Body, The (2024)

[bunniefuu]

I, Bruno, take you, Rebecca,

to be my wife.

By the grace of Christ,

I promise to always be faithful,

for better, for worse,

in sickness and in health,

and to love and honor you,

all the days of my life.

I, Rebecca,

promise... [VOICE FALTERS]

[CRYING]

- [TEARFULLY] I can't...

- What's going on?

I'm sorry.

BRUNO:

What are you saying, love?

I can't marry you

after what you did to me.

What happened?

- After what I did to you?

- I'm sorry.

- I'm sorry.

- Honey.

What's going on?

[LAUGHING]

[GUESTS MURMUR AND LAUGH]

You should see

your face right now!

Film his face.

Of course I'll marry him.

It was a joke.

Zoom in. Get a close-up of him.

Look at his face.

My husband's as white as...

BRUNO: When I think of Rebecca,

I recall the words

of a comedian.

"My wife married me

to get back at a man.

And I soon found out

that man was me."

At the theater,

everyone was laughing.

Everyone except me.

THE BODY

ELISABETTA: Good morning.

Here's your lunch.

Laila, get down from there!

[DOG WHINES]

Ma'am? Your lunch is ready.

It's getting late.

Ma'am?

[SCREAMING] Oh, God! No!

No!

ROBERTA: The board of directors

has been notified.

I'm clearing your schedule

until tomorrow.

As soon as you let me know

the funeral arrangements,

I'll notify your contacts.

Then we can reschedule

your agenda.

Sir, if there's anything

you need, I'm here.

- Condolences.

- I'm available. Call me.

- Condolences.

- Condolences, Sir.

- At any time!

- Condolences.

- Condolences.

- Sir?

My sincere condolences.

Sir?

[MAN ON RADIO] ...an Italian

pharmaceutical company,

she had just turned fifty.

Rebecca Zuin died

of a heart attack

[CRASH]

Oh, my God!

[OMINOUS MUSIC

PLAYS ON TV]

[WOMAN ON TV] Please, help me!

Help my husband!

[MAN ON TV] Do you want to

screw everyone over again?

- [WOMAN] How did you do it?

- [MAN] Not this time!

[MESSAGE ALERT CHIMES]

MANCINI

SAN GIOVANNI HOSPITAL, NOW!

[RAIN POUNDING]

- MANCINI: You're looking great.

- Can we get a pastry?

Ambrosi said

you're not going on holiday.

- Weren't you going to Madrid?

- Next week, maybe.

That's what you said last month.

You haven't seen

your daughter in years.

Two and a half.

And it's my f*cking business.

MANCINI: Angelo Salvitti.

Head trauma

and cervical fracture.

They've stabilized him,

but they don't know

when or if he'll make it.

[SIGHS]

The guy who ran him over

said he came out of nowhere.

It was dark, it was raining,

and he couldn't brake in time.

The road was so wet

that even if he'd seen him...

It's a miracle

he stopped anyway.

COSSER: Breathalyzer?

Both negative.

Where did it happen?

At the Forensic

Science Institute.

- At the morgue?

- He's the night guard.

I'm very touched,

but tell me why I'm here again.

If he hadn't been run over,

we wouldn't have known

what happened

at the morgue before tomorrow.

A body is missing.

Did you warn the husband?

ITALIAN EXCELLENCE

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

GABRIELLA:

Everybody was crying today.

Even the dog.

But you weren't.

Everyone reacts

in their own way.

[PEOPLE CLAMORING]

MAN: How will your wife's death

impact the company?

You dealt well

with the press earlier.

You were very much at ease.

I'm just trying to stay strong.

You'll need plenty of it.

Strength that is.

You'll have to manage

everything my sister did.

If you don't need me...

I'll go.

I don't need you.

Zuin's sister

asked for an autopsy,

tomorrow at 9 am.

An autopsy for a heart attack?

What time

did the body disappear?

AMBROSI: Salvitti started

his shift at 5:30 pm.

He left his office at 9:50 pm.

He called 911

before running away.

But the line went dead.

They tried calling him back,

but he didn't pick up.

Why was he running?

We don't know.

He was the only worker

in the building.

Who signed

the death certificate?

Dr. Saviano.

I've already called her.

[FAINT CLICKING]

There are 15 security cameras

in the building.

They all stopped working

at 9:40 pm, all except one.

This one.

It looks like

he heard something,

but no alarm had gone off.

When he got back,

he was terrified.

MANCINI: Fifteen cameras

and that's the only one working?

- He wanted us to see it.

- MANCINI: Maybe he's still here.

There's no sign of forced entry

in the area,

but the building is huge.

I asked for a search team.

We couldn't gain access

to the security room.

Someone changed the password.

What did he see?

A walking dead.

Someone walking

with a dead, maybe.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

MISSED CALL

INCOMING CALL

[PHONE RINGING]

DIANA:

Aren't you going to answer that?

I'm sure it's more condolences.

I can't.

At this hour?

Why, what time is it?

Hello?

Yes.

Yes, it is.

Don't worry, I wasn't sleeping.

I've already spoken

with your colleagues.

What's going on?

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

What do you mean?

I get it. Can I know why?

Alright.

Alright. I'm coming.

What's going on?

[THUNDER CRACKING]

MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

ARNALDO ZUIN

- Corrado?

- Hm?

Chief Inspector Cosser.

- My condolences.

- Bruno Forlan. Good evening.

Thanks for coming.

We realize that

this is more bad news

for you today, but...

More?

Let's sit down.

[CRACKS NUTS]

It's about your wife.

She's missing.

- What?

- Her body.

It was there, and now it's not.

Vanished.

Is this a joke?

Our first hypothesis,

the only one, actually,

is that someone took it.

- Took it?

- Hm-hm.

What the f*ck?

It's not a package.

Isn't there

any surveillance here?

Yes, Mr. Forlan. In fact, it was

the night guard who called us.

He tried to intervene,

but something scared him

and he fled.

At the moment he's in a coma.

A car ran him over

and now he's

at San Giovanni hospital.

[CRACKS NUT, GRUNTS]

I'm sorry, but...

Why would someone

steal a corpse?

Satanic rites, vandalism.

Organ trafficking.

Or maybe

to avoid the autopsy.

Had someone been threatening

your wife?

She was a rich, powerful woman.

She might have had enemies.

I don't know anyone

mad enough

to do something like that.

What about you?

What about me?

There was a call to 911

on October 20, at 1:18 am.

Domestic violence.

Yes, it was

one of Rebecca's jokes.

I'm sure you have that

on your notes.

Yes, I do.

Your wife loved jokes, uh?

Yes.

Maybe he'll go back home

and find her there!

[LAUGHS]

- How f*cking dare you?

- Sorry, it was just a joke.

A shitty joke!

- I overdid it.

- Show some respect!

Look, you're absolutely right.

Sit down.

No, I mean it!

Ask my colleague.

I tend to overdo it. I'm sorry.

- He does.

- Please, sit.

Please.

Please.

Listen...

Why weren't you home

when we tried

to reach you earlier?

I went to buy some ibuprofen.

I had a bad headache.

Alektopharma's head of research

is running short on ibuprofen?

Is this another joke?

No.

- What are you getting at?

- [AGENT KNOCKS] Inspector?

Dr. Saviano is here.

I beg your pardon.

Let's be clear.

Do I need a lawyer?

Well, no.

You're just

a person of interest.

A lawyer...

- Hi.

- Hi.

- Look, I'm sorry...

- Me too.

DIANA: What do you mean,

the body is missing?

[BRUNO ON PHONE]

Someone took it.

- What the f*ck?

- Let's focus on the night guard.

He's at San Giovanni hospital.

Do you know anyone there?

Yeah, some students

I knew at uni

who work in the emergency room.

Go there,

see what you can find out.

Bruno, I don't get it.

- Did they arrest you?

- Try to be discreet.

I'll call you later. I love you.

I love you t...

RECENT CALLS

FACULTY OFFICE

What are you doing?

You can't smoke in here.

- It's not lit.

- Good.

The coroner

wants a word with you. Come.

DR. SAVIANO: Mr. Forlan,

you said your wife came back

from a work trip

in Boston yesterday.

You also added

that she was afraid of flying.

- Right?

- Yes. Rebecca would have said,

"I'm not afraid of flying.

I'm afraid to crash."

- Nice.

- DR. SAVIANO: Yeah. Remarkable.

The stress induced

by long flights

can take a toll

on cardiac activity.

So you think the flight

caused her heart attack?

Well, it's plausible.

But there are no records

attesting

any prior heart problems.

Rebecca thought

herself immortal.

Maybe that's what k*lled her.

Maybe.

Without an autopsy,

we have no way

of establishing what happened.

Any history of schizophrenia

in the family?

No.

Parkinson's disease?

No, I don't think so.

Epilepsy?

Shouldn't you be asking

her family doctor?

Her doctor didn't live with her.

I need to exclude a hypothesis.

What hypothesis?

Catalepsy.

Sorry, Forlan. Giada, a word.

- Are you kidding me?

- What?

- Catalepsy?

- Yes!

If she woke up,

why didn't she ask for help?

- Why is she missing?

- Calm down, Cosser, okay?

- We need to stick to the facts.

- COSSER: She had a heart attack.

Exactly like you wrote

in your report.

She was dead!

Then someone broke in

and stole her body!

The night guard shat himself,

and I want to know why!

Bruno?

I tried calling you ten times.

I'm at the morgue.

Rebecca's body went missing

and the police

have a lot of questions.

The Inspector thinks

I have something to do with it.

- Do you?

- Are you serious?

The police couldn't find you.

Where did you go?

To the drugstore!

I had a headache.

Why did you ask for an autopsy?

- Insurance matters.

- Yeah, sure.

Tell me what I need to do.

You are the family lawyer,

help me.

I advise you

to answer their questions.

[COUGHING]

I see the shrink I sent you to

is doing an excellent job.

- What did you find?

- No criminal record.

Graduated with honors

in Chemical Engineering.

A master. Then one day

he met Rebecca Zuin.

He went from temp teacher

to top manager

at the speed of light.

Good for him.

His mother's a hairdresser.

His dad died when he was a kid.

He had debts

and he k*lled himself.

Did you notice?

He always refers to his wife

in the past tense.

"She had, she said, she was."

Veronica died

five years ago and...

And she's still there.

Go to your daughter.

It'd be good for you.

Why would Carla want me around?

She's in Madrid, she has a life,

a house, her friends.

- She's fine.

- What about you?

How are you doing?

- I'm fine.

- You're fine.

- Yeah, I'm fine.

- Good.

The days go by,

one after the other.

I'm doing fine.

- [SIGHS]

- I'm just worried about you.

So should I worry

because you're worried?

- No.

- No.

What's this theory that

when you're sick

you need to heal?

Where does it come from?

You're sad? No! You can't be.

We have to be happy,

all of us, f*cking happy,

in a world full of

f*cking happy people!

You're sad? That's not good!

So you're straight into therapy,

or they'll cast you aside and...

What f*cking n*zi

first thought of this?

What's your problem

with sad people? Huh?

Where I come from,

everyone's sad,

and no one ever thinks

of busting their ba*ls!

I don't want to be helped, okay?

I-I...

I want to be sick.

I want to be sick!

Fine.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

What's going on?

[ITALIAN POP SONG PLAYING

ON RECORD PLAYER]

I don't like it

when you listen to this song.

Today you'll be done with me

It's inappropriate.

And I'm so vulnerable

I'll be lost without you

[SONG CONTINUES]

[MUFFLED SCREAMS]

- [COUGHING]

- [REBECCA LAUGHS]

Sweetheart!

When I was a kid

I was afraid of water too.

Then, one day my dad

took off my armbands

and threw me off the boat.

I wasn't even three.

Were you scared? Hm?

REBECCA: You're not mad,

are you?

Hm?

Sweetheart.

Let me look at you.

Come on, turn around.

You're so handsome, sweetheart.

- I have to go. I have a meeting.

- Cancel it.

- I can't.

- Sure, you can.

I know you can.

I won't fire you.

[REBECCA CHUCKLES]

- You won't?

- No. I won't.

- You won't fire me?

- No, I won't.

You know how hard it was

to show people

I'm good at what I do?

That I'm not there

because we f*ck?

You're married to me.

I know what you're worth.

That's why

you are where you are.

And you're not a temp teacher

anymore. For now.

Hm?

You're right, honey.

- Oh, I am?

- Thank you.

I got an amazing dress

for the party tonight.

- Yeah.

- I can hardly wait to show you.

You're mine tonight. Mine.

Yes. We need

to celebrate, honey.

Don't worry.

We'll clean it up later.

Hm? Come on.

We'll clean it up later,

sweetheart.

I miss you when you're away.

Sweetheart.

Don't play

that f*cking song again.

Okay?

- [KNOCK ON DOOR]

- [FOOTSTEPS APPROACH]

MANCINI: Mr. Forlan.

Going for a walk?

I heard something. I came to...

Hold on.

So?

A problem with the fuse box.

Solved now.

What are you doing here?

I was telling your colleague

I heard something...

- The lights went out.

- What about this?

What were you looking for

in your wife's belongings?

Me? I didn't touch anything.

The victim's phone is missing.

What do you mean by victim?

- It's habit, don't mind him.

- It was here.

It wasn't me.

No, it wasn't you.

Maybe it was one of these guys.

Let's do a door to door

and gather some intel.

Come here, Forlan.

Empty your pockets.

- Come on...

- We don't have all night!

Okay?

- Is that all?

- Yes, it is.

Spread your arms and legs,

if you don't mind.

- What?

- I have to search you.

- You're not...

- Turn around, God damn it!

What the f*ck

are you doing, as*h*le?

- I'm gonna sue you!

- Let him go!

Show me the...

What's this?

What's this?

BRUNO: I found it on the ground.

It has your lab's label.

Our products

can be found anywhere.

You're head of research

at one

of the biggest pharmaceutical...

- What's that got to do with it?

- Calm down!

Are we done? You're keeping me

against my will.

You don't want to know

what happened to your wife?

- Where are you going?

- Can I go to the restroom?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Mancini,

have it analyzed. Now.

[THUNDER RUMBLES]

You can't behave like that.

He could really press charges.

I didn't do anything.

- I don't want any trouble.

- It won't happen again.

Want to get suspended again?

I said it won't happen again.

So you said last time.

Next time you'll tell me,

[SARCASTICALLY]

"So you said last time."

You're such a d*ck!

Why do you hate Forlan so much?

He couldn't care less

about his wife.

He's just a rich as*h*le.

f*cking rich as*h*le.

I'll tell you more.

I'm sure

he has something to do with it.

Where the hell are you going?

Look at this bullshit.

How much does this cost?

I don't know.

It's vintage.

About 100.000 euros.

You pay 100k

and you don't get back seats?

Mancini, do you copy?

Go on, Ambrosi.

A fallen oak

is blocking the road.

The firemen are on their way

but it's going to take a while.

[DIANA ON PHONE] The night guard

is Angelo Salvitti,

still in a coma.

[BRUNO ON PHONE]

Does anyone else know?

Like who?

- The police?

- No, not the police.

Whoever stole

Rebecca's phone knows.

DIANA: sh*t.

There's something else.

The bottle

popped out of nowhere.

They have it now.

Bruno, I...

I knew it. f*ck!

Honey, did you tell anyone?

Do you think I'm f*cking stupid?

What about Gabriella?

What's Gabriella

got to do with it?

Little Miss perfect.

She'd never do that.

Instead, I'm just

some stupid girl.

Who knows who I told?

- You're being irrational.

- And you're an as*h*le!

[WINDOW SLAMS OPEN]

REBECCA ZUIN IS PLEASED

TO INVITE YOU

TO HER 50TH BIRTHDAY

COSTUME PARTY

I CLOSE MY EYES

AND YOU'RE STILL HERE WITH ME

- ELISABETTA: Sir, are you there?

- Yes.

They're waiting for you

at the table.

I'm coming, Elisabetta.

[GABRIELLA CHUCKLING]

Where are you going?

Stay with me.

The two of us, here.

My sister, your wife,

in the other room.

[CHUCKLES] It's exciting.

[WHISPERS] It's not exciting.

Listen.

- Perhaps It's better if...

- What?

Perhaps it's better if

this doesn't happen again.

Okay?

The other night

you said you loved me.

That was the other night.

The other night.

I'm sorry.

[IMPERCEPTIBLE]

I CLOSE MY EYES

AND YOU'RE STILL HERE WITH ME

Who the f*ck is texting you

at night?

What are you doing?

- Who?

- No one. Stop!

- What are you doing?

- Who texted you?

- Give me your phone, as*h*le!

- Stop!

- Goddammit! Stop!

- Give me the phone!

f*ck! Oh! [BODY THUDS]

Honey?

Honey?

Elisabetta?

Elisabetta?

REBECCA: My husband just

attacked me. He's being violent!

Please, come right away,

I'm scared!

Yes.

I'm losing a lot of blood.

Villa Zuin. Yes.

Please, come right away!

Who the f*ck texted you?

Whose f*cking number is that?

- Tell me.

- Honey...

Tell me!

[SOFTLY] It's your sister.

I tried to get her to stop,

but I can't. It's your sister.

Stepsister!

Hello? There's no need to come.

It was just a joke. Yes.

I know. You're right. I'm sorry.

[VOICE FADES]

I CLOSE MY EYES

AND YOU ARE STILL WITH ME

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

MANCINI: Forlan?

Forlan? Are you in there?

- Forlan!

- Just a sec!

[BRUNO COUGHING]

- Forlan, you okay?

- I'm about to throw up.

Should I call a doctor?

- [KNOCKS] Are you smoking?

- I'm not. I feel sick.

I need to go home now.

Sorry, but the road is blocked.

It'll take two hours.

Is everything okay?

- Forlan?

- [COUGHING]

[BEEPING]

COSSER: The whole building's

operations depend on this room.

Including

the 15 security cameras.

The door is armored.

Just a few people know

the password to it.

Come with me.

This room would be impenetrable,

if it wasn't for the air duct.

See?

It goes up to the roof.

The grates have been removed.

This one right here,

and that one up there. See?

Someone made their way in

through the air duct.

They cut

the closed circuit wires

and changed the password.

[MANCINI OVER RADIO] Ambrosi?

Ambrosi, do you copy?

Go ahead.

There's something on the roof.

You need to see it.

I'm at the fire door.

There's something here too.

That's probably how they got in

and stole your wife's body.

Can you take the light

out of my face?

I can't.

This is a full-on third degree.

It's part of it.

Please.

A little irony wouldn't hurt,

you know. Follow me.

What are you doing? Come on.

What day is today?

February 8, now. Why?

It's not March 20.

Of 2019.

March 20, 2019.

Twenty zero three two zero

one nine. Two zero zero three

two zero one nine.

That's the password.

The password is a date!

Someone changed the date

on this calendar,

probably the same person

who stole your wife's body.

Why use the singular?

How do you know

it was one person?

It's just a theory.

To get out of here,

you need to open

the armored door,

and you need another password

to turn off the alarm.

Someone messed

with the control panel.

They changed that password, too.

Guess what they used?

Now it's "they."

Well, you brought it up.

March 20, 2019.

It really

doesn't ring any bells?

No, it doesn't.

JOURNALIST: Great. Thank you.

Let's move on.

What does your future

with your new,

young husband look like?

Youth is a gift

that sooner or later

has to be given back.

Unfortunately.

[IMPERCEPTIBLE]

What are you doing here?

The interview?

It's done.

You're unstoppable, honey.

I saw you.

What did you see?

You changed the password.

Why did you pick that date?

You could've used

our wedding day.

This one binds us even closer.

Some things

are better forgotten.

Not this one.

[REBECCA SIGHS DEEPLY]

Do we need to talk about it? Hm?

What do we need to talk about?

We'll end up fighting.

It's not in my interest.

Right?

Right. It's not

in your interest.

Please, get the dog

out of my office.

He drools all over the sofa.

You're in a bad mood, uh?

So...

Come with me.

- What are you doing?

- Come!

Come. It'll take a minute.

Come. [LAUGHS]

Come.

Here.

Ta-dah!

An important piece

for your collection. Huh?

It has less than 1,200 miles.

Do you like it?

I don't know what to say.

You could start

by saying thanks.

Let's forget the bad memories.

We deserve better than that.

COSSER:

Forensics found some DNA traces.

For sure they used

this lift to move

your wife's body

from the basement.

See?

I used "they"

once again. Are you happy?

- Very.

- [CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

What's your shoe size?

Why do you ask?

We found footprints

near the stairs

that go up to the roof.

Is this another

of your f*cking theories?

You sadly persist

in the use of foul language.

You're in the presence

of public officials.

It's 10.5.

Thank you.

Was it that difficult?

Mancio?

Mancio!

What's going on?

Let's go.

- Inspector, it's in there.

- COSSER: What a mess.

That way.

[COSSER AND MANCINI

CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

BRUNO: "I close my eyes

and you're still here with me."

I found a card with your text.

I can't believe I'm saying this.

Maybe Rebecca is still alive.

What the f*ck are you saying?

[DIANA ON PHONE] Bruno?

Bruno, can you hear me?

She's alive, and she's still

playing her f*cking jokes.

Are you serious?

Maybe she read

your text on my phone.

Didn't you erase it?

She left my footprints

to frame me

for the theft of her body.

How would she have managed

to do everything by herself?

Exactly. Someone

must've helped her.

Gabriella?

Maybe.

Okay, Bruno. f*ck this.

f*ck the money, everything!

Get out of there.

Let's run away!

[DIANA SIGHS]

Bruno?

Everything okay?

Yeah, fine.

It's my sister-in-law.

She wanted to know...

Phone and unlock code, thanks.

I'm not an expert, but I think

you need a warrant for that.

- It's private property.

- Right.

It got a little wet,

but I guess

you can still read it.

Thanks.

MANCINI: He erased

all incoming and outgoing calls.

Phone records?

Some calls to the sister-in-law

and a few others we're checking.

The last call had no caller ID.

AMBROSI: Inspector?

- Inspector?

- Yeah?

The fire alarm

was set off on purpose.

Probably with this.

We found it in the toilet,

on the smoke detectors.

When I went to get him

in the toilet,

it smelled like smoke.

[PHONE CHIMES]

We have the TH-16 results.

It's a cardio toxin.

Extracted from reptiles.

- It's rarely used in med...

- Mancio!

It can cause heart failure

when injected or ingested.

- Don't push me!

- Come on, move!

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

[THUNDER CRACKS]

REBECCA: Sweetheart?

Sweetheart.

Look at me.

[EERIE MUSIC]

[REBECCA LAUGHS]

Sweetheart.

You're mine tonight.

Mine.

[GASPS]

Bruno. Sweetheart.

[SONG PLAYS DISTANTLY]

[THUNDER CRASHES]

[ITALIAN POP SONG PLAYING]

[SONG PLAYS ON PHONE]

[TURNS OFF SONG]

Rebecca? Is that you?

- [SOFT GROANS]

- [CALL ENDS]

Yari Santucci.

[THUNDER CRACKING]

Open the door!

RECENT CALLS

REBECCA

[LINE RINGING]

[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING DISTANTLY]

- Forlan, how you doing?

- Here you are!

- Honey!

- Honey.

I already got one for you.

You can have it. I have one.

Who gave it to you?

The boy or the girl?

The boy. Why?

The boy is serving Nebbiolo

and the girl Brunello.

- Who was that?

- Who?

- With the crow mask.

- Oh, the plague doctor.

You were talking

and looking at me.

You don't want to know

who that is.

So?

- He's a new lawyer.

- Your sister wasn't good enough?

Since you're f*cking her,

she's not to be trusted, is she?

[MUSIC SUDDENLY STOPS]

- Honey...

- Hm?

[CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

- You got it all wrong.

- I want a divorce.

But I have to figure out

how to really hurt you.

I called the best

divorce lawyer in Italy.

That guy.

No more shiny cars.

No more private planes.

No more research

and development.

It's over.

Are you serious?

I'm always serious

when it comes to you,

even if I keep

laughing with you.

You want everyone at your feet,

don't you?

No, I don't want

everyone at my feet.

Oh, no?

I want you at my feet. You!

Let's do it. Why not?

Here I am.

[LAUGHS] I'm at your feet,

you f*cking psycho.

[REBECCA LAUGHS]

[REBECCA LAUGHS GLEEFULLY]

You're so stupid!

[GUESTS LAUGH]

REBECCA: You make it too easy.

Of course

you're not f*cking my sister!

f*ck you. Who was that, then?

A wife shouldn't share

all her secrets

with her husband.

I don't know all your secrets,

do I?

You have the right

to call a lawyer.

If I were you,

I'd get a good one,

which is not

the one you have right now.

I don't think you want to trust

the stepsister

of the woman you m*rder*d.

What did you say?

We suspect you k*lled

Rebecca Zuin with TH-16.

A substance you have access to,

since your lab manufactures it.

You then subtracted the body

to avoid a regular autopsy.

You think I'd walk in here

with the m*rder weapon on me?

And why subtract the body

if TH-16 vanishes in 24 hours?

I'm impressed.

One hour ago you didn't know

anything about TH-16

and now you're suddenly

an expert? Congratulations!

- I was nervous.

- Oh.

You need specific exams

to find traces

of TH-16 in the blood.

Like the one

your sister-in-law requested.

From Gabriella Zuin's documents.

Tenth row, last paragraph.

She sent it to us

a few minutes ago.

When did you last see your wife?

Forlan?

Last night, at the costume party

for her 50th birthday.

We went to sleep

and when I woke up

I didn't notice anything.

I went to work and she...

She was dead.

Elisabetta, the housekeeper,

found her.

Can I ask you

a personal question?

Do you love your wife?

I loved my wife.

Don't you keep loving someone

even after they're dead?

On an abstract level, maybe.

Considering

your wife's sudden death,

your behavior...

That you didn't lose your cool,

well, it makes me think.

Makes me f*cking angry, too.

I'm a scientist.

I'm fully aware of

the vulnerability of our body.

We walk side by side with death.

When we least expect it,

it cuts us off.

As the coroner said

about the heart attack

caused by

Rebecca's fear of flying.

You really liked

that theory! Right?

You really liked it!

In the meantime,

I'll show you the evidence

we have on you,

just to speed things up.

Did you know that your wife

had hired

a private investigator?

Ah, so you didn't know! [LAUGHS]

Here are the invoices.

I'll make a guess.

Your wife doesn't trust you

that much anymore.

Maybe she wants a divorce.

She wants to deprive you

of your rights

to the Zuin family's wealth.

So you k*ll her before

she can drag you before a judge

and make you

a temp teacher again.

A good one,

but a very poor one.

No more research

and development,

no more luxury cars,

no more villa, pool

and fresh juice in the morning.

No more Elisabetta

the housekeeper.

Nothing, nothing at all.

[SIGHS] It goes without saying

that these are

just hypotheses

that need to be verified.

There's one thing

I don't get, though.

Yari Santucci isn't answering

his landline or his mobile.

We're sending agents

to his place,

but if you could

just give me something,

- we could save them a trip.

- Whose house?

See? It's here.

Where are you going?

Wait a minute.

What does this say?

Giulio Amodei.

Did you know him?

Forlan?

- What are you doing?

- That's impossible.

- What are you doing?

- Shut up!

How dare you? You shut up!

Calm down!

Are you done?

Are you done, Forlan?

- Stop!

- It was here.

Shut that as*h*le in here.

Put someone outside.

Alright, sir.

Marini, do you copy?

[PHONE VIBRATES]

- Hello?

- [BRUNO ON PHONE] Hey.

- Honey, is that you?

- Yes.

What phone are you calling from?

I found it

next to a body in the morgue.

- What?

- All the calls on this phone

come from a single number,

Rebecca's.

But her phone is missing.

The label on the body bag

read "Yari Santucci."

- The police say he's a...

- Private investigator.

How do you know?

Someone left an envelope

while I was at the hospital.

There was a USB stick in it.

There's a file named

"Y-Santucci" in it. Hold on.

BRUNO: What are you saying?

DIANA: I'll show you.

There was also this.

MAN: I'll do it

once she's back from Boston.

They'll think that the flight

caused the heart attack.

Oh, God. They knew everything.

Who did?

Rebecca and Gabriella.

She's in on it.

The police

found Santucci's invoices.

In her papers.

It was either her or Santucci

who sent you the envelope.

They know where you live, honey.

- What?

- You have to get out of there!

Bruno!

They'll arrest you!

They'll take you away

and I won't see you anymore.

If Rebecca is alive,

there's nothing

they can do and they know that.

Nothing bad will happen to you,

I promise.

[PANICKING] What the f*ck

do we do now?

Bruno...

There's someone here.

- What do you mean?

- [TEARFULLY] Please!

No, please!

Diana, can you hear me?

No! Help! [SCREAMS]

Honey!

[WOMAN SINGING ON VIDEO]

Happy birthday to Daddy!

COSSER: Honey, stop!

Come on, Carla!

Happy birthday to Daddy!

- COSSER: All fifty of them?

- All of them.

They have ones with numbers.

Yes.

Help me blow them out.

- Hurry up.

- One...

- Two, three...

- [STOPS VIDEO]

AGENT: Stop!

- BRUNO: Let me pass!

- Stop! I said stop!

I have to leave, let me pass!

AGENT: How dare you?

Where are you going?

Get the f*ck out!

I have to go home. They need me.

The car keys!

Who needs you?

You're pissing me off now!

- I'm a public official...

- You piece of sh*t!

I'm filthy rich, I can destroy...

[BODY THUDS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[MONITOR BEEPING]

[COSSER WHISTLES]

Good morning, Princess.

What the f*ck...

- You're not right in the head.

- So I'm told.

Get any rest?

In prison

you can rest all you want.

There.

[CHUCKLES]

Who needs you, Forlan?

Before I hit

a home run on your face,

you said, "They need me!"

Who needs you?

MANCINI: What's going on?

Listen.

Salvitti, the night guard,

just came out of his coma.

Lucky, uh?

Or maybe not so lucky.

Depends on your point of view.

Anyway, he had

an interesting story to tell.

Want to hear it?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

I'm the night guard

at the Zuin

Forensic Science Institute.

[g*nf*re]

We found this in the basement.

Next to the lift.

Oh, my God!

We found a .32 caliber

in your car.

Five b*ll*ts were missing.

We also found a shovel, a cap,

and a pair of shoes, size 10.5.

They match the prints

we found outside.

Go ahead!

COSSER: Not to mention

the blueprints

of the building

we found at your place.

- Is it a good dog, ma'am?

- Yes.

Laila is a good girl, right?

We found this in his office.

Keep searching.

[LAUGHS] The what?

The blueprints.

How do you call them?

The layout.

Do you know

that my wife's family

owns the university

and was planning

to finance new renovations?

That's why I had the blueprints.

What the f*ck is this?

I never owned a g*n in my life.

What the f*ck

are you talking about?

You tell us.

- My wife is alive.

- Forlan...

He's going to drive me crazy,

you know? [LAUGHS]

Do you have proof

that she's dead? A body?

- We don't...

- Because I tried to k*ll her!

I tried, but she's alive,

she wants you to believe

that I stole her body

and buried it,

- but I didn't.

- MANCINI: Forlan?

Do you realize

what you just said?

You just admitted to m*rder

but not to disposing

of the body.

Attempted m*rder.

I'll tell you everything,

but please...

You have to protect

the woman I love.

Your sister-in-law

can protect herself.

I don't give a f*ck

about my sister-in-law.

It's Diana Bettini.

Who the f*ck is Diana Bettini?

When you tried calling me,

I was at her place,

not at the drugstore.

Please.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]

COSSER: Forlan?

Do you like the setting?

- Quite dramatic.

- Exactly.

[CHIMES]

It happened almost a year ago.

I was teaching

a chemistry course.

And...

Some students

who'd taken a liking to me

invited me to a party.

I thought it could,

I don't know...

That going out would do me good,

as I usually only dined

with 70-year-olds.

I met Diana there.

Maybe you can't understand.

It was

like a bolt from the blue.

We were drawn to each other

in seconds.

I don't think that can happen

many times in a lifetime.

It happens

only once for most of us.

Then, something weird happened.

She ran away

without even

telling me her name.

Excuse me!

Where are you going?

So I tried asking around.

No one seemed to know her.

Remember the girl

who was with me at the party?

Blue eyes, petite.

No, I don't think so.

A week later,

I was back at the university

to teach a course

on Green Chemistry.

Eco-sustainability

in pharmaceutical chemistry.

As we said previously,

the devices used to...

I couldn't stop

thinking about her.

I was about to end the lesson,

when she came in.

- [KNOCK ON DOOR]

- Come in.

Like water, electricity and...

May I?

BRUNO: Yeah.

Hm... We were saying...

She said she'd ran away because

she'd seen me

in a magazine with my wife

and she didn't want

to get involved.

COSSER: Let me guess.

You told her

you were fed up with your wife,

that you were serious,

and that sooner or later

you would've asked

for a divorce.

- [PEOPLE LAUGHING]

- [GABRIELLA SHUSHING]

Let's go back to Diana...

- BRUNO: Bettini.

- Bettini.

We dated for a while.

- Then things got serious.

- Let me guess.

You fell in love.

The most beautiful time

of my life.

[DIANA MOANING]

With Diana I felt alive.

She was different

from anyone I'd ever met before.

I felt I could

tell her everything,

even things

I'd always kept to myself.

We still had

a huge problem, though.

Rebecca.

I wasn't ready to divorce her.

A woman like Rebecca

wouldn't just take everything.

She would've destroyed my life.

- It's not that easy!

- Why?

- Because it takes time!

- That's not true!

She was sick of waiting,

so she left me.

I didn't see her for weeks,

not even at the lessons.

She drove me crazy.

Until, one day, I went to her.

What do you want?

I told her there was a solution.

- We need to talk.

- Still f*cking talk?

You say she's a b*tch,

that you want to be with me.

But you won't divorce her.

There's no solution.

Yes, there is.

A horrible one.

Why did you hate

your wife so much?

[SCOFFS]

When I think of Rebecca,

I recall

the words of a comedian.

"My wife married me

to get back at a man."

"And I soon found out

that man was me."

At the theater,

everyone was laughing.

Everyone except me.

How did you k*ll Rebecca Zuin?

How did you k*ll your wife?

I used TH-16.

A toxin

that causes heart failure.

I put some in my wife's

wine glass last night.

At her birthday party.

Rebecca had

a fatal heart attack.

Fatal apparently.

As a chemist, you were 100% sure

about the toxin's efficacy,

right?

Yes.

Then why do you think

she's still alive?

You said she hired

a private investigator.

So she knew everything

about me and Diana.

She had time to prepare.

She might have switched glasses.

She might have taken

a neuroleptic

to induce a state of catalepsy.

Some of them

can simulate heart failure.

Once metabolized,

the body goes back to normal.

Quite an imaginative plan.

Risky, too.

Not for Rebecca.

She likes playing games.

But she couldn't have done this

all on her own.

Who helped her?

[SCOFFS] It's obvious,

Inspector.

Gabriella shot the night guard,

without intent to k*ll.

She couldn't have foreseen

he'd get hit by a car.

Rebecca has the power,

the money and the intelligence

to do whatever she wants.

Including vanishing

without a trace.

No, it doesn't hold up.

It's a plan based on sheer luck.

Or on bad luck. Right?

BOTH: Depends

on your point of view.

[LAUGHS]

Well done, Forlan.

It was all planned in order

to force me to confess.

She used

the only leverage possible.

Diana. The only woman

she could never control.

If it's not too late for her...

She'll say I was at her place

when the night guard ran away.

I never wanted to involve her,

but I see no alternative.

I need to know

that Diana is okay.

Could you send someone?

Please.

[WHISPERING]

The body of a woman was found.

There might be a connection.

We're surrounding the area.

Forensics are on their way.

We must move now.

Yeah. Green

and ill*gal protocols,

risks and sustainable solutions.

Another prick

trying to convince me to

throw away millions of euros

to convert my company.

It's not polite to spy

on other people's phone calls.

Belittling other people's work

is even less polite.

Okay, Larry.

Let's talk later on.

So, you really believe that?

Who knows? Maybe the speaker

will be able to convince me.

[SMIRKS] I highly doubt that.

Can I have a glass of wine?

What subject

would you prefer, if I may?

They could scientifically

demonstrate

the existence of God.

Way more interesting

than micro plastics.

Yeah, interesting. But hard.

Love and God

are difficult subjects.

Love isn't.

- Really?

- Yeah.

It's regulated

by phenethylamine.

What's that?

An amphetamine we produce,

responsible for elation

and euphoria.

You become infatuated

when the neurons

of the limbic system

are saturated or excited by it.

Nerve terminals

adapt to the stimulation,

or hormone levels decrease.

Then the attraction fades

because attachment takes over.

A new chemical balance emerges,

wherein endorphin

calms us,

it calms our mind and body.

That's when

oxytocin enters the stage

pushing us

to look for physical contact.

Who are you?

Excuse me.

- Doctor Forlan, we're ready.

- Yes.

Bruno Forlan,

just another prick. You?

I'm Rebecca.

The one who pays for all this.

Good to know.

Good luck!

Thanks.

Good morning.

[PHONE VIBRATING]

Yes, tell me.

AMBROSI: We found the door open.

The place is rented out

to Bruno Forlan.

There is no trace

of this Diana Bettini.

He said she was afraid,

maybe she ran away.

If she was here,

she didn't run away,

she moved house.

AGENT: Do you come here often?

Yeah, every morning.

- What about the yellow fridge?

- It's been there for a while.

- Thanks.

- You're welcome.

Pull her out.

That guy found her.

He was out walking his dog.

Mm.

Forlan's house

is half a mile from here.

[GAGS]

[COUGHS]

COSSER: You okay?

Your sister-in-law

was home all night.

You know who can confirm that?

Elisabetta, the housemaid,

the one

who makes the fresh juice.

And there was

no trace of Diana Bettini.

In your house. Your house!

Nothing whatsoever.

We checked

the university records

and there's no one by that name.

You know why?

Because she doesn't exist,

Forlan.

- No.

- You made her up,

just like you made up

the complicity

between your wife

and her sister.

I didn't make anything up.

They're trying to frame me.

Cut the bullshit, Forlan!

I can't take this sh*t anymore!

I'm going to ask you something

and I want a straight answer.

You really thought

you could pretend

to be insane

and get away with it?

Kick out photographers,

onlookers,

journalists, everyone.

Cuff him, please.

Goodbye, Forlan.

Come on.

Let's go.

- Forlan, let's go.

- No, don't.

- Let's go. Come on.

- Come on.

- AGENT 1:Come on, Forlan.

- AGENT 2: Move!

[GRUNTS]

Where is he going?

Hey, catch him!

Let me go!

Let me go, you piece of sh*t!

- Let me go!

- AGENT: Don't move.

Let me go!

Let me go.

- Let me go!

- Stop it!

Let me... Hey! [SCREAMS]

[KEYS JANGLING]

You have visitors, Forlan.

[BRUNO HUMMING]

Inspector.

Forlan.

You're looking good.

- I can't say the same for you.

- [CHUCKLES]

How are you doing, Forlan?

You really want to know?

[BOTH LAUGH]

I thought so.

Can we avoid the formalities?

We've known each other

long enough.

Sure.

Yeah.

What happened to your face?

To your hand?

[SPUTTERS] Well...

I slipped.

You know how it works.

I hit the wall.

Three times this week.

- Too much wax on the floor.

- Exactly.

Twenty-five years.

You must be happy.

[SIGHS] It's not like

they gave me a medal.

I'll be one of the few

who serves

a whole sentence in Italy.

If I make it out alive.

You have to get smart.

Get on the good side

of the meanest one of all.

The others will calm down

and leave you alone.

Eh.

Sometimes I think

that I really k*lled her.

- [REBECCA HUMS]

- With my silence.

With my thoughts.

With my betrayals.

The envy I felt for her.

[LAUGHS]

At times I miss her.

Don't dwell on it too much

or you'll end up like me.

I often think

I k*lled my wife too.

Unlike you...

I didn't do it.

But...

I somehow feel responsible.

Did you love her?

Very much.

Just focus on that.

[GRUNTS]

Oh. [SNIFFLES]

You know?

Some things...

I remember clearly.

Others are just random details.

My wife died in a car accident.

I don't know if I told you.

[LOUD CRASH]

We were in the car.

We were fighting because

I'd been suspended again.

We couldn't afford

to lose my pay.

She was furious.

She said I had to see someone,

that I had

anger-management issues.

[LAUGHS]

She was right.

My colleagues are right, too.

Everyone's right.

But I never ever laid

a hand on my wife.

Not once, ever.

Then there's these random,

scattered details.

The red light.

The seat belt...

She had unfastened

her seat belt in order to

fight better. [CHUCKLES]

Sometimes...

I can still remember the smells.

The gas.

My wife's blood.

Veronica, honey... Veronica!

Veronica!

It's ten years today.

March 20, 2019.

Ring any bells?

What the f*ck

are you talking about?

There was this song

playing really loud...

[HUMMING]

Cold hands

Holding yours

White doves of farewell

This is a sad day for me

Today you'll be done with me

And I'm so fragile

[ORIGINAL SONG PLAYS]

- REBECCA: Watch out!

- BRUNO: Jesus!

Help!

[MUSIC STOPS]

She died before

the ambulance got there.

It was all too sudden.

I couldn't see anything.

Are you hurt?

My daughter Carla, she did...

Speaking of whom...

That's her name.

Although Diana

wasn't a bad name either.

- She remembered color and make.

- Where are you going?

- Nobody saw us.

- That's it.

We looked for it

for a long time.

A green convertible.

And...

And a blurred face.

[CRYING AND GROANING]

Until one night, just a few days

before leaving for Madrid,

where she was going

to study Art,

she goes to a party,

and guess who she meets?

Bruno Forlan.

BRUNO: Do you like the sea?

Nice, isn't it?

She came home screaming.

She was desperate.

She told me everything.

I was confused at first,

I couldn't understand

how it could be possible.

Talk to me!

- I found him!

- Who?

- The man I...

- Calm down. Calm down.

- Calm down.

- I saw his face.

Then she had a sort of epiphany.

She realized what she had to...

What we both had to do.

[CARLA CRYING]

He must pay for it.

He k*lled my mom.

God, or the Devil,

was giving us a chance.

Do you have

any idea what it meant

for my daughter

to spend so much time,

and in such a deep way,

at the side

of her mother's k*ller?

To f*ck him?

A wounded woman

harbors the patience

of all the saints inside her.

I only have a flash

of the actual impact.

She told me to run.

Diana, can you hear me?

[SCREAMING]

As for me...

I had nothing left,

and I was ready to do anything.

Rebecca?

[WHIMPERING]

After that,

things didn't go so well though.

[CHUCKLING]

You thought you had figured out

the perfect plan.

Look at us.

- What we achieved.

- I'm sorry. I wanted to stop.

I wanted to stop and save her.

Nobody saw us! Let's go.

Come on, come on!

But Rebecca didn't want to.

Rebecca...

Rebecca.

[SCREAMING]

Why didn't you

k*ll me right away?

My wife didn't die right away.

She went through a slow agony.

If you had stopped to help us,

maybe she'd still be alive.

Sometimes,

people have to first

lose everything,

so they can appreciate

just what they had.

Hm?

Now that I've taken

everything you have,

you have my permission to die.

Goodbye, Forlan.

[PROGRESSIVE ROCK SONG PLAYING]

Sir...