"This way, father." "In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." "Well, my son, what is the problem this time that brings you to ask for Our Lord's help at 6 o'clock in the morning?" "The same problem, priest." "I have the devil inside me, and I want you to get him out." "We are all subjected to the temptations of the devil." "No, priest, you don't get it." "I really do have the devil inside me." "He makes me hear voices, he makes me see things." "And what has he shown you this time?" "I had a dream the other night." "I was carrying out a burglary in a house full of jewellery, silverware, fur coats." "I turn round and see St. Peter, Joseph and the Madonna... ..with the baby in her arms." " Listen, my dear son." "I've told you many times." "I can take your confession," "I can bring you the words of Our Lord, but for anything else you'll have to see a good psychologist." "I have done." "But they say there's nothing wrong with me." "But I wonder, if I'm healthy, how come every time I see a man of the Church like you," "I feel I want to smash his head in?" "What the fuck are you doing?" "Stop it!" "What are you doing?" " Beating a priest up, eh?" " It wasn't me!" "I want to talk to the judge!" " Can you hear me?" " We can all hear you, Sorcio." "Eat the keys to your cell, because if they let you out, Freddo'll get you." "Lock it tight." " Why do you want the judge?" " I want to know what I'm doing here." " You had 200 gms of heroin on you." " I didn't have anything on me." " I'll decide that." " They want to kill me." "I'll keep you in here until you tell me why Soleri wants you dead." " Is it Sergio Buffoni's killing?" " I know nothing about that." "Then you can go back to your cell." "The other day we stopped you just when you were enjoying yourself." "What do you want?" "Why does Sorcio say you want to kill him?" " I don't know." " Is it to do with Buffoni's death?" "Gigio's overdose?" "Don't fill your mouth with names that have nothing to do with this." " What did you need that gun for?" " It wasn't mine." "Then how did it end up in your glove compartment?" "The way you ended up in this job." "By mistake." "Do you want to know how your brother is?" "Of course I do." "But if you're a man, don't ask me for anything in exchange." "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." "I never liked funerals." "Especially those of friends." " What was Freddo thinking of?" " What was Buffoni thinking of?" " Peddling drugs in secret." " Trentadenari's right." "Sergio was asking for it." "In Naples the Camorra would have done the same thing." "You forget something." "This isn't Naples, and we're not the Camorra." "In fact, know what I say?" "After this we're nothing." " What do you mean?" " Look at us..." "Bufalo and Ricotta are in jail, Sorcio's a dead man walking, and Freddo's out of his mind." "Not to mention Dandi, who doesn't even come to honour dead friends." "Need anything else?" "I need you to cut this out." "You don't honour friends with this kind of talk." " Know when they're opening again?" " No, it's been closed for days." "Thank you." " Welcome back." " Good morning." "Did Dandi forget to tell you you could move?" " Has anyone called for me?" " No." "Not even in the last few days?" "Who are you expecting a call from, my love?" "Ranocchia, I haven't heard from him for a while." " His shop's shut." " He'll have gone away on holiday." "Come in here, let me show you what your Dandi's just bought." "Vases?" "Vases?" "This is antique stuff." "They're Chinese." "Ming dynasty or something." "I don't fuckin' know, but they're valuable." " They're still vases." " But they cost as much as the house." "Do you want to make me happy?" "Find Ranocchia for me." "All right, my darling." "Leave it to me." " You haven't told her?" " No, you asked us not to." "Well don't." "And if that poof gets in touch, tell him Dandi doesn't want to either hear from or see him." "Now go." " Freddo." " Where's Bufalo?" "In isolation." "He smashed a priest's head in to fake madness." " What the fuck are they staring at?" " Prison Radio's broadcast the news." "They know you killed one of the gang." "Buffoni stopped being one of the gang when he went self-employed." " What about Sorcio?" " The rules are the same for everyone." "But you didn't ask anyone before you issued this death sentence." "Or am I mistaken?" "What's up?" "Aren't you eating?" "What's the fish like, Zio Carlo?" "I still have to work out whether this place was a good investment." "It's disgusting." "I'll tell you who to buy your fish from." "We're not here to talk about fried fish, are we?" "That's right." "Your friend is spilling too much blood." " And blood isn't good for business." " Business is doing well." "You can't change a screwball." "But screwballs can create a lot of problems for you." " What are you trying to tell me?" " That when you spared Freddo, he became your problem." "Are you anyone to talk to me about screwballs?" "You asphalt the streets of Sicily with blood these days." "You keep your friend in check, and I'll get you some decent fish." " What's up with him?" " He's in a bad mood." "They've arrested Buscetta." "Tommaso Buscetta, the Mafia boss, has been arrested in Brazil." "Buscetta is also known as "the boss of two worlds"..." "Buscetta's arrest has struck a hard blow to the Sicilian Mafia, and its links with the South American underworld." " What do you want?" " To take you to get some fresh air." "Your brother sends you his best wishes." " Thanks." "Where is he?" " In jail." "What's he done?" "He tried to kill a friend, a guy called Annibaldi." "They call him Sorcio." "Do you know him?" "Never heard of him." "That's strange." "You overdose." "Soon after a member of your brother's gang dies, and Freddo tries to kill someone else." "I have the vague impression the two episodes are linked." "I don't know." "I'm just a junkie who took one too many fixes." "You dropped it." " Let's settle this now, Mino." " Take it easy, Puma, there's time." "What's the problem?" "Someone's got to pick something up." "You keep out of this." "I've no truck with you." "It's all sorted, Freddo." "It's all sorted." " Did you go, or didn't you?" " Yes, I went away." "I got to sniff freedom." "Then this asshole told the magistrate everything." "He says he was the accomplice in the Fiorucci murder." "The armed robbery." " That's an old story." " Yes, but they remembered it." "They flew all the way down there to get me, and send me back air mail." " Who was the other guy?" " Mino, or Roscio." "20 years ago I was in a unit with his older brother." "A decent guy, we did some good jobs together." "Then one day he betrayed me and I had to shoot him." "And now his little brother wants to return the favour." "Don't worry, Roscio will behave himself." "Keep out of it." "I've been expecting it for the last 20 years." "Soleri's not talking, and his brother's protecting him." "I was hoping Annibaldi would talk, but he's not saying a word either." "We can't keep Annibaldi in jail for long, his lawyer is on the war path, and he'll soon demolish that lie about the heroin." "We have to get Sorcio to see that his safety depends on us, that we are capable of feeding him to the lions." "What have you got in mind, Scialoja?" "What are they up to?" "I reckon they're doing me a favour." "Take Soleri back to his cell." "You've missed your chance, Freddo." "You really love this play-acting!" " Get your things packed, you're free." " Free?" " What was the meaning of all that?" " That I'm the one who decides." "I decide whether you live or die." "Remember that when you're outside." "Come on, get in." "Everyone's talking, they're talking about this business with Freddo." " It's not interfering with our work?" " Not yet." "And the investments are doing well." "So why did you want to see us?" "This business about Freddo is like a speck in the eye, that's all we see, we can't see what the real problem is." " Then tell us." " Sergio Buffoni was an asshole, but he didn't have the right contacts for setting up a drug ring." " What about it?" " It was someone else's idea." "Someone gave him the contacts and the dealer." "And until we find out who, we have a big problem." "So you want us to get to work?" "We can all lose out here, so we all have to get busy." "What do you want me to do?" "They must have shifted some money to get this stuff, right?" "Try and find out." "There is someone who knows what's going on." "Sorcio." "Why have you brought me here?" " We need to have a chat." " About what?" "My brother was an asshole, but he didn't deserve to die like that." " And you're an even bigger asshole." " What do you mean?" "Who told Freddo he was behind this drug peddling?" "What the fuck are you talking about?" "That perhaps you sold out my brother to save yourself." "No, Ruggero, you're wrong." "I didn't tell a soul, believe me." "I swear." "Alright, let's say I was just curious." "Let's go." "I'll give you a lift home." "I'll go and take a leak." "I'll find you again!" " He's vanished?" "How?" " He went into the bar with Buffoni, but then Buffoni came out on his own, and he looked furious." "What shall we do?" "We have to find Annibaldi and keep our eye on him." "Sorcio has a girlfriend." "A nurse, her name's..." "Vanessa Meloni." "We'll follow her, she'll take us to him." "Yes, hello?" "Who wants him?" " Just a minute." "It's for you." " Who is it?" "Spallanzani Hospital." "Hello?" "What happened to you?" "The doctors don't even know." "The only thing they know is that I'm dying." "I'm sorry." "Commissioner..." "things are getting very nasty." "I fear there will be more bloodshed, and Patrizia will be involved." "You have to protect her." "I won't be able to look after her any more." "Patrizia doesn't want my protection." "That's the problem." "She knows what she wants, but she doesn't know what she needs." "I don't want to die without saying goodbye to her." "That asshole Dandi won't let me see her." "You'll have to bring her to me." "Alright." "You see?" "I always said you were a kind man." "Stand up, Freddo." "You've got visitors." "What can I do for you?" "Forged papers." "For me and my girlfriend." "We're moving out." "Two forged passports..." "that'll cost you 100 million lire." " Are they made of gold?" " No." "But there's a death sentence hanging over your head." " If I help you, I'll be in danger." " I don't have that much money." "Well, you'll just have to find it." "Because if you want to get out of here, it's what I'm charging." " How's married life then?" " I've got what I want." "Ranocchia was right then." "You've seen Ranocchia?" " Last night." " I've been looking all over for him." "He tried to contact you, but someone stopped his messages getting through." " Where is he?" " In hospital." "And he's very sick." "He wants to see you before he dies." "Go immediately, he's not got long." "Thanks." "I've got some good news for you." "Right..." "You won't get the charge of illegal possession of guns dropped." " Call that good news?" " Yes." "Because they can't prove the attempted murder, and for illegal possession of guns there's no preventive detention." " I'll soon get you out of here." " How soon?" "I don't know." "Why?" "I have a few things to see to before I leave." "I'll tell you one last time." "Leave Puma alone." " That's not your problem." " No, it's yours." " You do know who I am?" " Yes." "Then you know I only say things once." "I need to talk to you." "It's urgent." "I need some money." "Would you rather I tell them what I know?" "Okay, I'll see you later." "Go and fetch the car, I don't want to get wet." " What's that?" " This just came through." " A car exploded in the EUR area." " It belonged to Claudio Usignoli." "Secco?" "The guy who launders the gang's money." " Someone wants to kill him." " They're fighting among themselves." "The gang's dead, sir." "It's over." "We just have to wait until the corpse floats by." " Here, drink this." " Thanks." "Someone wants you dead." "A minute more and I'd have ended up in the cemetery." " Who's got it in for you?" " I don't know." "But I'd just started asking questions about the drug dealers." "They'd blow you up for a couple of questions?" "You're just small fry." "Yes?" "I don't know, all I know is I nearly ended up dead." " Alright." " We have to find out who's behind it." "Or next time it could be one of us." "Buffoni tried to take out Sorcio." " Who tipped you off about that?" " Someone who knows Sorcio well." " Who even knows where he's hiding." " How efficient, Naples!" "Well done." "I fancied a whiff of fresh air." "Forgive me, do you know if this gentleman had any relatives?" "Someone who can take care of his funeral?" "No, he was all alone." "I'll see to his funeral." "I'll see to everything." "This place is a real sewer." "Just right for a rat like you." "What are you doing here?" "No reason, I followed the stench of betrayal, and it led me to you." " Are you here for a reason?" " Don't worry, I'm not Freddo." "And I'm not Buffoni either." "I heard he tried to rip your head off too." " What do you want then?" " You know what I want." "Who supplied Sergio Buffoni with the drugs?" "I don't know, Dandi." "I never gave a fuck." "Are you sure?" "I'll pay you well for this information." "I've heard you're trying to get hold of some money." " You heard wrong, I'm not." " Is that so?" "Someone tried to blow Secco up." "And now you're leaving town." "I know nothing about that, I told you." "Perhaps, but this business about Secco being a saint and martyr doesn't convince me at all." "You know where I am if you change your mind." "But remember:" "I always know where to find you, Sorcetto." " Don't come out." "Stay inside!" " Out of the way!" "He's through there!" "Quick, he's dying." " What happened?" " Puma!" "Someone slit his throat." "Everyone to their cells!" "There's nothing to see here." " Get inside!" " Go on!" "Get back inside!" "Get a move on, there's nothing to see here." " Are Nercio and Botola here?" " Just fuck off!" " What the fuck are you doing?" " You really like these vases, eh?" "Stop, don't you dare!" " What the fuck do you want?" " To take something you love away." "Because you don't give a fuck about me!" " What are you talking about?" " Ranocchia!" "You let him die all alone." "I wasn't even in time to say goodbye to him." "People are mere objects for you, things you have around you." " Yes?" " We got a tip-off." "Two people you know very well prepared the car bomb." "Nercio and Botola." "Pick up the pieces and mail them back to the sender." "Tell them they were broken when they got here and we want our money back." "It's no use getting angry, Freddo." " I thought you were in isolation." " Not any more." "Ricotta told me all about it." "About Puma." "Roscio didn't understand the message." "He understood it perfectly." "But our messages count for fuck these days." "When you took Buffoni out, you killed the gang too." "And messages from dead men are worthless." "The gang died when Libano died." "And the others never gave a damn." "I've screwed up my life for these assholes." "You're right." "The gang's been in the cemetery for a while, but you laid the tombstone." " Buffoni was a traitor." " You did well, in fact." "You need one more thing to finish the job." "Help me take out Dandi, let's get rid of all the traitors." "You don't have to pretend to be crazy, Bufalo." "You really are off your rocker." "And you've got it bad." "Don't tell me." "They're letting Freddo walk free." "We can only nail him for illegal possession of weapons." "The injured party, Sorcio, has vanished, and Soleri'll be out today." "I should never have listened to you." "Let's not let our bad tempers get the better of us." "Things are going in our favour." "They put a call through to you." " An anonymous call." " About what?" "A double murder." "An anonymous caller said you have to take up the case." "What did I tell you?" "Let me know what happens." " I hear you were fuckin' lucky." " You've spoken to Dandi?" " Yes." " What did you tell him?" "I told him fuck all." "My word is still worth something." "Let's see what yours is worth now." " Where's the money?" " In the car." "It'd better be all there, or I'll go straight to Dandi for the rest." " If you get my meaning." " Don't worry, it's all there." "Go and call the governor." "Keep still, I've nearly finished." "Don't worry, Vanessa." "I'll get hold of the money." " I'm not coming with you." " What do you mean?" "I can't spend my life running from problems that aren't my own." " I'm sorry." " But, Vanessa... what do you mean?" "Vanessa, don't get your stuff." "Where the fuck are you going?" " Who are these two?" " De Angelis's bodyguards." "I'll bet the heroin's the same stuff Soleri's brother took." "You think these two are behind the rival drug ring?" "I don't know." "But someone tried to make us believe they killed each other." "A rudimental put-up affair." " Yes?" " Sir." " Any news?" " You were right." " I've found out where Sorcio is." " Good." " And I've got something on Vanessa." " What?" " Does your offer still stand?" " I'm all ears." "If you have something interesting to say." "It's Secco." "He's the one running the rival drug ring." " Secco?" " He found the right contact and he got me, Buffoni, Nercio and Botola to peddle it." "That's all." " You've kept so many things from me." " But I want the money now." "I think I'll have to owe it to you." "I'm short of cash right now." " Are you taking the piss?" " Like you did me and the others!" "I'm just getting my own back." "Now get out of here, you're soiling my carpet." "Freddo!" "Freddo!" " Where are you going?" " They're letting me go." "I heard what you did to Roscio." "Tell Bufalo where I come from even the dead command respect." "I'll be seeing you, Ricotta." "We couldn't work out who the traitors were, and they were under our noses." "Nercio and Botola." "Who'd have thought it?" "They seemed such assholes." "Didn't they?" "And to think I brought them into your home." "I'm sorry, Dandi." "No, don't worry about it." "It's nothing compared to the bullshit you made up." "What bullshit was that?" "That's enough!" "Sorcio told me all about it." "Listen to this nice story." "This shit called Secco decides to screw his associates, he finds a contact and gets four assholes to help him." "But when Sergio Buffoni gets killed, Nercio and Botola shit their pants, and decide to take you out, but the two assholes mess it up." "So you decide to kill them all, you leave the drugs at Botola's, and you call the police because you're a rat." "I can explain, Dandi." "Just you try, because it's over." "I'll give you 50% of what I earned behind your back." "What the fuck..." "And the contact!" "The contact!" "Your profits will double." "200%, Dandi." "I'll double your capital for you." "200%, Dandi." "I'll double it for you." " You'll double my capital?" " In three months, I promise." "You'll give me back all the money you stole and give me your contact?" "Yes, alright." "Three months." "One day more and I'll make you throw yourself off Ariccia bridge." "Alright, three months." "Three months." " What the fuck do you want now?" " To talk to you." " What do you want to tell me?" " You're fighting between yourselves." "First it was Buffoni's turn, then Nercio, Botola." "You're next." " But there's a way to save yourself." " What's that?" "Hand the gang over to me and I'll protect you." "What are you thinking of?" "Wait, look at this." "Even Vanessa's abandoned you." "I'm the only friend you have now." "Fuck off!" "Fuck off, all of you!" "You know where to find me if you change your mind." "Tell me, Freddo, what did you miss most when you were in jail?" "My bed." "Tell me what you want, 'cause I don't feel like having people around." "I just want to know what you have in mind." "Nothing." "I have nothing in mind." "I thought once you'd cut off the dead branches, you'd want to start afresh." "Well, you were wrong." "Then why did you kill Buffoni?" "What was the point?" "I don't know." "I reckon I had nothing better to do." "What the fuck have you done?" "Claudio!" "Claudio, damn it!" "What the fuck have you done?" " I thought you were clean, Sorcio?" " Mind your own business." "Fuck!" "Fuck, fuck, fuck!" "I want to talk to Scialoja." "Tell him it's Sorcio." "Get yourself a thick notepad and some pencils." "I've a lot to tell you."