[37]
[Footsteps approaching]
[Crowd chattering]
[Exhales sharply]
Come on, Alejandro, it is my turn. Let me see.
[Shouting in Spanish]
[Grunting]
[Grunts]
Hey, what are you doing cutting holes in my wagon?
I am sorry, senor Lopez. We were just waiting for Zorro.
- Go home, muchachos. - Do you think he's going to come?
Someone thinks he will
Joaquin, Alejandro, once I carved coffins for your mother and father.
I would hate to carve ones for you. Now, go!
[37]
Alejandro, Joaquin, this is no place for you. Now, get back to the mission.
[37]
Come on.
Don montero, for the love of god, why are you still here?
Now, now, Don luiz. Calm, calm.
Santa Anna's men are three miles from the town. You have to go now.
The government of Spain would like to thank you for your devoted service.
This land is the property of the Spanish government.
And in two hours' time it will be the property of the Mexican government
unless I hand them over to you.
I am well-acquainted with Santa Anna.
He will realize that the dons will be dutiful tax payers
and he will respect your claims.
The rest of California I have divided up equally among the other dons.
I trust that you will make sure that all of them receive their grants.
Get the children out of the Plaza immediately.
The children should not have to see the things we do.
I want to see! Put me down.
Shh.
Z0rro?
I saw him. I saw Zorro. Come on.
[37]
[Soldier shouting in Spanish]
Who are these men that you would risk your life to have them killed?
Who are they? No idea.
Three peasants pulled at random from the crowd
[idrumming]
[Soldier shouting in Spanish]
Where is he?
[Cheering]
(€©te)
[Grunting]
[Laughing]
[Shouting in Spanish]
[37]
Come on.
[Ringing]
[Screaming]
[Cheering]
[Grunting]
My thanks to you, gentlemen.
Now, if you will excuse me, I'm missing my own party.
[37]
Kill him!
[Chanting]
Zorro!
You would murder three innocent men just to capture me?
I would murder 100 innocent men if it meant killing you.
[Groans]
Three men, three cuts. A small memento of Mexico, Rafael.
To remind you not to return.
[Whistles]
[Whinnies]
[Grunts]
[37]
[Cheering]
[37]
[Sighs]
Tornado, my old friend, you are getting too old for this.
[Ineighs]
Yes, me too.
[37]
[In Spanish] Is she warm enough?
[In Spanish] I always put on an extra blanket for you, sefior.
[Imoans]
[37]
But the good prince was not afraid of the evil king.
He raced across the drawbridge, fighting off 100 guards.
And then, looking very handsome and dashing in the late afternoon sun
he leapt onto the balcony and thrust his enchanted sword
under the king's chin.
"Would you kill three innocent men," he demanded, "just to capture me?"
"Yeg"
[chuckles]
Suddenly, lightning flashed and a mighty thunder shook the wasted land
the evil king glared at the good prince and said...
Something very forgettable.
And the good prince? What did he do?
Well, he leapt from the balcony onto his faithful old steed, tornado...
Never to do anything so foolish or dangerous again.
She loves to hear your stories.
It's only the sound of my voice.
One day she will have no time for them.
I never tire of them. Why should she?
Esperanza.
- She already has your strength. - Mm-hm_
Today she broke the little Clay horse you made for her.
[Chuckles]
Diego.
[Winces] It's just a scratch.
Diego, you promised me.
No more nights waiting up, praying you come home alive.
The spaniards are going home. Today is Zorro's last ride.
From now on we will grow old together with our five children.
- Five? - Yeah. Not enough?
I love youl.
[Gun clicks]
[Gasps]
Dona de la vega, still as beautiful as ever.
Don Rafael, what an honor. The governor in my home.
You will stay for dinner, of course.
I have come to apologize, Esperanza.
I'm sorry that I could not protect this country from the peasants who have overrun it.
I'm sorry that I couldn't make you love me.
And I'm sorry that I have to leave you without a husband.
Arrest him.
Blood never lies.
Z0it0.
You are a traitor to your country and your class.
Take him away.
[Grunting]
Wait
[Crying]
I would never have let any harm come to her.
She was never yours to protect.
[Elena crying]
Flena.
[Grunts]
I want you to live
with the knowledge that you have lost everything that you hold dear.
I want you to suffer as I have suffered
knowing that your child should have been mine.
[Thunder crashes]
[37]
[Glass shatters]
Flena! Flenal
I et me hold her.
I et me hold her!
Rafael!
She has her mother's eyes.
[37]
Rafael! You'll never be rid of Mel
Zorro: Never!
[Iman singing]
[Grunts]
[Iman laughs]
[Grunting] [Man laughs]
[Sings]
J stayed on their track bringing them back &
j so pay the bounty now to me "cause... j
ah
I cause...? Jl
together: J nobody's tough as Jack j
j nobody's tough as Jack jj
[laughs]
Now you're getting there.
Like I done told you, singing can lighten your terrible load.
[Laughs]
[Jack shouting]
Come one, come all, for the fright of your life.
See the notorious murrieta brothers. Robbers, horse thieves
bandits, people of the worst sort. Hey! Gather round here.
Garcia. The murrieta brothers.
Get over here. You stinking trash.
[Speaking Spanish]
These men are now in the custody of corporal Armando Garcia.
And we will take them the rest of the way.
And you can claim your bounty in tlaxco.
Yeah, when bulls start wearing bloomers.
How much are we worth?
All figured, about 200 pesos.
Two hundred pesos? That's it? After all the payrolls we've robbed.
A lousy 200 pesos apiece, that's all we're worth?
- We are wasting time. - That's 200 pesos for the both of you.
What? Are you crazy? Don't take it, Jack.
Touch my brother again, and I'll kill you.
Yes, he will.
Hey...
I thought you were tied up.
That's because you're stupid.
[Yelling]
Drop it.
They've got a strongbox on the wagon.
We know. That's why we came.
Ah
[inaudible dialogue]
L, the legendary three-fingered Jack, ain't even mentioned.
I ain't even mentioned.
And ain't I the one that figured to kidnap the mayor from his own outhouse?
I tell you, I am the holy guts of this gang.
Without me, the whole dang opera falls apart.
[Speaks Spanish]
Yah! Yah!
[Groaning]
[Laughs and shouting]
[37]
[Imusic stops]
Ah!
[Grunting]
[Gun fires]
(€©te)
Get up.
(€©te)
[37]
I want you to know I consider this an honor.
[Exhales sharply]
Bury the body. Bag the head.
[37]
[Cries]
[Thunder rumbles]
Of course I have feelings for you.
Yes, yes, but quick. Hide in the barn.
He's coming.
[Yells]
What do you want? Please don't touch me.
What do you want? Who are you?
Don Rafael
[coughs]
[People coughing]
[Laughs]
Listen to me.
If any of you is, or ever was
that masked man all dressed in black known as Zorro...
Reveal himself now.
I'm Zorro!
They took my mask, my sword...
Silence, you old fool!
I am Zorro! I am the man you want.
I am the original...
Liar! Anyone can see you are too tall.
[Imen shouting]
[37]
[Grunting]
Get him out of here before he starts to stink.
[37]
Did you find him?
He's dead.
Back to the boat. I need some sleep before landing tomorrow.
[37]
[Grunts]
[37]
[Grunting]
[Ibugles playing]
The governor has returned!
I uiz.
Welcome home, Rafael, it has been too long.
Too long, my friend.
You said once, you favored me above all
consider this a fool's apology for ever doubting you.
Come.
A crowd has gathered to greet you.
- Don Pedro. - Don Rafael, welcome.
- You're looking well. - Thank you.
- Don Hector. - Welcome back, sir.
- Don Julio. - [Speaks Spanish]
Gentlemen.
Please, please.
I know that you are not really happy to see me.
So let us all stop pretending, shall we?
You think I don't know that you have been paid...
Even threatened to come out in the hot sun and greet me.
I understand exactly how you feel.
Why should you care about any of your leaders, past or present?
What did they ever do for you?
The spaniards oppressed you, the Mexicans ignored you.
And the dons? Well, the dons, the dons.
The dons seem merely content to cheat and lie to you.
In fact, I put it to you:
Who, in your entire history, has ever helped you?
Zorro! Zorro fought for the people.
[Cheering]
Ah, yes, Zorro.
Where is he now, padre, your masked friend?
Unless I am mistaken, he hasn't shown himself in 20 years.
Twenty years!
People of California, the time has come
to take our destiny into our own hands.
Not as spaniards, not as Mexicans, but as Californians.
I stand here before you today with no mask.
Only a pledge.
A solemn pledge that I will never abandon you.
And you have my word, the word of Rafael montero
that I will do everything within my power
to help you fight for a free and independent California!
Woman: Father.
Gentlemen, allow me to introduce my daughter, Elena.
[37]
Thank you.
Can anyone tell me what this flower is?
I know this scent.
Luiz: Si, senorita, it's called romneya.
But it only grows in California, and I believe this is your first visit to our shores.
Yes
[37]
[Chat tering]
[Speaks Spanish]
Hey, hey, hey. More whiskey.
Or whatever you call this.
I don't wanna see the bottom of this glass, huh?
- Money first. - Money first.
Hey, hey, wait, wait, wait!
What about this?
Silver!
Of course, silver. The finest.
[Grunts]
Where did you get that?
It's none of your business.
Where did you get it?
[Grunts]
It was my brother's.
He is dead.
I'm sorry.
You're sorry?
Why should you be sorry?
You should not trade something like that for a mere glass of whiskey.
Why not? You think I could get two?
[Laughs]
Who is that?
[Grunts]
That's the man who killed my brother.
You're drunk and you're angry, no condition to fight a professional soldier.
[Sighs]
Get out of my way, old man.
[Choking]
[Grunting]
Would you care to try again?
Oh... you're welcome.
For what?
For saving your life.
I would have killed him.
No, not today. He is trained to kill.
You seem trained to drink.
Yes, my friend, you would have fought very bravely and died very quickly.
Who then would avenge your brother?
I would have found a way.
I have never lost a fight.
Except to a crippled old man just now.
What is your name?
Alejandro.
You know, there is a saying. A very old saying:
"When the pupil is ready, the master will appear.”
Now, if you want to kill this man, I can help you
and I can teach you how. How to move, how to think
how to take your revenge with honor.
And live to celebrate it. It will take dedication. It will take time.
Why are you so eager to help me?
Because once, a long time ago...
You did the same for me.
I can't believe it.
I never thought that one day
I would be standing in the lair of the fox
in the lair of Zorro.
This place was devoted to the training of Zorro.
Where were you all these years? I thought you were dead.
I was dead.
And we will leave it at that.
I remember the last time I saw you in the square.
Fighting 100 men.
A hundred men?
I did not forget. You were the greatest swordsman who ever lived.
Yes
Rafael montero was the governor of California then.
Do you remember him?
What?
Rafael montero. Do you remember him?
Yes. His soldiers killed many.
And he was the sworn enemy of Zorro.
You.
Montero has come back.
Good. Then you can kill him.
No, there are complications.
Too many complications for me to ignore.
What complications?
I can see we are not gonna spend much time talking.
Montero has some plans, some design for California
otherwise he would not have retained the services of your captain love.
We must find out what that design is.
- And then what? - No
if you are ready, we will both tempt our fates.
Let's go, then.
Do you know how to use that thing”?
Yes. The pointy end goes into the other man.
This is going to take a lot of work.
This is called a training circle. The master's wheel.
This circle will be your world, your whole life.
Till I tell you otherwise, there is nothing outside of it.
- Captain love... - There is nothing outside of it.
Captain love does not exist until I say he exists.
As your skill with the sword improves you will progress to a smaller circle.
With each new circle your world contracts
bringing you that much closer to your adversary.
That much closer to retribution.
I like that part.
Shall we?
[Grunting]
Slow. Attack slow. Attack.
Slow. Again. Slow.
First triangle. Slowly. Good.
Good. That is good.
Thank you.
Attack
(ood.
Time for a drink.
[Grunting]
Perfect. Do it again.
[37]
[Alejandro grunting]
Ooh!
One, five, three!
Six, four, two!
And lunge.
- Over lunge. - Ah! Ah
ah!
[Yells]
Lesson number one: Never attack in anger.
[Sniff s]
I esson number two:
Come with me.
[Sniff s]
What?
[37]
So, what is lesson number three?
To get to lesson number four.
[Laughs]
Again?
[37]
Whoa whoa
[yelling]
Black andalusian. Magnificent.
It looks like your old horse, tornado.
[Laughing and chattering]
[Screaming]
[Ibraying]
[37]
Whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, hey.
Quiet, quiet.
Damned horse. What are you doing, huh?
What are you doing?
[Ishouts in Spanish]
I'll see you tonight.
[Church bell ringing]
Zorro, you look better than ever.
Shh.
Be careful, senorita, there are dangerous men about.
Well, if you see any, be sure to point them out.
[37]
[Laughing and chattering]
Listen. I'm going to give you the great honor
of being my horse.
[Whinnies]
[Speaking in Spanish]
We are like one spirit.
Ah!
Stop!
[Alejandro shouting in Spanish]
[37]
[Screaming]
[Grunts]
Go, go, go!
Oh.
Gget him!
[37]
[Imen screaming]
\whoal
[gun fires]
[Grunting]
[Laughing]
Ah!
Kill him.
[37]
[Screaming]
Zorro! The legend has returned!
[Laughing]
[Screams]
[Grunts]
[Praying in Latin]
- Don't yell. - Mm-mm_
I need sanctuary, father. You don't know me...
Zorro! Of course I know you.
Zorro, is it really you?
I must say, the years have been far kinder to you than they have to me.
I have no time to talk now. Father, please, hide me.
Come.
Here. It's just like the old days.
[Laughs]
Woman: Padre, is that you?
Padre, is everything all right? It sounds like there is a battle going on out there.
Don't worry, my dear. You are safe in the house of the lord.
Of course, padre.
Forgive me, father, for I have sinned.
It has been three days since my last confession.
Three days”? How many sins could you have committed in three days?
Come back when you have more time, please.
Fxcuse me?
Listen, senorita...
Please, go on.
I have broken the fourth commandment, padre.
You killed somebody?
No, that is not the fourth commandment.
Of course not. You... you.
In what way did you break the most sacred of commandments?
I dishonored my father.
That is not so bad. Maybe your father deserved it.
What did you say?
I said, tell me more, my child.
Well, I try to behave properly, the way my father would like me to.
But I'm afraid my heart is too wild.
Too wild?
Yes
could you be a little more specific about that?
I had impure thoughts about a man.
[Gasps]
I did. I think he was a bandit or something. He wore a black mask.
He had a deep voice?
Yes
ruggedly handsome?
I do not know, his face was half-covered.
But something in his eyes captured me.
Captured you?
I felt warm and feverish.
I ustful?
Yes, lustful.
Forgive me.
I forgive youl.
[Idoor bangs open]
Man: Look over there by the altar.
Search everything. The chapel, the loft, the rectory, all of it.
This is a house of god.
Don't worry, padre, we'll be gone by the time he gets back.
Senorita, you have done nothing wrong.
The only sin would be to deny what your heart truly feels.
Now, go.
Flena.
- What are you doing here? - I was confessing.
Confessing? Yes
to whom? The priest is here.
Stand back, Elena. Please.
Out of respect for miss montero, I'll deal with you later.
Psst horse! Come here.
Blackie! Thunder!
Storm!
Stupido! Get over here now!
I warn you. I'll get another horse.
Fh
[whistles]
[Chuckles]
[Grunting]
[Whinnies]
[Sighs]
Hyah! Hyah!
[37]
So”?
What do you think?
Sir, sir, I got the black stallion, I carved a "z" in the...
Don Diego, the people will be speaking the name of Zorro again.
You think stealing a horse and scratching marks on a wall
makes you worthy enough to wear that mask?
[Iwinces]
Be careful.
[Chuckles]
You're a thief, Alejandro. A pitiful clown.
Zorro was a servant of the people, he was not a seeker of fame like you.
A buffoon.
Zorro did what was needed
now he is needed again.
I didn't ask for your help in the canting...
But I came here to learn how to fight like you.
To have your strength, your courage.
Now when I try to use them, you slap me down?
Let me tell you something.
I am tired of all your training. Your lecturing.
I am tired of waiting for you to tell me I am ready.
I have my own scores to settle, and a new life to find.
I thought I could do it here, but I was wrong.
Alejandro!
En garde!
Choose your weapon.
[37]
Montero has invited every Don in California to a banquet at his hacienda.
If you want to be of service, you can join them as a spy.
I think I do not understand, sir.
You have passion, Alejandro, and your skill is growing.
But to enter montero's world, I must give you something
which is completely beyond your reach.
Oh, yes, what is that?
Charm.
And what is that?
[Chuckles]
Convince montero that you're a gentleman of stature...
And he will let you into his circle.
Me?
A gentleman?
This is gonna take a lot of work.
Yes
Look at me. I look like a butterfly.
This is the most stupid thing I've ever done.
I doubt that.
We'll never get away with this.
Yes, we will.
A nobleman is nothing but a man who says one thing and thinks another.
What if montero realizes who you are?
Montero thinks of himself 3s a true nobleman.
He will never look a servant in the eye.
Listen to me.
Listen to me!
Most important thing of all, do not let the dons leave the table without you.
Yes. Good.
Good luck tonight.
Thank you.
Stand up straight. Charm.
Charm.
[37]
[Speaks Spanish]
Don Rafael montero? Good evening.
I am Don Alejandro del castillo y Garcia.
The formal greeting of the Spanish court.
I have not seen that in years.
My father was very strict in matters of etiquette.
And who is your father?
Don bartolo del castillo.
I've heard of Don bartolo, but I've never had the pleasure of meeting him.
I arrived last week from Spain by way of Paris, Lisbon and San Francisco.
I am inspecting my family's holdings.
Queen Isabella of Spain has been very generous to us.
Very impressive. What brings you to my door?
When I heard you were back in California
I knew I must introduce myself.
Her royal highness speaks very highly of you.
Really?
I was under the impression I was out of favor with the Spanish court
since California was lost to Mexico.
Uh
Only in certain circles.
Her majesty knows those unfortunate events were clearly no fault of yours.
She also told me this province is still a land of opportunity
for a man of vision.
And you are a man of vision?
I am a man in search of a vision.
But my timing is unfortunate. I have interrupted a party.
Perhaps I could call again?
No, no, it would honor me for you to join us.
No, it would honor me to do so, sir.
- Please allow me to introduce my daughter, Elena. - Of course.
Charmed.
I'm afraid I have brought no gift for the hostess
but wait a moment.
[Laughs]
- Thank you. - A pleasure.
Bernardo, pick up your feet. Seaorita Caballero.
[37]
Don Alejandro.
My father and I would like you to join us at our table.
I would be delighted, senorita.
Ah, Don Alejandro, I'm so pleased you could join us.
Gentlemen, allow me to introduce Don Alejandro del castillo y Garcia.
Recently returned from Spain.
This is captain Harrison love.
Not a Don, but certainly a kindred spirit.
Are you not the man who was chasing a legendary bandit recently?
He was hardly legendary.
So you caught him?
It's only a matter of time.
Well, the bandit may have escaped
but the rest of us will certainly think twice
before going to confession.
[Imen laughing]
[Chat tering]
[Coughing]
Oh
Thank you.
[Grunts]
With all due respect, Don Hector, I disagree.
Until these people are free to govern themselves
I think we will see many more z's carved into walls.
Don Alejandro, what do you think?
I think
sheep will always need a Shepherd.
But certainly not this Zorro creature.
He probably wears the mask to hide his bald head and unsightly features.
[Laughing]
There are some who would call him heroic.
Heroism, a romantic illusion.
- Much like nobility. - Elena, that is enough.
Myself, I would think heroism is something to aspire to, not sneer at.
All that playing swords, shooting guns
racing around on horses...
Gives me a frightful headache.
Such sweaty pursuits are hardly the work of a gentleman.
And what is? Climbing in and out of carriages?
No, my dear.
But increasing one's holdings so as to provide lavish comfort for young ladies is.
Such as yourself.
A woman's grasp of politics. What can I say?
[Laughing]
Well, we're at a party, aren't we?
Elena, may I have the honor of this dance?
I would be glad to.
[Key clicking in lock]
[37]
Yes? Were you looking for something?
A sense of the miraculous in everyday life.
Oh, really”? Well, why don't you try looking someplace else.
The lady and I were trying to dance.
You were trying. She was succeeding.
Forgive me, captain. A shameless joke at your expense.
I hope it will not be the last.
Don Rafael wants you back at his table. Now.
[Speaks Spanish]
Would you care to try something more robust
or do you feel unequal to the task?
No, on the contrary, Don Alejandro.
I think only of your distaste for perspiration.
[Chuckles]
Maestro.
[Whispers]
[Imusic plays]
[Chat tering]
That is the way they are dancing in Madrid these days.
Excuse me, Don Rafael, I need to catch my breath.
Your daughter is a very spirited dancer.
"Spirited." thank you for putting it so delicately.
I apologize if you're offended.
Oh, no, no, no. Completely unnecessary, I assure you.
She is young and impulsive, but her beauty is beyond compare.
And she has her father's commanding presence.
Mm.
Don Rafael
as an advisor to her royal highness in matters of finance
it would be my pleasure to introduce you both at court.
Join us in the courtyard. There's something I would like to share with you.
What is that?
A vision.
Rafael: Fellow dons of California.
All of us can recall the golden years when we ruled this country.
We commanded respect as noblemen and amassed a great deal of wealth.
But there was something that we never achieved
we never determined our own destiny.
Well, the time has come.
The time to claim what always should have been ours.
My friends...
I give you the independent Republic of California.
Don Rafael
every man here owes you something.
The land you gave us made us all wealthy men.
However, we must question your motives.
The day you arrived on the beach, you made us all look like fools.
That is absurd, Don Pedro, I was merely playing to the crowd.
And what are you doing now if not playing to the crowd?
Now you're inciting us to raise arms against Santa Anna.
You know perfectly well we could never defeat his army.
I was not suggesting that we fight him for California.
I was suggesting that we buy it from him.
Santa Anna is waging a very expensive war
with the United States and is increasingly short of money.
Even if we all combined our fortunes
we could not come up with enough money
to buy this country from Santa Anna.
I have already brokered 3 deal with him.
You are living in a dream, montero.
And why don't we all live in the same dream together?
[37]
Meet me here tomorrow morning, gentlemen, for a journey
that will open your eyes and lay all your doubts to rest.
[37]
Whoa, whoa.
My friends, I give you...
Fl dorado!
Technically, of course, all this gold belongs to Santa Anna
but, fortunately for us, he's completely unaware of its existence.
Now, for the deception to work, all these bars
have been marked with the Spanish seal
so that he will think they've come from Spain.
You see now, gentlemen? Is it becoming clearer to you?
Two days from now we will buy this country from Santa Anna.
We will buy it with gold dug from his own land.
[Chat tering]
Where did you find all these people?
Anywhere we wanted.
Brilliant.
[Explosion]
It's only part of the mining process.
First we were just picking it up off the ground
but now we're down to blasting.
[37]
[Grunting]
So this is the future of California?”
This is my vision, yes.
[Jack yelling]
Up here. Well. Now ain't you a sight for sore eyes!
Full-grown vultures walking around like real folks.
Welcome. Welcome to hell's outhouse.
Now, they call us the disappeared ones
but as you can see, we ain't exactly disappeared.
We just been a little hard to find.
Wait! You. I know you.
You bet you do, peckerwood.
I'm the legendary three-fingered Jack.
And you are a bunch of murdering trash
dressed up in fancy, sweet-smelling doodads.
Ignore him, gentlemen. He's a common thief
hah! As common as they come.
But I ain't nothing compared to you gentlemen.
I steal gold. I steal money.
But you? You steal people's lives.
So damn youl! And damn the horse that brung you.
[Yells]
Peckerwood?
[Laughing]
Is there something amusing, captain?
Strange, I'd say.
It's the second time I've shot this man while he was flying through the air.
Don Alejandro! I need to speak with you at the hacienda alone.
Some other time, perhaps.
Today. Alone.
[Ihums]
Elena: Good afternoon, Bernardo.
Good afternoon, sefiorita.
Your voice is so calming.
He's high-spirited. He needs to hear something soothing.
Yes, I understand.
How long have you served Don Alejandro?
Sometimes it seems interminable.
- [Elena laughs] - I'm sorry. I speak out of place.
Do not worry, Bernardo. He will not hear it from me.
Don Alejandro confuses me.
Sometimes he seems so arrogant and so superior.
And yet the way that he looks at me and the way that he dances with me...
As if he were two completely different men.
Yeah
You look so much like your mother.
How would you know that?
Well
I don't see much of Don Rafael in you.
I know my father wishes I acted more like her.
She was very proper, my mother, always appropriate.
Is that how he describes her?
Yes. But sometimes I do not believe him.
She was more like you.
Perhaps.
It would be a way of knowing her.
My nifiera once told me
that the departed can see you in the moonlight.
When I was young I used to sneak out of my window at night
and ride my horse across andalusia
I would wave at the skies so she would know it was me.
How did she die?
Giving birth to me.
Oh.
My father rarely speaks of her. I think he finds it too painful.
Yes
well
I know what it is like to lose a loved one.
You?
Yeah. A daughter. Long ago.
When I see you, I remember what it felt like to be a father.
I'm sure your mother would be very proud of you, seforita.
Thank you.
Bernardo, I have to ask you, have we ever met before?
No, why would you think that?
I do not know. It's strange.
Your voice seems so familiar somehow.
I haven't been to Spain since before you were born.
Of course.
Well, it's a very pleasant voice.
Thank you.
Good day, Bernardo.
Good day...
[Whispers] Elena.
Did you know that the compa Indians of central Peru
used to cannibalize their slain enemies
in order to absorb their power?
The eyes, in particular, were most sought after.
To be able to see through the eyes of an enemy...
Is a valuable thing.
[Chuckles]
Where are my manners? Would you care for something to drink?
[37]
No?
A different vintage perhaps?
You're a very sick person, captain love.
Heads in water jars, hands in wine pitchers...
Must strike you as odd, I suppose.
Well, for one thing, I think you ought to fire your housekeeper.
[Laughs]
Who is he?
An enemy.
He has a brother out there who will share the same fate.
I wish you luck.
- To your health. - Murrieta's brother or not.
You are more than you pretend to be.
Maybe someday I will see what I look like through your eyes...
Captain love.
[Speaks native language]
Oh, it is beautiful.
[Whispers]
Excuse me, how much does it cost?
[Speaking native language]
It is a gift, she says, in honor of your mother.
My mother?
She loved your mother.
My mother died long ago in Spain.
She says there is no mistaking the daughter
of Esperanza and Diego de la vega.
She says she was your nanny.
She hung flowers on your crib when you were little.
I'm sorry, I cannot accept it.
[37]
Diego: Alejandro.
Alejandro, listen to me. Can you find your way back to the mine?
No
The carriage windows were all covered.
He didn't even trust his own dons.
Nor would I
you must go to montero's house tonight.
Break into the chest in his study.
Find anything that will tell us what his plans are.
People in the mine are dying.
And all I can think of is captain love.
He will come into your circle soon enough, you need not chase him.
I miss my brother, sir.
Your brother is dead.
We lose the ones we love, we cannot change it. Put it aside.
How?
How can I do what is heeded.
When all I feel is hate?
You hide it.
With this
Luiz: Santa Anna has agreed to the transfer the day after tomorrow.
But he insists we deliver the gold five miles north of town.
Captain love?
It's a safe distance from the mine. The bars are stamped and ready.
I don't foresee a problem.
Tell him we agree.
You have done well, luiz. Very well.
To the independent Republic of California.
[Bell ringing]
Man: Don Rafael!
[37]
You sent men to the hills? Doubled the guard at the wall?
Yes, yes, of course.
After all, it's only one man.
It isn't just one man, damn it. It's Zorro.
And he knows about the mine.
Otherwise he wouldn't be here tonight.
- How could he possibly... 7 - It doesn't matter how.
You don't seem to grasp the situation, captain.
If Santa Anna finds out that we have paid him in gold stolen from his own land,
he will have us butchered like cattle.
- Do you understand? - Mm_
Then we should destroy the evidence.
Set explosives. Bury the mine.
And the workers?
We destroy all the evidence, Don Rafael
no withesses.
Make sure those papers are locked up.
Guards!
The much-debated Zorro.
No
The legendary Zorro.
Put down your weapons!
Tell them.
Do as he says.
Allow me.
Ah, ah.
Come. Stop.
Face the window.
Now, bend down and touch your toes.
Bend over!
Would you excuse me, captain love.
Thank you.
[Screaming]
[37]
[Grunting]
[Shouting in Spanish]
Kill him!
[37]
Elena: Good morning, sefor.
[37]
(Good morning, senorita.
Give it back.
What? Whatever it is you have stolen
from my father, I want it back. Give it to me.
No
Ooh
come on now.
I don't have the time to give you the proper instruction.
[Laughs]
I have had the proper instruction since I was 4.
[37]
[Grunts]
[Yells]
Hm
[Grunting]
[Chuckles]
Not bad
not bad at all
ah!
- Hm. - [Yells]
[Chuckles]
This will make it more difficult.
Uh senorita
Ah!
[Clicks tongue]
Don't move.
[Gasps]
Do you surrender?
Never.
But I may scream.
I understand.
Sometimes I have that effect.
[37]
Fxcuse me.
Ah!
Goodbye, senorita.
[Idoor opens]
[Gasps]
What are you doing in here? What happened?
Zorro. Zorro was here. I fought him, and he left. He left!
Did you recognize him?
No
But he was young and vigorous.
He was very vigorous, father.
Vigorous?
Yes
[37]
[Whistles]
[Shouting in Spanish]
Man: Hyah, hyah, hyah!
Let's go!
[Grunts]
[Horse whinnies]
[Grunting]
[Grunts]
[Laughs]
(Go!
Ha, ha!
Hyah! Hyah!
Come on.
[Iwhimpers]
[37]
Alejandro: Here. This is the canyon.
That is where the mine is.
They have 25, 30 guards at most.
Nothing that Zorro can't overcome.
I'm not going with you.
What?
I'm not going with you.
There's something I must do. It's a personal matter.
What about the prisoners?
There's nothing more I can do for them.
You mean, nothing you will do.
I gave my life to them.
And in return I lost everything.
My wife was murdered before my eyes
and my child was stolen to be raised by my mortal enemy.
Montero?
Flena.
She's your daughter.
Yeah she was.
So
Vou will simply take your revenge.
No, I will take my daughter.
And don't pretend she means nothing to you.
She does. But you taught me to see beyond personal feelings, remember?
Was that all a lie?
You're too young to understand.
To understand what? Betrayal?
All the work, all the training, all the wise words, for what?
To smile in the face of my brother's killer while you make your own plans?
Alejandro, I taught you everything you need to survive.
Now I must look to my own heart.
Flena is all I have left
I'm not going to lose her again.
What about California? What about the people?
They still have Zorro.
I have every inch of the countryside covered.
If he shows himself
- are you all right? - Do you have the map?
We'll find it.
Is your army ready to fight Santa Anna's?
- No, sir. - Then why are you asking me
if I'm all right. Of course I'm not all right.
Now I'm beginning to wonder if you want this operation to succeed at all, captain love.
- Just what are you saying? - What I'm saying, captain
is that I think that my horse could run this army better than you.
I said, I'll find him.
That means I will
Diego: Perhaps I can save you the trouble.
(Go on, reach for it, captain.
Who are you?
I warned you long ago, Rafael.
You would never be rid of me.
De la vega.
You are not the Zorro I saw last night.
That was your master, Don Alejandro.
Yes
but there are many who would proudly wear the mask of Zorro.
Either way, it's of little consequence.
Events have been set in motion that you cannot stop.
I'm not here to stop you.
Call for Elena.
Call her.
Captain, bring my daughter to me.
Bring her to me!
[Laughs]
You cannot imagine, Rafael, how I have dreamed of this moment.
Night and day, 20 long years.
Really? I haven't given you a second thought.
If I die, de la vega, the truth dies with me.
We shall see.
Father!
Bernardo, what are you doing?
Tell her, Rafael.
Tell me what? What is going on?
Tell her who her real father is.
Father, what is he saying?
This unfortunate man lost a daughter once
and it has driven him mad and now he seeks to claim you for his own.
Tell her how her mother died.
Your daughter is lost, de la vega.
You cannot have mine.
De la vega?
A woman in town, she told me...
Diego de la vega?
Father?
His name is of no consequence.
I was told my nifiera used to hang something on my crib.
Yes, she had her hang fresh flowers.
No!
Let us finish it, Rafael.
Let us finish what we started the night Esperanza died.
Drop your sword, or I will have no choice but to have you shot.
Even in the presence of my daughter.
Please.
[37]
They were flowers. Romneya.
Rafael
she knows.
[Grunts]
[37]
[Lock slams open]
[37]
[Screams]
Water!
Shh.
Lock them up!
[Yelling]
The fuses are burning. Hurry it up.
Let's go!
Wait here!
Secure the wagon, stay alert.
[Grunting]
[37]
De la vega.
[Grunts]
[Yelling]
[37]
[Grunting]
Only one question.
Really”? What is that?
How would you like your remains displayed?
Ugh!
[Shouting in Spanish]
[Screaming]
Now I'm free to kill you.
No!
Oh!
Drop the sword.
Drop it.
You really think I would have killed my own child?
No!
[Grunts]
Did you miss me?
Flenal get them out!
"M" for murrieta.
Two men. One dead
Ah!
You're doing well. Your brother would have shot himself by now.
Ah!
[Yells]
Ah! Ah! Ah!
Ah!
Alejandro.
[37]
Is it finished?
Yes, Don Diego.
It's finished.
Not for Zorro.
There will be other days, other battles to fight.
It is your curse and destiny.
My beautiful Elena.
The world is a strange place.
To have found you at last, only to lose you again.
You will never lose me
father.
You are like your mother.
Same eyes.
Same mouth.
Same spirit.
Alejandro...
Flena.
[37]
Alejandro: And so it was.
Lightning split the sky.
Thunder shook the air.
And then all was quiet.
The great warrior known as Zorro was gone.
The people of the land gave him a hero's funeral.
The largest anyone had ever seen.
They came from far and wide to say farewell to the brave and noble champion.
But don't worry, little Joaquin.
Whenever great deeds are remembered
your grandfather will live on.
For there must always be a Zorro.
And someday, when he is needed, we will see him again.
On his fearsome steed tornado, riding like the wind.
His sword blazing in the sun.
Leaping, jumping, swinging through the air.
Fighting like a lion. Fighting like a tiger!
Fighting...
As safely as possible.
Is this your idea of putting the baby to sleep?
Sleep tight, my son.
When I sleep, I will dream of this dashing rogue, Zorro.
But what face shall I give him?
He has been many different men...
But he has loved you as all of them
how can I refuse such a man?
Do you know where I might find him?
You know Zorro.
He could be anywhere.
[37]
[Joaquin cries]
There, there, my darling.
[Marc Anthony's "I want to spend my lifetime loving you" plays]
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