Wer (2013)

[bunniefuu]

[MONITOR BEEPS]

MAN: There you go. Okay. Ready?

[CLEARING THROAT]

JUDGE: Mrs. Porter, what do
you remember from that night?

[WHEEZING]

It was dark,

but I could see.
The sky was so bright.

There was a full moon.

It was beautiful.

[SCREAMS] Stop!

Peter.

- HENRY: Peter Porter, come here please.
- CLAIRE: Good work on the fire, bud.

- Look at this.
- CLAIRE: This is a very beautiful spot.

HENRY: What about this full moon?
You could get a moon tan.

CLAIRE:
So tell us about the meteor shower.

[STATIC CRACKLES]

And do you know what
a meteor shower is?

It's the ice and debris that's...

Well, actually, the sun is
melting the ice off the comet

and that's when the
debris falls loose.

- Do you believe him?
- PETER: No.

- I don't believe you either.
- [STATIC CRACKLES]

- HENRY: Check out our campsite.
- Are you guys hungry?

HENRY: Yeah, what'd you bring to eat?

- Hot dogs?
- HENRY: "Sot" dogs.

- This is the Porter family.
- Can you turn the little...

- Look at that!
- [STATIC CRACKLES]

CLAIRE: ...yard this big and
our dog will always be happy.

- HENRY: Wow. Okay. Oh! Hello.
- [DOG BARKING]

Oscar.

- HENRY: Oscar!
- PETER: Oscar!

HENRY: What is he doing?

- PETER: Oscar!
- HENRY: sh*t!

- CLAIRE: Excuse me?
- Crap. Don't repeat that.

Oscar! Oscar!

- PETER: Oscar!
- [CONTINUES BARKING]

- HENRY: Oscar!
- CLAIRE: Do you see him?

Is everything okay? Baby?

JUDGE:
Okay, do you remember anything else?

I just remember...

screaming.

- [INDISTINCT SCREAMING]
- [YELLING]

[STATIC CRACKLES]

- Mom!
- [SCREAMING]

[STATIC CRACKLES]

He was eating my boy alive.

[PETER SCREAMING]

- [INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
- [HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING]

FEMALE REPORTER 1:
Very, very sketchy details here.

An American man and his young
son holidaying in France

were brutally k*lled last night...

MALE REPORTER 1:
The circumstances are very graphic.

...what police believe was
a vicious animal attack.

FEMALE REPORTER 2: In what authorities
believe was a brutal animal attack...

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

FEMALE REPORTER 3:
...that has shocked police officers.

Authorities have confirmed the
death of 36-year-old Henry Porter

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

- MALE REPORTER 2: and Peter Porter.
- FEMALE REPORTER 3: ...found mutilated.

MALE REPORTER 2:
He was just seven years old.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

MALE REPORTER 3:
The young mother is the only survivor.

- MALE REPORTER 4: Claire Porter...
- ...taken by ambulance.

[REPORTER TALKING FRENCH]

Authorities are hopeful
she will recover...

I have lived here, my whole life.
Cannot remember anything like this ever.

- People are wondering what type of animal...
- A breed of animal has yet to be determined.

Police are urging people to be patient as
they continue with their investigation.

He was tall and thin.
It had hair all over.

- His hands, they were huge.
- JUDGE: You said "he."

A major turn in this tragic case.

This is now officially
a m*rder investigation.

Now, suggesting that
there may be someone...

...responsible for the death
of the Porter family.

- This is not an animal attack.
- MALE REPORTER 5: Not an animal attack.

What type of man could be
capable of such things?

The question many in
France are asking...

MALE REPORTER 6: One of the
biggest manhunts in recent times.

- An entire community living in fear.
- [SPEAKING FRENCH]

A very peaceful place and what has
happened has shattered that peace.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

MALE REPORTER 7: Major
developments in the huge manhunt.

A local man was taken into custody.

At 14:52, we apprehended the
suspect at his residence.

FEMALE REPORTER:
Police have identified a man...

MALE REPORTER 8:
...involved in the Porter tragedy.

- The suspect's name is Talan Gwynek.
- REPORTER: ...Talan Gwynek.

- The only suspect...
- FEMALE REPORTER: ...accused of m*rder.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

FEMALE REPORTER:
This monster of a man...

MALE REPORTER: ...refusing
to answer police questions.

We also learned that
Gwynek's home in Cerdon...

...is only two miles from
the location of the attack.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

FEMALE REPORTER: Gwynek has been
transferred from Cerdon to Lyon.

But the question,
the validity of the charges.

- MALE REPORTER: No clear motive.
- No prior criminal records.

Some legal analysts are calling his
arrest an abuse of human rights.

Well, at this stage there
is no factual evidence

to indicate anything more
than an animal attack.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

FEMALE REPORTER: Katherine Moore...

MALE REPORTER:
Gwynek's court-appointed attorney...

There is a vague description by a
woman who was very much in shock.

Europe has a long and sordid
history of animalistic murderers.

To be honest, I'm not convinced
this is an act of m*rder at all.

The French legal system values hard
evidence more than eye witness testimony.

That nuance is certainly
relevant to this case...

and I believe it will
work in our favor.

You're an American living
in France, an expatriate.

Well, um, both my parents
were human rights lawyers.

My father was French,
my mother an American.

When they divorced I spent every
summer in France with my father.

INTERVIEWER: Mrs. Moore, were
you hesitant to accept this case,

considering the victims are American
and the defendant is French?

What matters to me would be to
see an innocent man sent to prison.

- Okay. I think we got it.
- Great.

- Hey.
- Hey.

- You look great.
- Yeah, you too.

- How are you?
- I'm good, good.

Mmm. Oh...

- Uh, how was your flight?
- It was fine.

- So, uh...
- Good.

So you're doing TV interviews now.

Yeah, I'm not used to that, that's for
sure. Did I look as nervous as I felt?

No, you looked like you'd
been doing it for years.

[CHUCKLING] Good. Um...

Oh, here, let's just
move out here. Um...

Been a while. So...

Damn, I didn't want
this to be awkward.

- [CLEARS THROAT]
- Mmm...

- Oh, hey.
- Problem.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Mmm. Monsieur?

Oh, sh**t, uh, Eric,
this is Dr. Gavin Flemyng.

- Kate, come on. It's Gavin. Gavin.
- Oh, okay.

KATE: He doesn't speak French.

- Very well. The Gavin, right?
- GAVIN: Mmm-hmm.

Yeah, I heard a lot
about you. Come on in.

- Thanks for helping out.
- Ah, of course. Um...

GAVIN: Didn't realize you
were American as well.

- Do you have a PhD in wildlife forensics?
- ERIC: Yeah.

Probably just set up right here.

Kate said you did an amazing job on
a similar case where you helped...

redirect the investigation
from m*rder to animal attack?

Oh, no, he more than helped.
His testimony was instrumental.

ERIC: Oh, I hope you can do the
same for us. Here's the initial stuff.

- [GAVIN CLEARS THROAT]
- Oh.

I just wanted to thank
you for your time.

Uh, if you need anything,
like bios, statistics, police reports,

- hash... Anything. [CHUCKLES]
- Anything. Anything.

Um, actually,
I've already put a request

to examine the victims'
bodies as soon as possible.

Maybe you can make, uh,
a request to the judge

- so we can get a quick response?
- I'll lean on him.

Okay, so, uh, back to the
Claire Porter interview.

The investigative judge agreed to let you
review the tape, so we're good on that.

- He's also okayed you sit down with Talan.
- KATE: All right, and who's investigating?

Uh, yes, Captain Klaus Pistor.
Ex-military pilot.

Been heading up m*rder
investigations for nearly a decade.

Every Thursday he
eats lunch at Pierre's,

orders the Croque-Monsieur
with Bleu d'Auvergne cheese.

Hates raisins, like crazy. I think
there's an allergy issue there.

So if you want to k*ll him
that's the way to do it.

- [MAN SPEAKING FRENCH]
- [RESPONDS IN FRENCH]

- Hang on a second.
- Is there a...

Yeah.

[SIGHS]

It's good to see you again, Kate.

Mmm. Give it time. You just got here.

I just remember...

screaming.

He was tall and thin.

It had hair all over.

- His hands, they were huge.
- JUDGE: You said "he."

- CLAIRE: He was eating my boy alive.
- [TAPE WHIRRING]

[SOBBING]

[STATIC]

Voila.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

I'm sorry, uh, you don't speak French.
Of course, you're English.

But you see there was
a camera malfunction

and, uh, Claire Porter's condition was so
poor that the judge concluded the interview.

So, you took Talan Gwynek into
custody based on her description?

PISTOR: Yes, I did. He more than
fit the description, don't you think?

I am aware his... appearance is unique,
but did you pursue other leads?

Uh, yes, apart from
surveying the crime scene,

the entry points and the
attacker's footprints.

Uh, footprints? We didn't, um...

We didn't see that evidence
in the investigation dossier.

- Were they photographed or cast?
- No, the heavy rain had washed them away,

but the measurements
matched the suspect's.

Okay. Um...

I do find it a bit unusual that
you took my client into custody

based on an inconclusive eyewitness
account and not hard evidence.

Uh, we have the camera malfunction,
the footprints being washed away...

This investigation's had some issues,
Commissaire. You agree?

The test results for your client's
DNA at the crime scene...

will be back in less than 48 hours.

So, I suggest we continue
this conversation then.

That is if Gwynek's DNA doesn't
show up at the crime scene.

Very good. So why don't
we go see your, uh, client?

Thank you. Follow me.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Your team will stay in
the observation room.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

- You all right?
- Mmm-hmm.

Very important. You do not touch him.

You do not hand him anything
unless I say it's okay.

But your guards will not
be allowed to be in here.

- It's my client's right.
- I guess it is.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Okay, you have, uh, only five
minutes for the initial meeting.

- Five minutes?
- Yes, believe me, it will be long enough.

He hasn't spoken a word
since we arrested him.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

You can angle these cameras?

[DOOR BUZZING]

[KATE SPEAKING FRENCH]

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

[KATE SPEAKING GERMAN]

Take it off, now!

[CHUCKLES]

Okay. [PISTOR SPEAKS FRENCH]

[LOCK CLICKING]

[PISTOR SPEAKING FRENCH]

Okay, he's all yours.

Good luck.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Bonjour, Talan.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Talan...

Pistor.

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[DOOR BUZZING]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Uh, I would like to
remove his handcuffs.

Oh, no, no, no.

- I take full responsibility for my security.
- Absolutely, not.

No, categorically not.

His feet are chained to the floor. And
you have guards right outside this door.

Don't let me regret this,
Ms. Moore. Okay, Rineaux.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

What's she doing?

[CHAIN RATTLING]

[PISTOR SPEAKING FRENCH]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[EXHALING]

Thank you.

You speak English?

Did your mother teach you
how to speak English?

Yes?

My mother, how is she?

She's very worried about you.

And your father, I have
yet to speak with him.

My father...

He...

- Your father?
- [DOOR BUZZES]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Listen, everything is going to be okay.
We will talk again soon.

Until then, do not speak to anyone
else about this case but me.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Help me.

- [BUZZER BUZZING]
- [INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

GAVIN: [STAMMERING] Everything happened
so fast. I got in there, scratched my arm.

My glasses went flying.

- Are you okay?
- ERIC: Jesus Christ.

GAVIN: No, I'm fine, I'm fine.
The whole thing just happened so quickly.

- You all right?
- Yeah.

- You didn't get hurt, right?
- Yeah, thanks for that back there.

I'm just your regular
knight in shining armor.

Did you hear what he said to me?
He said, "Help me."

- ERIC: That's what he said?
- Yes.

Wow.

GAVIN: You sure this is
the right case for you?

Yeah, more than ever.
This doesn't make any sense.

You could have been really
hurt back there, you know?

The guy can barely move. There's no way
he could have committed these crimes.

If his mobility is as limited as it seems,
and, you know, with those attacks,

then there's no way he could
have done it, you know?

KATE: There's no way.

Wait. Do you know where you're going?

ERIC: God sakes, Katherine.
Yes, I know where I'm going.

I'm going to look it up on my GPS, because
I know your whole, uh, brain GPS is...

You're like an old
married couple, you two.

- What?
- [BRAKES SCREECHING]

[GASPS]

- GAVIN: Bloody hell!
- KATE: Jeez.

Nice driving skills, Eric, really.

- Thanks, I got the instinct. You all right?
- GAVIN: I'm good.

ERIC: All right. Shall we?

[KNOCKING]

[DOOR OPENS]

KATE: Mrs. Gwynek, can you
tell us what you remember...

about the night the Porters died?

He was home that night.
He was very sick.

He did not leave. He couldn't.

Sick, how?

Talan's condition...

He can't move. Can't even get
out of bed for days sometimes.

- What was he like as a child?
- MRS. GWYNEK: Mmm...

He was a happy boy, a kind boy.

Children made fun of him,
called him names.

He didn't ever want to leave the farm,
so we choose to school him at home.

I take it you taught
Talan English as well?

Yeah, but he speaks much
better than me. He's very smart.

Mrs. Gwynek, your accent is
Eastern European. It's Moldavian?

MRS. GWYNEK: Uh, Romanian. I was born there,
but we moved to France when I was young.

We had family all over Europe.

Not so much anymore,
but we still remember.

- Do you see me?
- [ERIC LAUGHS]

- And this is your mother?
- Oh, Mama.

She's beautiful.

KATE:
And what about this gentleman here?

Oh, was my uncle, Tavis. He had
the same condition as Talan,

only he died before it became
too severe, in the w*r.

KATE: Uh, what can you
tell us about this condition?

Well, it's sometimes passed
down to the men in our family.

Their bones too long and
too weak for their bodies.

- Has there been any official diagnosis too?
- MRS. GWYNEK: No. No.

No, no one's ever been
able to help. We tried, but...

- KATE: I'm sure you did all you could.
- Yeah.

What was it like for
Talan growing up?

He spent the most
time with his father.

He died last year.

- I'm so sorry to hear that.
- ERIC: Mrs. Gwynek, um,

if you don't mind, would you
speak about what happened there?

[STAMMERING] It was a car accident.

Uh, he was just driving
home late, lost control...

- [SIGHS DEEPLY]
- KATE: Mmm.

- That must have been very hard on you.
- It was hardest on Talan.

Mrs. Gwynek, I'm having a really
hard time understanding...

why they've decided to target Talan.

Do you know why they are
convinced that he's guilty?

Our land.

- Your land?
- Mmm.

They've always wanted this land.

If I give up my land,
will they give me back my boy?

[GASPS]

GAVIN: Holy sh*t!

Hang on.

What is it?

- You okay?
- MRS. GWYNEK: What is it? No!

- KATE: "k*ller." It says "k*ller."
- MRS. GWYNEK: No! No, he's not k*ller!

Please, please, people
need to know that! No!

He's no monster!

People need to know that, please!

- We're gonna help him. We're gonna help him.
- [PANTING]

ERIC: So, the government wanted to turn
the Gwynek's land into a storage site...

for nuclear waste, which would have
given the town a sizeable contract,

but the Gwyneks refused.

What's so special about their land?

ERIC: The clay down there is extremely
dense, which makes it safe for storage.

- For nuclear waste?
- Yeah.

I mean, nuclear energy powers about


[SPEAKS FRENCH]

Valuable, I bet.
How much was the contract?

Um, about 30 million euros.

It also says here that Klaus Pistor is on
a committee trying to win that contract.

- You think he had anything to gain?
- That's a lot of money.

Especially down there.

- You thinking about his father's death?
- Yeah, I am.

Yeah, me too.

[MONITOR BEEPING]

- I just remember screaming.
- GAVIN: Kate! Eric!

I just, uh... I was speaking to a doctor
friend of mine from Oxford and, um...

[COUGHS]

Excuse me. Excuse me. We were discussing
Talan's appearance and symptoms,

and there's a very rare
disease called porphyria.

Um, symptoms include, um,
excessive facial and body hair

and receding gums which obviously
makes the teeth look longer.

And yeah, it also causes crippling
chronic joint pain, muscle weakness,

- all sorts of nerve damage, even seizures.
- So, people with this can barely move?

Exactly and it's so rare that some
doctors haven't even heard of it.

Okay, great.

- Uh...
- What's up?

Uh, my necklace, it's gone.

- GAVIN: Oh, I haven't seen it.
- ERIC: Sure it's around.

Uh, anyway, um, this condition,
how do we test for it?

It's actually pretty complicated.

It needs a pretty specialized facility
in order to handle the tests.

There's only one hospital
around here that can handle it.

How does one... Is it genetic?
How does one catch it?

GAVIN:
I'm not too sure, you're gonna...

- But, uh, it's certainly a good start.
- Okay, perfect.

We'll request an evaluation
for Talan tomorrow first thing.

Good. Good. Good. Um...

- I'm gonna go home.
- Okay.

Kate, do you want...

Do you want to just go grab
a drink, catch up for a second?

Um...

I'm beat. It's just...
It's been a hell of a day, so...

- Okay.
- KATE: Okay. All right.

- Um, all right. Good night.
- Good night.

[DOOR OPENING]

[DOOR CLOSES]

What the hell are you doing, man?

- GAVIN: What's that?
- What are you doing?

Here with her? What's going on?

Um, look, Eric.

I don't know you, and you don't know
anything about my relationship with Kate.

Actually, I know a lot about
your relationship with Kate.

[SIGHS]

I don't give a sh*t about your personal
life, man. I really don't. I just hope...

you're not trying to win her back here.
We don't need that kind of distraction.

Right, well, first off,
it's been five years.

Besides, I'm in a relationship
so you can rest easy.

- No, you're not.
- Yes, I am.

No, you're not.

- You looking into my private life?
- I'm just doing my job, man.

You mind your own business, mate.
How do I know I can trust a man...

- who steals information for a living?
- Mmm.

And actually, that reminds me,
why is it exactly...

that you don't work
in the States, Eric?

You should go home.

[TYPING]

HENRY: Oscar!

[ALL SCREAMING]

[CLAIRE SCREAMING]

[PETER SCREAMING]

[GROWLING]

Oh, by the way,
we received the DNA results,

but, uh, unfortunately,
they were contaminated.

- [SCOFFS] We're relying on those results.
- Of course, we all were.

Right. Are you familiar with the
offer made on the Gwynek land...

- for federal storage and nuclear waste?
- Of course. Of course, in fact,

I talked to the judge already and he
said it was irrelevant. You know?

I mean, the land dispute
complicates the investigation,

and personally I agree with him.

Uh-huh. Oh, I'm still
adding it to the dossier.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Well, you know,
that is your right, I know.

But remember this is a m*rder case,
not a land dispute. Okay?

Okay, the offer made on the land would have
brought 30 million euros to this community.

- That type of motive...
- [SPEAKING FRENCH]

The motive? Ms. Moore, come on.
Let's remember who's on trial here.

No one is on trial yet, Commissaire.

Wow, he didn't want
to touch that, did he?

No, he didn't. Can you get
me the police report on...

- Talan's father's death. Got it.
- Thank you. Let's go.

Well, I hope you have
strong stomachs.

[SIGHS]

[CLEARS THROAT]

Oh, God.

- You don't have to be here for this.
- Oh, no problem.

- You all right?
- I'm fine.

- Want a glass of water?
- No, thank you.

Okay. I'll try and do this
as quick as possible.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

GAVIN: Okay...

Bodies have been preserved in a
negative temperature chamber,

so there's minimal
to no decomposition.

Very vicious clawed attack.

Um, the back of the skull...

- has been completely ripped away.
- [CAMERA WHIRRS]

There's also a discernible bite pattern,
consistent in a large animal attack.

- The left femur being completely exposed.
- [CAMERA WHIRRS]

Bottom jaw's been
completely ripped away.

- Also the tongue been partially consumed.
- [CAMERA WHIRRS]

Moving down here to the femur,

there's evidence of severe mauling.

[SCOFFS]

Once again,

no evidence of any
type of weaponry...

and the same bite pattern.

An animal did this.

[SCREAMS]

f*cking hell! Oh!

- You okay?
- f*cking hell.

[CHUCKLES]

Let's take a look at the boy.

Right.

[DOOR BUZZING]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

KATE: No.

[CONTINUES SPEAKING FRENCH]

[DOOR BUZZING]

[EXHALES]

Okay.

[CLEARS THROAT]

So I had hoped to bring you
some good news about the DNA,

but the samples were cross-contaminated.
It's nothing to worry about.

It was just a mistake at the lab.
It happens all the time.

And they're running
the new tests now.

But I do have some good news for you.

We may know the condition
you suffer from.

It's called porphyria.

Did any doctors ever mention this
to you or your family before?

No?

The symptoms of this disease and
what you suffer from are very similar.

And if you do test positive,

it will help prove that you
were not physically able...

to commit these crimes.

Uh, we'll have to move you
to a hospital for some tests.

Is that something you'd
feel comfortable with?

Yeah?

Okay.

I would like to talk about
the night of the deaths.

Do you remember where
you were that night?

I cannot remember
things when I am sick.

Okay, I understand.
We call those blackouts.

Uh...

I, uh...

I thought I lost that.

It was bent, but I straightened it.

Thank you, Talan.

It was my father's ring.

I lost my father not long ago also.

I know how that feels.

Thank you.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

- Hey.
- Hey.

Is that Talan's arrest video?

KATE: He didn't even put up a fight.

- His father's accident report.
- Oh, good.

Pistor investigated this case and
Rineaux was first on the scene.

- Really?
- Mmm-hmm.

Single car collision, no foul play,
ruled an accident.

Yeah, but check out the toxicology report.
He had Phenobarbital in his system.

He had 15 times any
normal prescribed amount.

- Fifteen?
- I talked to Mrs. Gwynek.

So she swore that her husband
has no history of drug problems.

No depression problems,
no medical problems at all.

GAVIN: Okay, guys, do you
want to come in here a minute?

I've just sorted through my findings
for the, uh, Henry Porter examination.

Yeah, uh, so why didn't Pistor investigate
his death as a possible homicide?

- Money makes people do strange things.
- GAVIN: It certainly does.

Right, so, um, Henry Porter...

For the bite marks,
first of all, indiscernible.

I can't tell you what animal they're from.
Um, also, Henry Porter's skull was crushed

and it takes 1400 PSI
to crush a human skull.

And obviously a human's
bite is maximum 200 pounds.

- Good, so not human.
- No, no...

Um, so...

Sorry, excuse me a second.

- What's up with him?
- I don't know.

[EXHALING DEEPLY]

f*ck.

[GROANS]

He's a prick is what's up with him.

Okay.

I mean, he's an animal expert. There are
thousands of them. Why him specifically?

'Cause he's best for the case, Eric.

- Is that right?
- Yeah.

He can't even tell us what animal
that is. Let me ask you something.

You tell him what happened to
me in the States? What happened?

- No! Why, did he say something?
- It wasn't her, mate.

It was me, I found out myself.
It wasn't difficult.

You sold privileged attorney-client
information for cash. Solid work.

Cash? You don't know what
you're talking about, all right?

- So, please, shut the f*ck up.
- Eric.

What's going on?
Did you get sick or what?

Yeah, I don't know. Yeah,
I think it's just the food here.

Yeah, France is really
known for sh*t food.

- Eric.
- ERIC: Oui.

- I'm sorry.
- Yeah.

So, right, anyway, um... Where was I?

Uh, the bites. So,
it's definitely not human, then?

Oh, yes. So, no, no. Uh, no,
this was a huge animal.

- Good.
- Oh, my God. The hospital...

Claire Porter went into
septic shock and died.

Oh, Jesus.

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

Okay.

[RECEIVER CLATTERS]

So the judge authorized your
request for a medical evaluation.

It seems that you made
an interesting point

concerning your client's
physical deficiencies.

- [PHONE BEEPS]
- [SPEAKING FRENCH]

Uh, thank you, Ms. Moore.
We'll keep you informed.

Uh, actually, Commissaire, if I may.

Uh, I was going over the police report
issued for Jorge Gwynek's car accident.

You investigated this, yes?

Yes, that's correct.

Then, I'm sure you're well
aware that he had 15 times

prescribed the amount of
Phenobarbital in his system.

- What's your point, Ms. Moore?
- As the investigating officer,

I feel like you have ignored certain
elements pertaining to my client.

Why didn't you at least
investigate the crash further?

- Because I think that he's a drug addict.
- There is nothing in his medical history...

to suggest that he had any
substance abuse problems.

If you have any requests,
why don't you put it in writing?

- [SPEAKING FRENCH]
- [PHONE RINGING]

Wait, please.

[PUTS DOWN RECEIVER]

[PISTOR SIGHS]

A farmer from outside the city

reported that some kind of
animal attacked his horses.

He was standing on two legs,
over two meters tall,

covered in hair, and called
it a "monster from hell."

That sure sounds like the animal
that k*lled Henry Porter.

- KATE: We'll follow you.
- Yes, why don't you do that?

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

KATE: Oh, my God.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[COUNTING IN FRENCH]

[CAWING]

[GASPS] Jesus!

[ROARING]

PISTOR: That's impossible. There hasn't
been a bear, a wild bear in this region for...

A hundred years.

KATE: This has to be the bear
that attacked the Porters.

It's all consistent, the area,
the size of the animal. Gavin?

We'll have to run some tests,
but this is looking good.

DNA results.

We need Gavin.

KATE: Gavin.

I was just, uh, reading that there
are certain strains of porphyria

that are not only passed
genetically, but in rare cases,

they can be transmitted through
blood or any mucous membrane.

ERIC: Just gonna turn this light on.

KATE:
So, um, I need you to look at this.

Talan's DNA results,
cross-contaminated again.

Well, get them to do the test again.

Actually, can you, um,
ask them to send me

both DNA analysis
reports for both tests?

KATE: Here.

Hey. What's wrong?

[SIGHS]

I don't know.

- I'm worried about you.
- No, don't.

You should be worried about the case.

[CHUCKLING] Right, 'cause I'm
never worried about my cases.

- Nothing's changed there then.
- Yeah. Mmm.

[TYPING]

[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

KATE: Do you think he
could have done it, Gavin?

[SIGHS]

Look, there is no way a man could
have done anything like that.

Yeah. Yeah.

You're doing a great job, Kate.

Thanks for saying that.

And you were right to move here.
I should have come with you.

I miss you, Kate.

I miss you too.

[SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]

REPORTER: The day has come for
Gwynek's specialized testing

which could produce results that
exonerate him of all criminal charges.

Jesus!

[INDISTINCT YELLING]

Um...

Stop.

[KATE SIGHS]

Why are you helping me, Kate?

Mmm.

Because I was taught from a very young
age that everyone deserves to be heard.

Especially the ones that
think they don't deserve it.

They'll get what they want.

Do you want me to quit?

[CHUCKLES]

- You thought about it though?
- Mmm.

[KNOCKING]

[DOOR OPENS]

Yeah, come in.

[CHUCKLES] Oh.

[KATE CLEARS THROAT]

Uh, Talan, these are my
partners Eric and Gavin.

You haven't officially met yet.

Talan.

Uh, Gavin is gonna explain a few of the
specifics about the exam. So, okay?

Okay, so, um, Talan, along with
the normal battery of tests,

the lead physician is also
going to administer, um, uh,

a corneal impression to get a
cell sample of one of your eyes.

Um, this will be the early
indicator of the porphyria.

After that, he's going to attempt
a photic-induced seizure.

A photic-induced seizure?

It's strobing lights that will cause
stress and trigger an attack.

It's the only way to confirm the porphyria
and allow it to be admissible in court.

All right, we should
get going. Guards!

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

It's gonna work, right?

It has to.

Mrs. Gwynek, okay.

[SIGHS]

[COUGHS]

Rineaux.

[MONITOR BEEPING]

Commencing the examination
of patient Talan Gwynek.

Okay, we will now do
the corneal impression.

GAVIN: Relax, Talan.

The early indicator for
porphyria is positive.

Excellent, excellent.

DOCTOR: Now let's move
on to seizure induction.

[CONTINUES BEEPING]

- [KATE SIGHS]
- PISTOR: Hmm.

I will need you to stare
at the flashing light.

[BEEPING ERRATICALLY]

- Uh, doctor?
- No, no, it's normal.

[CONTINUES BEEPING]

- We need to stop this right now.
- This is unusual.

- GAVIN: Doctor, please!
- [CONTINUES BEEPING]

GAVIN: Help, somebody!

[GROWLS]

[YELLING]

- No, no, no! Gwynek, don't!
- [WOMAN SCREAMING]

- [SCREAMING]
- [STATIC CRACKLES]

KATE: [MUFFLED] How did this happen?

He could barely move.
That was not Talan.

I hope you're happy, I hope
you're happy! All this is on your head!

How the hell were we supposed to
know that this was going to happen?

I knew! You got him transferred.
He k*lled three people...

- and now he's gone!
- I promise I was only doing...

- what I thought was best for my client!
- I don't give a f*ck! Just go! Go!

Let me do my job. Go!
[SHOUTING IN FRENCH]

Go! Go! You go! f*ck!

REPORTER: Reports from Lyon
indicate four more dead.

Gwynek's whereabouts remain unknown.

COMMENTATOR 1: Where would our werewolf
legends be? Put "luna" in the word lunatic.

COMMENTATOR 2: Researchers tracked down
more than a thousand reported attacks

and compared the dates
with the lunar cycle.

The most dangerous time
following a full moon.

[CLICKING KEYS]

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

KATE: Eric? You here?

[DOOR CLOSES]

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
- Eric?

- Hey.
- Hey.

- Did you spend all night here?
- Yeah.

How you doing? You all right?

Listen, uh, I'm glad you're here.

Um, you know how we were wondering
how it was even physically possible

for Talan to destroy that hospital?

- Yeah.
- Okay, so, bear with me.

You know how people say the full
moon can make people go mad, crazy?

- Yeah?
- Okay. So, watch this.

COMMENTATOR 1:
Put "luna" in the word lunatic,

but do we really know what effect
the moon has on our lives?

ERIC: Okay, look.

CLAIRE: The sky was so bright.
There was a full moon.

There's been these
studies on epileptics

where a full moon triggers
these prolonged seizures.

They have these violent outbursts
and they get almost this, like,

super human strength. It has
something to do with water.

You know how like the moon
affects the tides, right?

Well, human beings
have almost 60% water.

I mean, it kind of makes sense, right?
They even have a name for it.

- It's called the Lunar Effect.
- Okay, so...

So you think he becomes what he is

under the influence of the moon?

GAVIN: What are you saying?

Hey.

Hey.

Last night the moon was 98%.

Tonight, full moon.

What's this?

REPORTER: It seems there's
no more running for Gwynek.

Police have the building surrounded.
However, details on how he escaped

a heavily guarded hospital
wing remain unclear.

- I'm going. Yeah.
- I'm going to get my coat.

Why? Pistor doesn't want you there.

He's my client, Gavin.
I have a responsibility.

But he's a m*rder*r, Kate.
Leave it alone.

I know he's a m*rder*r, Gavin.
I'm done defending him.

- I don't know, I mean, if this Lunar Effect...
- ERIC: You coming?

- You're making a mistake, Kate!
- KATE: Yeah, I'm coming.

A lot of people have died. I don't
want them to die because of me, okay?

Yeah, well, the person you're
trying to save is a f*cking animal!

I know that, Gavin! What do
you want me to say to you?

Haven't you helped him
k*ll enough people, Kate?

What?

[SCOFFS]

All right, you need to stay here.

I don't want to see you. Can you
pull your sh*t together, please?

[INDISTINCT TALKING]

[INAUDIBLE]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

OFFICER: Go, go, go!

Uh, Katherine Moore...

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

- KATE: Pistor!
- [SPEAKING FRENCH]

What are you doing here?
I told you to stay away.

He is my client. I don't want to see
anyone else hurt either, all right?

Don't worry.
He's on the eighth floor.

He hasn't k*lled anyone yet.
We have the situation under control.

Control? You have no idea
what you're dealing with here.

Oh, really? Why don't you tell me, Mr.
American. What are we dealing with here?

I think he has this condition where
his behavior is affected by the moon.

- The moon? What are you talking about?
- His violence isn't naturally there.

Okay, okay, okay. All I know is I don't
want any more innocent people k*lled...

by that maniac. He moves, he's dead.

[SIGHING]

[GLASS SHATTERS]

[BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH]

[EXHALING]

[GROANING]

f*ck. [GROANS]

Oh, f*ck.

- [STATIC]
- [SPEAKING FRENCH]

[EXHALING]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Talan Gwynek.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Pull your men back.
Pull your men back. Right now!

He's right. I don't want
anyone else to die, all right?

- We got it.
- Get them out of there now!

You don't know what
you're talking about, okay?

[STATIC]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[TALAN GROWLING]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[GROWLING]

[GROWLING]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[GROWLING]

What have we done?

[MAN SCREAMING]

[HORN HONKING]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[GROWLING]

[SIREN WAILING]

[REPORTER SPEAKING FRENCH]

[PISTOR SPEAKING FRENCH]

MALE REPORTER:
Based on eyewitness reports,

authorities believe he is
headed to his home in Cerdon.

ERIC: Get in. Get in. Get in.

- GAVIN: I tried to tell you, Kate.
- I know, Gavin!

- f*ck, what happened to your eye?
- GAVIN: I saw the news, what happened?

ERIC: It was unlike anything
I've ever seen, man.

The guy fell 10 stories. It was
like Planet of the f*cking Apes.

He was standing right
in front of us, Gavin.

That thing inside of him,
it was not Talan Gwynek.

- It's like he wasn't even...
- GAVIN: He wasn't even human?

- Exactly.
- GAVIN: I don't think he is.

I looked at the DNA analysis
reports Eric sent back to me.

The results were exactly
the same both times.

The contamination
patterns were identical.

- The DNA just wasn't classifiable.
- ERIC: He's non-human?

Yeah. He's non-anything.
I don't know what he is.

GAVIN: It looks like we're too late.

[KATE SIGHS]

She's not here.

GAVIN: What's with all the security?

- I'd say she was afraid.
- What was she afraid of, huh?

Now she's gone. She probably
left to meet him somewhere.

f*ck!

What if that was her plan all along?

- ERIC: No. What choice did she have?
- What are you talking about?

ERIC: Hang on, hang on, hang on.
Think about it. If 500 years ago...

someone saw a man with Talan Gwynek's
same appearance, that condition, okay?

And that man was under
the influence of the moon.

This Lunar Effect,
and it made him predatory

and it made him this k*ller,
this man eater.

Wait, it sounds like you're
talking about a loup-garou.

- A werewolf?
- Yes, they'd say that he was not human.

He was a man and a beast
like Talan Gwynek.

All the more reason that his whole
family should be exterminated.

[STAMMERING] What? For 50
years they lived in peace.

And then something bad happened.

Talan's father was k*lled so that
you could profit from their land.

[PISTOR SPEAKING FRENCH]

GAVIN: Kate.

- Kate.
- I just need some air. All right?

[DOOR CLOSES]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[DOOR CREAKING]

Mrs. Gwynek?

Mrs. Gwynek, are you in here?

It's Katherine Moore.
It's just me, okay?

I know about the secret

you've been hiding about your family.

I know you're...

I know you're, um...

You're just trying
to protect your son.

If they k*lled your husband,
we can help you.

But Talan has to be stopped.

Please come out.

Please.

[GROWLING]

- [KATE GASPS]
- [OINKING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- f*ck!
- ERIC: Sorry.

- Eric.
- Sorry.

You go. You're not
supposed to be here.

KATE: Eric, I have an ax in my hand.
Don't sneak up on me.

- ERIC: What are you doing in here?
- Nothing. I thought I saw something.

Yeah, I was worried about you.
Let's get out of here.

Where did the cop...

- [GROWLS]
- [GROANS]

Jesus Christ!

[GROWLS]

OFFICER: Police! Talan Gwynek!

- [GROWLS]
- [g*nf*re]

[GROWLING]

PISTOR: I don't know. I don't know. At the
rate he's moving, he could be anywhere.

I don't think he's going to
leave the forest. It's his home.

The cave system here, he and his
father spent a lot of time there.

- He grew up in those caves.
- PISTOR: Okay, we leave in one minute.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

He trusts you, so you're going to
help me bring him in. Let's go!

[DOOR CLOSES]

- I'm not going.
- Why?

I just need to figure
some things out, Kate.

I can't explain right now. I can't.

Gavin, come on. What the
hell is going on, really?

What is this about? Show us your arm.

[ENGINE STARTING]

KATE: Listen, what's going on?

Mmm?

- Let me see your arm.
- Hey.

[GROANING]

- Gavin!
- Gavin, let me go. Let me go!

[SOFTLY] What is that?

Oh.

I got, uh... [EXHALES]

I got infected by Talan, um,

in the police station.

- And that's why you're changing?
- [SIGHING]

KATE: Where did you get that?

It doesn't matter.

If I do anything,
you use the g*n. Okay?

I'm scared.

Me too.

[SOBBING]

[SIREN WAILING]

[PISTOR SPEAKING FRENCH]

I hope you know who you're trusting.

[STATIC]

[EXHALING]

[BANGING NOISES]

Gavin.

If you decide to meet at the
convoy, I'm ready to take you.

Thank you, Officer.

Shh!

[MAN TALKING FRENCH OVER PA]

They found something. Let's go.

KATE: Oh, my God.

PISTOR: [SHUSHING] Stop. Stop. Stop.

There's something.

It's coming from that hole.
Quiet. Shh!

Hold on.

Come on, you m*therf*cker.
Show yourself.

- [BATS SCREECHING]
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]

f*ck!

[CLATTER]

- PISTOR: What is that?
- [SPEAKS FRENCH]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[SCREAMS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[OFFICER SCREAMS]

ERIC: Oh, sh*t!

[OFFICER SCREAMS]

[KATE GASPS]

Talan! Talan.

Talan, you don't want
to hurt him. Okay?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Talan.

[GRUNTS]

I know what this man did to you.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Just...

Just let him go.

That's right. That's right, Talan.
No one else has to die.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

KATE: That's right. [SNIFFLES] Okay.

[GROWLING]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

- Kate?
- KATE: Hey, are you feeling okay?

Yeah, yeah, I feel pretty good.
Listen, I've found a basement here.

I think it was used as a holding cell
for Talan. His mother knew all along.

- [STATIC CRACKLES] He's dead, Gavin.
- Hang on, I can hardly hear you.

I tried to plead with him.
They're taking his body to the morgue.

Listen to me. If you start
feeling anything...

GAVIN: Kate, come on. I feel fine.

Just be careful. Watch Pistor,
Kate. He can't be trusted.

Oh, Jesus! Let's see. Come back here.

Oh, Jesus Christ!
Okay, come here. Come here.

Who did this to you? Can you
tell me who did this to you?

Look, I'm gonna get
you some help. Okay?

[EXHALING]

You said you'd protect him.
Now look what you did.

- What's gonna happen to me?
- I don't know. I'm not your mother!

[GRUNTS]

But you won't ever be like him.

Not with what you did.

- Your son did this to me.
- You all said you'd protect him.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

[PANTING]

Your son did this to me.

[GROWLING]

[WHIMPERS]

[SIREN WAILING]

ERIC: So what did Gavin
tell you? Is he all right?

He said he was fine,
but I don't know.

ERIC: We don't know.
It might be too late for him.

He could be turning into what
Talan is. A f*cking animal.

We don't know that. I pulled Gavin
into this and I'm gonna help him.

No matter what it takes.

[INDISTINCT WHIMPERING]

f*ck, f*ck, f*ck!

Pistor's gonna do
what he wants to do.

He's gonna k*ll him and
who's to say he's wrong?

[GRUNTING]

This is all about money to Pistor...

and I'm not gonna let him get away
with k*lling Talan's father or Gavin.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[INAUDIBLE]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

Eric!

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

Get in the car!

Eric, f*ck, what are you doing?

[PISTOR SPEAKING FRENCH]

ERIC: Sixty, 70 miles an hour.
I couldn't catch him.

I couldn't catch up with him. And they
shot him, like, 10 times, and he didn't die.

He didn't die, Kate. What does
that mean? He can't be k*lled?

Is that what that means?
He can't be k*lled?

Maybe they have to
sh**t him in the head.

Is that what it is? Is that
the only way that he can die?

- [GROWLS]
- KATE: Eric!

- No!
- Kate, run.

- Talan, it's okay. No!
- [GROWLS]

It's fine. Talan, please, come on.

None of these people understand you,

and they never will.
They're scared of you.

But I can help you. Please, Talan.

Talan. Talan, no.
Talan, Talan, please, Talan.

No, no, no, Talan, Talan.

Talan, no! Talan, no! Talan!

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS]

No!

[TALAN GROWLING]

KATE: No!

f*ck!

f*ck!

No! No!

No!

- No! No! Please! Please!
- [SNARLS]

[GROWLING]

[SCREAMS]

Gavin?

[TALAN GROWLING]

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[MAN REPLIES IN FRENCH]

[g*nf*re]

[SCREAMS]

[GROWLS]

[SNARLING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMING]

[SCREECHING]

[PANTING]

[TALAN GROWLING]

No.

No.

[GRUNTS]

[SNARLING]

[GUTTURAL SCREAM]

[g*nsh*t]

[SCREAMING]

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

[GROWLING]

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

[LABORED BREATHING]

FEMALE REPORTER: It's a case
that has horrified France...

MALE REPORTER:
...because of its brutality.

FEMALE REPORTER 2: This story raises
such questions about humanity

and what human beings are capable of.

FEMALE REPORTER 3: Gwynek is now
responsible for k*lling more than 40 people.

MALE REPORTER: Including two dozen law
enforcement officers, his own mother,

whom he bludgeoned to death, and Eric
Serran, a member of his defense team.

FEMALE REPORTER:
Gwynek is assumed dead,

however, officials have
not recovered his body.

MALE REPORTER 2: Katherine Moore
remains in serious condition.

Doctors are cautious, but remain
hopeful for her recovery.

FEMALE REPORTER: Deceased Judiciary
Officer Klaus Pistor has been implicated

in a conspiracy to commit fraud
and the m*rder of Jorge Gwynek.

Another disappearance near
the Luxembourg border.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

FEMALE REPORTER 2: There's growing
concern that Talan Gwynek is still at large.

Another disappearance near
the Luxembourg border.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

MALE ANCHOR: After being
released from the hospital,

he has agreed to an
exclusive interview.

I'm glad to be here.
Thanks for having me.

Yes, it's hard to believe
it's almost been a month.

- A couple found mutilated.
- [SPEAKING FRENCH]

I'm fine, thank you,
and Kate's recovering well.

A pregnant woman has
been reported missing.

No, no, I don't think
he's dead at all.

Family members say their son
was on a backpacking trip...

MALE REPORTER: ...son was on
a backpacking trip across Europe.

But you ask how a human can
do that and my answer is simple.

He isn't human.

- A brutal slaying near Cologne.
- [SPEAKING FRENCH]

No, no, the reports are
not embellished at all.

I've seen what he can do.
You've seen what he can do.

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

[SPEAKING GERMAN]

INTERVIEWER:
Have you felt any side effects?

Have you been affected in any way?

An entire community is living in fear

of what they're calling
The Beast of Strasbourg.

I'm completely serious when I
say to you that Talan Gwynek,

by the mere definition of the word...

Is a werewolf.

[GROWLING]