"IN THE SHADOW OF LEMMY CAUTION" "A Nikos Zervos tribute to Eddie Constantine" "Lemmy Caution..." "Eddie Constantine..." "Mask, mystery..." "Whisky, cigarettes..." "Rosie Claire, Alaska..." "(Cinemas of Athens)" "A Black and White right to a dream." "Lino Ventura..." "The 50's decade..." "Citroen, humid Paris..." "Peter Cheyney..." "Yet..." "Only a while ago..." "Time for the phone call." "There's no fucking signal in here." "I'll make it outside." "And watch it..." "No bullshit with the girl." "All right?" "We need her." "I know." "She's our passport." "Atta-boy!" "You're all sluts!" "You like it, eh?" "You want it badly?" "Scream all you want." "No one's going to hear you." " Leave me alone!" "I swear I won't say anything!" "You're not walking out of here, kiddo." "We'll have a good time us two." "Animal!" "The only way you can have her is dead!" "Scumbag!" "Son of a bitch!" "Ever played Russian Roulette, bum?" "Tell me, have you?" "That's enough, Lieutenant!" "You can't travel back in time." "You've gone too far." "This was your last chance." "Period." "You've reached the end." "You're finished!" "I'm finally starting to get high." "It may have been that sweet daze from the liquor which helps brighten up the mind and the sleep coming up be more enjoyable more peaceful..." "Who was that little angel?" "Who were those who had brought that home delivery item for me?" "With the new buttonhole they made in his shirt the sure thing was he'd never move again." "At least, not by himself." "Yeah, hello..." "Yes, all's fine." "He got my present." "And if he's that smart as they say, he's got the message too." "You know what you have to do." "OK, so long." "I see you've started becoming quite speedy recently." "Alexandrou..." "Cut down on the irony, this time you really got it coming." "Major?" "When you were coming I was already there, don't forget that." "Say..." "Do they often unleash corpses on your doorstep?" "All doorsteps look alike at nighttime." "Oh is that so?" "What about your fingerprints on the body?" "Old habits die hard, as you know..." "Why did you have to frisk the body?" "I just took a look." "In case I might find any of yours among them." "Alexandrou..." "I could have brought a warrant but I thought of you as a colleague." "Do you need help?" "I see." "Major..." "If you got nothing else to say, now beat it." "I'll be back, chum." "You now said the "chum" word fine." "My instinct was leading me elsewhere." "An array of thoughts, images, faces..." "All these started flashing through my intoxicated from alcohol brain." "I've been alone for years." "But now I've started being afraid." "Oh well..." "I did the crappiest bullshit in my life when I was feeling alone." "What did Hristou want showing up unexpected like a Jack of Spades?" "I've paid for him enough already." "He's got me out with a pension." "What else does he want from me?" "I must get to the end of this." "Only that old buddy of mine, Nikitas, can help me." "What brings you here?" "I was summoned by Hristou." "The corpse was found on my doorstep, he told you that?" "He asked me if I had heard any rumours about you." "What did you tell him?" "What could I, Aris?" "Those time when I was your informer are long gone." "I'm not game with these faggots now." "Besides..." "Say it." "He's inquiring about you." "And I cannot say anything about you." "If you need me, you know where to find me." "Just a sec." "This photo was found in the pocket of the deceased." "You know anything?" "Looks like your ex wanted..." "She might want to tell you something." "Someone made sure that she didn't." "Look for more evidence." "Yeah, I'll be here all day." "Bye." "Mystery crime" "So no one discusses Sharpknife's death around your scene?" "Hey Trippy, you expect me to believe you?" "But it's the truth, Major." "Why would I keep anything from you?" "How about that Aris, he hasn't been around much recently, right?" " Right." "Allright, go." "No, wait!" "If your eye catches anything..." " Yes, Sir!" "...drop by the office, OK?" "Yes, Major." " You know well enough." " Yes, Major." " Go now." " Thank you, take care!" "Bye!" "Fontas Tsihas, or Sharpknife." "That was his nickname." "I knew him for years." "A regular little customer." "Small-time crookery, small-time thefts and blackmailing..." "All small-time, eh?" "This doesn't fit in, though." "Someone killed this small-time crook and rid of his corpse at my door." "Why?" "Because small things gradually turn big." "How do you mean?" "Dunno..." "Just making assumptions." "Comes from a deposit box." "He had been here, very frightened." "If anything happened to him, he said, you would find its content useful." "Why me?" "This was the first thing I asked him." "You have your reasons, he said." "But I didn't even know him." "Looks like he know a lot of people." "Lots of things, too." "He was very much afraid." "Obviously he was out of his depths." "And big fish eat the small ones." "If Nikitas was right... and the thread was leading back into the past then that's what I had to focus on." "Everything I scorned in life came back to scorn me." "I'd never have imagined myself walking up and down the streets." "Passersby were scarce and hasty." "And there was I, among them." "Only I wasn't hasty." "I had no reason to hurry about anything any more." "Yes?" "Who is it?" "Aris." "Everything OK?" "Just fine." "You were very swift." "In all the ferocity of changes the club and its girls are standing by me, really helpful." "The CD thanks to those chicks is now in my pocket." "And now I must find a way to finally see what's in it." "But how?" "I'm quite a dunce when it comes to these appliances." "Where have you been hiding all this time?" "Strolling about in my house in the company of Lemmy Caution." "Until one day, the past knocked on my door again." "You asked for a favor..." "I did it for you." "Thank you once again." "OK, you said I wasn't to ask any questions but I'd like to know..." "What've you got yourself in?" "They're looking for you." "Who is?" "Some... nonexistent person is looking for his flea powder but he can't get it without some tit for tat." "Kiddo by the counter?" "Yes." "It was extremely hard for me having to meet that slime who was trailing me." "Now what did he want from me?" "This thing has to stop." "You know him?" "Never seen him before." "His face's new to me." "Found out anything?" "I'm going home." "I feel like walking." "We won't lose touch, OK?" "How did I come to this?" "I've started feeling bored with myself." "A stroller of deserted and hidden Athens." "Loneliness..." "Despair..." "Melancholy..." "I must be on the verge of madness." "Damn it!" "A repetition so tragic!" "Something must be done." "I shouldn't take it out on my fate." "I'm to blame for everything." "Now whatever happens serves me right." "All right then!" "I have to put up with this." "I won't make it any other way." "Cigarettes..." "Alcohol..." "A film..." "Even those, I can't watch them any more." "I'm just like the room walls." "At least I used to have an opinion once." "Fine, then." "One more night with Eddie." "At least he he never fooled me." "I shouldn't complain all the time." "At least now, something's happening." "My mother, when she took me out for our evening walks always found a way of passing her convictions on me..." "I know, mother!" "This can be no more." "I must detach myself from all this." "This story's been going on for too long." "Time to end it!" "Now heads will be cut off!" "Come on, boy, enough of this." "Sorry." "I woke up." "My head was spinning." "My body... heavy like lead from the punches I had received..." "Good morning!" "What happened?" "Looks like you will ive." "Don't get up." "I have to go." "You may stay as long as you like." "In my mind... a void..." "Where was I?" "How did I get here?" "I'm Fay." "If you're hungry, look in the fridge." "What's your name?" "Aris." "Why did the broad take me in?" "Who was she?" "What did she want from me?" "Hi, Aris." "So, how are you doing?" "I'm not responsible for this mess." "Is there any coffee somewhere in all this... chaos?" "Tzaferis..." "What do you know!" "I hadn't heard your name in years." "Thought you were away." "I was." "But looks like someone wants us to be together." "I'd say you should forget the past." "What's done is done." "The present is more important." " What's done is done?" "How about Antigone?" "Her disappearance, my divorce?" "Why scratch all that?" "If you hadn't kept that message from me then..." "So you found out?" "Mate..." "Everything becomes known." "If then you had given me the message I would have protected her." "But at the time the only thing you cared about was your career!" "So did you." "We were a team, don't forget that." "There was a time when you loved your job, too." "Before you blew it all up." "If I had the chance to choose, I'd never have Antigone wasted." "You mentioned coffee..." "You take it as you always did?" "As always." "This was found on someone who was eliminated." "It's Antigone." "I never heard about her again." "Nor saw her." "What is it you want from me?" "I told you." "Someone wants us together." "How come?" "Read it." "Hurry back to Athens." "A close person of yours is in danger." "Fontas?" "The name's not familiar." "It should be." "This man tried to help you but they killed him." "And they threw his body out there." "Unfortunately I came too late and I didn't find him alive." "Whatever he had to say he took it with him." "Pour me a drink, Kostas." "The name's Yorgos." "Here comes the brain!" "Always when you don't need him." "Well, Major..." "You missed the best part." "Cut it out, Alexandrou." "This time you're under my thumb." "I've been hearing about this thumb of yours for years." "Not tired of it, yet?" "This man you just beat the hell out of was working for me, you know that?" "Is that what you think I did?" "Take a better look, then." "I knew you had squealers working for you, Hristou but such hideous characters?" "Is that possible?" "What a congregation of good boys here tonight..." "I should have known." "Which one of you did him?" "Ah Major, you really are playing for laughs." "Well, I don't care what you say, you'll both come to the precinct and we'll talk." "Come on, move it!" "Things have changed." "I have to get used to it." "Those bastards have other methods now." "Listen, Eddie." "You've got to lend a hand." "We must find the one who wants to get me involved." "You hear?" "So..." "Summing up..." "When Trippy was being stabbed you, Alexandrou, said you were talking with the barman and you, Jaferis, were talking to the girl, right?" "The only thing left to know is why you hit him." "And mind what you'll say, Alexandrou." "You're starting all this again?" "Didn't I tell you?" "It was a personal matter." "Involving women." "Why do you have to poke into this now, Major?" "As if society lost a VIP or something..." "There's too much smoke in here!" "In fact..." "This murder is reminding me of another one." "That of the man you said was left dead on your doorstep." "Alexandrou, beware!" "It's not a fair game you're playing." "Since you know we didn't kill him, why are you pestering us?" "I'll let you go." "But you better watch it, because this won't end here." "You got that?" "One more thing, Alexandrou." "Try not to get involved in any more murders because this is Greece." "People believe that ex-cops should only occupy themselves with fishing." "All right, beat it." "Go." "Don't lose them!" "Especially Alexandrou." "Did I wake you?" "Come in." "So?" "What trouble are you in today?" "A photographer..." "Wow!" "You figured it out!" "You're wasting yourself." "You should become a detective." "Forget it." "I don't want to know." "Why did you take me in last night?" "How about..." "I owed a good deed?" "To a stranger?" "You don't exactly look like a Sunday School girl." "To a former... acquaintance." "But I happened upon you." "An old friend..." "My father." "Coffee?" "Black!" "Which means you see me as your father?" "Wow!" "You figured this out too?" "Well, I forgot to tell you the most important one." "I just might have the Electra Complex..." "One thing's for sure..." "Young people's studio apartments have changed quite a lot." "No vinyl anywhere no posters of revolutionaries..." "or rock stars..." "Why are you taking photos of me?" "Who are you?" "Who sent you?" "Out with it!" "I'm sorry." "I don't know what came over me..." "I'm in a state..." "We made a bad start." "A start?" "Why, is there going to be more?" "I don't mean... with the two of us." "The thing that happened." "Last night?" "Or just now?" "I'm sorry." "Hello?" "It's me." "Hi." "Is there anything new?" "Moves are normal..." "Only..." "Shoot!" "One of them, Alexandrou, others are also interested in him." "There was also someone else tailing him besides me." "And with a face..." "not very honest..." "All right, then..." "You'll go to forensics dept and see if you can recognize him." "Maybe that's why they did Trippy, perhaps he knew him." "Okay." "For any news, call me at once, you hear?" "Weren't you afraid to bring a stranger in your appartment?" "He got beaten up in the middle of the street." "They did, eh?" "Why, if he was beaten up on the sidewalk, would you be happy with that?" "You think it's funny?" "It's not." "This man could have..." "He could... have but he did not." "Besides, the worst thing possible would be that he might not like me." "You mean you did it?" "You're so intelligent, Makis!" "I could never tell!" "You should be more serious minded." "Especially when you're about to give your first exhibition." "OK, move a little..." "let me work here..." "I can help you." "I want to help you, you understand?" "Yes, but... move aside now..." "You, help me?" "!" "One geriatric freak named Makis, aged 40 can not possibly help me." "You and your whole family can be geriatric freaks!" "OK?" "I'm young, handsome and women like me." "And if you have any doubts I'll come to your place." " Is that all?" "Let's go then!" " Let's." " Out of the way now!" "Hey, don't!" "You're hurting my feelings." "You will get over it, won't you?" "I was on my way to meet Fenia again..." "I'm very tired." "Mysteries..." "Corpses, ghosts and Fenia..." "How did I ever get involved with this girl?" "As if I didn't have enough trouble already, I wanted an affair, too!" "Served me right!" "You seem to be in good terms with technology, right?" "And you?" "Me?" "Just traditional stuff." "Books, paper, pencils..." "You know... paper has this special smell and if you smell it it puts you in some sort of erotic mood..." "You mean to say this is not erotic?" "You know..." "A friend of mine entrusted me with a personal item." "Confidential, I might call it." "Let's open it, then." "We got it." "Let me show you the whole thing again." "This was some kind of archive locked with the code PGP." "The hackers' last word." "You know what these codes are?" "Something like hieroglyph?" "Sort of." "And you managed to unlock it?" "Nothing can resist me." "Look." "Contracts..." "Sellers-buyers' transactions..." "Record keeping..." "All from some "Romangou" Compay." "You know anything about it?" "And most probably about "Romangou"s dirty laundry..." "You know what an extra-account listing is?" "Black money transactions." "Blackmail..." "Bribery..." "Illegal activity deals..." "A friend gave you the CD?" "Let's say so." "Sensitive data just for the eyes that have to see them." "I never saw anything, I don't want to know anything." "This girl who fell on my path by chance..." "This CD is hot, baby." "...is at this very moment the most useful person to me." "I was told you wanted to see me." "What I asked for, I haven't seen it yet." "What did that little man think, that he could blackmail me?" "Bodycount increases and still it's not in my hands." "Not in Alexandrou's either." "Are you sure?" "Not yet, but..." "I want no "but"s!" "I want actions!" "Next time, make sure you're sure for your own good." "And have what I asked you for." "We're done." "Go." "I didn't want to think, any more." "I didn't know where else to go, who else to ask." "I once again went to deserted club... ..with its cheap entertainment." "Pour us a drop, big man and let us drink and forget." "What have you got to forget, little girl?" "I'm late." "Yeah, a few years..." "I paid a few visits." "And?" "Nobody knows anything." "Or they're too scared to talk." "You?" "Found out anything?" "Well done, mate!" "You're still kicking!" "An old girlfriend who really had the hots for me when I was still in the Service offered to do me the favor without asking too many questions." "Hello there!" "You saw us in your dream?" "We're not open yet." "Is Nikitas here?" "Who are you?" "A friend of his, tell him it's Aris." "Come with me." "I have a discussion to finish." "You can dive in if you like, all right?" "What brings you here, Aris?" "Looking for a job?" "We have to talk." "Now listen, Aris." "If you really believe they're after you then you better follow the threads back into the past." "You know anything?" "Absolutely nothing." "It was just a thought." "What kind of thought?" "Your wife..." "Since she went away, did you ever meet her again?" "Never." "She left telling me not to look for her ever again." "To leave her alone, so that she can forget." "Could be just saying that she has something to do with it..." "If, for example, she wanted to come back to you and someone wouldn't let her..." "You read too many romantic novels." "She left and she told me to never bother her again." "She left because she thought that I preferred the house maid more than her." "Perhaps she was right." "I didn't defend her as much as I should." "I thought I saw her." "Don't take it for granted of course." "I said I thought I did." "A little changed no doubt, but beautiful." "Still." "Was she alone?" "No." "She was getting out of a black Chrysler with a funny guy." "Of course I could be mistaken, it was long ago." "Good bye!" "Bye." "Good bye!" "Hey!" "Aren't you taking the girl?" "You can keep her and teach her how to swim." "Come on, won't you ever stop?" "Hold it!" "Come, let's go." "I'm done." "But we're not leaving." "Let's go for a swim." "I'm living in a dream!" "Ah Eddie, you wouldn't believe me no matter what I told you." "Well, I'm free of you now but I'm in trouble with myself again." "Fenia is the best thing that could ever happen to me." "To a lonely, resigned man..." "Women of today are different." "Full of power, courage..." "I hope this dream will never end." "All right, I'm quite a jinx myself." "Apart from all other trouble, I've lost Fenia too." "This is too much..." "I wonder if she fled or if something worse has happened to her..." "With such bad luck soon there won't be any streets left for me to walk on." "At this point I've come to only one person can help me." "I have to meet the Tall guy." "Chief, this is Aris I was telling you about." "I'll leave you two alone." "I've come to you because you're the only person who can help me." "If you believe I am the man I used to be, you've lost already." "But tell me anyway." "Someone's behind my back all the time." "And trying to pin a few ones on me." "They killed a man named Sharpknife and another one named Trippy and they may have kidnapped a girl who's of special interest to me." "This story has too much hatred in it." "And what do you want from me, Aris?" "I'm trying to get somewhere." "To untangle the ball." "The problem with you is that the past will always be chasing after you." "We're not as we used to be." "Scarcely anyone ever comes to see me now." "The scene's full of mafias and dons." "I don't have contacts any more." "You mentioned hatred." "Who hates you so much as to set you up?" "Perhaps one of those buggers you've put in prison?" "They were all petty little men." "I don't think so." "There's a big fish hiding behind this." "You been dealing with Romeo at all?" "Me?" "Why would I ever?" "Perhaps you have but you're not aware of it." "What kind of deals are you talking about?" "Romeo buys everything." "He's almost bought the whole country." "That's an open secret." "For some time now he's with your wife your ex..." "you know this?" "Not sure if I helped any, now farewell... and good luck." "I was puzzled." "I couldn't understand any of this" "Why should I have any involvement with Romangu?" "Who wanted to have me entangled in such a serious thing?" "Who was pulling the strings?" "Definitely not Sharpknife." "That attorney had put it clear." "Asmall-timecrook, small-time blackmailer who was out of his depth." "He probably attempted blackmail so he was done in." "But was he that naive?" "Starting a war against Romeo?" "What gives, Aris?" "Started those old tricks again?" "Kiddo was wet and waiting and you walked out on her?" "Naah..." "No big deal." "I'll buy her a drink and she'll get over it." "Yes?" "They're waiting for you outside." "Thanks, Kostas." "It's..." "Yorgos." "That's it." "We're there." "I know about Antigone." "It is she who asked to see you." "Fancy you saying that all this time you'd never seen her again..." "Patience." "Soon all your questions will be answered." "It's daybreak." "Shall we go on waiting?" "Let's go." "A ghost from the past." "So it's you?" "Hello, Aris." "What do you want from me?" "Why this hasty meeting?" "You talk too much." "I used to like listening to you once." "Now the time has come for me to talk." "You owe quite a few answers, Antigone." "What does all this mean?" "Don't rush things." "Ever since I left, not a single night has passed without me working on my revenge on you." "Why?" "Those last few days seemed to work out well." "We were about to get over it." "We were not!" "I hated you so much!" "Because of that idiotic job of yours which you loved more than anything else." "That's a lie!" "If only you knew who hid that..." "What?" "That threatening note?" "You also said the same things then." "Your excuses are rather cheap." "I'd never put your life in danger for any mission, never!" "Absolutely nothing would have happened, if you'd wanted it." "But you had your career!" "The lonesome fighter..." "I wanted to leave all that behind." "To change my life." "So I became another woman." "So now..." "Do you have the things your heart desired?" "I did, in the beginning." "Or at least I thought I had them." "It was the first time since I left that I felt safe." "Near him." "A kind of safety that you were incapable of providing me with." " Stop it!" "As I said." "In the beginning it was hatred." "And now you have loved me again?" "Let's say that I hated him more." "What did he do to you?" "He was not what he seemed to be." "When I realized that, it was too late." "I tried to leave." "He threatened me." "And fear prevailed." "Strange, isn't it?" "With the passing of the years I started remembering some of your pros." "Such as?" "Your passion about truth." "When that CD landed in my hands I thought that only you could do the right moves." "And Sharpknife?" "Wasn't he your pawn?" "Or did he decide to go freelance?" "Then he blackmailed your man so he did him in?" "Or perhaps you did him in, Antigone?" "The only thing I wanted was that the CD should reach you." "But looks like there was always someone there one step ahead of me and filled the streets with corpses." "Will you finally tell me what you want from me?" "Strange how fate arranges things." "To escape the life I'm leading now I need your help." "Now my passport... is you only  and that CD." "This time you won't be able to open the emergency exit so easily." "You will listen to me, even if for the last time?" "I never want to hear anything about the past again!" "I want the CD!" "I want it back now!" "Because if you were the man I knew you were...there would have been a scandal ...already and he would be in prison now." "But once again, you were proved to be inefficient... incapable of protecting me!" "Don't do anything foolish!" "Pretty good!" "No matter how much you pay he'll always pay more." "And so far he has..." "So that I'd always be one step ahead of you." "Alexandrou!" "Easy..." "Antigone..." "The CD!" "Freeze, everyone!" "Put the gun down, Alexandrou." "You really got it coming this time, Alexandrou." "Nobody shoot him!" "I want him alive!" "Don't let him get away, boys!" "I see my presence does not surprise you." "Nothing surprises me any more." "You came for the job you left unfinished yesterday?" "Superior's orders, mate." "Of course..." "I would rather not have to do it." "But you know too much." "Scoundrel!" "Why all this?" "Money's sweet..." "As well as..." "Don't be so sure you'll live to enjoy it that much." "Better pity yourself." "Always a truth-hunting dreamer." "And always the loser of the game." "Life is not like those detective novels." "Time for you to meet Antigone." "And the girl?" "What happened to Fenia?" "I don't believe you'll need her where you're about to go." "But anyway she's not in the underworld if that's what you're asking." "Tzaferis!" "Put the gun down." "It's all over." "Nobody shoot." "I want him alive." "You're kidding yourself, Hristou." "I'm not doing you this favor." "You cooperated with the cops, after all." "With those who tried to prove you a psychopath." "Well done, Alexandrou!" "You surprise me!" "I always wanted to carry through with my missions, no matter..." "All my life I've been a problematic man." "My mother called me callous." "I was passionate about truth." "Antigone said it, too." "But truth was actually too big a size for me." "How could I, all by myself a downfallen, former cop fight a beast like Romeo?" "The disc was in the hands of Prosecutor Palaiologou." "Now, I know how to keep my eyes open..." "This time I have an alliance with different fighters..." "Perhaps, this was the way after all..." "Perhaps, this way catharsis would finally come." "I heard it all in the news." "Feeling well?" "I'll feel even better when we go upstairs." "With our friend Lemmy Caution resting on us..." "It's Lemmy Caution." "They didn't touch you?" "Fenia..." "Listen to me." "I did a lot of thinking about us." "I walked all night, thinking." "I'll hear the whole thing after I've made coffee." "Then I'm going to listen to you for days, months, years..." "Hear me out!" "Thank you for coming into my life." "Thank you for bringing me back." "You're welcome." "Thanks for helping me pay all the dues." "You're welcome." "But am I free to leave now?" "Leave?" "And go where?" "You think I'm going to let you?" "Out of the question." "I'm going to make coffee." "I'll find everything myself." "Eddie, in the final scene of "Alphaville", told Anna to not look back." "Damnit!" "I'm feeling the same thing right now!" "Ready!" "Aris?" "Aris?" "English subs by never4ever for KG (Aug. 2015)"