"BASED ON THE BOOK BY RUBEM FONSECA" "CRIME SCENE DO NOT CROSS" "Hey, pal, take that dog away." "We already know who she is." "Name's Delfina Delamare." "Wife of that millionaire... the Olympic horsemanship champion, you know the one." "The good-looking one who's always in the gossip columns." "I don't read gossip columns." "Bring me a metal stick." "Somebody open this door." "I just phoned his house." "He's not there." "He's in Europe." "See?" "The gun's in her hand." "Key's in the ignition." ".22 caliber handgun." "Don't let anyone in here before the C.S.I." "As always." "Nice broad." "What a waste." "I don't get it." "Why should a rich, beautiful woman go and kill herself?" "I'll call Alfredo." "i believe doctors must tell the whole truth,hard as it may be." "She suffered from leukemia." "Leukemia?" "I told her what I thought:" "...she'd have a few months to live." "And how did she react?" "She took it well." "She wanted to know the truth." "Anyway, I didn't have anyone else I could inform." "She was divorcing her husband." "Mr. Delamare was away." "They don't have children." "You said she took it well." "I know what you're thinking." "The theory of suicide would come as no surprise to me." "Many people think it's a form of escape." "It's almost a reaction against the cruelty of fate." "Understand?" "Minolta, my love, today i couldn't put down one word." "You always ask me how can i spend so much time with women." "Flaubert's advice doesn't apply to writers like me." "i can neither appease my flesh nor fuck my inkwell." "But it was you who turned me into a satyr, remember?" "And it was you who made me a famous writer as well." "i can't write my new novel." "It's the first time it happens, after so many books." "The name of the book is "Bufo Spallanzani"." "Bufois afrog." "Remember the Bufo marinus?" "You have lots of them around your inn." "And do you remember Spallanzani, the 18th-century italian scientist... that burned frogs' legs to study the regeneration of tissues?" "i need you, Minolta." "i know you're probably busy at your inn, but please come." "Kisses, Gustavo Flávio." "Good morning." "Good morning, Mr. Guedes." "How's it going?" "Fine." "Marlene, I'll have two." "Put them on my tab." "Okay, Mr. Guedes." "So?" "Did you speak with the doctor?" "Yes." "She had cancer." "That's it." "Bingo." "She found out she had cancer, and bang!" "I talked to the neighbors." "Nobody saw or heard anything." "Strange." "Also, a couple's here to see you." "The guy's name's Gustavo Flávio." "Send them in." "Did you call the morgue?" "I want to be informed... as soon as Mrs. Delfina's forensic report is ready." "Go, go, move it." ""Go, go, move it."" "Thank you, Osmar." "Please come in." "You're Gustavo Flávio, the writer?" "Yes." "Nice to meet you." "Your wife?" "Girlfriend." "Minolta." "Nice to meet you." "I've never read any of your books, but I intend to." "Then you can start right now." "This is his last, "The Lovers"." "Thanks." "I'll read it." "Do you like frogs?" "Frogs?" "No, somebody left this here, it isn't mine." "Anyway how can I help you?" "It 's about Delfina Delamare's case." "Gustavo has some things to tell you." "Well, I don't even know where to start." "It 's kinda embarrassing." "I came here because...." "Did you know her?" "Yes." "We were friends." "They had a relationship." "An intimate one." "How long have you had this... affair with her?" "I don't like to call our relationship that." "It wasn't simply an affair." "I admired her very much." "I loved Delfina." "Well, how long have you been acquainted with Mrs. Delfina?" "I met her six months ago, at a party." "We fell in love." "She was married to a very rich and illustrious man, Dr. Delamare." "Their marriage was at that stage in which routine breeds boredom... boredom breeds revulsion, then apathy... and so on." "I told my husband about us." "Delfina, you promised me you'd be level-headed about it." "I think you're rushing things up." "I can't go live with you in Paris." "You know there's nothing worse for a book than a trip, I told you that." "And how'd you live with me?" "I can't give you the luxury you're used to." "I won't leave my husband anymore." "You won't?" "We'll travel." "We'll go to Paris." "If you go see my wife one more time, I'll kill you, you filthy pig!" "I'll cut your balls off and leave you bleeding to death." "Understand?" "And did you see her after that?" "She left with her husband... soon after he attacked me." "They went to Paris." "I read it on the news." "Delfina returned last week." "She came to see me." "She was very sad." "It was her husband who killed her." "We have reasons to believe it was suicide." "It wasn't suicide." "He killed her." "I know Delamare." "We were informed that Mr. Delamare was away the day Mrs. Delfina died." "He'll arrive today for the funeral." "He killed Delfina... and I'm afraid he intends to kill me as well." "That 's avery serious accusation." "Are you sure about what you said?" "I am." "DELFINA'S TRAGIC DEATH Ferreira..." "Osmar said you wanted to see me." "I want a report about this Delfina's suicide as soon as possible." "I'm going to the morgue now." "It's certain it was suicide, right?" "We're still investigating." "Guedes, it's like this:" "this Mrs. Delfina Delamare was married to a bigshot." "The man's already asked the Secretary to put a lid on the case." "The Secretary called the Chief." "They don't want a scandal." "Has any journalist come to you yet?" "No." "Keep me informed about everything." "I want special attention to this case." "You know that the Secretary...." "I don't give a damn... about what the Secretary wants." "I'll do my job as I've always done it." "She didn't have traces of gunpowder on the hand that was holding the gun." "Guedes... that woman was murdered." "i met Minolta ten years ago, at Clara Estrucho's funeralservice." "Clara Estrucho. 30 years old, tall, thin." "She was in chapel no. 5." "Her beautiful face was emotionless... as she held a service over the body of her husband, Maurício Estrucho." "Zilda, if you died, how many people would come to your funeral?" "From your family, at least five." "With me, six." "Some friends always show up." "Three, let 's say." "That 's nine." "But she, Zilda..." "she's alone in the chapel!" "Nobody holds a funeral alone." "Ivan, you don't know rich people." "They're like that." "They fight with their whole family over shares." "ivan, there's no scam." "And I got you that job." "Don't make a mess!" "Get on a bus and come home right now." "Did you hear me?" "Now!" "Zilda, it 's ascam!" "It 's ascam!" "Nobody buys a 5-million-dollar insurance and dies days later... 38 years old, of a heart attack." "They ripped Panamericana off!" "That trollop over there is giving soup to the stiff." "Come, Minolta." "I'll call you later." "My condolences." "She wasn't wearing a helmet." "That was her problem." "She didn't wear a helmet." "Look how pretty my cousin was." "She starred two soap operas." "I don't know you." "Are you a friend of my cousin's?" "No." "Then you're one of the vultures." "No." "I'm in the chapel next door." "With that trollop." "Clara Estrucho." "Did you see anything?" "Yeah." "She was giving food to a dead man." "Are you a relative?" "No." "Minolta, my dear." "Dr. Ribeiroles!" "How do you do?" "I don't know if you remember me." "Ivan Canabrava." "I'm Panamericana's investigator." "I've seen you at some meetings." "Yes." "I'd like to witness the examinations that will be made on Dr. Estrucho." "Do you have an authorization?" "Never needed one before." "Orders from the director himself, Dr. Eugênio." "I'm sorry." "Dr. Ribeiroles, please." "I'd like to monitor this case." "I suspect Panamericana is being victim of a fraud." "To buy so high an insurance and die all of asudden...." "He was so young." "The widow herself wants the test... to eliminate any doubt about the cause of death." "Is your suspect based upon which facts?" "I know this may seem strange, but that girl over there told me... that the widow was giving food to the corpse." "All right, let 's forget that." "But, doctor... even if I don't mean to argue with the methods of our medical team... wouldn't an autopsy be better?" "in case you don't know... the Estrucho family has farms in São Paulo, Goiás and Mato Grosso." "We don't have any reasons to suspect of a fraud." "I don't want them to desecrate my husband's body." "Mrs. Clara, the use of these devices is not demeaning to your husband." "But, as I said... although justifiable, this goes against all forensic principles." "We're only performing the test here because you asked us to." "Are you on duty?" "Yes." "Follow that car." "Biscuits!" "Salty or sweet!" "Thanks." "Great." "Excuse me, where are you going?" "Mrs." "Clara Estrucho's apartment." "It's empty." "They moved." "How can that be?" "I want to rent the place." "She gave me the key, said she'd wait till 9." "What time is it?" "9:" "1O." "But since you have the key, you can go up." "I spent the night keeping watch over Clara Estrucho." "Maurício Estrucho ripped one million off the insurance company." "You know what?" "I regret that I got you the job there." "When you were a two-bit writer, at least you slept home." "Zilda, my love, think of what'll happen to me if I can prove it." "What's that thing in my bathtub?" "!" "A frog." "The bastard brought home a frog!" "Keep it down!" "Mind the neighbors!" "Screw the neighbors!" "Don't think that I didn't notice that stain." "You washed your shirt." "What was that?" "A lipstick stain?" "And throw away that crap." "Close the window, I think it'll rain." "Aren't you ready?" "Did you ever read "Macbeth"?" "Weren't we going to the movies?" "Zilda, tell me: what's the basic ingredient in witchcraft?" "Frog." "Frog to put someone to sleep." "The frog is a beast, Zilda!" "Zilda, the Estruchos used witchcraft, see?" "What are you doing, Zilda?" "What are you doing here, Zilda... living with this nutcase?" "He's poor, he didn't even marry you." "He was a two-bit teacher, a writer with no future!" "Zilda, the frog's going to get me there." "There are people who need that safe public job." "You are one of those people." "You'll never amount to anything." "It's useless for me to get you a job." "You are the problem." "It's inside you." "You don't have to leave." "If it's so horrible to live with me, I'll go." "This is your house." "You'd never get a place to live." "Ever seen this gun before?" "No." "She didn't own a gun." "She hated guns." "Is it possible that she was seeing some other man at the time... besides you?" "No." "It 's impossible." "If you're right... if it was her husband..." "he has a pretty strong alibi." "He was away on a trip when she died." "On the other hand, he'd never kill her himself." "He'd hire a hitman." "Is it so difficult to see the obvious?" "Let me try to explain." "If Dr. Eugênio Delamare hired someone... the murderer would go to a lot of trouble to make it look like... a robbery." "He'd take something." "Credit cards, her watch, that sort of thing." "Nothing was missing." "When you meet Dr. Eugênio Delamare, you'll see the kind of man he is." "He'd think of these details." "It was him, I'm certain of it." "Where were you the day she died?" "What's that supposed to mean?" "Do you suspect me?" "He was with me." "At my inn, in Bocaina Range." "You can check that with my employees." "You wanted to take revenge on Dr. Eugênio." "I swear, Minolta, I didn't know Delfina was his wife." "In the beginning, we almost didn't talk about ourselves." "We didn't want to know anything." "She never mentioned her husband." "She'd say: "my family"." "I'd call her and she'd say:" ""I'm with my family, I can't talk."" "After a while, it became a joke." "I'd ask: "How's your family doing?" "Doesn't your family think it strange when you go out in the afternoon?"" "One day she said: "My family is called Eugênio Delamare."" "Is Mr. Delamare home?" "What do you want with him?" "It's kinda personal." "He's busy right now." "Wait, wait, buddy." "Let go or I'll blow your brains out!" "Easy." "Look here." "Wait." "Left hand." "Easy." "Police." "Inspector Guedes." "I want to talk to your boss." "Put that away." "Put that thing away, come on." "Sorry." "Forget about it." "How are you?" "How are you?" "Take a sit, please." "Allow me." "Thank you so much for what you've been doing for us." "You should be able to imagine my sorrow... the horrible surprise in arriving and learning my wife had killed herself." "Her body thrown into a cabinet in the morgue." "Your wife didn't kill herself." "She was murdered." "What?" "Murdered." "That isn't possible." "They told me she killed herself." "The Secretary himself told me." "Probably he had not yet seen the forensic and ballistic reports." "Was there violence?" "Signs of rape, that sort of thing?" "No." "She died with a bullet through her heart." "The assassin didn't touch her body." "Nothing was missing." "We live in avery violent city." "I asked her several times not to go out alone... but she wouldn't listen." "She'd take the car and go." "But I never imagined that she could be the victim of a robbery." "I don't believe it was robbery." "Of course it was." "You didn't understand what I said." "Nothing was missing." "It's you who didn't understand what I said." "I think she was robbed." "I don't want a scandal." "What difference does it make if it was a madman or a robber?" "She's dead and she won't come back, even if we find out." "Please, lnspector..." "what's your name again?" "Guedes." "Inspector Guedes." "I intend to be very generous." "I ask very little of you, but my reward will be handsome." "I'll tell you exactly what I want you to do." "I want you to prepare everything." "Reports, records, paperwork... all that junk so that there isn't any doubt that my wife was murdered... in a robbery." "If your superiors give you any trouble, don't worry." "I'm on a friendly basis with the Secretary... and with even bigger people." "This is just the first installment." "I could charge you with bribery, but I won't do that... because I think maybe you're disturbed by your wife's death." "Have you seen the amount I've written?" "It's more than what you earn in ten years on your lousy job." "It's just the first installment, damn you!" "Take it." "And another thing... your driver or bodyguard has a gun which use is restricted to the Army... and that's against the law." "I'll let that pass, too." "You'll be subpoenaed to go to the police station and be questioned." "Dr. Eugênio?" "My name's Ivan Canabrava, I'd like to talk to you." "Do you work here?" "I'm an investigator for the company." "I found out something very important about Mr. Estrucho's insurance." "Talk to your immediate superior." "Excuse me." "Hello?" "Brazilian Society For The Protection Of Amphibians?" "Do you know what an amphibian is?" "More or less." "Name one." "The lizard?" "No, wait." "The gecko." "The gecko's an amphibian." "The turtle?" "The alligator?" "You don't know anything about it." "Alligators and turtles are reptiles." "They breathe only with their lungs unlike the amphibians." "What about the hippo?" "The hippo is a mammal, dear sir." "You said on the phone you studied the use of frogs in witchcraft." "I suspect that my company was the victim of a fraud... a scientific witchery." "That's why I wanted to see you." "I found a dead frog at the widow's house." "Did you bring the frog?" "Zilda was scared, I threw it away." "But I brought the weed." "What weed?" "It was with the frog." "I'm not sure, but I think the frog looked like these two." "Which one?" "Both of them." "No way." "They're totally different." "This is the Bufo marinus and this is the Bufo paracnemis ." "Did you see a Bufo marinus or a Bufo paracnemis ?" "I don't know." "You're too ignorant." "I can't help." "No, it was this one." "It had to be that one." "Sorcerers love to use it." "What, zombie?" "It was you!" "You saw the widow feeding the corpse, right?" "Didn't your cousin die in a bike accident?" "Wait." "I remember you, zombie." "Nice to meet you." "Minolta." "So you think that the grave of this Estrucho's empty?" "I don't think." "I'm sure of it." "The guy's still around, enjoying life... but I'll prove it and put an end to it." "Want me to take you home?" "No." "I was evicted today." "Where are you going to sleep?" "Don't know." "Still figuring it out." "Would you like to stay at my place for now?" "I got this blouse from the closet." "It's okay." "It was Zilda's." "She didn't like it." "Who's Zilda?" "We used to live together." "We had an argument and she left." "Do you like her?" "Zilda's very pretty." "I'll show you her picture." "So-so." "She's prettier in person." "Where will I sleep?" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Breakfast's served." "Put this robe on." "It's that woman's?" "No... it's mine." "Zilda gave it to me, but I don't use it." "Who's the woman that's answering the phone at our house?" "It's Minolta." "Minolta?" "That's a brand of camera." "She was evicted, didn't have anywhere to go." "She's a poetess, avery serious, upright person." ""She's a poetess, Zilda."" "What books did she publish?" "None yet, I think." "But I'm not involved with her." "It's you I love, Zilda." "Ms. Zilda." "Here, I'm Ms. Zilda." "Ms. Zilda, I need to see Dr. Eugênio." "It so happens that Dr. Eugênio doesn't see fifth-echelon employees." "If you have a problem, talk to your immediate superior." "That's the rule." "I talked to Dr. Ribeiroles, but he won't listen to me." "Poetess." "Sucker." "You're jealous." "Of you?" "Of course." "And to spite me, you won't let me talk to Dr. Eugênio." "Dr. Eugênio, I'm sorry to bother you, but an investigator, Mr. Ivan... needs to see you." "I think it's extremely important." "i told you, i can't see anyone now!" "Didn't you listen?" "I'm sorry, Dr. Eugênio." "No, I apologize." "Don't interrupt me." "Sorry." "See?" "I was reprimanded because of you!" "He's busy!" "Thank you, Ms. Zilda." "If anyone looks for me, I'll be right back." "And I do love you." "Hi." "Hi, zombie." "I thought I'd find you here." "I'm looking up frogs." "Nothing yet." "That woman called again." "What woman?" "Yours." "She says she'll kick my ass if I don't leave." "She says that because she's nervous, but she's nice." "Do you love Zilda?" "Zilda is the light of my life." ""Experiences showed that, under the influence of these substances... people retain certain mental faculties, such as memory... but appear to be physiologically dead." "That's what's called zombiism."" "Look at that!" ""Buried or outside the grave... the subject stays dead for 1O hours, a period that can be prolonged... if the subject is fed a mixture of venom with certain substances."" "Do they say which substances?" "Pyrethrum partenium ." "A botanist friend examined it for me." "It's Pyrethrum partenium ." "Professor, if a guy eats that crap can he become a little zombified?" "What is your friend asking?" "Why, I read it on Davis' book." "She wants to know if, taking this weed's essence... and mixing it with Bufo marinus' venom... the resulting potion could cause a deep cataleptic state." "Yes, it could." "May I ask just one more thing?" "No." "But only you can help me." "I told you." "No!" "I just want a frog... and a certain amount of Pyrethrum partenium ." "What do you take me for?" "Wildlife Fast Delivery Service?" "You exceeded your duties." "And I won't be transferred to God-knows-where... because of your antics!" "Wait a minute." "What antics?" "Delamare tried to buy me off." "I just refused his check." "Is that wrong?" "You don't get it." "He's pals with the Secretary, how many times do I have to tell you?" "He may be pals with the devil... but everything indicates that he killed his wife." "Didn't you say he was away?" "That was even checked with the feds." "And another thing:" "the proposal he made you to arrange things... so that his wife's death was officially attributed to robbery... may even be immoral, but it doesn't prove he's involved in her death!" "You're not taking into account a lot of things which make sense." "She had an affair with a former employee of her husband's company... an employee that knew about a lot of skeletons in Delamare's closet!" "Dr. Eugênio had his own wife killed." "What evidence do you have?" "No evidence of any skeleton!" "Nor does that writer!" "He told me he couldn't get evidence of any frauds!" "I've just started, give me time!" "I won't give you any goddamn time!" "I'll follow our Chief's orders." "I want this case closed ASAP!" "I want the reports." "Where are they?" "They're not ready yet." "What if that writer dies?" "What if he's right?" "It's not my business!" "I follow orders." "Okay." "He dies, and it's all right?" "I don't have one single reason to put him under protection." "Tell me whether I have one reason!" "Well, if your conscience...." "My conscience?" "!" "Screw you!" "Screw you!" "I won't give protection to this guy!" "And let 's make one thing clear:" "you won't do anything at all without my consent!" "I am boss in this dump!" "I say how things have to be done around here!" "Understand?" ""THE LOVERS"" "Nêlson?" "What's up?" "That crook asked me to change my report... putting traces of gunpowder on the woman's hand." "The son of a bitch!" "I told him I'd already sent the report to the station, but I didn't." "A messenger will deliver it personally to you tomorrow morning." "Make a quick addendum to the file." "Let's see if they can make an entire file disappear." "Nobody's following us." "You're making me nervous." "I feel like I'll be shot in the back anytime." "Why don't we go to the inn, then?" "At least there you're able to work." "You don't want to work, you can't stay neither at home nor outside." "I want to wait until Guedes tells me something." "Tell what?" "You're still worried?" "Of course I am!" "Why did you lie?" "Guedes may want to check at the inn." "I wasn't there!" "If he checks, it won't be a problem." "Rizoleta and Trindade are reliable, they'll say you were there." "I had to do it." "You didn't have an alibi." "Do you think he suspects me?" "The picture he showed makes sense." "Two people could've killed Delfina." "One's her husband... but he's right." "The husband would want to forge a robbery." "What do you mean?" "That you're also a suspect." "What motive would I have to kill Delfina?" "!" "And if I was the killer, why would I talk to Guedes?" "Easy!" "I know it wasn't you." "I'm just explaining why I got you an alibi." "One more thing: if I was the killer, wouldn't I forge a robbery too?" "His reasoning has no logic whatsoever!" "Good afternoon." "How do you do?" "DEATH BY FIREARM POSSIBLE SUICIDE" "HOMICIDE" "Truth is, we don't have a scrap of evidence against him." "Unfortunately, I can't arrest him." "I'm powerless." "So Gustavo will continue in danger." "Is that it?" "Now that the case is branded as homicide... surely he'll exercise more caution." "I don't think he'd try anything stupid." "On the other hand..." "it's that same old story." "A cuckolded husband doesn't always worry about his good manners." "Well, if you can't protect me, I won't stay in Rio." "I'll go to Minolta's inn." "I made breakfast." "Put the robe on." "I'll read you the report I did." "Just because you made breakfast, you can't boss me around." "I'm not bossing you around." "Every man does it." "I don't." "Wanna see the report?" "Then why did that woman leave?" "Zilda?" "Did you have any others?" "No." "Only Zilda." "Zilda's sick." "Do you wanna see the report or not?" ""Zilda's sick." That's how men destroy women." "The toast is great." "The report stinks." "Think so?" "It makes you look like the con man." "You can't start by mentioning me." "But you saw Clara feeding the body." "I know, but you don't do it like that." "Pay attention." "First, you talk about the frog you found at Clara's house... second, about the Pyrethrum partenium ... third, about Davis' research, and fourth, about me." "I was a little drunk, but I remember seeing the trollop feeding the stiff." "Understand?" "What's going on here?" "It's not what you think." "She likes to walk around naked... but I don't even look." "Isn't that true, that you like it?" "Yes, and he doesn't look." "Didn't I say that I like Zilda?" "Yes." "And he also said that you are jumpy and sick." "Throw that slut out or you'll never see me again." "I can't." "I invited her, I can't throw her out." "Asshole." "Retard." "Idiot!" "Ms. Zilda?" "Could you give this report to Dr. Eugênio?" "Of course I can give the report to Dr. Eugênio." "Do you know why?" "Because you're very professional... and also my friend?" "Nothing of the sort." "Because we're going to trade." "I'll give your report to Dr. Eugênio... and you'll call our house right now... and throw that mangy bitch out." "Right?" "Will you call?" "I won't throw her out." "Don't you have the guts to throw that slut out?" "She's not a slut." "And even if she was, I couldn't do it." "All right, Ivan." "Don't worry, I'll give your report to Dr. Eugênio." "Because I'm a nice woman." "Worse than an ex who's a bitch is an ex who's extra nice." "Some time from now, you'll be lonely as a dog... and I'll be dating a tall, handsome, rich man... and you'll think: "My God!" "How could I let Zilda escape me?"" "Look, Zilda...." "Shut up." "Never talk to me again." "Never look me in the face again." "Do you hear?" "Now leave." "Dr. Eugênio." "Good afternoon." "Did you read my report?" "Yes." "I've already forwarded it to the Legal Department." "I think we don't have time to lose." "Open that grave and it'll be empty." "Mr. Estrucho died of myocardial infarction." "He was in a deep cataleptic state." "Cataleptic state?" "Haven't you read it in my report?" "Your report seems to me... one of those stories that try to prove that flying saucers exist." "I don't believe in flying saucers." "It looks as if you do." "What if the shareholders find out we didn't defend their interests... and let the company lose a million?" "Are you threatening me?" "No, I'm not." "You shouldn't take things so seriously, Mr. Canabrava." "There are no absolute truths." "But there is the simple truth, no?" "If truth is relative, lies are relative as well." "As you see, thinking can be very instigating." "If truth is relative, lies are relative as well." "According to Nietzsche, only he who knows how to lie knows the truth." "How's that?" "Your phrase is very instigating." "Take me home, Pedro." "Professor Ceresso, only you can help me perform this experience." "I only need the venom!" "What you ask me is very difficult." "The composite family is very large!" "Pyrethrum partenium can be found in wormwood, sagebrush, arnica cardoon, endive..." "I told you, Professor." "I want to nab a crook, a con man, a wiseguy." "I'm one of the good guys." "...coreopsis, pyrethrum..." "It's hot like hell in here, don't you think?" "Put your clothes on." "Why?" "Do you find my body repulsive?" "Or naked I drive you crazy?" "Does my nakedness shock you?" "Give me one reason not to be naked." "Which frog do you want?" "You'll catch a cold." "Who'll catch a cold?" "What did you ask?" "I never catch colds." "Which frog do you want?" "The Bufo marinus ." "Ah, yes." "Professor, I need to perform that experience." "It's the only way to prove there's been a fraud!" "Allright, allright." "Okay, Professor." "I'll be there tomorrow, then." "So?" "Will he help you with the experience?" "Yes." "Minolta, I need to ask you one thing." "I know." "You want me to help you too." "You can count on me." "Thank you, but it's not that." "What is it, then?" "Say it." "Don't be naked in front of me anymore." "A beautiful male, isn't it?" "It's avery showy species." "Look, look!" "See how he puffs up in his pride!" "And to think that they roamed the Earth before us." "They sang before us!" "They invented music." "Do you know why these animals lasted more than 3OO million years?" "Because of their brutal instinct for the preservation of their species." "Their obsession is stronger than anything." "It's the secret of their amazing survival." "I can burn to a crisp... burn to a crisp one of his limbs... as Father Spallanzani did... and even so, Bufo won't refuse to embrace... lovingly his female." "Here you go." "And here you have the Pyrethrum partenium poison." "You know the proportion: one milligram for each 5O milligrams." "You can't use the wrong proportion when you prepare the mix." "Any error can be fatal." "You mean you won't participate in the experience?" "ls that it?" "Ivan will take that slop and you'll leave me alone with a cataleptic?" "Minolta... easy." "What do you guys have against me?" "O guardian angel... mentors and protectors, pour your influences over me." "May I, upon taking it, feel your vibrations and your blessings." "Amen." "Amen." "You didn't repeat the last part." "It's useless." "I can't believe in that mumbojumbo." "What if you die?" "If I die, you take off, that's it." "Pretend you don't know me." "Do you have a mom?" "My mother's dead." "Nobody will miss me if I die." "Except for Zilda." "I told you he would come." "The secret is in the proportion." "My neck's stiff as a rock." "You know what to do, don't you, Minolta?" "Don't worry." "Breathe deeply." "Here you go." "Relax, lie down." "Won't he O.D. on that stuff, Professor?" "It was a fulminating heart attack." "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do." "He's dead?" "is that what you're telling me?" "I'm sorry." "Please check again." "My husband's very healthy!" "You'll need some sleeping pills." "Please, Doctor, check him again." "What for?" "He's dead." "Are you sure?" "I'm positive." "I'll give you a death certificate." "It can't be, Professor." "He's slept for over 3O hours now." "Maybe the dosage was wrong." "No way." "I checked everything thoroughly." "He took the right dosage." "I'm starting to worry." "Call a doctor and tell the truth." "Ivan, say something." "The frog..." "I burned the Bufo's leg." "What did he say?" "I didn't get it either." "Are you all right, Ivan?" "I was a priest..." "Spallanzani was a priest!" "...I set the frog on fire." "Ivan Canabrava, you are officially dead." "All right." "I'll call you back." "I told him you were busy." "Get out." "Only after you listen to me." "Ms." "Zilda, call security." "I have here conclusive evidence... of the Estruchos' scam:" "my own death certificate." "Very interesting." "But don't tell that to anyone." "It could hamper the investigation." "You really did a nice job." "It's people with your skill and cleverness Panamericana needs." "I'll recommend you for a promotion." "Thank you." "Now keep it quiet." "We can't alert the culprits." "They could have an accomplice inside." "Take a vacation." "You worked very hard this last weekend." "Thanks." "If you need anything, call me." "I want to read it when you're done." "Come here." "Has Ferreira already seen the file?" "Yeah." "Is he very pissed with me?" "Better see for yourself." "Guedes, you can't imagine what happened." "A guy named Agenor was arrested, a fugitive... and he confessed he killed a woman in a Mercedes... in a robbery in Jardim Botânico." "How about that?" "He's in another precinct, I've already ordered his transfer." "Was the confession spontaneous?" "Do you think I want to know that?" "I want this case solved." "Go pick that perp up." "He stole only that." "Dr. Delamare recognized his wife's cigarette case." "Agenor said that at first he only wanted to rape the victim." "Then he got nervous, she screamed, and he snuffed her." "You questioned him?" "Yeah." "Take a look at his rap sheet." "Let me see." "No rape counts." "Can I take this?" "Sure." "Want to go to the cell block?" "Okay." "We were on the beat." "A woman reported a robbery in progress." "Took us a while because our driver is an asshole, but the guy was there." "He saw me, threw away his gun and said he wanted to confess." "Did you give him a rough time?" "What?" "I'm against that." "We just put the guy in the back and he said he'd tell everything... no need to beat him up." "As soon as he got here, he spilled." "Why didn't he take her gold watch?" "Did she have a gold watch?" "That's the one." "The one they're fanning." "Why?" "is he the bigshot here?" "He's a jerkoff." "A total loser." "Agenor." "You'll be transferred to Leblon." "Transferred to Leblon?" "Why?" "Your crime was committed in our jurisdiction." "Can I make a phone call, Doc?" "Leave me near Mauá Square." "I've got a round to make." "What the fuck?" "Tell me everything again." "How did you shoot her?" "I was...." "Wait, wait." "Easy does it." "Take your time to think." "How was it?" "How do you shoot a person?" "You point the gun at them, boom." "You shoot." "Did you put the gun to her skin?" "No, no." "I don't remember." "I was nervous and she was screaming a lot." "What about the cigarette case?" "The cigarette case?" "I opened her bag and took it." "What about the watch?" "Watch?" "What watch?" "You drove around with her a lot and you didn't see her solid-gold watch?" "Very interesting." "Do you know why I wanted to talk about that here, in a bar?" "To give you a chance to tell the truth." "I'm being nice with you." "You're being very nice." "But you lie shamelessly to me." "You forced the police to arrest you in a fake robbery to a bakery... so you'd have a chance to confess this murder." "Listen to me: you're a no-good, piece-of-shit con man... and you were being waited hand and foot by the guys in the joint." "Look me in the eyes." "Agenor, you didn't kill that dame." ""Disheveled"?" "Her hair was combed, fool." "Combed." "And the killer opened her blouse, shot her point-blank and closed it." "Can you understand that?" "You're a lying son of a bitch!" "Want another beer?" "If I'd let them take your statement yesterday, you'd be already dead." "I'll deny everything, Doc." "You'll die anyway." "How did you get into this?" "A friend of mine from Jaguaré was looking for a smooth-talking guy... to confess the murder of a rich broad." "50 grand in advance, 50 more afterwards... and the promise I'd go to Bangu and they'd spring me from there." "Who paid you?" "The people from Jaguaré." "But a lawyer gave me the directions." "Here." "The cigarette case." "Don't forget it." "What was his name?" "i don't know." "Jorge." "Jorge what?" "I don't know." "But I have his phone number." "Come on, buzz off." "Go." "Find a place to hide outside Rio." "Go, man." "I see something." "This omelet needs salt." "Stay." "I'm seeing it." "I see a black man shooting you." "What Delamare looks like?" "Well, he's not black." "No." "He's white." "He has gray hair and a beard." "See if he wears a Rolex." "Delamare has an 11-thousand-dollar Rolex." "Delfina told me." "You can't see the Rolex." "That's why I don't believe in voodoo." "You talk about stars shifting and you can't see a Rolex?" "Seeing a black guy or a white guy is easy." "You guys study so much, and you can't even see a Rolex?" "Mr. Ivan." "It's always very displeasing to deliver these news... but that's how it is." "Your services are no longer required." "It can't be." "There must be some mistake." "Dr. Eugênio said he'd promote me!" "Management's orders." "They ordered me to tally your severance pay." "Please sign here." "Ivan, don't even try it." "Dr. Eugênio is mad at you." "If you try to get in, this guy's going to beat you to a pulp." "Ivan, if you do that, I'll lose my job too." "How could I not see it, Minolta?" "How could I not imagine that Dr. Eugênio was one of them?" "Why did I leave the death certificate with him?" "I can try and get another one." "Do you think you can?" "Of course I can." "I'll tell the doctor I lost the first one." "Meanwhile, go see Dr. Ceresso." "I'm sure he'll agree to help you." "Will you meet me there?" "I didn't give any certificates." "Of course you did." "I came here in person to get it." "You don't understand." "I told you, I didn't give you a death certificate." "Understand now?" "Liar!" "How much did they pay you?" "Get out now or I'll call the police!" "Go ahead, you quack!" "I've got witnesses!" "Dr." "Ceresso saw the certificate!" "Ms." "Dalva!" "Call the asylum!" "A lady's having a fit in here!" "Do you know where his grave is?" "Yes." "After I open his casket, you can call the janitors." "Tell them to call the press, the police." "Let's show everyone his empty casket." "What is this?" "What are you doing?" "How do you do?" "We're opening this grave." "Police!" "Shut up or I'll bash your head in with this shovel!" "Help!" "Graverobbers!" "Shut up!" "Is he dead?" "Let's go some place very far." "We'll stay there until we patch things up." "But what will I do in another place?" "You'll become a writer." "Hurry up before they arrive." "WE RAN AWAY TO BOCAINA RANGE." "I STAYED THERE FOR TEN YEARS." "Hello?" "Lawyers Associated." "Dr." "Jorge Alcântara's office?" "This is Dr. Jorge Delfim's office." "I'm sorry." "Wrong number." "May I speak to Dr. Delamare?" "Who wishes to speak?" "Dr." "Jorge Delfim." "0ne moment, please." "Speak, Delfim." "The man ran away." "Sorry, I have a very bad cold." "i know, the Secretary called me." "We should have foreseen that." "Our police force isn't worth shit." "What shall we do now?" "It'll be hell if that guy talks." "Well, besides that Agenor guy on the loose... there's also that writer, Gustavo Flávio." "He made a statement accusing you of having killed Mrs. Delfina." "He also mentioned some scams at Panamericana." "He won't talk to anyone." "Don't worry about that." "Okay." "See you later." "I'd like to speak to the person in charge of Mrs. Delfina's case." "You don't take anything seriously." "You didn't listen to me." "He'll come here to kill you, Gustavo." "Delamare will come to kill you." "You're in danger." "You should get a gun." "I don't want to buy a gun." "You're not going anywhere!" "You'll stay right here!" "Listen, Delamare hinted that he'd kill Gustavo Flávio!" "They're in danger." "Guedes...." "You close your eyes to everything because of the Secretary!" "My eyes are not closed, dammit." "You don't have any evidence!" "You stay here!" "Guedes." "Wait, Osmar!" "I'm in a meeting, can't you see?" "A woman wants to see you." "I'm not seeing anyone!" "Sorry." "Can we speak calmly?" "Those guys set us up!" "They hired Agenor to take the blame!" "Did you allow Agenor to escape?" "He didn't kill her!" "Did you?" "!" "I get it." "You want to ruin me." "Is that it?" "Put this through your head:" "Delamare'll do something crazy!" "He's probably after Gustavo now!" "You are off this case!" "You can't be serious." "Delamare's going to kill him!" "You are off this case!" "Kilometer 17." "I'll wait for you at the gate." "Go on foot to be inconspicuous." "I need to talk to him." "Tell him it's important." "I told him." "He can't talk to you." "Osmar, can I borrow your car?" "Guedes, it 's hell in here today." "Are you Mr. Guedes?" "I told you, he can't talk." "Aren't you investigating Mrs. Delamare's death?" "Yes." "We'll talk later." "The keys." "I know who killed her." "Listen, how do I get to Bocaina Range?" "The frogs disappeared." "That's a bad sign." "The worst thing in the world is to know that someone wants to kill you." "You can do two things." "Either you run from Delamare for the rest of your life... or you kill him." "You can't be serious." "I couldn't kill anyone." "It's the first bungalow on the left." "The door's always open." "He's not there now." "Went out for a walk." "Did you bring the silencer?" "Go back to Rio." "I want to take care of this by myself." "Are you sure?" "Of course I am!" "Go back." "Yes, sir." "I told you the place was nice." "What would you like to drink?" "Champagne, vodka, a Scotch?" "A soft drink." "Shit, shit, shit!" "Damn!" "Sure you don't want to go to town?" "No." "I want to take a bath." "I'll be back in an hour." "Have you ever witnessed a dogfight?" "Whenever I go to England, I go see one of these fights." "They're the best in the world." "The English know how it's done." "They've got class." "They've got tradition." "When the pitbull terrier's still a puppy... it's taught to crave only flesh and blood from other dogs as food." "And after a while, if you offer it anything else... it'll refuse, because it'll eat only flesh and blood from other dog." "See how much blood?" "If you want to kill me, do it already!" "What makes you think I want to kill you?" "I want to see your blood flowing." "Did you know that the human body has only 1.3 gallons of blood?" "And you've already lost a lot." "But don't worry, I won't let you die." "First, I'll cut your balls off, and then your dick!" "And I'll throw it all away!" "I hope that doesn't hinder your creativity." "No." "Not that." "I love to do that at my farm..." "Not that." "...but it'll be more fun with you!" "Too bad that when the pain's too strong, you don't feel it." "Here, take your balls!" "Swallow them!" "Swallow!" "And now, Don Juan...." "I wonder if I'll ever get a hard-on again." "The doctor assured me that your only problem will be sterility." "Your sexual drive won't be affected." "Like that?" "Okay." "We men can't give the world anything but a hard-on." "I don't even have that anymore." "Enough bullshit." "You're annoying me." "Excuse me." "Minolta, I'd like to be alone with him, please." "She'll find out." "Find out what?" "A crime never exists isolated... in a pure state." "There are always... other actions orbiting around it." "Criminal omissions... a constellation of..." "felonies and filth." "Evil is contagious." "You're very poetic today." "That'll help in my recovery." "I know it was you." "What?" "You killed Delfina." "Any writer would love to have you as a character." "Remember Mrs. Bernarda, an old lady walking her dog?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "She's in the hospital, but the doctors say she'll be fine." "She'll testify against you." "You're nuts." "All this time trying to play victim... trying to confuse me, trying to incriminate Delamare." "You make things up." "No wonder you're a writer." "This story isn't over." "I was suspended because of you, but I'll return to the force... and I'll prove that you're a murderer." "Do you remember your book "Trápola"?" "That woman kills herself with a shot through the heart." "With a .22 caliber handgun." "You said it was instant death." "She didn't suffer." "Her blood didn't even make a mess." "Do you think it's really like that?" "That was a novel." "In real life, it can't be that different." "Delfina, that was a novel." "I don't know whether it's painful or not." "Maybe it is!" "At least it's a quick way to die." "Let's change the subject." "She told me, apparently calm, that she had leukemia." "We argued for hours." "i wanted to run, and at one point i even wished I'd die... to escape the mental torture she inflicted me." "I love you." "i understood that killing her would be a gesture of love on my part... of generosity." "That's the truth." "Don't look at me like that." "I can't bring her back so she'll die of cancer." "If you wish, I'll go right now tell Guedes and turn myself in." "Life, to me, isn't worth anything anymore."