Nuda per Satana (1974) - full transcript

Anybody there?

Anybody there?

What on earth do you want
at this hour?

I'm a doctor. I got an urgent call
from Wildford's cottage.

But I'm afraid I lost my way.

If you mean the farm of those madmen,
then you really took the wrong way.

It's on the other side of the hill.
You'll have to go all round it now.

I advise you not to do it. It might
be dangerous in this weather.

Unfortunately...
- The road is none too good either.

Thank you, but I have to go.
It's urgent. Goodbye.

Miss, miss. Wake up. Come on.



What happened?
- Nothing. Nothing serious happened.

But who are you?

I'm a doctor. My name is Benson,
William Harry Benson.

I believe there's been an accident.
I don't really know.

Anyway, everything is all right.
Miss.

Good evening.

Good evening.

Excuse me sir,
but there's been an accident.

I'd be grateful if you would help me.
A woman is hurt.

I can't move. My orders
are not to move from here.

Not even if I wanted to.

Maybe they can help you
at the castle.

Maybe.

Do you believe...



Open up, I need help.

Open up. Do you hear me?

I need help.

Open up. I need help.

Help me.

What do you wish for, sir?

The light is twofold,
the way is only one.

The essence of life is not in time.

He who has made a pact with Him,
belongs to Him.

It is written:
You will see through the darkness.

The being...

Sir...

with whom do I have the pleasure?

But miss,
how did you manage to get here?

Oh, Peter.

Finally.
- I remember I left you.

Peter.

You had fainted
because of an accident.

You came at last.
- What?

I have waited for you forever.
- But...

What is going on?
I don't understand.

And yet...

Oh Peter.
I can't believe it's true.

You're back.
Or perhaps you never went away.

Such happiness.
This world is wonderful.

It still exists, beyond our thoughts,
beyond our feelings, beyond life.

But, what are you talking about?

I am not dead.
Neither are you.

I think that perhaps you owe me
an explanation for all this.

Why are you dressed like this?
What is this place? Who are you?

And that painting there on the wall?
What does that mean?

How can you possibly not remember?
The accident, your car.

To remember...
What is a memory?

It's a fraction of time wrapped
in the parentheses of the past.

And the past is not in time anymore.

And time is silence.

Here is no place for memories.

Don't think about the past or the present.

Just think about now.

Come. Come.

Let's go. Come.

With joy I will announce
the arrival of my love.

Come, Peter. Come.

Good morning.

Can I be of any help, madam?

Certainly. At least, I hope so.

Forgive me, but I had an accident
with my car last night.

I believe somebody came to help me.

But when I recovered consciousness,
there was nobody there.

I don't know. Maybe...
- I'd be delighted to help you.

Would you like to come in?

Please.

It's beautiful here.
- Thank you.

Please, sit down.
- Thank you.

Consider yourself at home.
- You're very kind.

Do you like it?

I thought it was...

But this is...

Interesting, isn't it?

Yes, I wanted to say...

that the portrait looks like him.

If it weren't for the clothes.

So he could be the man who helped
you and that you're looking for now?

Oh no, not at all. The one I'm
looking for is of today, like me.

Meaning?

But it's useless to explain.
You wouldn't understand.

Later, maybe.

I suppose you'll want to refresh
yourself, maybe take a bath?

If you'd do me the honour
of accepting my hospitality?

But of course. Thank you, but...

There's no need to thank me.
I'll provide for it immediately.

You mustn't worry about your friend.
We'll find him, you'll see.

What a strange man.

He seems to have stepped
out of an old painting.

Oh, Peter.
Enough.

I'm happy. Are you happy too? Smile.
- Miss, please.

This joke has gone on too long now.

It's the comedy of our lives.
Or not. Maybe it is a joke.

Come.

Joke...
Enough, I've had it.

Comedy? What does it matter?

Love me, Peter. Love me.

Oh poor girl, she's lost her mind.

The shock has been
too much for her.

Listen to me.

You are not well.

I understand, after that accident...
We have to go away from here.

Miss, you need to be looked after.

That's not possible here.
Here it's as if we were shipwrecked.

Shipwrecked? Oh yes, shipwrecked.

Of love, stranded here
from endless shores.

In this dimension,
where time doesn't exist anymore.

Where I have been waiting for you
always, and I always find you again.

To obey the command.

I don't understand you.

Who are you?

Who commands you?
- He does.

He?

He who has made a pact with Him,
belongs to Him.

No.

Susan. Wait.
Where are you going?

Evelyn.

Evelyn.

I'm so happy to find you again.
- I've waited for you for hours.

You helped me last night, right?
- My darling.

If you wanted to help me, why didn't
you bring me here straight away?

Time, time is ours again.

You will be mine, mine.
My beloved Evelyn.

That's enough.

This is no time for jokes. Unless
you've gone mad after the accident.

Yes Evelyn, I've gone mad.
I've been mad since I've known you.

In this world where your thoughts
are my sin, Evelyn.

We never met before.

Your help doesn't entitle you
to take liberties with me.

Why do you say that?
- Don't call me Evelyn. I'm Susan Smith.

I am not amused
that you make fun of me.

Wait.

Everything has been prepared.

If you would you like to follow me.
I'll show you your room.

But where did he go?
I was here together with...

So you have already found your man.
Good, I'm glad.

As you see, he couldn't have gone
faraway. Please.

Well, actually...
- Follow me.

But he was with me.

What I don't understand is...
It seemed to me that...

Seemed?
So many things seem to exist but do not.

And so many things do exist
and seem not to exist at all.

An illusion. Like life.

We delude ourselves that we live,
that we love. That we die.

When we see our mistake...

we prefer to ignore it.

Then everything becomes a nightmare.

Have you ever thought about that?

Good night.

Good night.

Good night?

How can it be "good night"?

But what kind of place is this?

Maybe I'm too tired to think straight.

Or maybe I'm going mad.

What are you doing here?

Are you real?
Or are you a hallucination, too?

How on earth did you
get in here?

Are you going to frighten
me too?

What a horrible day.

It's only a miracle I'm alive.

Perhaps I am dead.

That's why this seems
like a castle of ghosts.

Everything is so strange.

That doctor dressed in that way.

And his bad jokes.

And then that gentleman.

So kind, but...

It's the cat.
I won't let it in.

That damned animal
won't let me sleep anymore.

Doctor...

Doctor.

Doctor Benson.

William.

Yes.

I hear it again.

A dog is barking far away.
I hear sobbing.

I don't want details. Ignore them.

I'm going
through the kingdom of death.

It's difficult.

They don't want to let me in.
I can't, I can't.

You must, I'm your master.

Ashtaroth says...
- Ashtaroth.

Ashtaroth, you must not.
The shadows do not belong to you.

You must go on, go on.
The journey will be short.

I can see him now.
In the distance.

He is struggling against the
weight of all his sins.

He is strong, very strong.
I can't penetrate him.

You must. I order you.

I am trying.
But his will pushes me back.

His will enters me.
I can't. I can't.

You must. You can do it.
You must. I order you.

But who are you?
This is not possible. No.

It is possible.
- William, help.

How will you get out of here, Peter?

But you are not...

You are not... It's terrible.
- Yes, terrible but true.

I am her and yet I am not.
Not her, but the other one.

Don't move.

What's that?

Poor you. Where are you running to?

Time is not yours anymore.
Time is gone.

You are prisoners of your own selves.

I never had such noisy visitors as you.

I'm sorry, but it's late.
In this place there are rules to obey.

I ask you to withdraw to your rooms.

Good night.

Don't leave me alone, I beg you.
- Quick, let's go in.

Susan, relax. Try to get some rest.
I'll be here to keep you company.

Come, lie down.

Come on.

I think I'm going mad.
Or maybe I already am.

Maybe I'm living in an strange world
where reason is lost.

I thought the same thing.

But I didn't want to believe it.

I thought that last night's accident
had caused a nervous shock...

and that I lived an existence outside
reality due to some sort of delirium.

In control of powers that...
I dare not say it.

That painting on the wall
with your picture...

that man, dressed in a strange way.

I thought it was a bad dream.

It's not possible.

I want to go away.

Far... far away.

I'm scared, William.

I'm scared, William.

I want to go away.

Want...

I'm tired of being afraid.

Tell me, who are you?
What do you want?

I am you.

Therefore I can only want
what you want.

You can't be me,
since I am the only William Benson.

The one and only one.

Well, then let's say that I am the one
you don't want to confess to be.

The forbidden truth.

You can't get rid of me.

Oh, no.

Because I, in spite of yourself,
am part of you.

I am the tension
that by virtue of a cosmic force...

affirms and denies
at the same time.

Between the possible
and the impossible.

I don't believe it.
It's all in my imagination.

Alienated in a lost dimension
you finally found yourself.

See this medallion?

Let's say I am the other side.

The one you can't see at the same
time you see the first one.

But I only have to do this...

and now you can see.
For ever.

You can, if you stay here with me.

United by the same ring.

Outside of time, outside
of human thought that limits you.

Here is the kingdom of knowledge.

But this is absurd, a contradiction.
- It seems a contradiction.

It seems.

And maybe it is.

Like the tragedy suffered by men
since the beginning of time.

Without a possible solution.
- The willpower.

Nothing and nobody
can ever destroy my willpower.

I want
to get out of this damned nightmare.

I want to get out of here.

You won't be able to stop me.
You are my negative part.

Therefore I reject you. Now that I
know you, I will not give into you.

I'd rather kill myself,
if I were unable to destroy you.

Think about it.

A world which you haven't found yet.

A world where your love and your hate
will be together.

At the same time.

You'd be a fool...

to live only for what you may think
it's worth fighting for.

Resignation.

And death.
- I told you. I'd rather die.

William, why did you go away?
For heaven's sake, I can't stay alone.

Susan, you don't have to fear
anymore. We will leave at dawn.

You like her.
What are you waiting for?

Leave me alone.
- Why do you treat me like that?

No, stay here.
This is something I must settle at once.

Are you alright? Before I came in
you were talking to yourself.

But I am not alone.

In that chair, there.
There sits a man who says he is me.

How can you possibly not see him?

He's sitting in that chair. Look.
The one you saw in the painting.

I don't see anyone.

Do you see me, dear?

Don't you like me?
Maybe I'm not your best side.

But I'm certainly
your most attractive side.

Wait.

Now I understand.
At first...

at first I could only see the other you.

But now, if I see you, Susan,
I can't see the other one.

The same happens to you in my case.

I know you're dying with desire for me.

Come, come.

No, Susan.

You mustn't.

Susan. Susan, you mustn't.

No. No, Susan.

Susan. Susan, no!

He who made a pact with Him,
belongs to Him.

The book. Maybe in that book.
I must finish reading it.

He who made a pact with Him,
belongs to Him.

The being who is, who was,
who will be.

Fire...

will destroy all evil.

Fire will destroy

You've won.
May you be cursed forever, Ashtaroth