"I've told you not to stare." "I'm not staring." "Just looking." "Yes." "Through the mirror." "So what?" "I told you not to look at me while I make up." "Because you change?" "I change?" "How do I change?" "I look prettier?" "No just different." "Go now." "Andreas is coming." "You marrying him?" "Of course I am." "You know that." "I don't want to live out in the wilderness." "Pepe, I told you, it's not the wilderness." "There's a village there..." "A school..." "You'll make new friends." "Exactly... his sister." "So?" "What's wrong with her?" "Nothing." "Just... she wears these dark glasses, like Dracula." "She has trouble with her eyes." "That's why she wears them." "See what you've done?" "I'm not ready now." "Get the door." "Hello Pepe." "My name's not Pepe." "Is your mother ready?" "So?" "Is she ready yet?" "I'll be two minutes." "Two minutes." "Woman kills her husband, the father of her only child." "It's about time a woman killed a man." "Makes a change." "Yes, I guess you could say that." "Anyway, he'll never be a woman killer." "There's no sharp knives in this house." "You're a good boy, right?" "Got over that knife obsession?" "Now he panics when he sees blood." "When he was little, he cut his finger..." " fainted when he saw blood." " I didn't cut my finger, you did." " I used a knife to pull out a thorn." " You almost cut off my finger." "Luckily, we saved it." "The doctor sewed it up." "Luckily." "Shall we go?" "By the way, we leave for the village tomorrow." " Tomorrow?" " No reason not to." "This is our last day in Athens." "We must celebrate." "Hello Lisa." " Hello Mr Giorgios." " Hi Percy." "My name's not Percy." "Did you get them?" "Show me." "Here?" "Over there." "They're no good?" "They're OK." "Could be better though." "They're no good." "It's all about the hands." "Not the knives." "I'm leaving tomorrow." "You coming back?" "When I do, you'll be in America." "Not forever." "Maybe forever." "Maybe." "Now tell me..." "Why are you sad?" "Because I'll go to America?" "Or because you haven't learned enough?" "Because you'll go to America." " Have I learned enough?" " You're good." "You have a future." "Pepe!" "Pepe!" "You have to kill the chicken." "Come!" "Where's the knife?" "There." "TEN YEARS LATER" "Hello Katia." "Hi." "You got coffee?" "Yes." "And you've got a client waiting." "A client?" "So early?" "Damn clients, turn up when they want to." "Good morning." "Sorry for the delay." "You're not Mr Bakogianopoulos." "No." "I'm his partner." "How can I help?" "I rented a house from you, for 6 months." "You're Ms Meda." "Yes, that's right." "We agreed that if I liked it, I could buy it." "Right." "Well..." "I do like it." "And you want to buy it?" "Exactly." "An excellent decision, Ms Meda." "It's a great house." "So..." "When can we sign the contracts?" "Give me an hour to arrange it." "I'll come back then." "Going on a trip?" "As you can see." "You'll be gone long?" " Why do you want to know?" " Sorry, I don't mean to pry." "For a couple of weeks." "Pretty lady, eh?" "Pretty?" "Spiros, do you ever look at women's faces?" "Why?" "What was up with her face?" "I don't know." "It was like a mask." "Like she's had plastic surgery." "So what?" "That's not a crime, is it?" "We've got another house." "Really?" "She's going away?" "You saw the bag?" "Yes." "When can we go?" "After we've dealt with Mitsos." " Percy will talk to him." " Who'll talk to Percy?" "We will, tonight." "It's OK Mitsos." "Back to your drinks." "Mitsos!" "Is the boss in?" "He's painting." "We found another house." "A big, old mansion." "Same as before." "Empty for 2 weeks." "So what?" "So we get another TV?" "There'll be more than a TV." "Just like the others." "We don't need it." "We got the bar now." "Why bother?" "What do you say?" "Could be a trip." "A trip." "Nature..." "Fresh air." "A weekend." "Are you crazy, man?" "We'll do it." "The four of us." "Who'll run the bar?" "Him." " Him?" "Are you fucking nuts?" " Why Mitsos?" "A trip." "OK." "I'm off now." "What's up next?" "The Scream, by Munch." "No gun?" "It ruins his line." "Makes a bulge." "Let's go." "Brief me on the way." "So, who is this Tragkas?" "A heroine dealer." "And a big one." "And?" "They followed him into the hotel." "The doors were all closed." "They sent up a woman dressed like a maid." "But his room was empty." " They searched the hotel?" " Everywhere." "Found nothing." "Why'd they call us?" "There's a statue that looks like Tragkas." "In the bathroom, holding a towel." "What?" "A statue of Tragkas." "Life size." "How did that get in there?" "That's why they called us." "You're the one they dressed like a maid?" "Yes." "Did you see anyone go in or out of the room?" "Yes." "I mean, I didn't see anyone." "Anyone in the hallway, or near the elevator?" "Well?" "There was a woman." "Waiting for the elevator." "I saw her when I was leaving." "Can you describe her?" "Quite tall." "Dressed in black." "Dark glasses." " Dark glasses inside the hotel?" " Yes." "That's why I noticed her." "But it was very quick." " The elevator came?" " Yes." "How old was she?" "In her 40's." "Didn't seem Tragkas's kind." "That's why I didn't report it." "How did she seem?" "Respectable." "I remember." "I saw a statue like this before." "In a magazine at the office." "Here it is." "Protest by an anonymous artist." "What's he protesting about?" "The rape of nature." "A chemical plant's being built there." "Check all precincts." "See if other statues have been found." "All police stations?" "Every single one." " How did you get in?" " Found the key under the mat." "You had that dream again?" "What's this?" "That's you, right?" "Yes." "Who's she?" "My mother." "Her hair's like mine." "That picture's weird." "Why do you look so scared?" "My mother caught me killing a chicken." "That's no reason to be scared." "Didn't want me playing with knives." "Is that right?" "She obviously didn't." "What about your father?" "I didn't have one." "What do you mean?" "He died before you were born?" "He dumped you?" "I don't know." "Didn't your mother tell you anything?" "I asked." "I asked at first." " But I didn't get anything." " Nothing at all?" "Not if he was tall or blond or if he looked like you?" "No." "That's not good." "She wasn't a good person." "Yea." "What happened when she caught you?" "She punished you?" "She didn't have time." "She disappeared that night." "Disappeared?" "What do you mean?" "Disappeared..." "Vanished." "I never saw her again." "So where did you grow up?" "Here and there." "Thirteen?" "Yes." "Always men." "Always clothed." "Scattered all over Greece." "Are they of real people?" "We made digital portraits of the faces." "Reduced the expression of horror." "Seven of them were registered missing persons." "These are the portraits?" "Look worse than the statues." "That's the best we could do." "And the clothes?" "Their own." "What they wore when last seen." "Their pockets were empty." "And the stone?" "Analysis showed magnesium, calcium, iron and carbon." "Like any common or garden stone." "But with one difference." "The carbon compounds." "They're organic." "Which means?" "Organic carbon occurs in plants, animals and humans." "Only in living matter." "Never in stone." "What do you mean, Christine?" "The stone is alive?" "I mean this kind of stone doesn't exist." "Or rather, it shouldn't exist." "They're coming." "Hi there!" "Ok, so we're late." "Big deal." "Come on, get in the back." "Really?" "So who's gonna sit in the front?" "Here we go again." "Me and Percy." "My name's not Percy." "Why should you sit up front?" "I'm taller, I can't fit in the back." "Get in then." "You get in." "What - and sit on the handbrake?" "OK, motherfuckers?" "Sitting comfortably?" "Wish we had ice cubes." "We do have ice cubes." "Can't drink whiskey without them." "Cheers, Spiros." "Where's she live?" "Up there." "First floor." "That window?" "Yes, that one." "Alright then." "Tell us what you saw." "What was she doing when she bent over?" "I don't know." "Something with her face." "You got binoculars?" "Show me." "Did you see her face?" "Not clearly." "I could only see her back." "When she ran towards you?" "I tried to get my binoculars, but she turned her back to me." "It was dark too." "It was dark." "I'm not crazy." "Of course." "Who said you were?" "And the statue?" "How do you explain that?" "The statue." "Right." "Let's go guys." "You believe her?" "I believe some of it." "Such as?" "She'd tell the whole neighborhood." " Wait here for the mayor." " Yes sir." "The mayor?" "For the unveiling." "Turn right here." "We're screwed." "There's nothing here." "Let's check the other rooms first." "Come on then." "This one's empty too." "Check this out, Mitsos." " What is it?" " Clothes." "Right!" "Here we go." "Look, Mitsos." "Ms Meda is a thief." "How much Mitsos?" "110 thousand 5000 here, plus all this." "Mitsos." "Kick the door in." "Stand back." "Give me the torch." "So what's the problem?" "She makes statues." "And dresses them up?" "You ever see statues like that?" "So what?" "She likes them like that." "You still don't get it?" "Where did she find the wallets and all those IDs?" "Well?" "In the clothes." "In people's clothes." "What people?" "She find people, kills them, makes their statues..." "Then she dresses them up." "But why?" "Who knows?" "Maybe she's crazy." "So what now?" "Let's go." "We got the money." "We're all done here." " We got the bar in Athens." " I'm staying." "Are you crazy?" "Why should we?" "You don't have to." "I will." "Why?" "Because I want to." "You really going to stay?" " Yes." " But why?" "I lived here before." "When I was a kid." "My room was next door." "By the stairs." "This one was his sister's." "Whose sister?" "My mother's boyfriend." "You didn't like him?" "What about his sister?" "She stayed in her room." "But at night..." "I heard her footsteps in the hallway." "I couldn't sleep at night." "Then one day..." "I discovered the pipe." "Wait, Andreas." "Where are you going?" "I told you..." "To the police." "But, why?" "I told you that, too." "To tell them what's really going on here." "It's nothing to do with the police." "So you say." "They might not agree." "What will you tell them?" "About the statues in the cellar..." "Everything that's happening here." "No, Andreas." "Look at me." "You want to find her?" "And then what?" "Ask what happened to my mother." "We're out of coffee." "I'll go to the village." " What village?" " There's one nearby." "This book's missing 3 pages." "Someone tore them out." "What pages?" "Can't tell." "Went back to Canada, I took them for all I could." "Because I was smart." "That make's you a thief, not smart." "Yeah right." "You're from another world..." "There's only one world." "Here's your money." "Only one world eh?" "And in this world everyone pays with pennies." "What can I do?" "That's from the candles they light at the monastery." " If they knew what to light up..." " Don't blaspheme, my child" "600" "Bye..." "Wait!" "I'll give you a bag!" "Can you give me a ride?" "If it's on our way." "It is." "May I look?" "This is mine." "There's pages missing." "Did you take them?" "No." "That's how I found it." "It's alright." "I know what was on them." "Where'd you find it?" "In a house." "At Meda's house." "Come to the monastery." "We should talk." "Where is it?" "Back that way." "Back?" "You mean we drove past it?" "Not exactly." "It's the other side of the village." "I get confused sometimes." " Where are the other monks?" " There aren't any." " You live alone here?" " Yes." "Up there." "Sit down." "You know Ms Meda well?" "No one knows her well." "But, I know her name." " Her name?" " Her name's not Meda." "I'll tell you something strange." "Have you ever noticed, if someone changes their name... they don't change it all." "They keep sounds or letters from their old name." "So as not to lose them." "Here we have M... and D." "Cheers!" "So what's her real name?" "Medousa." "She has other names." "Melanis." "The one who always wears black." "Skotia..." "The dark one." "In the East they call her Lilith." "The Androphonos." "The manslayer." "She doesn't just kill them..." "She petrifies them." "Turns them to stone." "Into statues." "The legend says she had such a horrible face... that any man was turned to stone." "What about women?" "I don't know." "I don't know why her face only did that to men." "Or what a woman would see, if she looked at her." "With such a face, she mustn't go outside." "But she does." "She travels a lot." "I didn't know how." "Until I discovered this book." "She wears a mask." "Three types of mask." "The mask of a young girl... the mask of the mature woman and the mask of the old woman." "It's complex." "Related to the three phases of the moon." "A kind of trinity." "Not to blaspheme." "But you...?" "Why were you in her house?" " To steal money." " Percy, what the fuck?" " My name's not Percy." " Stop it." "What is your name?" "Perseus." "Perseus, the thief." "Of course, why not?" "I'm a fool." " What do you mean?" " You don't know?" "Know what?" "Perseus means destroyer." "He's an ancient hero." "He killed Medousa." "I'll show you how." "If he looked at her face, he'd turn to stone." "He raised his shield." "Saw her reflection as in a mirror." "Drew his sword with his free hand..." "and cut off her head." "But he waited until she slept." "And one last thing..." "Even after Medousa is dead... any man who sees her face will turn to stone." "And Perseus?" "What happened to him?" "He used Medousa's head as a weapon." "Petrified everyone who stood in his way." "He became a king." "What's your name?" "Katia." "I'm going out for a while." "This book..." "How did it end up at her house?" "I was stupid." "I wanted to show that someone knew her secret." "I left it at her front door." "Human pride." "And stupidity." "You're leaving?" "When it's all over, I want to know what her face was like." "You must tell me." "It's weird." "This woman always dresses in black." " That's how we found her." " You sure it's her?" "She's easy to spot." "Like everyone said..." "Always dresses in black." " Hello chief." " Show me." "So... she took the train from Larissa to here..." "Then she took the bus." "The bus dropped her here." "Middle of nowhere." "What's that?" "A monastery." " This is the nearest village?" " Yes." "We'll start at the village." "You wait here." "I'll get the guys." "What's this?" "Turn her over." "Hey!" "Wait..." "You did it?" "Did you kill her?" "Tell me..." "What was her face like?" "I don't know." "I didn't look."