"The Cold War in Latin America was a hot and bloody conflict, of International Marxism." "It was presented as a struggle between absolute good and evil," "In which the only possibility was to eliminate all opponents." "This logic revealed Its darkest side with the so-called Operation Condor, a multinational of terror which brought together the Intelligence services of the Armed Forces of six South American countries, on the initiative of Chile." "The production of much cheaper and more accessible chemical and biological weapons was in the south like the nuclear arms race in the northern hemisphere." "The death throes of the Operation Condor, which by definition was a mistery, continued beyond the fall of the Berlin Wall, in 1989, when incipient democracies had already taken root in Latin America." "The investigation into the attack on the lsraelí Embassy has as yet produced no results." "President Carlos Menem said this morning" "Certain information is being studied and we hope it will help us discover the culprits, from within, for this act which was organized from abroad, because... they had some sort of logistical support." "The inability of Argentine justice to find the murderers who blew up the lsraelí Embassy, was the worst sign we could give... the terrorists threatening the country." "That was a report by our special envoy, Alicia." "Rodrigo!" "Rodrigo, he´s escaped!" " What d´you mean he´s escaped!" " The bastard´s got away!" "We have to catch him, Robaina!" "Otherwise, we´re fucked!" "Don´t worry. lt´s already down in the daily records book." "Besides, a doctor came to see him... to see if he was crazy." "No, no, no..." "I don´t know how to back down now, sir..." "You´re putting me in a very tough spot, sir..." "Ring me when you´ve decided to withdraw the accusation." "What´s up with the superintendent?" "I talked to him half an hour ago." "The superintendent has all the information... I know he has, I gave it to him myself." "They want to kill me." "Do you understand?" "I understand perfectly." "I need protection right now!" "All I can say is that the superintendent knows all about it." "Don´t go!" "I need to speak to the Chilean Embassy again." "I need someone to come and collect me." "Just one call..." "Let me see what I can do." "Señor... this is Tomás Rodrigo speaking." "I just called from Uruguay." "I was told to call back in thirty minutes." "OK. indicate location." "I repeat, indicate location." "No, sir." "As soon as I know anything..." "Ramón Robaina, confirm location." "I repeat, Ramón Robaina, confirm location." "Come on, get in." "Get in the fucking car!" "Wait a second!" "No, sir, no." "Very good..." " You´re mad, asshole!" " They´ve found him." "Where is he?" "Ten minutes from here, at a police station in Canelones." " Stop the car!" " You what?" "Stop the car, bastard!" "What for?" "I have to call Chile..." "To Chile?" "we just lost a guy and you want to call Chile." "Ramón Robaina, confirm location." "KlLLTHEM ALL" " Hello, Rosa" " Good morning." " How was your weekend?" " Lovely." "My grandchildren came to visit." "I´m aching in every bone." " Has the judge arrived?" " No, he called a while ago." "We received an anonymous call... saying that a Chilean citizen had shown up at the police station in Shangrilá and had asked for protection." "I informed the judge and he asked me to tell you about it, and he said he´ll be here at any minute." "Let´s call the police station and see what they say..." " Shall I put the call through?" " See what they say first." "Oh, yes, your mother called." "Yes, I forgot to phone her." "I´ll ring her now." "Hello, Mum." "How are you?" "Fine?" "What happened to him?" ""Commander-In-Chief of the Chilean army on holiday in Punta del Este"" "Don´t worry." "He´ll be all right on saturday, you´ll see." " Hang on a sec, Mum..." " Yes, what is it?" "They withdrew the accusation?" "Ok, Rosa, thanks." "Wait!" "Give me the number and contact the Chilean Embassy." "Yes... yes." "Please find out if they have any information." "Thanks, Rosa." "Yes, Mum..." "No, It´s impossible." "I can´t go today, but don´t worry, Dad will be fine on saturday." "Ok?" "See you at the weekend." "Bye!" "No, It´s impossible to read." "Anyway, I´ll need a photocopy, please..." "Go ahead, Constable." "Thank you." "is there any other information you can give me?" "The man was ver y nervous... I heard him say he had been held at the house with the cypress fence, on La Laguna street." "Besides, a doctor visited him and said he wasn ´t insane" "They´ve all gone." "Are you from around here?" " Yes, I´m looking for my dog." " What happened to your dog?" "I can´t find him..." " His name´s "Azabache" - ls he black?" "Have you seen him?" "No, but If I do, I promise I´ll bring him back." " Does he bite?" " No." " What´s your name?" " Andrés." "Andrés... who´s gone?" " l don´t know." "Some men who were here." "Bye, I have to go." "Bye, Andrés." "They called from the police station that day." "Sorry, when´s the appointment with the doctor?" "It´s with Dr Guadalupe, at 4pm on tuesday 28th." "Do you happen to have a pen?" "Thanks." " Your surname?" " Ayala." "Who saw him?" "Dr Merino was on duty then." "Could I speak to him for a couple of minutes, please?" " Excuse me, there´s nothing before that?" "Sorry, I just checked." "Imposible." "Too many people is waiting." "Can I help you?" "Yes, please ask him to contact me." " Of course." " Thank you." "Bye." "Come on, clear the table." "You´re going to love this." "You told me you´d done all your homework, Nico." "You can finish it later." "I love it when you´re not on duty." " Just because I cook..." " Just because of that..." "Oh, you know what?" "I won´t be able to go to your dad´s." "Oh, no..." "I don´t like going by myself." "You´re not going by yourself." "Grandad´s picking me up from school." "Really?" "I even have a present for him." " Until tomorrow." " See you tomorrow." "Bye." "This is for you, from a judge´s secretary." "She asked who answered the call... from the police station the other day, and she wants you to contact her." " Ok, thanks." " Bye." "Can I give you a lift to the crossroads, Anita?" "We can put the bike on the car." "Ver y kind of you, thanks, but it´s such a lovely night..." "Yes, it´s perfect." " Take care, Anita." " Bye." "You´re a lousy patient." "Have you done your exercises?" "You´re not really much good, are you?" "Any other doctor would´ve given me sleeping pills." "But this doctor loves you." "Come on, lie back." " Breathe deeply, come on." " Don´t tickle me." " l´m not tickling you." "Deeply!" " Don´t tickle me!" " l´m not tickling you." " Don´t tickle me!" " l´m not tickling you." " Don´t tickle me!" "ok?" " Good morning, Rosa." " Good morning." " How are you?" " Very well, thanks." " ls everything ok?" " Yes, fine." "is that Ms. Gudari?" "Who´s that?" "The gentleman is a Chilean journalist who lives in Buenos Aires and he wants to talk to you." " What does he want?" "Says he has a lot of information to give you." "Did you hear anything from the Chilean Embassy?" "Yes, but nobody knows a thing, and there´s nothing on the records." "Call them again and put them through to me." "Show him in." "Please go through, sir." "Thank you." "The man who filed the accusation is Eugenio Berríos." "Berríos is a chemist who made sarin gas for Pinochet." "Let´s say he was his most trusted scientist." "He convinced him he could gas Buenos Aires... with chemical weapons." "Look..." " You´re a journalist?" " Yes, a photographer and journalist." "I work for Spanish televisión." "And I´m connected with human rights organizations and some of their causes." "is there anything about this case I ought to know?" "Look, I´ve spent almost" "Berríos´ possible involvement in Frei Montalva´s death." "I have a lot of information about it, but well..." "It´s not easy to prove." "And what do you need from me?" "I´m sorry, but in fact I´ve come to offer you my help." "I am convinced that the Uruguayan army knows Eugenio Berríos whereabouts." "Berríos Eugenio, aged 51, wanted by courts in Chile, United States and Spain." "He belonged to Pinochet´s National Intelligence Unit." "He was in charge of the "Andrea Project", which aimed to develop sarin gas to eliminate opponents." "Sarin gas was developed by the Germans during Worid War 2." "It is an untraceable chemical weapon and it´s lethal." "This project has been responsible for more than ten victims in Chile." " Mummy..." " Nico, what are you doing up?" " What are you watching?" " l´m working." " And Dad?" " Dad´s on duty." "Can I sleep with you?" "You´re not going to tell Dad, are you?" "Alright." "Come on." "But why won´t you tell me?" "There are certain things that aren´t very nice, darling." "Do you remember when we saw that accident last year?" "Yes." "And you insisted on seeing what was going on?" "I threw up..." "And then you had nightmares, remember?" "Well, now, Mum is watching a video for work, and it has some horrible pictures she doesn´t like either..." "The effects of mortal, invisible sarin gas... inevitably invite us to reconsider the deaths... of a series of opponents to the military regime, who died in still inexplicable circumstances." "This leads us to take another look at our new democracies." "We´ve been hit, Grandpa..." "You´ve become a martyr." " Happy birthday, Dad." " Thanks." "How are you?" " Fine." " l was expecting you earlier." " How´s Nico behaving?" " Fine..." "He´s restless, just like you." " And your husband?" " At the hospital." "Why?" "Did he have an accident?" "Oh, of course!" "He couldn´t fix..." "what do you call it... shift?" "Yes, it was impossible for him to come." "He spoke to everyone at the hospital, but no word of the shift." "It´s true he couldn´t come." "Do you know something?" "Next time the whole family is all together will be at a funeral." "Dad..." " Hello, Iván." " Hello..." " Did you wish Dad happy birthday?" " Just now." "If we don´t see each other at times like this, we never see each other." " Your father´s not well." " He looks tired." "It´s his heart." "The doctors told him to rest." "Go and talk to him." "Maybe he´ll listen to you." "If this country is ever saved," "It´ll be thanks to what we did in those years." "Well, to our dear Nicolas, who really deserves this tribute:" "you know how much we love you." "Many happy returns of the day." "Julia, Julia, a birthday greeting for Dad, come on." "Lots of love, Dad..." "Silence, please... silence, thank you very much." "I´d like you to share with us this very special day, because I´d like to propose a toast to my father." "I want to share it with you all, because I know all the affection and loyalty you feel for him." "Today we´re celebrating the 75th birthday of someone who, apart from having given us everything in life, taught us that family honor and loyalty to one´s nation are permanent values." "So, I would like you to raise your glasses to him:" " Mum, family, friends, cheers!" " Cheers!" "To our General!" "General, Ramón Robaina would like to see you." " Robaina!" " Happy birthday, General!" "Very kind of you..." "No, you shouldn´t have bothered," " There was no need..." " lt´s nothing fancy." "Come on, let´s go into the office so we can talk in peace." " So, how are you spending the day?" " Fine, as usual." " But what the hell is this?" " Move it around..." " No, no, really?" " l hope you like it..." "Here it comes..." " What do you think?" " Great!" " You smuggled it in!" " One has certain resources..." "Grandpa, Grandma says you should hurry up." "There are some people who want to say goodbye." "How are things, Nico?" "Tell Grandma I´ll be right there." " Bye." " Bye." "I would never have thought of it." "Dad?" "Dad, are you alright?" "Of course, yes..." "I´m fine." "Can I get you anything?" "No, no... I´m fine, Julia." "I need to ask you a question." "Do you know who Eugenio Berríos is?" "Why that question?" "It´s to do with a case." "I have information he may be in Uruguay." "I wonder why you won´t answer..." "Leave me alone!" "As usual, always getting into trouble." "And what would the trouble be now?" "The same as ever." "But of course, Daddy won´t be there to save you now." "What are you saying?" "That I owe you something?" "You should know." "Do you still think I need to thank you?" "Well..." "I´ll say it again." "Thanks, Dad." "For stopping them when they were torturing me, and thank you for separating me from Alejandro." "Good God!" "That subversive could´ve been the father of my grandson!" "That´s it." "Done." "You promised me a warrant, madam." "Otherwise I´ll be the one who´s going to prison." "You´ll have to help me." " Hello." " Hello." "It was that very night." "He was left to bleed to death out in the street." "And all for a fucking radio..." "Excuse me..." "Pedro, are you busy?" "I need a huge favor... I have a dead body in the car trunk... the body of a dog." "Yes, in the car." "Could we set up an autopsy?" "with that friend of yours." "Don´t ask me now, Pedro, I have to do it this way." "Yes." "No, not at all." "I can drop it off now before picking Nico up from school." "is that Ok?" "Thanks, love." "Hi, Nico." "Everything´s all right?" "Did you work a lot today?" "Hello, how are you?" "Let me introduce you our most trusted man here at university." " Rodolfo, pleased to meet you." " Hello, pleased to meet you too." "Thank you for agreeing to such a peculiar request..." "Well, the requests I receive are usually like this, peculiar." "And this one is especially peculiar." "Come this way, please." "The animal died about ten days ago, but the cause is not clear." "There´s no mucosal bleeding, no muscle tears," " no apparent capillary collapse..." " So?" "I am certain it was poisoned." "The problem is I can' t figure out... what chemical caused its death." "There are no traces." "You could´ve let me know you were coming." "I wasn´t able to, Captain." "I have an important meeting so, I don´t have much time." "What are you up to?" "Preparing your next invasión?" "What do you need?" "I have to ask you a question, but it´s confidential." "Please leave us, Lieutenant." "Well, ask whatever you like." "I´m all ears." " l am handling a case..." " Berríos..." "Dad knows you suspect that the Uruguayan army protected Berríos." "I am an Army Captain." "I can´t give you Intelligence information... anything concerning national security is classified." "Julia..." "I can´t help you, understand?" "You keep quiet, like the General." "Dad needs to be left alone." "You know he´s sick." "I don´t know... start legal proceedings, do whatever you want." "I can´t help you." "And they´ll want to know who such an illustrious visitor was." "Tell them your sister came to visit... that I was nearby and dropped in to give you a kiss." "You can classify the kiss if you want to." "I know you´re not going to listen to a brother who loves you, but..." "let this drop." " Hello, Rosa." " Hello, Julia." "The Judge is in your office." "Julia." "Hello." "I was waiting for you." "What´s the problem?" "I need to know your news." "The case of the Chilean is more complex than it seemed." "Yes, I think the accusation they deleted was the Berríos one." "He was the chemist developing sarin gas for Pinochet." "And what do they say at the embassy?" "It seems they got a call from Berríos requesting protection, but it´s not official, there are no records." "But the accusation was withdrawn from the police station." "Yes, and the doctor they called to check his state of health... was decapitated in the middle of the street." "And you think that that death is connected with this case?" "It´s no coincidence that ink was spilt over the records book at the police station." "Obviously someone is tr ying to conceal information." "Alfredo, for someone like Berríos to be in Montevideo" "There has to be intelligence personnel involved." "I think we should start a more formal investigation." "But Julia, all you´re going on so far is hearsay." "So?" "You trusted me more when I was a student of yours." "No, no, It´s not a question of trust." "What then?" "Look, Julia, you know I really value your commitment, but in this case, we have to be perfectly clear." "I mean, we have to base ourselves on accurate information and, above all, we have to stay calm." "Excuse me, would you mind lighting up in your office?" "I´m trying to quit." "I want to be posted on all your steps in this case." "Alright..." "I have to travel to Buenos Aires," "There´s a Chilean journalist who is helping me, and I'm going to need your authorization." "Julia, if premonitions are all you´re working on I can´t authorize anything." "When Santa Cruz finds out I went, he´ll want to kill me." "Hope Jimenez found the photos he told me about." "Tonight you have to sleep." "Tomorrow´s another day." "And what´s that Jiménez guy like?" "I´m sure he´ll give me good information." " That Jiménez is intriguing." "What´s he like?" "Are you being serious?" " Yeah." "Do you really want me to describe him to you?" "Yeah." "The one I´m going to see is Alejandro..." "Can´t l talk about this without you getting worked up?" "Of course you can." "Look at your attitude." "What´s the matter with my attitude?" "Do I have to question it?" "Question it, Pedro?" "That´s just what I´m doing." "I feel I can do what I didn´t have the courage to do twenty years ago." "Maybe I will have to confront my father, understand?" "And I feel I want to see Alejandro." "Just that." "Do you know how I feel?" "This thing has been in the air for years." "And you know what?" " We have an 8 year old son." " What´s that got to do with it?" "What do you mean, what´s that got to do with it?" "The one who´s having nightmares is me." "I have to give closure to this." "We have to give closure to this." "Listen to what Berríos said:" ""The best way to get rid of an undesirable... is with a drop of staphylococcus aurous"" "The bacterium that often infects hospital operating theatres." "You can keep that, I prepared it for you." "It´s not going to be easy to get to the truth." "But your country´s a democracy now, isn´t it?" "Just like yours." "Berríos was taken out of Chile, he was brought here to Buenos Aires, and now he´s under protection in Uruguay." "What do you think?" "Something´s wrong with our democracies, don´t you think?" "Hey, what I promised you...!" "María Morris." "I hope you can read some of it before you interview her tomorrow." "Apart from helping Berríos at the lab, she was the lover of the guy who planted the bomb, in Orlando Letelier´s car in Washington." "People say she´s mad." "She´s locked herself up in her house in Santiago." "She´s always refused to speak to me, why it´s so important that she´s agreed to see you." "Why are you doing all this, Jiménez?" "Hang on..." "That´s her sister." "She´s your age" "She was detained in ´78 and so far, she´s still missing" "Of course, if you are expecting me to say something along the lines of:" "I´m only doing all this to make peace with my past, forget it." "My claim concerns the present." "That´s why I´m in all this shit." "What do you know about this person?" "That his name´s Ramón Robaina and he´s close to your family." "A direct collaborator with my father." "General Gudari." "The lawyer´s out." "Rosa, give me Julia´s diary, please." " Hello?" " Pedro, how are you?" " Hi, Julia." " You sound really sleepy." " Yes, last night´s duty was tough." " ls Nico asleep?" "Yep, in his bed..." "So, how´s it all going?" "Fine, I´m more and more convinced that I want to go on." "Hey!" "You´ve fallen asleep!" " No, I´m right here" " Good night, love." "Alejandro?" "It´sJulia." " Your place is still lovely. -lsn´t it?" "We should´ve had dinner here." "A single man´s house." "Yes, single, and very proud to say so." "But you know the door´s always open for you." "I needed to see you." "I feel I´m doing this for me, for you and for others." "You´re searching for the truth." "The truth is always for the best." "It hurts but it heals." "Alejandro..." "Call me a cab." "Are you sure?" "Hello, Jorge?" "Can you send me a cab, please?" "Thanks." "It´s on its way." "What shocks me most is the news about lván..." " You always used to defend him." " Yes." "You can´t imagine how proud the General is." "You´ve been calling the General all evening, rather than Dad." "He still boasts about having got you out of the way." "That´s all in the past... gone." "What matters is what you are doing." "You´re doing the best thing you can." "Your car, Madam." " Bye." " Bye." " Ms. Gudari?" " Yes?" "I´m Mr Reyes, from the Ministry of internal Affairs." "How can I help you?" "Dr Santa Cruz contacted us at the ministry." "Well, you could have spared yourself the trip." "Ms. Morris has been declared insane." "I´ll talk to her anyway." "Our democracy is frail and uncertain," "We do our best, but..." "there are problems, complex... unmanageable ones... that put the stability of the state at risk." "It is precisely for the stability of the state that... these facts need to be clarified, don´t you agree?" "You´re in touch with Jiménez, the journalist." "Jiménez is well informed." "However, it seems he´s not aware that... democracy is being restored in this country." "As I was saying... what this woman has to say won´t be of any use to you;" "she´s completely out of her mind." "That is for me to judge." "Shall I wait for you?" "No. I appreciate your concern but I´d rather do this by myself." "Well, in any case, if you discover anything... please contact us." "We are willing to help you in whichever way we can." "Right, we´ll be in touch." " Who is it?" " Julia Gudari." " Can I offer you something to drink?" " A glass of water, please." "Take a seat." "Oh, no, not there... here... I never drink water from the tap, wouldn´t dream of it." "Thank you." "Have you brought any money?" "I don´t give interviews for free." "Well, as I told you over the phone, I am here on behalf of the Uruguayan law courts." "Yes, yes, I know, you want to talk about Berríos." "Everybody keeps asking me about Berríos." "Are you a writer?" "Yes. I guess they´ve told you I´m mentally disabled." "I had been warned." "Of course, how very convenient for them to say that now." "They never used to say that when they came asking for favors... or attended my literary gatherings." "Did you use to meet here, in this room?" "Yes, but we couldn ´t hear anything." "The problem was we didn´t want the children to realize." " Was this a place of torture?" " That too." "My husband didn´t like me going downstairs, but I paid no attention." "Berríos couldn´t have cared less." "Berríos didn´t give a damn about anything." "You see, he had some dogs, fierce things..." "He would give them some substance, something to make them..." "even fiercer." "He was the only one who could come into... the kennel." "The dogs would calm down with him and lick his hands, and wag their tails." "I don´t know... how those extremists lasted so long..." "Were they brought here for experiments?" "Berríos cultured... staphylococcus aurous to give to those people." "Then he threw them to the dogs." "Sometimes, they were still alive... that made the dogs even crazier." "Then there were the beatings..." "My husband used to say that Berríos´ dogs shat communists." "That was a lie, a joke." "You don´t work for a communist newspaper, do you?" "I don´t trust those communist traitors to the nation." "They´ve always twisted everything I said." "No, I´m not a journalist." "My husband worked for the ClA, and for the Chilean secret police, just like Berríos." "That´s why they earned so much." "They were paid from both sides..." "Not me, I worked for the cause... and for some tips too." "And what happened with the gas?" "With the sarin gas?" "They used to take it away in tanks at any time, in army trucks." "We were at war with the Marxists." "Then we almost went to war with the Argentines." "They would have regretted it." "Was the laboratory dismantled?" "Yes, Berríos had to kill the dogs himself." "And that´s how it all ended." "Communists won now.." "they control us... through their computers." " How much money did you bring?" " María, I´m not a journalist." "I used to charge up to US$ 1,000 for an interview." "I´ve been on TV." "Do you think I´m mentally disabled?" "There is absolutely no chance... of you seeing... or even beginning to imagine... the things I´ve seen." "You all make me sick..." " Does it have to have a pedigree?" " No." "Here I have two stray ones." "Look how cute they are." " l´ll take both." " Great." "I´ll call him "Azabache"." "Do you think I should give him a different name?" "Maybe." "Andrés, I am conducting an investigation." "I work at a Law Court." "Do you know what that is?" " Something like..." " Like you get to chase the bad guys?" "is this the man who used to feed your dog?" "No." "He´s the one." "He´s the one who used to bring him bones." "Thanks for coming." "Look, I´ve come but I´m not saying anything." "I could charge you with obstruction of justice." "You will have to trust me, you have no other choice." "is this who picked Berríos up from the police station?" "Yes." "What else do you know about him?" "He´s from the army." "Anything else?" "I don´t know anything." "Agent, I will have to summon you as a witness." "Like hell!" "I won´t talk about this to anybody." "Do you think I´m stupid?" "D´you want them to kill me like the doctor who assisted the Chilean?" "It is imperative that you talk." "Do you think I don´t know you´re on your own in this?" "Here, Iván, eat this." "She´s your daughter and my sister." "Why don´t you let me give it to her?" "No, she won´t understand." "I can talk to her." "No, besides this is not a family matter." "It doesn´t depend on me." "There´s no time, see?" " At least let me try." " No, no." "Pass it on to Santa Cruz, we have no choice." "Yes." "Listen Julia, you knew I wanted to know... everything concerning this matter, didn´t you?" "You never said a word about your trips, for instance." "I hope that what I´m giving you will make things easier for you." "We´ve found the missing link, the last piece..." "The chemist is in Italy." "Don´t you see?" "The kidnapping makes no sense!" "What a bummer, eh?" "Yeah, I´m amazed." "Unbelievable, isn´t it?" "Yeah, unbelievable." "A terrible photomontage!" "The letter´s a load of invented crap." "Julia, it´s just perfect for us that Berríos has left." "It´s a story which has aroused too many suspicions." "Suspicions?" "How can a scientist of Pinochet´s be here in our country, protected by our army, in a democratic regime, and not arouse suspición?" "Do you have any evidence that Berríos... committed any crime in Uruguay?" "Look, I´m convinced I have to pursue this." "These documents are fake and you know it." "Anyway, this will be discussed tomorrow in Parliament." "Nico!" " Hello, Nico´s already left" " What do you mean "he´s left"?" "A friend of his grandad´s collected him... he said you wouldn´t be coming." "is there a problem?" "No, no problem!" "You´ve just let him go with a stranger." "But Nico knew him!" "Let me help you!" "Pedro, pick it up, for God´s sake!" "Nico, who fetched you from school?" " Robaina." "He brought me the plane." " How did you get in the house?" " He had a key." " What do you mean "he had a key"?" " You´re hurting me." "You can´t walk away with a stranger!" " He wasn´t a stranger!" " You can´t just go with anybody..." " Nico´s not the problem." " l know he´s not the problem!" "It´s Ramón Robaina." "Yes, I told you over the phone I´ve just had the confirmation." " l´m calling your father right away." " No, Pedro, don´t... I want that son of a bitch´s phone number!" "Leave this to me, I´m handling it." " He´s my son, too" " Pedro, just let me handle this." "What are you doing here?" "What am I doing here?" "Nico was kidnapped from school today." " What?" " That´s what I´m asking you, Iván." "Did Dad send him to scare me?" "He´s capable of endangering his own grandson´s life, isn´t he?" "How can you think that?" "Look, Iván, I´m going to summon Robaina to testify." "Do you realize you lot can´t control this anymore?" "Dad is not well." "You can´t upset him with your arrogance." "I´m telling you he´s not well." "He went for a check-up they kept him in for observation." "I´ll ask you, then." "What´s your part in all this?" " What´s wrong with you, kid?" " What´s wrong with me?" "Robaina was responsible for Berríos´ custody. I have witnesses." "You have nothing." "Nobody´s going to talk." "You don´t know what you´re dealing with." "Look, Iván, don´t waste your valuable time because... you know I´m not going to stop." "I´m going to request the prosecution of Ramón Robaina." "Dad..." "Dad?" "Have you ever thought what would have happened if your armies had had Berríos chemical weapons?" "You would be an accomplice to those murders." "Bloody stupid girl..." "We fought to save the country from the filth of subversión..." "And that was your pretext for wanting to kill them all?" "No, it was a war to save the homeland... the homeland..." "Julia..." "Julia, your strength alone is not enough." "You need power... power..." ""Confirmed:" "Berríos is in Italy... handwriting investigations confirm authenticity of letters."" "I´ll be with you in a minute... lf there are any phone calls, I´ll be in here." " How are you?" " Fine." "Did you expect this?" "The truth is it didn´t surprise me at all." "We´ll have to carry on..." "As long as the faces don´t change, I reckon... we have to keep on collecting material, and wait... and wait in silence." "Sooner or later the truth will surface of its own accord." "Santa Cruz wants to see you." "Alejandro Márquez called." "He said he´ll be in Montevideo for the rest of the week." "This is his hotel phone number." "Julia, I want to know what you´re up to I´m preparing the document to summon Ramón Robaina, I was going to ask you to sign it." "Hang on, Julia, hang on." "The case is closed." "Parliament has confirmed the evidence that Berríos is in Italy." "There are no grounds for a lawsuit." "The President has just told the press that this is Chile´s problem." "But I have evidence to prove the complicity of the Uruguayan Army." "No, she´s in a meeting." "Yes." "No, I don´t think she´ll be able to." "Sir, this is most awkward." "Let´s see if you understand:" "it´s over." "The Berríos case is closed." "You´ve sold out... you son of a bitch!" "I won´t allow you to speak to me like that." "You work here but I´m the one who makes the rules." "Yes, what is it?" "It´s for Julia." "It´s for you..." "What´s the matter, Rosa?" " Julia, it´s Alejandro Márquez." " Tell him I´ll call him right back." "Take his number and tell to wait by the phone." "Do you think I´m stupid?" "What were you saying about not allowing me?" "I won´t allow you to speak to me like that." "I´m the one who lays down the law here." " You know this is wrong." " Wrong?" "What are you talking about?" "That´s the point." "You´ve taken this personally." "In this job you need to go beyond good and evil." "Ok, don´t worr y. I won´t ever speak to you like that again, or get lost between good and evil, because I´m out of here." "And do you know why?" "Because you´re a real son of a bitch who´s sold out." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, amen." "Rest in peace." "Yes, he was a very good General... I would have liked to talk to Alejandro." "He´s very fond of you." "Sooner or later we´ll have to decide what each of us wants to keep." "It´s all yours, Iván." "It´s your world, not mine." "TWO YEARS LATER" "Chilean chemist Eugenio Berríos was found dead this morning requested that the case be reopened... and unofficial reports speak of a possible conspiracy... between the Uruguayan and Chilean armies."