? 231 00:31:56,361 --> 00:31:57,404 Until the temple is completed, 232 00:31:57,428 --> 00:32:01,387 I cannot determine the day the gods will favor our planting. 233 00:32:01,465 --> 00:32:05,560 And there's been no rain. Perhaps it never rains here. 234 00:32:05,635 --> 00:32:08,696 We will not have to wait for rain. Come with me. 235 00:32:18,981 --> 00:32:22,348 Ixchel works harder than any. I told her she belongs with you. 236 00:32:22,418 --> 00:32:23,885 It is no concern of yours, Priest. 237 00:32:23,953 --> 00:32:26,386 My concern is with everyone here, beginning with the king. 238 00:32:26,456 --> 00:32:29,550 Before everyone I offered her marriage and before everyone she made... 239 00:32:29,625 --> 00:32:33,025 Because of a vow. She's a woman. Go to her again. 240 00:32:33,095 --> 00:32:35,757 - I am a king, I cannot plead. - She will listen. 241 00:32:35,831 --> 00:32:38,197 To degrade me again? 242 00:32:55,216 --> 00:33:01,314 I have in mind to build a wall of stone here so that the water will be held back. 243 00:33:01,388 --> 00:33:04,687 And then to dig ditches from here to the fields. 244 00:33:04,759 --> 00:33:07,751 And then we'll never have to depend upon rain. 245 00:33:10,498 --> 00:33:13,467 This, I think, would be the place to start. 246 00:33:16,370 --> 00:33:20,864 It may be done, Balam, but first you must sacrifice. 247 00:33:20,941 --> 00:33:23,636 This stream will become the lifeblood of our village. 248 00:33:23,710 --> 00:33:27,112 The God of Waters must be given a life in honest exchange. 249 00:33:27,180 --> 00:33:30,445 All work on the pyramid must, for the moment, stop 250 00:33:31,951 --> 00:33:36,615 until we have built this wall of stone and prepared the fields for planting. 251 00:33:37,289 --> 00:33:39,053 That is my command. 252 00:33:57,675 --> 00:34:01,042 Tell your people that Black Eagle has taken your chief, 253 00:34:01,112 --> 00:34:04,082 and my warriors will destroy the rest of you. 254 00:35:11,881 --> 00:35:13,348 Let him live. 255 00:35:13,415 --> 00:35:16,248 We have our offering to the God of Waters. 256 00:37:49,731 --> 00:37:53,292 The barbarian has a killing wound but he seems too strong to die. 257 00:37:53,367 --> 00:37:55,097 I have felt that strength. 258 00:37:55,170 --> 00:37:58,696 But how do we know the offering of a barbarian will please the gods? 259 00:37:58,774 --> 00:38:04,006 We are strangers here, he is of this land. No one could better serve our need. 260 00:38:04,078 --> 00:38:06,911 And we must see to it that he is made well. 261 00:38:10,618 --> 00:38:13,815 Where there's one there must be others, perhaps thousands 262 00:38:13,888 --> 00:38:16,151 and every one of them looking for their chief. 263 00:38:16,222 --> 00:38:18,713 Post guards around the village and send out more searchers. 264 00:38:18,793 --> 00:38:20,385 It will be done. 265 00:38:29,070 --> 00:38:31,902 You have done enough for today. You may go. 266 00:38:46,553 --> 00:38:47,814 Ixchel. 267 00:38:54,626 --> 00:38:56,388 There is... 268 00:39:00,065 --> 00:39:02,966 There is something I have wanted to tell you. 269 00:39:06,872 --> 00:39:10,398 I have wanted to tell you that I know how hard you work. 270 00:39:12,211 --> 00:39:16,442 All of your people work very hard and I am grateful. 271 00:39:18,516 --> 00:39:20,541 I will tell them. 272 00:39:44,54