"3, 2, 1..." "Fire!" "Target 2 on the ground." "Don't!" "Bloody hell!" "Hello, can I help you?" "The painting in your window." "Take it down." " You want to look at it?" " Take it down, I said!" " Do you know this Narcisse?" " No, I'm new, here." "Where does it come from?" "The paintings come from an institute." "A loony bin, you mean?" "I'm calling the manager." "Don't do this!" "Where's the hospital?" " Out in the country." " Do you have a car?" "You've really dropped me in it!" "You didn't let me arrest a suspect!" "It's your shit too." "Your men have killed an innocent." "I have to write a report on this." "If you do that, I'm dead." "You're already cremated, darling." "I'm taking you to the station." "You can sort things out in Bordeaux." "I'll sort the mess here." "Drive faster!" "I knew you'd come back." "Welcome home, Narcisse." "THE PASSENGER" "BORDEAUX ST JEAN STATION" "Tell me about Metis." "Metis!" "It was so long ago." "I have plenty of time." "After Algeria, my comrades in arms and I found ourselves... at a loose end." "So, we looked for work in Africa." "Where?" "It doesn't matter." "Let's just say we helped some men rise to power." "Dictators?" "Call them what you like." "At the time, we had no choice." "They were the only hope for their country." "Carry on." "Well, after that, these..." "These statesmen, these presidents gave us land, as a thank you for our help." "And as more or less all of us were farmers' sons, we lay our guns down and we worked our land." "We started producing fertilisers, and with time, there were chemicals and electronics." "And arms." "Why have you never told me?" "Because it's no longer part of my life." "It was before you were born." "Then, I met your mother, and you know the rest." "But you still have shares." "I started Metis." "It means a lot to me." "If it's all above board, why are you all shitting yourselves?" "We have to maintain our image." "If the media find out that we're being investigated, even about a stolen car, they'll come down on us." "It's not about a stolen car." "It's about murders, mutilations, aggravated assaults..." "You're completely out of your mind." "You can't tackle an international group like a gang of drug dealers." "There are thousands of jobs, branches all over the world..." "You think they'd let you?" "Is this a threat?" "A threat?" "You think I'd threaten my own daughter?" "Anyway, officially, I'm off the case, as you know." "Christophe is in the kitchen." ""Christophe"..." "Le Coz!" "Have you forgotten his first name?" "The coffee's still hot." "You could do with it." "My secret HQ!" "Boss." "You take sugar?" "You OK?" "Do you want a shower?" "Marie can lend you some clothes." "What's up with her?" "What do you think?" "I'd love some more coffee, please." "Any news, then?" "Complete standstill." "The Regional Crime Squad is struggling with both the Minotaur and the Bonfilses." "And Metis?" "It's the Forbidden City." "To investigate them, we need a cast iron letter of request." "And you two?" "We've joined other teams." "We're banned from working on the murders." "What happened in Marseille?" "Same as usual." " I lost Janusz twice..." " Again?" "And there was another murder in December, when he was in Marseille." "The murder is based on the Icarus myth." "A tramp saw the killer." "Janusz even managed to question him." "The tramp got killed and Janusz has vanished." "Surprise, surprise!" "And you?" "I'm expecting my summons from the Inspectorate." "Nice." "Do we drop everything, then?" "No." "No." "See if there was another murder on the Riviera before November." "And check the hospitals Janusz might have been in." "Go inland:" "Provence, Languedoc..." "I've a feeling Janusz hung around there." "Do you think he's the killer?" "No." "No, I don't think he is." "He's mentally ill, like Bonfils." "He changes personality and he uses his identities to hunt the killer." "What sort of place is this?" "The Corto Institute, named after me." "A mental institution?" "Sounds a bit old-fashioned." "Here, we treat people through painting." "We use as few drugs as possible." "Each resident has a studio and can express himself in total freedom." "Who am I?" "What do you know about me?" "You were found near Cannes, in September." "You couldn't remember a thing." "At the hospital, you regained your memory." "Your name was Narcisse." "You were from Paris and you were an artist." "Did you check?" "Yes, everything was false." "Except for one thing:" "your talent." "You started to paint and you became stable again." " How long did I stay here?" " Two months." "One day, at the end of October, you vanished." "It was your favourite colour." "Apart from this one, we sold all the others." "Through an outsider art gallery in Paris." "It sold?" "A collector bought all your work." "I have 40 000 euros waiting for you, in my safe." "I don't recall staying here at all." "If you start painting again, it will come back to you." "Your brain might wake up." "Did I use iron filings?" "Yes, with linseed oil." "You mixed your colours yourself." "You got your stock from producers for big chemical companies." "Really fussy." "Hi, Karl." "Do you remember Narcisse?" "He's back with us." "Karl is seeking the purest black." "He wants to paint his dreams." "What kind of dreams?" "He doesn't have any." "He suffers from sleep apnoea." "And for a few seconds, he dies." "It is this death that he wants to paint." " Has he been here long?" " 12 years." "He came from a unit for difficult patients." "Has he committed a crime?" "He blinded his children because they watched too much TV." "Since then, he's been obsessed by darkness." "Do you think my place is here?" "Your studio is here." "It's not what I asked." "Do you think I'm a killer, or not?" "Only you can answer this." "You came here every day." "While you were with us, a body was found." "In October." "Near this river?" " Do you remember?" " Vaguely." "Fragments, images..." "Do you think it's me?" "Who do you mean?" "The man you used to be?" "The man you are now?" "Or someone else?" "Hi, Becker." "What do you want, Chatelet?" "What do you know about Metis?" "You're tackling something big." "Why is that?" "A car used for a double murder belongs to them." "The Humm?" "Could Metis be involved?" "I doubt it." "Too conspicuous for them." "Could you see if they are expecting a deal with the army?" "Ask your father." "If he'd answered me, I wouldn't be here." "What's in it for me?" "My blessing." "I'm not joking." "I want a scoop on the mythological killer." "I have nothing to sell, Becker." "Sorry." "Chatelet..." "You're a pain in the arse." "Why don't you investigate chemical weapons?" "They've been banned since 1993, but there are still manufacturing sites." "In the 70's there was a rumour that Metis supplied products to the military." "In Chile and Argentina." "What kind of products?" "Lots of anaesthetics." "To put political prisoners to sleep." "They threw them in the sea, from planes." " "El vuelo."" " Yeah." "They killed thousands, like this." "Who was in charge of this branch?" "You know the answer." "Metis is working on psychoactive drugs for military purposes." "A booming market." "A general I interviewed told me." " What was his name?" " Garsac." "According to him, the human brain will outdo anything." "Control it, and you become master of the universe." "A complete nutter." "Thank you, Becker." "Don't forget my scoop." "I'm not available right now, so leave a message and I'll call you back." "There was another murder last October." "A naked body was found near Nice." "Was there a mythological side to it?" "You could say so:" "the body was castrated." "Apparently, the killer took Willy and his little sisters." "I've sent you the photos." "And the investigation?" "The guy hasn't been identified." "No missing person appeal." "I'm waiting for more info." "Anything from psychiatric hospitals?" "Jaff is on the case." "I've not heard from him, yet." " Anaïs, are you there?" " Yeah, I'm sorry." "Could you do me a favour?" "What question is this?" "Of course." "Just between you and me." "I'm all ears." "Find out about Metis, in Chile, in the 70's and the 80's." "Their lab worked for the Pinochet government." "It's when you lived there." "Anything to do with your dad?" "Maybe, I don't know." "OK." "Here." "This should keep you going for a bit." "Do you have the photos?" "Yes." "Here." "Can I see the actual paintings?" "Why?" "I'm sure they keep a secret, a hidden message." "Where can I see them?" "At the house of the collector who bought them." "His card is there." ""Uranos, a primordial god, killed by his own son, Cronus," ""who castrated him" ""and threw his genitals in the sea."" "I don't mean to give you orders, boss, but could you put some trousers on?" "Is that all you have to say?" "OK." "I've made a list of all the care centres in the Nice region." "Guess what?" "One of them is less than a kilometre away from our castrato." "An institute where they treat nutcases through painting." "I'm sure there's a link with Janusz." " You're going back to Nice?" " No, to Club Med." "I'd like to see your archives." "Do you have permission?" "I have unlimited access." "I'm going." "We'll take you to the station." "Don't worry, I'll walk back to the village." "I have a train at 22:30." "Thanks for everything." "Especially for not calling the police." " You feel up to it?" " Yes." "I have to find out who I am." "My paintings will show me the way." "You told me once that you didn't care about the subject of your paintings, that your painting was repentance." "No, it doesn't mean..." "Watch out!" "Quick, drive!" "They're here!" "Drive!" "I spent all October in this institute, painting self-portraits under the name of Narcisse." "Is that all you remember?" "I don't even remember it." "I just have flashes of a body by a river." "Yeah, I've heard." "It's me, Anaïs..." "I'm the killer." "I committed those atrocities." "And you would have forgotten it?" "I remember, in a way." "I mean preparing the murder, the organisation." "The killer is meticulous, he leaves no traces." "You forget my fingerprints." "Exactly, it's not consistent." "Being so meticulous and leaving traces." "I accept you're amnesiac, but you couldn't have organised all this and not remember." "Someone is trying to put the blame on you." "So you believe me?" "Will this do, for an answer?" "We must find out what they want from you and how they always find you so quickly." " Have you heard of Metis?" " No, what is it?" "I'll explain later." "What were you planning to do, before they turned up?" "Find my paintings." "They have things to tell me." "They could prove I'm innocent." "Or guilty." "What does it have to do with the paintings?" "I said to Corto that my painting was repentance." " Yes, hello?" " Yeah, it's Dimoun." "It looks like someone has emptied their rubbish in my lab." "What do I do with your stuff?" "What "stuff"?" "Seals from Marseille." "Someone called Crosnier sent them on your behalf." "Yes, stuff we found around a body, in the rocky inlets of Marseille." " Linked with the Minotaur?" " Yes." "Could you do some in-depth tests?" "What are we looking for?" "Fingerprints, DNA..." "Anything that could help me." "And I expect you have no warrant?" "No problem." " Thank you." " OK." "Breakfast?" "Yes, I'd love some." "You OK?" "There." "Here, the key to the handcuffs." "Keep it." "It will bring you luck." "Yes, it's me." "I've made progress on Metis." "Well?" "Your father didn't just sell anaesthetics." "He was also close to Pinochet." "A trainer." ""A trainer" in what?" "Various kinds of torture, electrocution..." "He trained the guys at Grimaldi, the worst centre..." "OK, I get it." "Anaïs, I'm really sorry." "I'll call you back." "You OK?" "It's my father..." "Has something happened to him?" "No, but now I know why I never trusted him." "Thank you." "You take a lot." "Not now, Mathias." " You're heading for disaster." " It's my business." "It's mine too." "Hello, I'm Narcisse." "You bought my paintings." " Come in." " Thank you." "You have a great collection." "It's my father's." "I'm the guardian of the temple." "What can I do for you?" " I'd like to see my paintings." " Why?" "I'd like to borrow them for one day." "Here we go." " This is not a toy." " I'll call the police." "That's lucky, I'm here." " Where are the paintings?" " In the living room." "Show us." "I only have two, here." "Here." "Sit down." ""Repentance."" "What is it?" "In painting, it means a work that the artist changed, or on which he painted something else." "A painting hiding another." "Meaning?" "The Wounded Man, by Gustave Courbet." "For a long time, they wondered why he had painted himself lying in the grass, with a blood stain on his heart." "This x-ray shows that at first, he had painted himself with his fiancée." "By the time he'd finished his painting, she'd left him." "Courbet wiped her off and replaced her, symbolically, by this wound to his heart." "Let's start with these two." "What part of the body is it for?" "It's for this." "We don't have the right equipment." "Take an x-ray." "I'm not sure it will work." "I'll put the second one in place." " Is this OK?" " Perfect." " Could we have a printout?" " I'm just doing it." "Excuse me." "Coming, Mathias?" "Mathias!" "You have to arrest me." " Don't talk rubbish." " You saw the drawings." "What more do you need?" "How many people have I killed?" "The canal scene proves there was another murder." "Duck!" "On the ground!" "Don't move!" "Drop your gun!" "I said, don't move!" "Hands up!" "Drop your gun!" "Leave us to it." "I'm Commandant Solinas." "Head of Central Office against Organised Crime." "I want to see a JPO." "Sorry, darling, but right now, this is all I can offer." "We have a gunfight in Paris, with a police captain shooting, and stolen paintings." "Unusual, and I've seen some." "Will you let me go if I talk?" "Talk, and we'll take your cooperation into account." "Otherwise, it's straight inside." "That's the deal." "I'm forever making deals with scum, and you wouldn't do it for a colleague?" "What do you have on offer that's so good?" "The case of your life." "Enough to become a prefect without sucking up to anyone or swallowing insults." "I'm the only one who knows the case inside out." "Today's shooting was just the tip of the iceberg." "You won't solve this mess without me." "You forget your accomplice." "How is he?" "He got a few blows to the head." "He's being pampered in hospital." "He won't succumb to blackmail." "Says who?" "He can't say a thing, he's amnesiac." "OK, no more bullshit." "I'm listening." "Your story had better hold water or you'll pay dearly for it." "How are you feeling?" "Where are we?" "At the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital." "Am I injured?" "You're quite hard-headed." "Just a few stitches on the scalp." "In two days' time, it will all be forgotten." " I can't feel anything." " It's the local anaesthetic." "And the young lady who was with me?" "She's been arrested." "She's probably being questioned somewhere." "A policewoman, isn't she?" "Yes." "Is this one of the attackers' x-ray?" " What "attackers"?" " We were attacked by two men." "No one told me." " Whose x-rays are they, then?" " They're yours." "Mine, how come?" "I took some x-rays to check there was no trauma." "I found this 2cm long kind of capsule, in your left sinus." " What is it?" " I'm as clueless as you are." "Probably some sort of micro-pump injecting a drug." " What's your medical history?" " I don't know." "I suffer from memory loss, but..." "It could be linked to your treatment." "No idea." "Take this, it will help you have a good night sleep." "Yes." "There." "Things will be clearer, tomorrow." "Sleep easy, though." "Two vicious guards are watching over you at the door." "See you tomorrow." "OK, try to sleep." "Things will be clearer tomorrow." "Good night." "He should be asleep." "Let me know if he wakes up." "Yes, doctor." " Bye-bye." " Bye." "Not very convincing." "Look at the paintings' x-rays." "You'll see two murders." "One took place near Nice, in October." "The other one, in Paris." "Check them." "Come and fetch the young lady." "What about our deal?" "Not a very credible tale." "I got your file, from Bordeaux." "The Inspectorate are waiting for you." "You crossed the line, sweetheart." "You're being transferred." "To jail, in Fleury." "You'll have time to think things over." "Hello." "I'm ringing to ask if you deliver supplies to painters." "You don't?" "Various products, I'm not sure..." "Linseed oil, iron filings..." "Delivered to the artist's house." "You've never delivered products privately?" "All right, thank you very much." "Hello." "Do you deliver products to..." "Arnaud?" "Is it you, Arnaud?" "Yes..." "Yes, it's me." "Where have you been, mate?" "I've been travelling." "I see." "Are you calling to place an order?" "Exactly." "Same address as before?" "Actually, that's what I wanted to check with you." "What's the last address on your records?" "18, Marché Popincourt Street." "Still correct?" "Aren't you going to say hello?" "Hello." "Nono!" "It's been a really long time!" "What's happened to you?" " A jealous husband?" " How are you?" "Nono, don't you want your mail?" "Of course." "I'm sorry, I was miles away." "It's good to see you." " How was your trip?" " Not bad, lots of work." "Thank you." "Aren't you forgetting something?" " I don't know..." " Your keys." "Honestly..." " Meet for a drink, soon?" " Yes." " Bye!" " Ciao." "He's off his rocker." " But you like him." " I do!" "Katniss." "Lucie." "My name's Junko." "My name's Sacha." "Nono, what's going on?" "Have you got the hump?" "Audrey gave me your landline." "Call me back." "Not in, baby?" "It's Charlotte." "We've got unfinished business..." "Arnaud, it's Medina." "Come to mine, please." "It's urgent." "Arnaud, it's Medina." "Come to mine, please." "It's urgent." "Subtitles:" "Frédérique Gwyther for Eclair Group"