"Play and record it." "Ledda." "Remember our agreement, Chief?" "Agreement?" "Eliminating crooks." "Bieke Cuypers, 12 years old, was she one?" "No." "It's scandalous, but not my doing." "You don't touch children." "Why should I believe you?" "Because I'm helping you." "I give you these bastards on a silver platter." "Stop this, let's collaborate." "We can guarantee..." "Too late." "5 minutes." "You are too slow, Chief." "Who?" "A certain De Haeck." "Jean de Haeck." "Nobody will miss him." "And I..." "I didn't miss him either." "Talk to you soon, Detective Chief Inspector." "Next." "Ledda's at Jean de Haeck's." "He's killed him." "Call for action assistance, Merodelaan 2." "Downstairs, Freddy." "Come!" "Vincke?" "I sympathize, Dective Chief Inspector." "All this horror, those bodies." "And you take that home with you every day." "My house is empty." "That helps." "Vincke?" "Shit!" "Is he a good shot, Mr. Vincke?" "Ledda, drop your gun!" "Because if he is, all you have to do is take one step aside, as you well know." "Come on Vincke, move over." "Move and I'll blow his brains out." "Vincke?" "Or are you afraid, Mr. Vincke, that the truth will die with me?" "The suspect is driving a grey Mercedes, registration:" "IAM 469." "He is extremely dangerous." "I repeat: extremely dangerous." "Pass on all information pronto!" "Why didn't you move over?" "He's our only witness, sorry." "Hey, smart ass, growing roots?" "They don't come any greener than that." "I'm sorry..." "I've not been drinking," "I just fell asleep." "Your headlights too?" "Your headlights also fell asleep?" "Great." "How about finding us your papers?" "Registration, ID, driver's licence..." "What's that?" "Shit!" "Lemmens, what are you doing here?" "It's okay, Officer..." "it's the Judiciary." "The Normandy landings or what?" "Is the Baron in danger?" "No details on our op." "Reason for your visit?" "No details on our visits." "Is the Baron in?" "Yes." "Lord, grant our enemies peace and love... forgive them their sins and keep us out of their traps." "Amen." "Baron?" "Detective Chief Inspector Vincke, Judiciary." "Mr. de Haeck, I'm afraid the news is not good." "I know, gentlemen." "I have many acquaintances." "Joseph Vlerick, psychiatrist, and here as a friend" "I know this is not a good time, but... it seems that the killer knew your son." "Had he been receiving any threats?" "No, my son was an honest state official." "Why does the Gendarmerie protect you?" "That's between the Gendarmerie and me." "If you're in danger, you should..." "There's nothing we can do for each other." "If you'd care to pray, you are most welcome, otherwise, I must ask you to leave the chapel." "I've just lost my son." "For you." "Verstuyft." "Yes, Coemans?" "What?" "!" "Vincke, access is forbidden." "Sorry, but we think we know who the killer is." "We've been on his track for some time." "He's responsible for the murder of Jean de Haeck, committed a few hours ago." "Do you have proof?" "We're as good as certain." "You want us to leave you the investigation?" "Out of the question." "These are my men." "I'd still like to know what happened at Baron de Haeck's house." "I can't say." "Let's be clear:" "I want to consult your files and I suggest you consult ours." "I'll also be clear:" "I don't have any time for pretentious intellectuals like you." "So, go look for your killer and we'll look for ours." "And if it's the same, we'll be in touch." "So you can join us for the group photo." "De Keyzer..." "You're a wimp." "If you'd let me, he'd still be alive." "Excuse me." "I thought you said "come in"." "Prosecutor General, I'm the honoured?" "No, I'm honoured." "Yesterday, you had words with the officer." "Yes, that's right." "You called him a "wimp"." "Yes, something along those lines." "I'd like you to apologize." "I apologize... wimp." "Vincke!" "I don't like your arrogance one bit." "You meddle in their operations and demand files based on simple suppositions." "It's only natural that they want explanations." "The officer didn't ask for explanations." "On the contrary, he kicked us out." "Here is the simple supposition." "The bullet that killed the gendarme..." "Which makes it our business after all." "That's new." "I have a feeling that..." "This had better not leave this room." "The press will jump on it... obstructing an investigation and concealing evidence by the Gendarmerie." "Prosecutor?" "I want the file on my desk by 9am tomorrow." "And a copy on his." "Bieke Cuypers, 12, was she also a crook?" "That was scandalous, but not my doing." "You don't touch children." ""You don't touch children."" "My theory is Ledda found out they were child abusers, so he turned against his employer, Jean de Haeck." "And the Baron with his gendarmerie guards?" "Nice talking to you, Chief." "Next." "He's next." "I'm sure of it." "He's part of the plot." "But how do we prove it?" "Ledda said..." "Ledda said, Ledda said!" "I know your record by heart!" "You know what?" "Set up house with him." "And let him run..." "Until all of Antwerp ends up in the morgue!" "You think I feel any sympathy for him?" "This is where my sympathy lies, and nowhere else!" "Without Ledda, we have nothing." "I intend to nab all the bigwigs, not just the small fry!" "Go tell that to the gendarme's kids." "I have the file from the Juvenile Court on this Angelo Ledda, dead for 40 years." "I'm afraid he's still a tiny bit alive." "Here." "Five court appearances." "Once for robbery, four times for violence." "Died with his father in a fire when he was 17 years old." "Interesting detail:" "Angelo may well have started the fire himself." "His first murder." "And another detail:" "Angelo still has a brother, here." "Paolo Ledda." "I have his address." "A bar in the Kerkstraat." "But right now, he's at St. Ursula." "Linda, Coemans, search that bar." "We're going to his brother's." "Take some grapes." "I don't know." "It's only a drawing, but it's possible." "Ah, the chaplain will be able to tell you more." "He was his teacher, ages ago." "So, Paolo?" "You have a visitor?" "Detective Chief Inspector Vincke." "I'm investigating Paolo's brother, Angelo." "Angelo?" "What for?" "How horribly stuffy!" "My God!" "It hasn't been lived in for months." "But look." "His father's house." "Get another search warrant." "Angelo should've jumped 3 years in school." "Gifted?" "Phenomenal memory." "Not a bad kid...deep down." "He was very helpful." "But sometimes, over a silly detail, somebody calling him fleabag, or treading on his foot, he'd go wild." "I pitied the Ledda boys, in fact." "Mother died young and the father..." "They'd fall down the stairs." "And their medical visits revealed things." "Sexual abuse?" "I don't know." "Linda, forget that warrant." "Vincke!" "Ledda." "Telephone." "Vincke." "Everything okay, Chief?" "With me, yes." "Sorry about the motorcycle cop, it was him or me." "You're next." "The gunman." "I paid somebody a visit." "A certain Paolo." "Ledda?" "Japanese junk." "It's our number!" "Everything okay, Chief?" "I saw Paolo." "And I found your pills." "We know that you're ill." " Let's not talk about me!" "Tell me about the crooks." "We think Van Camp blackmailed his predecessor, Jean de Haeck." "Is it to do with children?" "Who else is implicated?" "The Baron?" "If I give you some dynamite will you smother it or make it explode?" "Make it explode." "Can I believe you?" "Verstuyft." "The detector, is it connected?" "Can I believe you?" "Yes." "Not on an outside line?" "It's an inside line." "The bastard is here!" "TOO SLOW" "Vincke!" "Ledda." "Telephone." "Drink?" "I'm here for work." "Sit down, Freddy." "I thought you liked being on your own in a bar." "I'm alone." "I'm here anyway." "It's sometimes worse than being alone, but..." "What's new?" "We found the car" "Ledda used." "In the Helmstraat." "Near the Kerkstraat, his brother's house." "We went." "Clean." "The report?" ""Dust on the pedals, traces of animal faeces..."" "Faeces?" "Shit." "Dog pooh, cow dung." "Shit." "Vincke, I know where he is." "Pigeon shit." "Coemans!" "Sorry guys." "I saw something move..." "Sorry." "Are you expecting someone?" "No." "Who goes there?" "Who goes there?" "Verheyen, Lemmens, everything okay?" "There's nobody." "I repeat: nobody." "Positions?" " Verheyen is at the north door," "I'm staying near the entrance." "Be careful." "Verheyen, can you see anything?" "Negative." "We need reinforcement." "Calm down, it'll be fine." "Request reinforcement, I said!" "The suspect's gone in!" "I repeat: he's gone in." "He's in the basement!" "Take me to the baron and you'll live." "Lemmens, are you okay?" "Lemmens?" "Lemmens!" "My God!" "Stay here." "Lemmens?" "Come!" "Come on!" "Verheyen at the north door." "I'll try a lock-in." "Verheyen, what's going on?" "Answer me!" "Lock-in completed." "We're waiting." "Suspect is in staircase S. He can't go anywhere." "Put that down. lmbecile!" "Lemmens, what's happening?" "The suspect is gone." "Position unknown." "We're on standby." "Officer!" "This is ridiculous." "I hired you." "I paid you." "I've come to reimburse you." "The attack against you was your boss's idea." "I was against it." "Shit!" "Officer!" "Officer!" "We have to go around." "How much do you want?" "My son was blackmailed." "I did it for him." "Surely you would have done the same for your son?" "I don't have a son." "And your father?" "Surely he'd have done the same?" "Shut up!" "We're not animals, are we?" "No, please!" "Grant me forgiveness." "I hired you." "I paid you!" "I did it for my son!" "Drop your gun!" "Drop your gun!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Shut up, Baron!" "Cowards!" "This one's from Ledda." "Be careful, Vincke!" "My pills." "I need my pills." "Who is your employer?" "I need my pills." "My pills..." "Nothing at all." "We arrested him over 12 hours ago." "Shouldn't we inform the Judiciary?" "If the Judiciary thrills you so much, go and work for them." "The bastard killed one of our men." "The Judiciary can have him when we're done." ""When you read this, I'll be on a beach or in a coffin."" "If he was in a coffin, we'd know." "So, the bastard's on a beach." "We're not in a hurry." "He'll get hungry or thirsty." "His shoulder will hurt." "Come on, talk, my boy!" "Only in front of DCl Vincke." "Yes, Vincke." " Coemans, here." "I'm at the castle." "The gendarmes have left." "You're joking!" " Yes, they've gone." "For Christ's sake, tell me it's a joke!" "Don't make me say it, Chief." "Marc,just answer yes or no." "Yes, he's at our house." "He's been there for 15 hours, Prosecutor." "And we have to find out in a roundabout way, while you assigned us the investigation." "Major, why wasn't I told?" "He was arrested as part of a protection mission." "We had no idea that..." "The Gendarmerie couldn't have known that Ledda was involved." "He had no papers on him and refused to speak." "I can't help it, that's what they say." "Bullshit!" "The main thing is to get him here." "Too slow, Ledda?" "He doesn't understand, Chief." "He just doesn't understand." "Yes, Ledda." "But he doesn't like you." "And you?" "It's always the same with guys like you." "Deep down, you're honest, but as soon as you have a problem, you bring everyone down with you." "Guilty or innocent, there's no difference." "So, if you're looking for a friend, don't even bother." "Let's not talk about me, it's a waste of time." "What's the deal?" "We patch you up we protect you and you fill the holes in our investigation." "The baron, Detective Chief Inspector." "The baron must pay." "Absolutely, if he is our man." "Deal." "I'm listening." "He has to be able to follow?" "Then I'll start at the beginning." "Mrs. Van Camp." "Mr Vincke." "Bad news?" "Mum, who is it?" "It's nothing, Ine." "It's for mum." "You have the killer?" "A man from Marseilles." "The real killer." "There is a problem, Ledda." "I have the story, I have all the bodies, but no proof against the baron." "You have my testimony." "Your testimony?" "You want to know what a testimony is worth?" "A woman and a child get run over in the street." "In broad daylight." "The woman dies instantly." "The child doesn't." "So, what does the driver do?" "He wants no traces." "The street's deserted." "He backs up and drives over the child again." "This time, the child is dead all right." "The driver does a runner, but he's out of luck." "A boy of about 12... sees it all and memorizes the registration number." "But he forgets one letter." "One letter." "And you know what, Ledda?" "That letter made the difference in court." "The driver was arrested and acquitted." "There was no proof." "And the testimony... worth zilch." "Touching story, Mr. Vincke." "Even if we're not friends, we have something in common:" "grief." "You were talking about yourself, weren't you?" "Enough!" "Anything else?" "We have something else in common:" "anger." "I do have something else." "I have an audio tape on which..." "The first man..." "Van Camp." "Thank you." "I have an audio tape on which the baron threatens Van Camp's life." "I'd hate it if it got lost." "It's well hidden." "So... if you respect the deal..." "If I'm not mistaken, Ledda's testimony is our only element." "Not much to go on, to nick the baron." "We also have proof." "Why haven't I seen it yet?" "You'll have to take my word for it." "Yours?" "Or Ledda's?" "I know enough." "Congratulations on the case, Vincke." "The charges can no longer be ignored." "I'm telling you, that's all, Gustave." "We can delay the arrest warrant one more week." "But that's all." "What should I do?" "Escape to Brazil?" "Baron de Haeck in the bush." "That would suit you, huh?" "No, Marcel, it's my country." "People like me made Belgium." "And I'm a minister, I'm not running anywhere." "One week." "That's all I can do." ""That's all I can do." Spineless git!" "And your financial scheming, Marcel?" "What if I send copies of invoices to the press?" "Your very presence here is reprehensible..." "Prosecutor." "It's Ledda's testimony, Gustave." "I can't do a thing, if he's got proof." "Sorry, I can't help you." "There must be a way." "Not as long as Ledda's alive." "His condition's stabilized, but the problem's that we've waited too long." "We might have to amputate his arm." "And his Alzheimer's?" "Hard to predict." "He'll be lucid one moment, out the next." "But if he must testify, I do hope the court won't linger." "He's regressing that fast, is he?" "He is seriously ill." "How are you?" "Fine." "We have a problem, Ledda." "Tell me something I don't know." "You might not last until the hearing." "That should make the baron's day." "If you tell me where the tape is," "I'll make sure it doesn't get lost." "We do have a problem, Chief." "The tape's lost already." "I don't remember where I put it." "I don't even know if I made a note where." "If you only knew how empty my head is." "Sorry." "Maybe it'll come back." "Vincke... can you do me a favour?" "When you come back, bring me some Stimorol gum." "And a pita." "My last wish." "A pizza." "No..." "A pita!" "With a T as in "Too Slow."" "I've drawn up a will, Joseph." "Don't try to distract me." "You and your wife are the only beneficiaries." "Your nomination as court psychiatrist in Ledda's case, signed by the Prosecutor General." "You want me to claim he's crazy?" "He wants to testify against me." "If they buy his version, I'm lost." "What's the point?" "A second assessment will bring out the truth anyway." "They know we're friends." "A shrink does more than talk to his patients, no?" "This leaves no trace, I've been told." "I don't want to be in your testament." "This is not only about my testament, but also about your wife." "She's so sensitive." "Would she understand?" "The parties... the young girls..." "Do you really think Jean never told me?" "Hello." "Joseph Vlerick, court psychiatrist." "We know, Doctor." "I'll be fine." "Are you sure?" "Yes." "Shouldn't you disinfect first?" "Yes, of course." "I wasn't thinking." "So?" "He's free and he's got a hostage." "Victims?" "No, he let the guards go but he has their weapons." "Where is De Keyzer." "There." "There he is." "Oh, Vincke." "Ledda must have a motive." "What happened?" "Don't know." "All we know is that he has a hostage." "And he wants an armoured car and two passengers:" "you and Verstuyft." "Who's the hostage?" "A doctor." "The court psychiatrist." "A BMW!" "Wouldn't you know it." "Coemans!" "Take care of her..." "if I don't come back." "He won't make it to the car." "Mark my words." "Come on, go!" "Faster!" "Alfa, Bravo, go ahead!" "Shit!" "Vincke, feed-back!" "Feed-back?" "You killed the hostage, Jesus!" "Turn it off." "Turn it off!" "All units, block passages!" "Block!" "You didn't keep your word." "You're no better than that other crook." "Go and join him, now that he's still warm." "I didn't know, I swear." "You know what the difference is between us?" "You believe people." "That's very dangerous." "We can still find a solution." "We're on the road together." "On the road to "the light"." "Aren't we, gunman?" "You do understand French, don't you?" "Yes I do." ""The light..."" "Nirvana, the great void." "Bravo!" "You're quiet, all of a sudden." "Are you afraid of your friends?" "You're less confident now, aren't you?" "We must continue to believe." "Children depend on us." "Seek and you shall find." "Ledda!" "Ledda!" "Did you give the order to shoot?" "We evaluated the situation and decided." "That's it?" "Case closed?" "I'm happy that you are still alive." "The rest doesn't interest me." "Are you sure?" "Sure of what?" "You're happy we're still alive." "And the baron's friend, the psychiatrist..." "Did you appoint him?" "You tire me, Vincke." "If I were you, I'd be more careful." "We're on the road together." "On the road to "the light"." "Seek and you shall find." ""The light"." "Neon." "Crafty son of a bitch!" "Freddy, he knew all along where the tape was!" ""The light," it was a hint." "The neon, of course!" "Pita, with the T of "Too Slow"." "He knew!" "He knew!" "Torch." "It's a pack of lies, sir." "Lies?" "!" "It's the truth, Baron, and I can prove it!" "I'm going to destroy you, Van Camp!" "What do you think?" "We'll see." "Will it work or will he walk?" "We'll see, I said."