" Okay..." "This machine works when it has the time..." " Hello." " What is this about?" " I was robbed!" "My car." " Oh, you're the third!" "And probably not the last." " I couldn't care less about the others." "They can drop dead!" " If I said that we wouldn't get anywhere!" "You're Mister...?" " Jean-Marie Jabelin." "Jabelin..." "Jean-Marie." "Good evening, Sir." "Pardon me." "There was a huge traffic jam at Saint-Jean..." "Did it clear up?" "No." "Where's the other guy?" "He went for coffee." "I told him to get me one," " I'm not sure he got it." "He's a bit..." " You." "He only understands what he wants." " That's not fair." "I pay attention to what you say " " And I make a note of everything." "So I hope that it will all... get properly filed." "What the hell is this?" "You were walking on the table?" "No, it was him." "He..." "Forget it..." "Nice looking man, your division head." "I heard he wears a toupe." "Is that so?" "If I seem bitter, its because I didn't get a package this year." "It must have gotten lost in the mail..." " Are you sorry?" " Yes." "These parties are nice..." "The embassies, under the mistletoe, Belgian stories..." "The ladies get a chance to take their jewels out." " To dance with their lovers and introduce them to their husbands..." "Are you married, inspector?" "I was." "Three times." "I guess I'm very tiresome." "Please have a seat, sir." "I don't understand why you were disturbed on New Years Eve." "They wanted me just to clarify a few details." "Particularly this story about a dog." "Isn't Mme. Martinaud wating for you?" "No, my wife isn't wating for me." "Good evening, Belmond." " Would you like one?" " And what about Mr. Martinaud?" "That's his." " If that's his coffee, then it's his coffee." " I'd better not." "I'm already on edge." "Thanks anyway." " We're just getting ready to talk about the dog, Mr. Martinaud and me." " Oh?" "Wait a minute, what dog?" " I have a feeling we're going to reach the heights..." " I must say that this story about a dog..." "Actually, I'd better read what is written..." "Let's see..." "Here it is..." "The night of the 3rd, you were walking your neighbors' dog," "The Brunets, right?" "Yes, that's right." "Like every night." "I like dogs" " If you like them, why don't you have one?" " Because my wife doesn't like them." "She prefers cats." " Do you have a cat?" " No, they're dirty" "My wife would like a clean cat." "They're cleaner than dogs." "Canaries are the worst." "My wife didn't want one either, but I insisted." "That happens sometimes..." "Yes, the canary, the neighbors' dog..." "What's his name?" " Brunet" " No, the dog." "Tango." " Yes, Tango, an Irish setter." "That breed has flair." "Hunting dogs." " Yes, they're great hunters!" " Yes, if they hunt." "But he's a house pet." " Tango." "How do you spell it?" "Like a tango?" " Sure." "How do you think?" "Like paso doble?" " In all your statements you say:" ""I found the body."" "You never mention the dog." " So what?" " Normally, it's the dog who finds the body..." "No, wait..." "Let me catch up." "Let's say I've been studying the file all evening... in the traffic jams..." "You're right," " Mr. Brunet confirms that you didn't have Tango that night." "He says that you normally go out with him, but not that evening." "Not the evening of the 3rd." " He doesn't know what he's talking about." "He drinks!" " I wish I could,but still," " Mme Faure, the saleswoman at number 12, has no idea what she's saying," " Marcel Esperu at number 19, same thing..." "You're the only one who knows what he's talking about in the neighborhood..." "Who should I believe?" "Them." " You know I have nothing against you." "No animosity." "I would even say no feelings." "Because, if I were going to develop any feelings   towards people who passed through this office... let's just say - a kind of stubbornness." "Mr. Martinaud," " 2 young girls were raped and killed 8 days apart." "I want to know who did it." "You or someone else." "I swear I don't care which." " That's not true." " Yes it is." " It's a lie!" "Some rat or some black who rapes little girls, that's nothing special..." "On the other hand, if I'm the one, Mr. Martinaud, attorney," " In the career of a cop, that would really be something, don't you think?" "The newspapers..." "The interviews..." "TV, if everything goes right." "Isn't that the truth?" "Admit it..." " Don't change places." "All right, I admit it, I'm devoured by ambition..." "But the Brunets, Mme. Faure and Mr. Esperu," " Why do you overpower them?" " Because I'm rich, I have a beautiful home - and a lovely wife." "So it seems I don't deserve any of that." "I'm fairly intelligent, have an average physique..." "Mediocrities resign themselves   to the success of exceptional people." "They applaud the gifted, the champions," " but the success of one of their own exasperates them." "It strikes them as an injustice..." "You must have received anonymous letters..." "Oh, no more than usual." "No... well, not many more..." "The French love to write to the police." "What do you want..." "Okay, I received sacks of letters." "They deal with tax fraud, lots of things like that..." "Plus 2 rapes, of course." "Some of these letters even hint   that your wife initiated them." "Others claim she just watches." "On the other hand, none of them mention your mediocrity." "Weirdness, yes, but not mediocrity." " and finally, 2 witnesses confirm that the dog wasn't with you..." " No." " What do you mean, no?" "May I..." "They don't say that there was no dog." "They say that they   didn't notice him." "I'ts underlined." "Belmond, come look at this." "What does that mean, this mixup?" "He's right." "They don't say that the dog wasn't there," " they say they didn't notice it." "Isn't that the same thing?" " No, it isn't the same thing." " They say they didn't notice it." "That means either that it was there or that it wasn't, right?" "Pardon me..." "What's the difference?" " If the dog had been there, it would have discovered the corps." "What's the difference?" "Yes, what's the difference?" "The dog isn't the one who phoned us!" "I didn't whisper it..." "Tell me, inspector," " When I was asked to come here, I was told it was for a short detour," " just a swing by to see you." "I've been here for an hour already!" "No one else was called." "If I had anything else to do..." "But I do." "I have..." " You're right, but I'm afraid that this matter is going to take - longer than I expected." "Anyway, if you want to call home, please feel free." "Dial zero to get the switchboard." "Are you coming, Belmond?" "Hold on, Mercier." " Where are we going now?" "Thanks a lot for the trick:" " "Come have a look, that's not what's written"..." "You want me to look like a clown?" "Do you have any small change?" " What were you trying to do with the dog story?" "In my opinion, it doesn't hold up." " A lawyer who agrees to spend New Year's Eve with the chickens," " that doesn't hold up either." "Nothing holds up." " In your opinion, is he guilty or not guilty?" " When I read the file, he's guilty, but when I'm with him," "I'm not so sure." " Excuse me." "You can come back in." "There was no answer at home..." "You can come back in." " No, thanks, I have my own personal poison." "If you're thirsty, there's a coffee machine in the corridor." " Inspector Belmond has the change..." " Young Genevieve LeBailly, you were slightly acquainted with her," "Or very well?" "She was 8, and I'm 50." "A man my age can never know an 8 year old kid." " According to the neighbors, she was a very cheerful child, very spontaneous, wasn't she?" " She laughed a lot." "Not wild for a penny." " who would have followed anyone..." " yes, who would have followed anyone." "Particularly a lawyer." " No, that's not what I said." " No, that's not what you said." "Okay, so what do I type?" ""Not wild for a penny"." " No, all of it!" "The questions and the answers!" "Your questions are so cheep that you're ashamed of them!" "From this moment, I demand that everything get written down!" "Maybe that will make you change your tune!" "Fine..." "Age, profession, family status?" " Bullshit!" " Last name, first name, profession!" " I've told you 20 times..." " I'm still asking!" "Your answers are being typed, so I'm waiting!" "Your name is" " Martinaud" " Yes." "Jerome, Charles, Emile." " Attorney, Boulevard de Lattre?" " Yes." " You're married?" "No children?" " Yes." "No children." "Why?" "Because they make messes?" " I don't have any children because my wife can't have any." " She can't or she doesn't want to?" " If she can't..." " You could adopt." "But you walk the neighbor's dog!" "That's elegant..." "And that's bullshit," "Is that elegant?" "When the police showed up, young Genevieve LeBailly was like that, lying face down." "She was lying face down, and you recognized her..." " Yes, by her track suit, her hair," " That's all I know." "Those are cop's questions!" "Even from the back, you recognize someone you've seen 100 times!" "That's it..." " It was the track suit which reminded me that it was Wednesday!" "She used to go to the sports grounds every Wednesday." "Wait!" "..." "On Wednesday the 3rd..." "He's right, Mr. Brunet," " He couldn't have noticed the dog," " He was already outside." "He was playing in the yard." "Yes, yes..." "I called to him." "I called to him." " And he followed you?" " Of course!" " Not bad..." " Of course that's not bad." "Tell me, Martinaud," " Frankly, do you know why you're here?" "That's it..." "You're here because you're under suspicion." "From being a witness, you have become a suspect." "From thread to needle..." "Somewhere there was something like a slip, you see." "I'm sure you noticed." " Not really." "What I don't get is the cause of the slip." " 2 little girls have been killed." "2 children" "The first on the 25th of November on the beach at Saint-Clement   and the second on the 3rd of December on the public field of Jobourg," "Practically next door to you." "So it appears, unfortunately for you," " The day of the first murder, you were in the area," " and the evening of the second, you were on the spot," " since you're the one who found the body." "and who notified the police." " The walls of this room are not big enough   to write the names of all the killers" " supposedly found the body of their victim." "Besides, thinking about it, that's natural, since they're the first to know!" " Your interpretation of civic duty is very personal." "I don't remember who said..." " You forget lots of things." " ... "You're no longer safe"   "The minute you enter a police station"." "For you, calling the police already gives you goose bumps." " Let's put aside the telephone call for now..." "Why?" "The officer formally verified my voice." "True." " The one time there is evidence in my favor, you ignore it " "To other matters..." ""For now"." "Thank you, Belmond." "Good..." "Very good." "So what are we going to talk about now?" "Dogs?" "Birds?" " About the first murder, if you wish." "The dunes of Saint Clement..." "It's not old, it happened 6 weeks ago." "The morning of November 25th, a Monday." "The southern side of the beach..." "The body of a child is found," "Pauline Valera, 8 years old." "Raped, murdered, strangled." "It must have happened in the blockhouse." " She ran, and the killer trapped her on the beach." "That same day," " Your car is found badly parked at the port, less than half a mile from the dunes." "It must have been there all night," " Policemen took the licence plate number at 7:15 or 7:20:" " The watches of the two policemen were a few minutes off..." "YOu're not going to quibble, are you?" "I said nothing." " The body of the girl was found half an hour later." " They reset their watches?" " I don't know what keeps me from punching him in the nose." " The regulations, Belmond, just the regulations." "I must admit that if there were no fucking regulations..." " You've already asked me 100 times and I've answered 100 times." "So since this isn't Scotland Yard," " Please allow me to say that you are starting to piss me off!" " You don't have to record that remark..." "Maybe not." "Whatever." " Your car was at the port." "But you, during that time, where were you?" " At my sister's, or at the bistrot." "I don't remember." "I forgot the bistrot." "Your sister's, the bistrot..." "Unfortunately, the owner of the bistrot doesn't remember seeing you." "Not at all." "And as far as your visit to your sick sister goes..." " Her bladder..." " You know the expression:" " "You are not related or connected with the accused..."" "Even if you remove the word "accused", the family context..." " If her testimony is not admissible, why did the other one..." " Because I'm a cop!" " Why did you harass her" " Before she was operated on?" "It's delicate..." " Your sister doesn't seem to get along very well with you..." "Before Saint-Clement, you hadn't seen each other for a !" " We see each other less since her marriage." "That's normal." "Jeanine's marriage had something to do with it?" " Oh, that..." "Inspector Belmond has his own idea." " Your sister married a painter?" " Yes, a painter." " Named Van..." " Van Kenpen." "Joss Van Kenpen." "He's not a bad painter." " You know Joss's painting?" "Oh, just a few canvasses..." " So it's his fault you don't see you sister any more..." "Until that visit to Saint-Clement." " I see her in secret." " From her husband?" "No." " That's right." "Your wife didn't go with you to Saint-Clement." "She must have had other things to do that day..." " My sister and wife don't get along very well." "You mean not at all." "It's complicated." "It's very complicated." "At first everything was fine." "They went to the movies, shows..." "I think everything was going well." "And then Joss started selling a lot of paintings..." "And starting then..." "How can I put it?" " Your wife was jealous of your sister." "She liked the painter." " My wife must have thought that she should have married him." "An artist rather than a lawyer." "Yes, someone people talk about." " Maybe people will talk a lot about you, Mr. Martinaud." "Tell me," " Was it before or after your visit to your sister   that you went to the bistrot?" "After." "I found Jeanine emaciated, fatigued." "I was shocked." "I went to have a drink and ended up in a bad place." "and at a bad time..." "How long did you spend at the bistrot?" " I didn't notice." "Not more than one hour..." "And afterward?" " Afterward I went back to my sister's place." " Directly?" " Almost." "Almost..." "But not right away, Martinaud." "You took a strole to the lighthouse." "Isn't the Saint-Clement lighthouse splendid?" " It sure is." "I popped over to the lighthouse." "To get some air?" " You just said that the lighthouse was splendid." "I went to see it." "Lots of people come from Paris..." " So you saw the lighthouse." "Then what?" " Afterward?" "What do you think I did?" "I've already told you!" "My car was at the port." "I went to my sister's." "12 Rue des Lorientais." " By way of the beach?" "By way of the beach?" " In order to go by foot from the lighthouse to Rue des Lorientais, you have to cross the beach." "Sure, that seems clear enough..." " What isn't so clear is the body of Pauline Valera..." "Whoever did that had to have gone by way of the beach..." "He went by way of the beach, just like the rapist   of Genevieve LeBailly must have..." " You're killing me!" "What do you mean by "the one who did that"," " or "the murderer"?" "Give a name to this phantom." ""Mister Martinaud, attorney"," "Because you're so sure..." " Not altogether, Martinaud." "Not altogether..." "Anyway, that's why you're still here." " I'm still here because I want to be, because I was told to come." "Now I'm leaving!" "Sit down!" "You aren't leaving." "What do you mean, I'm not leaving?" "Wait a minute, my good friends!" "You don't have a lot of choices left!" "Just simply to relax, you're in custody - or you're bringing me to court." " I don't know what you're thinking," " But I'm fond of being in custody." " You can make a phone call." " To whom?" " To whoever you want." "To your lawyer for example." "You can call him, but he won't be able to come." " I don't have a lawyer." "Or at least I don't have one now." "A matter of three spades..." " Tomorrow, if you're brought before an examining magistrate," "You'll need a lawyer." "Ms. Kellman, who represented me in my divorce is brilliant." "I lost, but she was brilliant!" "If you want a life sentence, I have her phone number." "Or Inspector Belmond can give you a list." " You must know them." "There's even a Chinese, if that tempts you." " I already have one." "My acupuncturist" " I would prefer to have you leave this office freely." "I don't know why." " I do." "It's because I make you laugh." " You might irritate me, surprise me and even seduce me." "Why not." "But as long as I have the idea that you've killed two children," " there's no way you're going to make me laugh." " The ones in red are the ones who answer at night." " Take a pin, close your eyes and stab one at random." " That may not be in your best interest..." " Call your house again." "Maybe you'll get an answer." " No." " And that's normal?" "And you, you're normal?" "Spending New Year's Eve talking about rape and murder..." "Mind your own business." "I'm old enough to call my wife if I feel like it." "Henri?" "Thanks." "You, too." "Happy New Year." "Did someone call Jobourg from 24 just now?" "Yes..." "Wait... 22-71-10." "Thanks, Henri." " I'm going to ask you to please empty your pockets." "Um... no... having trouble?" " Completely..." "Everything on the table." " You can sit down now." "You, too, Belmond." "This is your wife?" "I didn't picture her like that." "I didn't either." "It's too bad you didn't come to Boulevard de Lattre." "You might have understood." " I did come to your house!" "But you," "You didn't understand anything." "Try to remember " " The topography of the location, as your type says." "Downstairs, there's..." " No, upstairs." "The upstairs is more instructive." "I didn't see anything exciting!" " He didn't say exciting, he said instructive." " Thank you." " At the top of the stairs." " There's a hall." " Yes." " A long hall." " 50 feet!" " Maybe..." " Definitely!" " 3 bedrooms, as I recall, 2 big ones and one small one." " The children's bedroom, the guest room and ours." "The children's bedroom stayed empty." " The guest bedroom became my wife's room." "Our bedroom became " " Mine." "Between these two bedrooms, a 50-foot hall." "There are a lot of things which can separate a couple:" " Adultery, sickness, death..." "Me, I'm separated from my wife by a hall." "A fifty foot long hall." "Simply..." "So, simply..." "A fifty foot desert!" "And at the end of this desert," "A locked door." "You can't be sure " " You know what it is to knock on a door which doesn't open..." "I knock?" "Another coffee?" " Yes." " This time, can I have one? Can I move, too?" "Oh, great!" "Really, very amusing!" ""Another coffee?"" "Don't interrupt a private conversation!" "You really take me for a fool!" " On the contrary, Martinaud, I think you're very intelligent." "A first-class muddler." "I'm interrogating you about two raped and strangled girls," " and the conversation wanders to your wife," " to a hall, to a door..." "Only now that you've brought me to that door," " It has to be opened." "I want to know what's behind it." "You know perfectly well." " Wouldn't you rather use your own words?" " I've been turning the words around in my head night after night." "Don't trouble yourself..." "Okay." "So I'll tell you what's behind the door." "It's Mme Martinaud, Chantal Martinaud." "Who refuses to let you in her bed." "For how long?" "Months?" "Years?" "Maybe from the start?" "Ah..." "Not that!" "So, since when?" " In the middle of our honeymoon." "What do you say to that, little father?" "What makes our sexual relations original," " is that they fell apart almost immediately." "5 OU 6 weeks of insane passion..." "We used to hide out in hostels." "It was fun - and completely new for me." "The feeling of living on the edge, of doing dirty things... of doing dirty things   which I used to think about the next day in my office - while receiving my clients." "Until the day Chantal asked for my hand in marriage." "As for me, I didn't dare think about that..." "So she was the one..." " who decided." " Oh, you don't know her..." "It's never that direct." "Always a spiral..." " And then?" " Then," " Marriage..." "Venice..." "Hotel D'Agnelli..." "That's where everything went wrong." "The young bride had migraines all the time." " She began to discover that I had certain fixed ideas." "My so-called perversity surprised her, or so it appears..." "But her astonishment didn't last long." "That gave way to disgust," "Repugnance..." "It slowly turned gangrene." "In short, when I returned to Boulevard de Lattre," " I found myself at the end of the hall with my toothbrush." "You see that?" " Yes, I see." "What do you see?" "What do you see, Mr. Gallien?" "Nothing at all!" "Since you're telling your story   while I'm telling you another!" " Yes, but you're not there for the other one..." "I couldn't care less about Mme Martinaud's migraines, your toothbrush " " Mr. Martinaud naked in the hall!" "What I see is a longer hall," " blacker, with Pauline Valera and Genevieve LeBailly at the end!" "I want this hall to lead me to the beaches of Saint-Clement," " to the communal field of Jobourg - and the murderer!" " Inspector, I'm going to tell you something good." "If I had the courage to kill someone, I wouldn't choose young girls." "Oh, no!" "You never wanted to kill anyone?" " Inspector Belmond sometimes, maybe..." "Never one of your three wives?" "Maybe the first... and not seriously." "She made beautiful bouquets." "You can't kill a woman who loves flowers." " I just don't see why..." " Wait, here's Tintin!" " How far have you gotten?" "We're making progress..." "Good, Martinaud, everyone's sleepy." "Try to make it fast." "Let's go!" "Okay!" "So..." "The body of little Valera was found at 8:00 a.m." "And, according to the expert, death took place around 5 hours earlier." "So that brings us to 3:00 a.m." "But... you were still admiring the lighthouse at 3:00?" " Do you see me at 3:00 a.m. standing at the foot of a lighthouse?" " No, but I would have liked more than anyone to have seen you there." "Your sister doesn't know when you returned..." " I don't either!" "I wasn't exactly paying attention! Tell me, during your stroll, was the lighthouse lit?" " Obviously!" "If it weren't I wouldn't have seen it!" "it was foggy..." " I wouldn't have put a lawyer outside..." "But you were outside... and you met no one?" "No sir." " You didn't hear anything?" " Yes, just the surf." "Oh, the surf..." "Nothing else?" "No." " No voices?" "No one?" " I don't remember." "You expect me to believe you?" "I couldn't care less!" " Oh!" "I'm not a printing press!" " So, to sum up, you saw nothing, heard nothing." "Yes!" "A big racket!" "A drunkard somewhere trying to reconquer Algeria." "The surf, the sound of the sea..." " And the seagulls..." " No!" " Why not seagulls?" " Because that late at night, they're sleeping!" " Between the time no one saw you come in   and the time no one saw you go out, time passed." "How long?" "One hour?" "Half an hour?" " More or less." " Enough time to rape and strangle Pauline Valera." " Excited by such a cold, it had to be done!" "That remark   is full of good sense." "To put into the defense brief!" "Very funny!" "I promise you that on the day of the reconstruction..." "The case will be raised "au clerc"!" "Really, very funny! Are you done yet?" "Huh?" " I asked if you're finished, you idiot!" "Good..." "I think you were right to talk about the weather." "Thank you, Belmond." "Independently of the amusing physiological parenthesis   of Inspector Belmond..." " Excellent!" "Really excellent!" "...Huh?" " ..." "Isn't it incredible to be wandering around at night in such weather?" " It's even more incredible for an 8 year old child." "She certainly had to be there so I could kill her...no?" " Would you like a cigarette, Inspector?" "No." " You're not a very good player..." " But I don't play, Mr. Martinaud." "You won't win a box of washing powder from my questions " "Or a trip on Air Inter." "They just might put you away for the rest of your life." "In prison or in a nut house." "I repeat for the third time:" " You heard nothing when you were near the lighthouse?" "Yes!" "Come in!" " Sorry to disturb you." "Can you come with me?" " Please excuse me for a moment." " Make yourself at home." "No one's coming." "Stay there..." " Take your raincoat." "It's the boss." "Tell me, inspector..." "What do you want me to have heard near the fucking lighthouse?" "The foghorn, Mr. Martinaud." "The foghorn." " He's friendly, your boss." "That's the first time!" "Becaue with the dog, he didn't go so very far." "With little VAlera outside at 3:00 a.m." " He wasn't exactly triumphant either!" "On the other hand, the foghorn," " So, I raise may hat to you, Inspector!" "Finally...temporarily! How do you explain that?" "It has the appearance and color of caviar," "So why isn't it?" "If you please..." "Pardon me." " Good evening, Gallien." " Good evening, sir." " Woud you like a drink, something to nibble on?" " I don't suppose that's why I'm here..." " No, of course not." "You've held him up there for three hours!" " Held is a big word." "I'm dealing with an eel!" " I have already remarked that most sexual maniacs   are very intelligent." "Otherwise, where would they go to look for all that?" " These are police badges..." "You have decorations of the border patrol?" " "Pauline Valera must have been outdoors" " ""so that I could kill her"..." "I stopped typing at what point?" "When he called you an idiot." "I admire you, Martinaud." "Yes..." "We tell you about young girls raped and strangled   and you keep your sense of humor." "Strangled   and raped." " What did I say?" "You said:" " "Raped and strangled"." "There." "I said no." ""strangled and raped", so," " I answer, yes." "Finally, yes...maybe." "YOu have to pay attention." "It's not important to me," " But you must ask the questions in the right order," "Mr. Belmond." "Otherwise..." " What?" "You're closing?" "If we find," " it was the kid who brought you behind the dunes..." "It's true...they're really just little whores these days!" "Later, they grow up to be big whores." " and much later, old whores..." " you're obsessed with whores!" " They aren't what interests me." "But how do you take it?" "The old ones, no problem," " But the young ones, That bothers me!" "Tell me..." "Go on, tell me!" "How do you do it?" "Do you touch them like this? No?" "Like this? "What's your name, little kitty?"" ""Pauline... "" ""Oh, Pauline... "" ""That's nice, That's cute!" " You're hurting me!" " You too, you hurt them!" "You too!" "..." "You're crazy!" "Who's the crazy one?" "!" "Don't knock him around too much." "Only use custody as a last resort." "Oh no, the fiddle," " It's worse than last year!" " Don't tell me he's already in custody?" "Well, yes." "For an hour and a half." "Oh lord..." " "Oh lord", Yes, I know..." "But otherwise he'd have walked out!" " You killed both of them, shithead?" " Wait till the other one comes back." " That's how you did it to them?" "Or like that?" "Where the hell are you going?" "Huh?" "The little girls, you bastard!" "Those little asses...you fucker!" " I'm going to take care of you!" " Oh!" " Has Mr. Gallien returned?" "What do you want?" "Shit!" "..." "Yeh, shit!" "That's enough!" "I'm getting out!" " No!" " I want to leave." "Christ!" "Martinaud!" "Where's he going?" "Hey!" "What..." "Let go, you shit!" "Don't act crazy!" "Come here." "Good lord!" "Don't move!" " Really, there's no reason to panic like that!" "What's your problem?" "Calm down..." "I didn't hurt you..." "Don't just stand there!" "There's nothing to see!" " Let go of me, you shit!" "I'm a minor and I'll screw all of you!" " Isn't he sweet..." "Who is he?" " The son of Berthier." "Berthier?" "!" " He stole a car - a Japanese model." "He smashed it up on Boulevard Edgar Quinet." "You're father will be pleased." " Japanese models, except for motorcycles, they're all shit!" " You should have stolen a motorcycle..." "How did you smash it?" " Into a street lamp." "I'd have preferred hitting a cop," "A big fat one like you!" " I'm not fat." "I'm wrapped up." " Antoine?" " What?" " Um..." " What's wrong?" " This is the night of major headaches..." "Why are you telling me that?" " Belmond layed Martinaud out." " What?" "Yup..." "Hold on." " That's not good..." "He didn't straighten you out!" "No he didn't." "To say nothing of kicking..." "I can't breathe!" "Should we call a doctor?" " No, Mr. Martinaud is old enough to call his own doctor." " I need an x-ray." "I have a deviated septum." "Leave me alone." "I'll straighten this out." "And then leave me alone!" "Don't stand there." "I told you, I can't breathe!" "Shit!" "He's right, go away." "Thanks..." "You, too, Belmond." "What, me too?" " You don't think you've screwed things up enough already?" " What's wrong?" "Do I have a disease, or what?" "Look at me." "You bunch of hypocrites!" "They're beautiful..." "and the prettiest," " is still you, because if he'd cracked," " you'd have found signed confessions." "That would have solved everything!" " Yes, but you see, he didn't crack..." "Too bad..." "The only thing you can hope for now is that I am guilty... since if I'd killed those kids, they'd have taken care of the sadist," "That can be arranged..." "But if I didn't kill anyone, the sadists change sides!" " Yes, sure!" " Rotten weather, people..." " What do you want, Martinaud?" "Apologies?" "I officially disapprove of Belmond's methods." "Is that enough?" "Not in the least." "Where the hell is his list of lawyers?" " You intend to make a complaint?" " Punches and wounds before witnesses!" " What witnesses?" "For a cut on your forehead?" " I think I prefer Belmond." " What?" " I like Belmond better!" "The spontaneous and the looneys." "You, you're the looney!" "Because I'm going to tell you something:" " Your big blow, the foghorn," "That's particularly looney!" "If I didn't hear it, that means I was somewhere else." "Is that it?" "Actually, yes." "I was somewhere else." "But not where you're thinking!" "I wasn't on the Saint-Clement dunes." "I was on top of a whore!" "Aha!" "On top of a whore!" "Perfect, on top of a whore!" "I don't spend my whole life in halls." "I go to whores!" "They're the opposite of Chantal:" " They give a lot for a little money!" "Exactly! Midnight." " Happy New Year, Antoine." " Happy New Year, Old Man." " I guess we don't kiss..." "I'm warning him..." "Have you forgotten something?" "Mme Martinaud just arrived." "She came to see her husband." "What do I tell her?" "What did you tell her?" "Good..." "I'll try to straighten it out." "They kept you in the dark?" "There!" "That's better, isn't it?" " My husband has been here for hours, Inspector." " I knowm Madam." "And it may take some more time..." "Have you arrested him?" " No..." "He's just in custory." "Why?" " I'm not sure I have to answer that," " But you must know the reason." " I usually have a sense of humor," " But I find yours detestable." "I came to see my husband, and I demand..." "You have nothing to demand." "Excuse me." "I'm not used to speaking in that tone." " What is preventing me from seeing my husband?" " Nothing, Madame, except one little thing Namely, that he doesn't want to see you." " Wouldn't you like to take off your jacket?" "Yes." "Please." "Would you like something hot?" "Coffee, tea?" "I would like some tea, thank you." " Henri?" "Could you bring some tea to room 60?" "Huh?" "Yes, tea." "Tea." "Do you or do you not know that that is?" "Okay." "Thank you." "Wouldn't you like to sit down?" " In a while." "I'm the one who turned off the light." "Thank you." "Pardon me." "You came here to speak to me, Mme. Martinaud." "So, let's speak..." "But about what?" "About me, for example." " You mean, you as a couple?" " That isn't the word I would have used." "Because of the two bedrooms?" "Oh..." "He told you about that?" "What else did he tell you?" " About Venice, Boulevard de Lattre," "The hall..." "I see..." " Of course..." "But for me, that isn't very clear." "After hearing your husband, according to what I understand," " Wouldn't it have been simpler to contemplate   a separation, or even divorce?" " How long have you been here, Mr. Gallien?" "6 years." " So you know the town well enough..." "You can place me perfectly if I tell you that before my marriage," " I lived in the Saint-Louis neighborhood." " That's nice!" " The side with the odd numbers." " That's even nicer!" " No, that's a sign   of fortune, money." "It's the Boulevard de Lattre." "Ah..." " My parents often had nothing but a slice of ham for dinner   but they wouldn't have lived anywhere else for any price." "But all of this must be strange to you." " Oh, my parents lived in a two-room apartment for 35 years," " in the 20th arrondissement and never moved, so..." "I don't want to seem indelicate, but your marriage," " it couldn't be called an error of youth..." "Of youth, no." "After I finished my studies, Inspector, I had a choice." "Work - but at what?" "899 00:56:34,480 -- 00:56:38,080 Get married?" "But with whom?" "Or to sleep with anyone." "In our families, there is always a friend of the father - to take you to Ibiza..." " Yes, you were all grown up." " Very much so." "But I inherited a gift for the piano from my mother - and a ridiculous virtue." " And so Prince Charming appeared." "Is that it?" " You known, I was just living out the dream   of a whole generation of well brought up young girls:" "to marry Jerome Martinaud." " Doctor of Law and heir to the Martinaud practice." " Sole heir?" "But... the sister?" "Doesnt' he have a sister?" " Poor girl..." "He left her some royalties and an old house." "At Saint-Clement?" "He told you about it, some things..." "Not everything." "I'm afraid he left the most interesting part in shadow..." "He is ignoble, Martinaud," " when he stops being Mr. Martinaud." "Ignoble..." " He is as cumbersome as that, Martinaud, about his hall?" "Yes, because, despite your evident desire   to see your husband's head chopped off, in the eyes of the law - he is still innocent." "Let's not play with words..." " Too bad." "Some of them are amusing." "For example: "Conjugal duty"." "Martinaud uses that one a lot." "According to him, you never did it with the same good humor as before your marriage, this duty... true?" "True." "Maybe because it was no longer a duty... an investment?" "Why are you becoming rude?" "Excuse me." "Does this bother you?" "When I'm not smoking, it does." "Excuse me.." "Thank you." " To return to your husband's statements," " it was when you returned from your honeymoon   that the relationship became gangrened." "He used the word gangrened." "And when you returned from Venice he found his things - at the end of the hall..." "Is that true?" " False!" "How long " "Have you had separate bedrooms?" " Since one Christmas eve ten years ago." "It's almost the anniversary..." "Today, he's afraid." "Because he's one of those men   who always hope that things will work out   as long as you don't talk about them." "He's right..." " To hope?" "To be afraid." " Mandarin?" " No thank you." "We used to spend every Christmas " " At Louviers, with my brother and his sister." "It was because of their daughter Camille." "You didn't have children, and at that time, she had how should I put it..." "a charming little girl." "There are children like that Who have something magic about them, a special grace." "It was   a pleasant evening." "We were all very happy," " like a family should be at Christmas." "Camille was opening her presents..." "Santa spoiled her." "She was thrilled, a little over-excited, maybe..." " Jerome paid attention only to her, only had eyes for her." "My sister-in-law had arranged things - brilliantly." "She has provincial tastes, but you have to believe   that they like that." "They're happy, that's what's important." " Jerome continued to chat with the girl." "No one was paying any attention to them." "No one was paying them any attention." "982 01:02:35,281 -- 01:02:38,401 In brief, a simple family reunion," "A quiet holiday..." "After the meal, I looking at the presents with my sister-in-law:" " Books she would never read," " Jewels which I would never wear." "No one was left in the dining room," "Except Jerome and Camille." "I had forgotten one of the gifts at the foot of the tree," " I went to get it, with having no special reason... unless you want to call it intuition..." "They were there." "He was talking, she was listening." "I can't tell you " " The words, but it was..." "How can I say it?" "He was speaking to her as if she were a woman." "She seemed to understand." "And then he must have felt that I was there." "I remember Camille... her smile..." "He had no right to make her smile like that." " You continued to live together, but each one - at the end of the hall..." " Those things have never been a problem for me." "The whole physical side of the marriage." " If a woman decides that it has no importance... and even if I decided that things would return to normal there are images which can't be erased." "Mme Martinaud," " Everything you've told me might explain, if necessary, your behavior." "As for me, Madam, I am a policeman." "So in order to charge Jerome Martinaud with two murders," "I need proof." "I have it." "And the other one, he's listening to her!" "She's telling him anything - and he's listening!" "May I go and slit my wrists in the bathroom?" " That sometimes happens." "You're joking, but..." " At this hour, you can't tell when someone is joking   or if you're dreaming..." "you can't tell what you're doing..." "Inspector?" "May I know your opnion now?" " Madam, my opinion has very little importance," " and in any case, it won't change yours." "Isn't that so?" " Mr. Martinaud is talking about silting his wrists..." "Great!" " What did Chantal Martinaud say to you?" "Do you like mud baths?" "Mud baths..." "What crap has she been telling you?" "You just had to come in!" "You could have known everything." "But you refused." "I must know what you want, Old Man." "You know!" "Yes." "I know what I want and what you don't want." "Fine..." "While we're waiting, and to concentrate our thoughts," " Let's return to the evening of the third." " That's the Valera evening." " No, the LeBailly evening." " That isn't the one I prefer." "Haven't we said everything already?" "Not really." "That's why I asked you if you like mud baths." "Genevieve, you found her in the ditch, didn't you?" "What was the weather like that night?" "The weather now!" " I believe there had been a large storm." "Do you remember?" "The ditch must have been disgusting, I would imagine?" "I don't really understand..." "You had the communal field for your stroll, 1054 01:08:00,044 -- 01:08:02,044 - and you ended up down there..." " Obviously!" "I saw the body." "OH?" "..." "But how could you have seen it, Martinaud?" "Were you hunting?" " No, Not that day." " You can't see anything in the communal field!" "Absolutely nothing!" "There are nettles this high!" "Sorry, I don't follow." "This high?" " Sorry, but I can't follow your reasoning." " Yes you can, you are following my trail." "The communal field, the nettles, the ditch with the body - and the little woods." "Why haven't you mentioned the little woods?" " Why haven't you told me what my wife said to you?" " There were dead leaves on the girl's socks." "And those fall from trees!" "So, on the communal field," " there is a tree, and it's dead!" "So the kid came out of the little woods." "And you?" " What about me?" " Did you come from Jobourg, or from the woods?" " I don't remember." " Decide to remember!" " The dead leaves, the little woods, Jobourg..." "This is becoming completely surrealistic!" "There is something even more surrealistic:" " Mr. Martinaud returning home in a rush." " Excuse me?" " Why did you run home?" " I found a body!" " Why go home?" "To make a phone call!" " There are two public phones in the field." "So why go back home?" "I don't know..." "I was in shock, that's all!" " Did your wife hear you come in?" " I don't know whether or not she heard me!" "She does't care." "It doesn't interest her." "Okay, so you went back home." " The phone is downstairs, and you climb to the first floor." " I went to the bathroom." "To call?" " I was ready to throw up!" "I had the shits!" "Are you happy?" "Yes." "From shock?" "Yes," " That's probably it." "From shock." "Tell me, Martinaud..." "How many raincoats do you have?" "Like this one, how many?" "2." "2!" "The same?" "Identical?" " Obviously, identical!" "There are only two models of raincoats." "They come with or without a belt." "I prefer with!" "It looks better on me..." "Aren't you feeling well?" "I'm fine, Old Man." "I'm perfectly okay?" "Continue." " You've gone all pale..." " No, I'm fine, Gallien." "Anyway, you're not very fresh either." "Stop beating around the bush now!" "On the evening of the third, what do you want to know " "Neatly and precisely?" " What you were doing in the little woods." "What you were doing in the little woods and at Saint-Clement." " At Saint-Clement, as I had the honor of telling you," "I was with a prostitute." " Fine." "The name of the girl, the name of the hotel, the address?" "There wasn't any hotel." "It was a whore who made pickups in cars," " an Amazon, as they're called." " Pathetic..." " What?" "Your plea." "Pathetic..." " It isn't a plea, it's an alibi!" "It's weak, your alibi." "You wait until 2 in the morning to admit to me - that you go with whores?" "You haven't stopped lying since you've been here." "Your sick sister, who you hardly ever see," " an hour spent at a bistrot where no one recognized you," " a walk to the lighthouse, then more than a walk to the lighthouse," " and now an anonymous prostitute!" "Tell me, Martinaud," " When are you going to tell me something I can believe?" " She told you about Camille, didn't she? Tell him..." "Tell him that she came to talk about that." "A motive to rape children..." "She came here to tell you about Camille " " And everything's perfect for you now." "It's clear..." "You're really lucky." "I'm the bad guy." "Uncle Harelip..." "Obviously, it's easier to tell it like that   than to tell it as a love story." "What's wrong with you?" "Huh?" "What's wrong?" "Where are you going with your fairy tale, your Harelip?" "I just wanted to talk to you about your raincoat." "That's all." " You're right." "Let's talk about raincoats, that's more important." "Yes!" "Fortunately, you have 2 raincoats..." "What did you do with the other one?" " The other one?" " The one from the communal field." "I turned it in to the police." "No you didn't." "No, Martinaud, the one you turned in to the police - had no traces of mud... nothing." "Spotless!" "So what?" " So you're continuing to lie, Martinaud..." "YOu didn't throw up when you came back home." "You changed." " Oh really?" "Why?" " Because there was blood on your raincoat." " Yes, I wanted to identify her." "I touched her." " The raincoat you turned in to the police was spotless!" "Why?" "Because the one from Jobourg, the other one," " That was the one!" " You have no proof." "Yes I do." "The dry cleaning ticket." "Your wife looked for it." "The murder on Tuesday, the dry cleaner the next day..." "A spotless murderer in clean clothes!" " No, that's not it..." "It's simply that..." "What, Martinaud?" "I didn't think..." "I didn't think she'd go so far." " Your wife doesn't like you very much, Old Man." "No..." "Not much." "I must say that at this point, it is becomming almost amusing." "Did you kill Valera?" "Yes." " And LeBailly?" " Yes." " Both of them?" " Yes, both of them." "Both." "Yes..." "Killed and raped." "It's me." " Are you ready to make a deposition?" "What else can I do?" "What else can I do?" "Oh, Antoine!" "Bravo, Old Man!" "Your tenacity has paid off!" "Tell me..." " Yes?" " What happened with Belmond?" "I was told..." " Nothng at all." " That's what I told myself." "And Martinaud?" "Adami is taking his deposition." "And then..." " It's?" "..." " Yes." "She won't take it too hard?" "No, she has a lot of courage..." "Go on!" "Straight!" "Go on!" "..." " Excuse me, Madam, You'll have to wait five minutes." "We have to unload a car." "I have all the time in the world..." "Thank you, Madam." "Go on!" "More!" "VAS-Y..." "STOP!" "ATTENDS UNE SECONDE!" "DIS DONC..." "VIENS VOIR UN PEU!" "C'EST QUOI, CE TRUC?" "C'EST DU SANG..." "Hé, ANTOINE!" "TU PEUX VENIR?" "VIENS, S'IL TE PLAIT." " A qui EST CETTE BAGNOLE?" " A UN CERTAIN JABELIN." "IL NOUS A EMMERDéS TOUTE LA SOIREE CAR ON LUI AVAIT VOLé SA TIRE." " ET Où IL EST?" "VOUS L'AVEZ LAISSé REPARTIR?" " NON." "ON LUI A TELEPHONé, IL POIREAUTE AU COMMISSARIAT." "ET MARTINAUD?" " QUOI, MARTINAUD?" "MAITRE MARTINAUD!" "CA, MAITRE MARTINAUD, C'EST L'AFFAIRE DE M. GALLIEN!" "Sirène de police." "Machine à écrire." " APRES, J'AI TRANSPORTé LE CORPS..." "NON..." "PLUTOT, J'AI TRAINé LE CORPS." "L'INSPECTEUR GALLIEN PREFERE LE MOT "TRAINé"." "J'AI TRAINé LE CORPS DU PETIT BOIS JUSQU'AU FOSSé." " LE PETIT BOIS, C'EST LE BOIS DE JOBOURG?" "IL ME FAUT DES NOMS..." " OUI, C'EST CA." "METTEZ "LE PETIT BOIS"." "LE PETIT BOIS DE JOBOURG..." "Pas de son." "ALORS, C'EST LE VRAI, CELUI-Là?" "VOUS ETES BIEN sûr?" "CA REMUE, LA-DEDANS..." "CA S'AGITE!" "OUI, JE COMPRENDS..." "AVOUER 2 CRIMES POUR ECHAPPER A TOUT CA A TOUT CE GACHIS..." "S'IL N'ETAIT PAS arrivé, J'AURAIS BIEN FAIT L'AFFAIRE, NON?" " ALLEZ, CA VA COMME CA, MARTINAUD." "SOYEZ GENTIL, ALLEZ-VOUS-EN MAINTENANT!" "ALLEZ REPRENDRE VOS..." " ALLEZ REPRENDRE VOTRE IMPER ET RETOURNEZ DANS VOTRE COULOIR..." "C'EST CA?" "FOUTEZ LE CAMP, MARTINAUD." "IL Y A..." "IL Y A QUAND MEME UNE QUESTION QUE JE VOUDRAIS VOUS POSER." "UNE SEULE." "SI CELA AVAIT ETE INDISPENSABLE, TOUT A FAIT INDISPENSABLE," " EST-CE QUE VOUS AURIEZ FAIT CITER CAMILLE A LA BARRE?" "QUELLE CAMILLE?" "GALLIEN!" "GALLIEN!"