"To the left." "Mind yourself." "We found him in a maintenance pit." "I warn you, it's not a pretty sight." "Captain Chatelet." "Thank you." "Hi, Dimoun." "You OK?" "Not really." "Never seen anything like it." " What have we got?" " Nothing, yet." "No papillary marks, no fibres or fragments." "We'll try other techniques." " Want to see the body?" " What do you think?" "HOSPITAL PIERRE JANET" "RESTRICTED AREA AUTHORISED STAFF ONLY" "Hello?" "OK, I'm on my way." " Dr Freire?" " Yes, it's me." " Where is he?" " In the car." "We found him in a signal box, covered in blood." " Is he injured?" " No." "He can't remember anything." " Any ID documents?" " Nothing." "Good evening." "You can leave us." " Do you need an escort?" " No." "We'll send the report in the morning." "Fine." "Good evening." "I'm Dr Mathias Freire." "Are you going to look after me?" "Of course." "You have to look after me." "Come with me." "You'll be fine." "Is this your home?" "Yes." "THE PASSENGER" "He's been marinating in his own juice for about ten hours." "The fog's hindering a more detailed assessment." "Any signs of fatal injuries?" "No." "He could have been suffocated by the bull's head, or strangled, or poisoned." "It could even be an overdose, he's riddled with holes." "A 20-year-old junkie, an outsider..." "Hi." "Good evening, Le Coz!" "Impressive, isn't it?" "Just when we thought we've seen it all." "I'm off, then." " My warrant?" " You'll have it tomorrow." " You OK, Dimoun?" " And you?" "We found nothing." "No clothes, no ID papers." "I'm waiting for the security videos." "We need to find witnesses and to start investigating." "Check the nearby warehouses." " Lots of tramps sleep there." " OK." "Our priority is to identify the victim." "Excuse me." "Excuse me!" "Something else happened tonight." " Where?" " Near the signal boxes." "Your colleagues picked up an amnesiac guy." "They took him to the mental hospital." "You don't remember anything?" "Where did the blood come from?" "Do you remember your name?" "Where you're from?" "Here." "Take this." "It will help you sleep." "Yes?" "A nurse will take you to your room." "Don't worry, everything will be all right." "I'll see you later." "Dr Freire!" "I couldn't stop her, she didn't listen to me." "Who?" "A policewoman wanted to see the amnesiac." "What is this?" "Hello." "Hi." "What is it?" "A snare." "Do you hunt?" "I don't know." "Are you a spychiatrist?" "Yes." "I signed you in, last night." " Don't you remember?" " No." "Are you OK?" "Did you sleep well?" "Not too bad." "I always have the same dream." "What dream?" "I'm walking... along a white wall." "What does it mean?" "It could mean several things." "What happened at the station, yesterday?" "Why did you have a pipe wrench?" "Covered in blood." "Where did it come from?" "The bull..." "It's the bull." " What "bull"?" "What can you see?" " Take him back!" "What right do you have to interrogate this man?" "Captain Chatelet." "We found a body with a bull's head stuck to it." "Less than 100m from the signal box." "Is he a suspect?" "I'd like to take a statement." "He is amnesiac." "It could be linked to the murder." "It could be a psychological trauma, having seen or committed a crime." "We have to search his memory before you accuse him." "I'm going to try hypnosis." "Will it bring back his memory?" "It's not certain, but part of it could come back." " You'll tell me straight away." " I don't like your tone." "Petanque players hiding behind trees." "That's Toto." "He gets the jack and his partners mixed up." "And the guy with a briefcase?" "Michel." "He thinks he's the hospital's director." "No offence, but I'd rather search his memory myself." "Out of the question, and you know full well that he'll stay here for as long a I say so." "We also found a pipe wrench covered in blood, next to him." "Blood group A plus, like the victim's." "So?" "It's the blood group of millions of people." "And nothing proves it was the victim's." "Let me question him my way." "I promise I'll give you a full report." "I'll leave two men here, to keep an eye on him." " I hope they'll be discreet." " It's what they do best." "I'll expect to hear from you." "No idea who the victim is?" "No, but we should find out soon, from the finger prints." " And the amnesiac?" " He's no use, at the moment." "We need results, Chatelet." "If your colleagues were available, you wouldn't be on this case." "Don't mess up, or the magistrates will have you." "Hello?" "Yes?" "Yes." "Anaïs..." " I'm counting on you." " Yes, madam." "A white wall..." "Huge..." "Endless." "I'm walking along the wall." "I can see my shadow." "It's walking ahead of me." "On the wall..." "There's a flash." "An explosion..." "A silent one..." "I run away." "But my shadow remains fixed to the wall." "No..." "No, it's not a wall." "It's sand." "White sand." "A beach?" "A dune." "I'm working on a building site." "On Fauvettes Street." "What else can you remember?" "My boss..." "Castano..." "Hervé Castano." "And you, what's your name?" "Mischell." "M.I.S.C.H.E.L.L." "My first name is Pascal." "And the station?" "Do you remember anything?" "What did you see, that night?" "What happened?" "The bull..." "It's the bull!" "What about the bull?" "Tell me what you can see." "No..." "No..." "No." " No..." " Calm down, Pascal." "I'm going to count to three and you're going to wake up." "One..." "Two..." "Three." "Did my memory come back?" "Do you remember?" "Yes." "I'm Pascal Mischell." "My name is Pascal Mischell!" "We've done good work." "Now, forget all this." "Allow your memory to come back slowly." "Thank you." " My name is Pascal Mischell." " That's right." "Well done." "The bull..." "It's the bull!" "What about the bull?" "Tell me what you can see." "No..." "No..." "No..." "The bull!" ""The Minotaur is the son of Pasiphae, wife of King Minos," ""and of a bull sent by Poseidon." ""Sickened by this 'bastard'," ""Minos locks him up in a labyrinth" ""and feeds him young Athenians." ""Until one day, Theseus manages to kill the Minotaur."" "No building site on Fauvettes Street?" "No contractor by the name of Hervé Castano?" "And a worker called Pascal Mischell?" "No." "All right, thank you." "Boss!" " We've identified the victim." " Well?" "Philippe Duruy." "A 23-year-old punk from Bordeaux." "A heroin addict." "A solitary junkie who conned everyone for a fix." "Talk to all the dropouts, someone will recognise him." "Le Coz, you go and see all the dealers." "We must piece together his last hours." "Either he knew the killer, or the killer set him up." " With money or dope..." " Who are we looking for?" "Most likely a psychopath." "Cold, cruel, scheming..." "I hope my ex has an alibi." " Anything on the videos?" " Nothing." "And the releases from jail, the archives?" "I checked it all." "Nothing!" "We have to deal with the bull's head." "Talk to the corrida breeders." "It was a toro bravo." "Are you an expert?" "My father took me to all the feria." " Nice!" " My worst memories." " And the amnesiac?" " He's our main suspect." " He talked about a bull." " Bloody hell!" "Don't panic, maybe he just saw the body." "Le Coz!" "Did you visit the squats near the railway?" "There was no one there." "There are always tramps sleeping there." "Either they changed their habits, or they saw something." " Is that it?" " Yes." "What do you want?" "Police!" "Don't move." "Don't move!" " Police!" " What do you want?" "We have a visitor, guys!" "Keep calm!" "Keep calm!" "Attack!" "What are you doing here?" "Like you, I'm looking for clues." "Are you OK?" " You're injured." " I'm fine." " Show me." " I'm fine!" "You're bleeding, it needs to be looked at." "I said I'm fine!" "They were smoking crack." "What do you know about crack?" "Pierced cans." "80% of homeless people are junkies or mentally ill people." "Look!" " Probably crack delirium." " Yes." "You always think everyone is innocent." " And your hypnosis session?" " He regained his memory." " You were meant to call me." " I was going to, tomorrow." "Oh yeah?" "Did he mention the station?" "Yes." "He remembered his name, where he came from, his job..." "He said something about a bull." "He's terrified." "The station gives him a mental block." " I want to question him." " It will be no use." "He's mistaken, he made it all up." "What?" "I checked, nothing is true." "He's made it up unconsciously." "He's suffering from dissociative disorder." "From what?" "It's a rare syndrome." "It can be caused by severe stress, debts, a marital crisis..." "A man goes round a corner in the street, and suddenly, he's amnesiac." "He doesn't know who he is or where he comes from." "I bet you didn't even disinfect this." "I'll be fine." "And so?" "He made up a new identity for himself." "His unconscious made him escape his own life." "He's in a fugue state." "Are there many cases?" "Very few." "Most of them in America." "We refer to them as "travellers without luggage"." "Look at this." "He claims his name is Mischell." "Mischell is an anagram of SCHLEMIHL." "The man who sold his shadow." "Have you heard of this?" "Do you like 19th century literature?" "I'm not here to talk about myself!" "And?" "The amnesiac has a recurrent dream." "He's walking along a white wall." "There is an explosion." "He runs away, but his shadow stays on the wall." "The shadow is a metaphor for his old identity." "The one he wants to supress." "You mentioned severe stress." "It could be due to what happened at the station." "Forget this!" "Believe me, he's inoffensive." "I see dangerous patients every day." "This is a criminal investigation." "I'll form my own opinion, if that's OK." "I'll put forward my medical responsibility." "And I will take you into custody!" "Look, just a few hours." "I'm familiar with his syndrome." "He's rebuilding himself with fragments of his old identity." "Who says he's not simulating?" "I would have noticed!" "Isn't it great, never to doubt anything?" "Excuse me, it's my job." "Mine is to protect people from psychopaths." "He's not a psychopath, he trusts me." "I can dig up more details." "You have until tomorrow." "After that, I shop him." "Are you injured?" "It's not what you think." "I don't think anything." "How are things at work?" "I'm on a big case." "Well done!" "What kind?" "A 23-year-old heroin addict, found dead, lying on his back, naked, with a bull's head on his shoulders." "You don't say!" "Can I help?" "Of course, dad, what do you suggest?" "Sorry." "I just can't help myself." "Not eating your tart?" "Haven't you lost weight?" "Couldn't you try to lead a more normal life?" "What's a normal life?" "A life like yours?" "Or like your chauffeur's?" "My boss's?" "How is one's life better than someone else's?" "Tell me." "Aren't you getting tired of it?" "Going against everyone like this, all the time?" "At least, people leave me alone." "I bet." "Do me a favour, try this wine, at least." " Not bad." " "Not bad"?" "Not bad at all." "Divine!" "To the Chatelets and to their temperament!" "Hey!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "All in order with your therapist." "He came two months ago, from a large hospital in Villejuif." "How did you find out?" "From Human Resources at Janet's." "Did you not ring Villejuif?" "Is it him or a murder, we're investigating?" "Fine, forget it." " Sir?" " Has he been in there long?" "One hour." "He locked himself in, he refuses to come out." "Let me try." "Could you open the door, please?" "I'm the emergency officer." "Can you hear me?" "Sir, open the door, please!" "I can help you, you only have to open this door." "Sir..." "Sir..." "I'm going to help you." "We're going to treat you." "Will you come with me?" "Please stand up." "Come on." "Slowly." "That's it." "Hold on to my shoulder." "Great!" "Give me drugs, or I won't tell you what I know about the amnesiac." "Do you know him?" "I want drugs." "Here!" "Well?" "The amnesiac?" "His name is Bonfils." "He's from Arcachon." "Lie down." "Patrick Bonfils." "He's a fisherman." "He lives with some woman called Sylvie." "We're going to treat you." "Everything will be fine." "Don't worry." "I'll be back." "Hello?" " Sylvie Bonfils?" " Speaking." "My name is Mathias Freire." "I'm a psychiatrist in Bordeaux." "I'm calling about Patrick Bonfils." "Have you found him?" "We've admitted a man who's lost his memory." "Tall, with a beard and a shaved head." "It's him." "Is he all right?" "Yes, but he presents with memory problems." "When did he disappear?" "Five days ago." "He went to the bank and never came back." "The police told me to be patient." "I'll bring Patrick back to you, but we'll have to organise some kind of monitoring." "Anything, but bring him back to me." "I'm bringing him back, madam." "Why didn't you want any x-rays, earlier?" "I don't like them." "I'm starting to remember." "Sylvie." "My shed." "Sylvie must be worried." "Have you disappeared like this, before?" "Sometimes, when we'd argued." "Or when I was drunk." "Both, quite often." "Do you remember your family?" "Yes." "We were scrap merchants, in Gheren, near Toulouse." "I got married and I cleared off, near Montpellier." " Are you divorced?" " No." "My wife lives in Saint-Martin-de-Londres." "We don't see each other." "We have no children." " You're a fisherman?" " Yes." "Things are not easy, right now." "Sylvie and I got into debt for a boat." "We're in the shit!" "Duruy died of an overdose of pure heroin." "Yes." "And?" "You never get pure heroin on the market." "If the killer injected him with it, he's a dealer in a league of his own, or he produces it." "Can you deal with it?" "Do you know the squatters at Saint-Jean?" "Crazy punks with dogs, who dabble in black magic." "I've heard about them, that's all." "Get on to it!" "Le Coz, did you get the name of Duruy's doctor?" "No, but the bull came from Mont-de-Marsan." "A decapitated bull was found." "I'll go and see." "No." "Give me the address, I'll go." "Of course, you're an expert." "Cosette, the baroness has just parked her carriage." "You must have left your scarf in it." "Bringing you your lunchbox?" "Ciao, comedians!" "Are you the cop who rang?" "Captain Chatelet, from the central police station." "Bernard Rampal, I'm the breeder and conocedor." "The expert in what?" "The animals' genealogy." "The fights' chronology." "Breeding is all about memory." "This way." "We'll bury him when the insurance assessor has been." "We found him here, like this, two days ago." "No one saw anything?" "The toros live away from the campos." "They mustn't see anyone before a corrida." "How could anyone get close to him?" "He was anaesthetised with a gun and decapitated." " May I have a look?" " Yes." "The bastard knew what he was doing." "How could he kill him in cold blood?" "Isn't it what you do, in the arena?" " How much did this bull weigh?" " About 550 kilos." "And the anaesthetic?" "You have to be a vet." "Could a matador have done this?" "We're not butchers, we work for the beauty of art." "Cutting the ears of an agonising animal is art?" "You're one of these arseholes who keep bugging us!" "They say that toros bravos never see a female and that they keep shagging each other." "So many fuckers in the arena!" "Clear off!" " I was going to." " Yes." " Yes, Le Coz." " There's a problem with Jaff." "He's been arrested, he's in custody." " Is it his maintenance?" " He refuses to pay." "He's a bloody pain in the neck!" " Who is the magistrate?" " Mercier." " Where is he being held?" " In Tournemire." "OK, I'm on my way." "Hello!" "Hello." "Captain Chatelet." "I've come to see Lieutenant Jaffar." "Yes." "Could you put him in the end cell, so I can question him?" "Mr Jaffar!" "Yes, Captain." "What?" "I'm one of the family, so watch it." "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." "Pleased to have spent some time with you." "You OK?" "I spoke to the magistrate." "Eight months of maintenance unpaid." "You could be sent to prison." "She left me, she won't have any money." "What about your kids?" "Forget your wife and all the bullshit." "Think of your kids." "This is your release order, without prosecution." "I talked to the judge." "You're free, but you have to pay." "I won't give the bitch anything." "In any case, I don't have the dosh." " I'll lend it to you." " Why are you doing this?" "Come on, let's go!" "Yes?" "It was Duruy's blood, on the pipe wrench." "Get the psychiatric hospital to bring the amnesiac back." "Excuse me, where did you pick these guys up?" "Everywhere." " Anyone from the station?" " Yes, one." "Raoul." "OK, thank you." "Are things bad, financially?" "Fishing's done for." "The Spanish take everything." "Was Patrick anxious?" "He couldn't sleep any more." "We had a rotten season." "Debts accumulated." "He had an appointment at the bank." "Do you think the stress became unbearable?" "I think this anxiety made him lose his memory." "He wanted a new life, a new destiny." "You understand?" "No, I don't understand a thing." "It's best if I look after him." "Don't come back." "I have to call a specialist who will look after Patrick." "He's convalescing." "His memory is clashing with his unconscious." " What do you know about his past?" " Not much." "I don't care." "You know about his wife?" "Of course." "We don't have any secrets." "It's all in the past." "No point stirring old shit." "Has he ever been violent?" "What do you mean?" "Patrick is sweet as honey." "You said he had disappeared." "Any idea where he could have gone?" "No." "Thank you." "Doctor!" "I'm grateful for what you did, but leave us alone." "No one else can treat my Patrick, just me." "Bye-bye." "Bye." " You OK, Patrick?" " I don't know." "Who are you?" "I'm Dr Mathias Freire." "Are you a spychiatrist?" "Did you look after me?" "You have to look after me." "What did he tell you, exactly?" "That he had an appointment." "Who with?" "With the masked man." "Duruy wasn't very straight." "What else did he say?" "He said he was going to take a big jump." "That the masked man would take him to the sky." "Is it related to drugs?" "Did he mention heroin?" "I don't remember." "What do you mean by "masked man"?" "I don't know..." "Is there any more?" "Did he tell you where they had an appointment?" "I said I didn't know!" "Bloody bitch!" "Give me more wine!" "Yes?" "Freire let the amnesiac out of the hospital." "Bloody hell!" "What about my wine?" "No, it's not a wall." "It's sand..." " All right?" " All right." "Come in." " What's going on?" " Shut it!" " Where's the amnesiac?" " At home." "You know where he lives?" "I was going to call you, I found out his identity." "How?" "By chance." "A patient recognised him." "May I have his name, then?" "He's called Patrick Bonfils." "He's a fisherman." "He's facing financial hardship." "From a psychiatric point of view, I was right..." "Forget your "psychiatric point of view"!" "I took him back to his partner, I'm a doctor." "I didn't want his new personality to take over." "We have a mad man on the loose, and this guy is my main suspect." "Anything new?" "Yes." "The blood on the pipe wrench belongs to the victim." "It's concrete evidence." "He's innocent, I just know it!" "What's going on?" "Are you coming or going?" "There must be an explanation." "Let's go back there." "We're going nowhere." "I'm just going to arrest him." "It would be in your interest not to rush him." "Allow his memory to come back gradually." "Do you have anything to drink?" "I have Coke Zero." " No wine?" " I never drink wine." "What the hell have you come to Bordeaux for?" "In the fridge." "Cosy!" " What?" " No, nothing." "Do you want to talk about it?" "You never stop, do you?" "The handcuffs?" "Thank you." "Sylvie Bonfils." "Hello?" "Yes, I'm coming." "I'm coming." " What happened?" " I don't know." "I was in a fight." "I don't know any more!" "It's because of the bull." "I don't know..." "It's because of the bull." " What are you doing?" " Take him away." "I warned you." "We found a body." "I'm charging you with complicity to manslaughter." "It's absurd!" "Let go of me!" "Let go of me!" "Subtitles:" "Frédérique Gwyther for Eclair Group"