"The same hand has struck again." "This time the victim is a nurse." "What can I say?" "Yet another def eat: our 18th." "Are you sure it's the same murderer?" "You only have to look at the body, or what's left of it." "Was it rape?" "The word "rape" is a euphemism." "In the Cervazza St. murder five years ago... two parts of the body were never f ound." " Which ones?" " Guess." "Let him through." "It's always the same motive: sex." "He's a pervert." "His tastes range from 15- to 60-year-oIds." "Nuns, prostitutes, housewives, senior citizens, the unemployed:" "He'II take whatever he can get his hands on." "When his erotic urge is unleashed, there's no stopping him." "But don't imagine him a horrible, repulsive creature." "He's probably your ordinary, everyday man." "The problem is, behind his mask of normality..." "Iurks a depraved rapist." "He's a sex maniac disguised as a respectable citizen." "He's a monster." " Loris, have you finished?" " Pascucci." " You f orgot the trimmer." " No, there it is." "And the chain saw?" "I was just going to the garage to get it." "If I were you, I'd put one here." "Who invited her?" "Behind you." "The nymphomaniac." "Don't turn around." "What nymphomaniac?" "Wanda, the nymphomaniac." "She'II have sex with anyone." "With anyone?" "What do you mean, "anyone"?" "Do you mean anyone anyone?" "exactly." "Don't turn around." "What do you have to do?" "Nothing." "A smile, a wink and" "She always wants to do it." "First, she acts the lady, then" " Where is she?" " Behind you." "She's sitting next to the red roses." "Near the red roses, right behind me." "Near the red roses is a nymphomaniac ready to" "Loris..." "You're not thinking of" " Are you kidding?" " She does it with everyone." "Did you unload the dummies?" "I was on my way." "They're in the van." "I thought I'd put the dummy with the chain saw here." "Another up here and another down here." "I trust you." "Just bring them back to the storeroom." "claudia, what's the matter?" "I don't know." "Someone... something... put his-- put his" "It's best I leave." "Good evening, madam." "Sorry about bef ore." "Someone told me that" "Stop!" "help me!" "Motherfucker!" "Madam, don't leave me alone with this chain saw from hell!" "Cunt!" "How do I stop it?" "His eyes... much scarier." "Much, much scarier!" "And his mouth... much uglier." "This is Prof essor Taccone, an expert in criminal psychiatry." "It was terrible." "Just look!" "I can't bear to think about it." "No more questions." "Just one:" "choose one of these balls." " Which one?" " Any one." "Don't think it over." "The white one." "You can carry on." "The white one means she's a victim." "What did he do?" "She was at a party." "suddenly she f elt an octopus's grip." "It slithered around her private parts in ten seconds' time." " Ten seconds isn't enough." " Let me finish." "She went into the garage." "The pig was waiting f or her, sweating like a turkey... a chain saw right at his crotch!" " How typical." "He's our man." " obviously." "She f ell and he chased her with the saw." "He was in the throes of orgasm as he shrieked..." ""Stop, you motherfucker!" "You bitch!"" "Come here." "It happened in the same place." "Eighteen murders." "This was intended to be number 19." " Let's arrest him." " We don't have enough proof!" "I want to catch him red-handed!" "That's him!" "My God, it's him!" "He is my nightmare." "This man has disturbed my sleep f or 12 years." "I want to know his every tooth, every single hair on his head... what he does, what he eats, drinks, where he lives, how much he earns." "Even what he dreams about." "I want to know everything about this monster." "Loris, not bad, but try to understand:" "Chinese is not just a language, but a way of being." "I want to Iearn everything, even the dialects." "With a f ew technical words you'II pass your exam." "They are all you'II need f or the job." "Prof essor, if this Chinese company hires me... the first thing I'II do is pay f or my lessons." "It's only f air." "Then I'II pay you back the 100,000 lire you lent me." "To be honest, I only lent you 50,000." "You only lent me 50,000?" "Can I have another 50,000 to make it 100,000?" "I've got the 100,000 in my head." "Let's continue." "The f our seasons." "The twos times table." "please come this way." "careful." "The apartment is rented out at the moment." "But it will soon be empty." "Look at the terrace." "The view is just wonderful." "I'm very reluctant to sell it." " It's very nice." " I know." "How about the tenant?" "Don't worry." "He'II be leaving." "Come into the living room." "This is the living room." "Excuse me." "My cellular phone." "hello, gloria." "How are you?" "Sorry to bother you." "I'm looking f or AntoneIIo." "How the hell are you?" "It's nice to speak to you." "I can't come because a pipe broke in my bathroom." "The second time this week." "I'm waiting f or the plumber." "I shouldn't pay the maintenance f ees?" "They f orced me to three days ago." "4,800,000." "Three days ago." "4,800,000 f or maintenance." "Where does it all go?" "Into the manager's pocket." "My landlord." "The man on the phone over there with graying hair." "What a thief." "He's promised this apartment to 30 people already." "He makes them put down a deposit, takes the money... then he claims the signature is a f ake!" "He pockets the money." "He has already swindIed 30 people." "He keeps finding suckers." "I can't come because I didn't sleep a wink." "The alarm went off next door." "Every time I started f ailing asIeep" "AII night long!" "When they go away f or the weekend... they set tons of alarms." "If a fly lands on their front door, they all go off." "So, listen..." "I have to piss, so I'm going to the caf e downstairs." "I'II call you back." "Bye." "I thank you very much." "Wait." "You haven't seen the best part." "I've seen enough." "I'II call you." "I'II call you." "Watch out." "You may be cunning, but I'II get you." "Make one f alse step and I'II have you evicted." "And pay the maintenance f ees instead of squatting." "The caretaker has your bill." "Everyone else has paid." "Why hasn't he given it to me?" "You ask why?" "Because he hasn't seen you f or the Iast two weeks!" "Is he blind?" "I come and go all day!" "Change caretakers." "I'II have you evicted, or my name is mud!" "elevator!" "Shit." "You snot-nosed little brats!" "Now I've got you!" " The doll!" " No, not my doll!" "Goddamned water pistols!" "I'II tear your doll to pieces one day!" "Signora Squarciapini!" "For the tenth time your daughter Sue ellen and that little punk... have thrown a dead cat into my apartment!" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Pussycat, where are you going?" "You'd better go away." "Beat it, or you'II end up in my apartment too." "The murderers." "Two coff ees." "Ruggero, come here!" "Isn't that the man who bought the grandf ather clock... and never paid?" "No, Loris is dead." "He never paid because he died." "I still have the telegram saying he's dead." "But the resemblance is striking." "It is him!" " What's the matter?" " Just a minute, madam." "Excuse me." " What is it?" " Just a minute, please." "What's up?" "They're all going off." "AII right, thanks." "Let them through." "The system's down." "We're wasting time." "I'd arrest him now." "He's perf ectly abominable." "The history of sexual aberration... reaches its summit in this specimen." "His name is Loris." "An ordinary name which warms the heart." "Excuse me." "Have a seat." "None of you is f orced to accept this mission." "It's very risky." "Psychotics like him are capable of" "In short, we have to catch him red-handed... with his hand in the cookie jar." "And we need one of you... to play the cookie." "exactly." "We have to provoke an erotic urge in him... a violent outburst that will make him go haywire... make him confront his vile obsessions." "The cerebral hypomorphic bIocks" "Thank you, Doctor." "We get the picture." "It's up to you to make him stick his hand in the cookie jar." "hold it out to him, and when he reaches f or it... shove your gun in his mouth and bring him to me." "Excuse me." "If I provoke him and he wants sex, it's only normal." "normal?" "With him, "normal" is a word you must f orget completely." "Sauro, show them the film." "normal." "We filmed him on an ordinary morning." "Here he is." "He just left his building." "He seems relaxed." "He plays with a cat." "Now he turns the corner." "probably just petting the cat." " But look!" " He killed it!" "I call that heavy petting!" "Don't play it back." "Let's continue." "Notice how he has developed... a perf ect sense of timing." "He's on his way to an appointment... but the traffic light is red." "He's worried, looks at his watch... confirms the time and crosses on red." "He's in a big hurry." "Our cameraman loses track of him." "We catch up with him here." "What's he doing?" "He's reached his destination." "But what f or?" "Here comes the answer." "This man is a genius." "He's the Mozart of vice." "It's a pity someone like him should rot away in prison." "Look at his timing." "Just look." " A genius." " Disgusting." "Remember, this is a perf ectly normal day." "He's on the lookout here." "Now he's reading the paper." "Perf ectIy normal." "Watch this beautiful girl." "She leaves a caf e." "He f ollows her, finds her attractive." "What next?" "She drops her shopping bag." "She bends down to pick it up." "Perhaps I too might have stopped to admire the sight." "Her pose is provocative." "But I doubt I'd have had quite the same reaction... that he does." "Watch carefully." "Look at his f ace." "What's going on?" "What's happening?" "He loses control." "A part of him becomes autonomous." "He tries fighting it off." "It's as if he's saying:" ""Stop!" "This isn't the right time!"" "Look." "It's alarming." "She's the perf ect prey-- unaware." "He says, "Behave!" "Not now!" "There are people here!"" "Look at the expression on his f ace." "It's terrifying." "Look how he attacks it." "He's unable to control his own body." "These images speak f or themselves." "Forget this!" "Now he loses control over his entire body." "He charges toward the girl, but luckily she moves away in the nick of time." "One more carrot and we'd have had another victim." "His only means of cooling himself down is this bottle of water." "So just think about it." "If he's capable of acting like this in broad daylight... imagine yourselves alone with him at night." "He seems to be in search of something." "But it's not over yet." "Look what he does." "He's punishing that autonomous part of his body!" "Look at this, ladies!" "What's going on?" "Stop, Sauro." "Turn the lights back on." "Miss?" " What's your name?" " Detective Jessica Rossetti." "Come on, Loris." "This is the Iast one." "Take them all downstairs." "AII right." "That boss lady is pretty enough to eat." "She's married." "Take them down." " I may be dating her tonight." " well done." "I guess I'II take these down." "Pascucci, listen." "call when you have more jobs." "I need the work." "Let me carry all your dummies." "Fucking bitch!" "Get in there!" "Look what you got me into!" "Come on!" "Where should I stick it now?" "Office." "employee." "Buy." "sell." ""The manager is a crook."" "Who is it?" "The manager." "Yes?" "I want to show the apartment to someone." "Open up." "Just a minute." "I'm in the bathroom." "I'm coming!" "I'm coming!" "Open this door!" "The shower is" " Here I come." "Coming." "Come in." "Do you mind?" "How kind of you." " please come in." " Do as you please." "Come this way." "Here is the bedroom." "I'II let some light in." "There you go." "It's ugly as it is, but with a bouquet of fIowers" "You could knock down this wall." "Come see the living room." "It's the highlight of the apartment." "Come and see." "It's 600 square f eet." "You're here." "May I open the door to my terrace?" "I'm not on speaking terms with you." "Fine." "This way, please." "Come and see the terrace." "Look at the view." "It's marvelous!" "We're painting the building at the moment... but that doesn't detract from its charm." "There's a breeze in the evening." "It's cool in the summer, warm in the winter." "It's gorgeous." "Yes, it's stunning." "You're lucky." "You called just at the right time." "I'II sell it to you at half the price." "A real bargain." "What?" "I'II sell you this apartment at half price." "But I wanted to rent it." "You've misunderstood." "I'm looking to sell it quickly." " I'm sorry." " It doesn't matter." " Thank you." "Good day." " Good-bye, sir." "Good-bye." "Miss!" "Come here." "Come here." "Fast!" "Come here." "Come here." "I said to come." "My head's bursting." "Take it easy." "I overheard... by accident... you're looking to rent." "well, listen, I'II give you mine." "We'II share it, the two of us." "I'II sublet it to you." "Quiet!" "If they hear us, I'm screwed!" "Keep it down." "Come here." "Don't move." " When do you need it?" " As soon as possible." "You can have mine, but I need a deposit." "Eight months' deposit, in cash." " How many bags do you have?" " Two." "Two suitcases." "Forget the main entrance." "Come tonight." "At 3:00." "We'II go up that way." "If they find out, I'm history." "It's illegal." "It's f orbidden." "total silence." "What time?" " 3:00." " AII right." "3:00 tonight." "alone!" "Two suitcases at the main door?" "I'II get evicted!" "This way!" "Are you crazy?" "In front of the main door!" "She'II get me evicted!" "This way, goddamn it!" "Why did I bother?" "Let's call the whole thing off!" "careful!" "This way, quietly." "Excuse me, you should be" "Are you the same girl as bef ore?" "Are you sure?" "Okay, then." "This way, please." "The ladder." "Go up to the top floor." "Straight ahead." "Jesus!" "Be more careful." "You better show me the way." "I guess I should." "Let me by." "Excuse me." "well... how are things?" "What's your name?" "Jessica." "And yours?" "My name is Loris." "pleased to meet you." "So..." "shall we go?" "Oh, God, the hook!" "Sorry." "Sorry." "Sorry." "The light's off now." "Let's go." "Sorry." "This place is a snake pit." "Come with me." "Don't make a noise." "follow me." "Quiet." "We're too excited." "Let's keep our cool." "This place is a snake pit." "This is an opportunity I can't pass up." "Excuse me, Jessica... but I can't help myself." "It's time to kill..." "Sue ellen's doll!" "This won't take long." "It's a very personal matter." "I needed that!" "I'm a new man." "I'm on top of the world." "You and your dead cats." "Come on." "We're nearly there." "This way." "That's my terrace." "Come on." "follow me." "After you." "congratulations." "You're in the lion's den." " You're sleeping in his house?" " Be careful." "Now we'II have fun with Loris." "The show is about to begin, and you're the Ieading lady." "Do you know what it's called?" ""The Pressure is on Loris."" "You have to urge him on, 24 hours a day." "Every gesture, every glance... every movement of your body, every sigh... must torment him and let loose the erotic demons in him." "You're a flower f or a hungry bee." "The pistil beckons, then retracts, f orbidding the honey." "It will be a perverse war... a lustful duel, day and night." "An obscene bombardment." "A bombardment?" "An obscene one!" "Yes." "It's me, Pascucci." "You look a IittIe" "Why did you call?" "There's a girl at my place." "She's always naked." "Sunrise to sunset, sunset to sunrise, day and night, night and day... always naked." "Is she pretty?" "That's not the point." "She's always naked." "always naked." "I can't get a moment's peace." "She drops" "She moves-- She walks past me and drops her" ""Oh, sorry." Why sorry?" "She saw me there." "She turns around, and she's naked behind too." "She drops something, bends down to pick it up." "Or she has to get something from high up." "I'm here, and she does this." "Then she says, "Sorry."" "It's not intentional." "She's always naked." "Her dresses get shorter and shorter." "Then she reads the paper." "This is the paper, right?" "She reads it like this." "When she drops it, she picks it up like this." "She reads it sitting down." "totally normal, as if I weren't there." "She's reading along, and then goes..." "And I'm sitting where you are... and she's got nothing here-- I can see everything." "And... she's got everything that-- that women have, in front... and behind." "She's got it all." "Everything." "A leg, another leg, a-- the" "absolutely everything." "There's nothing missing." "Pascucci, you have to help me." "Do you understand?" "You haven't" "Sometimes I see" " I see" "My head starts to" " I f eeI" " Sometimes I think" " What do you think?" "Your tongue's hanging out." "Women notice that." "They don't like it." "Dignity, Loris." "Show some dignity." "Don't think about it." "Think of something else." "Think of a joke." "Think about taxes." "When she shows her ass, think of taxes." "Think about the economy." "Taxes and the economy?" "dollars, marks." "dollars and marks?" "That's an example." "Think of inflation!" "inflation?" "I f ell in love f or the first time when I was five." "His name was DuiIio." "This is my diary from junior high." "DuiIio Mazzotti." ""March 23." "Saw DuiIio today." "He's the handsomest boy of all... more than Christian, who's a head taller."" "After I change, we'II take a walk in the park." "What's wrong?" "You're making a f ace." "I'm worried... about the inflation rates." "If labor costs go down half a point... the Swiss franc will devalue the lire." "Then we'II all be in trouble." "It's a big park with lots of trees-- oaks, birches, ash trees, poplars, beeches, olive trees..." "lime, apricot and pomegranate trees." "Where did I put them?" "I can't find them." "You'II like it in the park." "It's the nicest park in the city." "There are pines with enormous cones and tons of pine nuts." "There they are!" "Guess what time it is." "Your clock says midnight." "It's... 18 minutes past 4:00." "I'II set it." "18 minutes past 4:00?" "We'II see lovely chaffinches, robins, whistle ducks... aImonds, caimans, cormorants, sea gulls." "Oh, God!" "It'II stain!" "relax, I'II rub it out." "Nature is so beautiful." "I'd Iike a vegetable garden to plant things in." "basil, parsley, a little of everything." "I f eel strange." "My head's spinning." "Maybe it's my heart." "It's beating like crazy." "Where's the heart?" "Right or left, left or right?" "I can never remember." "I'm very delicate, Iike Grandma Dina." "I wrote an essay on her in junior high." ""april 18." "Grandma Dina." "Grandma Dina was stung by a scorpion." "It is September." "It was on her ring finger." "Now it's October... and Grandma is still very ill."" "Wait!" "I'II pick it up!" "It's so hot in here!" "Did I read you the essay I wrote about Mommy?" ""Theme:" "My mommy." "development:" "My daddy."" "An essay about Mommy where I talk about Daddy!" "No, it's too long." "Let's go to the park." "What time is it?" "It's late!" "Come on!" "We'II be late!" "If I had a vegetable garden..." "I'd plant cabbages, cauIifIowers, artichokes, carrots... celery, chives, eggplants." " Give me a hand!" " I'm coming." "Stop." "Here I am." "Can you see me?" " Yes." " help me down." "careful." "help me climb down." "That's right." "Good." "Thanks." "I wonder how my hat got up there." "I'II go change." "I'd Iike a pond... with turkeys, chickens, rabbits, chicks, gnus, pheasants." "In another pond, a whale!" "How I'd love a whale!" "Look at this dress." "lovely." "I agree, but look how it's made." "If someone slaps you on the back, you're in your birthday suit!" "Under the bed?" "I dropped the earring Aunt Mimi gave me!" "She said, "This earring wasn't dear, but lose it and you lose an ear."" "help me." "It's stuck in the spring." "I'm coming." "How did it manage to get stuck in the spring?" "I said, "Grandma Dina and Aunt Mimi, you're both so active at 90."" ""We've eaten lots of sausages... and salami, ham, corned beef, luncheon meat... bacon, roast pork and tripe."" "The gross national product has improved slightly." "There's no use investing in dollars... if the rate of the French franc f ails below 0.4%of the Bundesbank." "The per-capita income has f alien below the PIL of the MIB." "Bonds are finished, the stock market crashed, I'm ruined!" "Let's go." "I don't want to miss the sunset." "We'II go someplace nice, as silent as a grave." "You have to see it with your own eyes." "Quiet!" "And you can yell as loud as you Iike there." "We can laugh and joke." "I have tons of things to show you!" "There's something itching me." "What could it be?" "There we go." "Now I f eel better." "Let's go to the park!" "Behave." "Come in." "Good morning." "So?" "Forget it." " What happened?" " Nothing at all." "Nothing and everything are linked." "tell me about this "Nothing."" "Everything." "I've done everything." "I can't do any more." "I even took him to the park until 3:00 a.m." "I was naked." "I caught cold." "I kept saying, "No one can hear us!" "Anyone could take advantage of me!"" "I f ell with my legs wide open." "I went f or a dip in the f ountain." "I pranced around naked, picking flowers." "In short, I shoved my ass in his f ace all night long." "Fascinating." "And what did he say?" "What did he say?" "You can hear what he said." "The shares of the Canadian dollar... mustn't f all below the 0.6%mark." "Panic on wall Street and at the Bundesbank." "shareholders are selling out." "I'm confused." "Maybe I went about it wrong." "No, on the contrary!" "We should celebrate." "We're almost there." "Why?" "He's done nothing strange." "Do you know what we call this "nothing strange"?" ""Preurgic cathartic apathy."" "It's that moment of Iow pressure... bef ore an intensely violent hurricane." "Now your mission is getting risky." "If I couId see him, touch him..." "I'd tell you the day, the hour and the minute he'II explode." "I'm very worried." "Now we have to try something very dangerous." "It will help to protect you too." "I have to examine him." "vascular tension of the medignonomus... blood pressure, ocular pressure, DNA..." "R.O.S., height, size, weight, reflexes!" "We don't have a minute to lose." "help me meet him as soon as possible." "tell him I'm a taiIor-- a friend of yours-- and I want to make him a suit." "He mustn't suspect I'm a doctor." "The attached... invoice" "respectfully yours..." "The President of Vice." "The vice president." "class dismissed." "Prof essor, if you only knew... how important this exam is f or me." "It's tomorrow, and I have to pass it." "Just think-- assistant manager... of the Huan-Chai-Hung Import-Export Company." " Hong Kong, Shanghai, ItaIy" " Assistant manager." "slow down." "First I have to pass." "When you work f or the Chinese" "you move up quickly." "Thanks." "It's my Lao-tzu vase, a good-Iuck charm." " Take it to the exam." " Thanks." "I'II give it back." "I better go." "So long." "Thanks again." "I think I'm weII-prepared." "I've got to pass." "Thanks." "I've been meaning to ask you" "What does that say?" "welcome." "I thought so, but since it's worn out" "So I'II see you at the exam." " Are they nice?" " Yes." "Husband and wif e." "She's somewhat fragile." "He's a great tailor." "One of the best in the world." " What about dinner?" " We have to go shopping." "The workmen are outside." "What should we do?" " Shit, it broke again!" " It happened to me too." "hold it." "I'II fix it." "I'II jam a screwdriver in there." "Jessica, I f eel happy today." "Know what?" "Fuck them all." "Today we'II use the main door." "Get down and f ollow me." "Do what I do." " Have a nice walk." " Thank you." " Is she your wif e?" " Yes, she is." " pleased to meet you." " The pleasure's mine." "Are you planning on having children?" " children?" "We'II see." " Soon." "The weather's changed." "It's cloudy." "This is as f ar as I go." "My car's in here." " Good-bye." " Have a nice walk." "Wave good-bye." " Who was that?" " It's too complicated." " What's going on?" " Let's go." "Stand up." "The alarm's broken." "These are f or you." "They're gorgeous." "Stunning!" "Turn to the Ieft." " What time is your tailor coming?" " 9:00." "Paride, I want to go back home." "Eighteen!" "He's killed eighteen!" " Go alone." " No." "It's too dangerous." "If he realizes I'm a psychiatrist" "We have to act natural." "There's no danger." "It's just an ordinary dinner." "smile." "compliment him." "Look him in the eye." "JoIanda!" " Take these." " You gave me two bef ore." "Take another two." "No, three." "We're a little early, but it's better." "smile." " Paride!" " This is my wif e." "That's enough." "Come on." "We're so pleased to be here." "This is Jessica." "Look, she's relaxed." " Where is he?" " In the kitchen, cutting the steaks." "Come in." "I have to pee." "My wif e needs to use the bathroom." "follow me." "The first door on the right." " Where can we talk?" " In my room." "There's a problem." "I need a blood test... a neurosomatic checkup, an R.K.S. scintigraphy" "Paride?" "Is that you, Jessica?" "I'm sorry, honey." "swallow these." "Down the hatch." "Good girl." "calm down." "You have to get the door fixed." "It's not the door." "When I opened it her eyes were so huge... she scared me shitless!" "Women!" "Everything's fine." "She'II be out soon." "I'm going on the terrace." "We got here a little early." "To be precise... 26 minutes early." "That's rush hour f or you." "In a way, it's better." "It's better to arrive early first than late last." "May I?" " Come and have a drink." " Yes, Iet's have one." "I want to apologize about your wif e." "I'm sorry." "There's no need to apologize." "Look what we've prepared." "One, two, three!" "Pretty, isn't it?" "We blew a fuse." "I'II be right back." " He may catch on." " It's impressive." "His H.B.S. is almost 73." "His seminaceous glands are bursting." "His eyes are hypervascular." "As I suspected, he's on the brink." "You've done a good job." "It's me." "May I come in?" "Remember me?" "It's me again." "I've come to apologize f or bef ore." "I'm sorry." "Forgive me." "These dinners get me worked up." "I'm a bit nervous, so" "If you're f eeling better, I'm ready." "I've taken care of your husband and Jessica on the terrace." "There's only you left." "Take it easy." "You don't have to come yet." "We've got plenty of time." "The night is young." "We'II have a ball later." "I apologize again f or bef ore." "Here I come." "Sorry." "I have a question f or you." "There are three doors-- a closed white door... an open red door, a haIf-open brown one." " Which would you choose?" " That's easy." "The red one's open." " Choose a ball." " This one is nearest." "One more thing." "There are three cows." "No, f orget that one." "You come home and find your wif e lying on the floor." "One, she's dead." "Two, she's f ainted." "Three, she's playing." "What do you think?" "She's dead." "I'II turn the oven off." "Have I won?" "What is this game?" "Terrifying." "You're up!" "What are you doing?" "Nothing." "Just stretching my legs." "I wasn't running away." "Running away?" "I need some fresh air." "I need to" " May I?" " Of course." "Thank you." "If you need any heIp" "I'm coming!" "I'm coming!" "calm down!" "Don't move!" "No!" "I don't want to!" "The blinds!" "Turn the music off!" " What happened?" " I was getting some air... and he grabbed me from behind with an enormous, huge thing!" "calm down." "Don't worry." "It's happened to me too." " The window's broken." " What happened?" "The window." "The blind." "She stuck her head out f or air and the blind f ell on her." "She scared me stiff." "Did you hear?" "It was an accident." "It wasn't his f ault." "No, he wanted to-- with an enormous thing." "He tore my dress." "If you want to change, the closet is full." "You can choose whatever you want." "I want to go home." "relax." "It was an accident." "He grabbed me from behind." "I saw him." "It was an accident." "We have to get someone on the double... to repair that blind." "A little more." "That's better." "Drink up." "You'II f eel much better." "It's burning hot." "It's going to be delicious." "In China it's called..." "turtle pie, but I used potatoes instead." "Same thing." "I can't eat much." "Just a light meal." "I have a Chinese exam tomorrow." " AII right." " Thanks, Paride!" "You know I can't refuse you anything." "Did you hear?" "Paride's making you a suit." "Do exactly what I tell you." "I'm a stickler f or absolute precision." "I don't use meters, I use millimeters." "Modern tailors make me laugh." "They're rag merchants." "I have to know my customers inside out." "A suit describes the man who wears it-- his hopes, illusions, dreams." "Lift your leg, bend it-- No, just one." "Don't budge." "Stand on this." "Look up." "You can get down." "Now I'II measure your neck f or the tie." "I'II measure your throat elasticity f or the knot." "Say "ahh."" "16-4." "Don't move!" "Let's check the sleeve f or the lower f orearm." "You mustn't fidget." "I told you to keep still." "It's a disinf ecting slide." "hold your arms up." "Eyes to the ceiling." "Arms in the air." "holy shit!" "Stay like that." "Finished!" "What a great tailor." "really precise." "Thanks." "That's only the sleeve." "We've only just begun." "Now we measure your hips and calves." "Get undressed." "In front of everybody?" "You're kidding!" "You're right." "Let's go to your room." "No." "I can walk." "My bag." " Lead the way." " Bye, Jessica." " What do I have to do?" " Cough." "hold your breath." "Now breathe." " We've got the shoes, now the hat." " I don't wear hats." "A suit without a hat is like an englishman without an umbrella." "I need the tape measure." " Is it heavy?" " Sort of." "I never wear hats!" "Think of your mother." "It tickles!" "Jessica, we're doing the hat now." "Don't turn around." "Don't move." "I've nearly finished." "Modern designers are rag merchants." "Now this may hurt, but it won't take long." "Lie down here." "Quick, Loris!" "Something's burning in the kitchen." " Do you mind?" " What about the scarf?" " I have to go." " What a shame." " What's burning?" " Nothing." "Everything's fine." "Paride is going too f ar." "Sometimes he's overly precise." "Thanks." "He may be precise, but also a little wacky." "To measure me f or gloves, he asked what I dream about... and if I ever saw my parents making love." " What are these?" " What?" "That was to measure me f or..." "suspenders." "He is really very precise." "I'II wash up and be right back." "Come here!" "You think things are normal here?" "Look!" " What is it?" " Read what's on it." ""BashfuI."" "Don't you see?" "A dwarf in the wardrobe!" "Snow White and the Seven Dwarf s!" "Snow White." "Fairy tales." "I have to think about that." "The test results are going to blow me away!" "Where are you going?" "Did you hurt yourself?" "Come back in." "My bag!" "She put this dress on, then it f ell off." "She was naked, she panicked and screamed." "Here on the stairs!" "I'm sorry, but your wif e" "She's that way." "When she decides it's late, there's no stopping her." " She was screaming!" " That's her way of saying good-bye." "She's just cheerful." "Good-bye." "The meal was delicious." "normal?" "I'm coming!" "Wait f or me, darling!" "I don't think I'II get that suit now." "What's your name?" "How long do these exams last?" "It depends on how it goes." "He just went in." "The longer he stays in there, the better because" "What region are these Chinese from?" "I couldn't understand a word." "What did they ask you?" "How do I know?" "I didn't catch a word." "Are they Chinese?" "They're Chinese, Loris." "So you flunked it." "I told you it wasn't easy." " We can try again." " No, thanks." "I'II miss our lessons." "They were fun." "This is yours." "My Lao-tzu, a good-Iuck charm." "But it wasn't much use." "So long then." "I'm sorry." "Were the questions very difficult?" "extremely difficult!" "They asked me one." "I didn't understand a word." "Maybe it was a dialect, but I don't think they were Chinese." ""Job offer." Listen to this." ""President of thriving company." "Three months' holiday pay." "knowledge of Scandinavian languages required."" "How many Scandinavian languages are there?" "They all sound the same." "I'd look f or something else." " I f ound the answer." " To what?" "BashfuI." "I didn't sleep a wink last night." "How is he?" " normal." " normal." "I might have guessed." "I spent the night rereading EndeIsson's latest essay." ""Ghosts and Fairy tales in Contemporary Rape:" "from the Three little Pigs to the Monster of Rostov."" "Here's the soIution-- a little Red Riding Hood costume." " Put it on and you'II understand." " No." "I've had enough." "You don't have a choice." "The chief of police orders you to wear this... and keep your gun handy." "The urge will be immediate and devastating." "Put it on and you'II see." "Read the instructions first." "Good luck." "I f ound it!" "Listen to this." "Listen to this." ""Vice president--"" "No." "I don't like the "vice" part." "Who could that be?" " Who is it?" " It's me, the manager." "What do you want?" "There's a lady with me, to see the apartment." "Jessica" "Yes, I'm coming." "I'm very sick." "Haven't you heard?" "What are you talking about?" "I'm sick." "I've got" "I'm very sick." "It's a very contagious disease." "Stop acting stupid." "Open the door!" "Good morning." "What a pretty baby." "Come in." "Let me touch her." "I'II come back another time." "I'm busy." "I really have to go." "No, wait!" "Look what's happened to me." "When I woke up this morning... my f ace was covered with this." "What virus is it?" "No one knows." "You're a bastard." "You'II pay f or this one day!" "elevator!" "Jessica, that was the manager." "It was the manager." "Can I come in?" "If the manager sees you, he'II put you in the garden." "Where are you going?" "To visit my sick grandmother." "And these suitcases?" "What's going on, Jessica?" "I have to go away." "Don't ask me where, how, when or why." "I have to leave you." " Don't ask me anything." " But how?" "Why?" "You always do that!" "I tell you not to ask, then you do!" "You never listen to me!" "I come in windows, screwdrivers f all on me... and I crawl out buildings!" " I'd get evicted" " You should be!" "Hide here, hide there!" "This is no apartment, it's a video game!" "Then you wake me up with coff ee in the morning!" "I'II have a nervous breakdown!" "Enough!" "I'II send someone f or my bags tomorrow." "Don't open your mouth." "Don't try to stop me." " But, Jessica" " You see?" "You don't listen to a word I say!" "Stay there and shut up." "I'm leaving!" "And these are mine!" "Dear Jessica, I'II leave this cassette in your suitcase." "I must admit you've been a IittIe-- just a IittIe-- rude concerning yours truly." "Our contract f or the rent ends here." "Many thanks." "Yours respectfully." "Dear Jessica, I'II leave this cassette in your suitcase." "I must admit you've been a IittIe-- just a IittIe-- rude concerning yours truly." "Our contract f or the rent ends here." "Many thanks." "Yours respectfully." "When you hear this cassette, I'II be gone." "It's 3:00 a.m. and very silent outside." "I can't sleep." "I went into your room." "You were asleep." "How can you sleep without a pillow?" "Loris, you can't imagine how much I" "You've ruined everything!" "The mouse nibbIes and the cheese runs out." "I'm convinced you're making a mistake." "We had him where we wanted him!" "What's got into you?" "You could have stopped a series of terrible crimes." " Prof essor, you saw him." " So did my wif e." "But, Prof essor" "It's no use." "That monster's won her over." "How did he react when you said you were leaving?" "He looked sorry." "A little surprised." "Otherwise normal." "normal!" "normal, right!" "Yes." "slow down." "I can't hear a word." "What?" "Where?" "half an hour ago?" "In broad daylight?" "He's killed again." "Same details, same area." "Arrest that Loris straight away." "Go to his apartment." "Let everyone know." "call the papers, the TV studios." "Distribute the film." "Come with me, Prof essor." "You'II have this on your conscience f or the rest of your lif e!" "It's not possible." "Is he really scary?" "Scary is too nice a word." "He's arrogant, hysterical." "Never pays his bills." "We'II get him ourselves... and carve him up like he did with the ladies." "Bring back the death penalty!" "police." "Make way." "Is it true he locked himself in?" "What's going on here?" "I don't know." "I just got here." "A woman was killed." " A woman was killed?" " Twenty, you mean." "Twenty?" "In this building?" "Yes." "The murderer kept a dwarf in his closet." " He tortured it." " Who did?" "The monster." "The one who chops women up." "They caught him." "The monster?" "The one who chops up women?" " Did he live here?" " It seems so." "Who is it?" "The manager?" " I don't know." "Maybe." " It must be the manager." "It's him!" "Let's go!" "He's dangerous!" "It's him!" " The monster!" " Me?" "We're your friends." "Everything's fine." "The monster?" "Me, the monster?" "Quiet!" "Where is he?" "He disappeared." "How?" "He went that way!" "There he is!" "What's happening?" "This racket, police sirens" "Isn't he the one who owes us money?" "The dead man in the telegram?" "The clock?" "That Loris?" "Excuse me." "Stay there." "The antique dealer!" "Stop, thief!" "You owe me 1.2 million lira!" "I'II squeeze it out of you!" "How much does he owe you?" "I can't believe it!" "Look how many people he swindled!" "The thief!" "Prof essor?" "I rang, but no one answered." "I took the liberty of coming through the window." "It's me, Prof essor." "Don't be afraid." "Prof essor, are you there?" "Hi, Jessica." "What a mess." "It's revolting." "We haven't f ound all the body parts." "Prof essor?" "Prof essor, I'm here." "It's Loris." "I studied Chinese with you." "I came through the window." "Don't be afraid." "It's me." "Perhaps you haven't heard about that monster in the area... who chops women to pieces." "It's me." "well, it's not me... but they think it's me." "Me, the monster!" "Me, that monster who does" "How could they-- help me!" "You could be a good alibi." "If they ask you, "Have you seen the monster?" say no." "They've been chasing me all day." "The police are after me." "Everyone in my building." "Strangers." "Me, the monster?" "How could they think that?" "A policeman with his gun pointed-- he made me-- all day Iong" ""july 29"?" "It's sour." "Be careful." "They made me-- all day Iong" "I got home and didn't realize." "I got home, all relaxed." "I didn't know about it-- "the monster"!" "They began to shout "monster" at me." "It's just like me, seeing someone like you, all sweaty... with a little mud, a f ew red stains" "Can't I have a stain?" "And shouting, "He's the monster"... because he has a... a red stain, sour milk... a hand in his coat." "Is everyone a monster then?" "Can't I go out with a woman's hand... in my" "Prof essor, I'II say good-bye now." "It's late." "I was just passing by." "You're in good shape." "I'd give you a hand, but I see you already have one." "The temperature's dropped." "It was chilly on my way here." "Take it easy, Prof essor." "Take it easy!" "Upstairs, on the Ieft." "Stop!" "Don't move!" "Quiet!" "Hands on your head, both of you!" "Quiet!" "Come on, quiet!" "relax!" "Come out slowly." "Come on." "relax." "slowly." "Take it easy." "relax." "Shut up!" "That's not him." " The prof essor's at home." " Is he armed?" "No." "He's in a sorry state." "He's sick." "Get him out of here." "hello, Prof essor." "How are you?" "Not too good." "Come outside." "Just a minute!" "Just a minute!" "absolutely terrifying." "Get in." "I'II come too." "Listen." "There are three cameIs-- a red one with a hump... a yellow one with three humps, a black one with no hump." "Watch my lips." "There are three cameIs" "Are you sure the manager had nothing to do with this?" " Who?" " The ma" "Forget it." "It's not possible." "tell me." "If I had given you one of those sIurpy kisses... would you have shot me?" "It depends on how you did it." "It's incredible." "I don't understand" "You have to explain it to me." "When you bent down to pick those things up... if I'd grabbed you, would you have shot me?" "I don't know." " If I" " If you what?" "If I" "If I" "For exampIe, if I" "Or I won't get this straight." "If I" " Stop." "Did this to you" "If I did this to you" "Good evening." "Sorry to disturb you, but I need my car." " Sorry." " No, I'm sorry." " Have a nice walk." " Thank you."