Duel au soleil (2014): Season 1, Episode 2 - Le monde du silence - full transcript
He'll love to be woken up
due to a diving accident.
I got a 100 Euros
that say it is one.
It's your first stay
and you're already active.
What happened?
Arm interiors, shoulders, torso.
Wounds on the front.
When you carry bottles,
you swim on your stomach.
"On your stomach"?
He turned around
when he heard the engine.
His face would be smashed
and his head cut off.
He was floating on his back.
He had a the accident
beforehand, that's it.
There are no boats
or cars around.
He must have drifted
with the tide.
If he drowned, it happened
near the Fona Cove.
Versini, it's your turn.
There she is.
You enthuse her.
The World of Silence
He died at around 3 am.
The wounds might have been
caused by propellers.
At least 500 hp engines.
Probably post mortem.
Diving alone at 3 am?
Yes, it's strange. Okay.
This is your baby.
By the way...
No new bike accidents, I see.
Do you have wheels?
I have a 4x4.
Two 500 hp engines?
Let's check the harbors.
We have as many
as there are scooters in Rome.
The boat could be
from Sardinia or Elba.
Hello?
Yes, I hear you.
Versini saw an empty Zodiac
near Fona.
That's where he was diving.
You see?
Didn't you tell Darcourt
about the attack?
That surprises me.
Do you know who attacked you?
I set off all the alarms:
I asked thugs, deputies,
nightlife, even the church.
Nothing. That's not how
we settle problems around here.
Gratuitous beatings
are not in our mentality.
If it wasn't gratuitous,
they'll do it again.
I'll be ready next time.
I will catch them before that.
Nobody here touches my men.
Not even you!
I come from the mountains.
So obviously...
No personal items.
No papers either.
But we know where he's from.
The club must be closed.
That's not a problem
for you, Ange.
Louise Sforza took up
her uncle's business.
That's quite a woman!
She was a diver for Comex,
at the oil platforms.
Her foundation saved the Feno
tour a few years ago.
- A real local star, huh?
- One could say that.
You seem to know Louise well.
We were all in love with her
in high school.
Be careful, okay?
She's dangerous.
- "Dangerous"?
- The queen of nuisances.
Serge Lotion.
I met him at Greenpeace.
"Greenpeace"?
- What was he doing here?
- Tracking taxifolia.
Caulerpa taxifolia,
the killer seaweed.
He worked at the Ifremer.
The French research institute
for sea exploitation.
Thanks, Google. That's enough.
- When did you see him?
- Last night.
He was filling bottles.
I don't understand why he was
diving alone, at night.
No idea. He hadn't told me.
But you're his friend.
It is strange, though.
Strange or not,
it's the truth.
Who might have wanted
him dead?
What?
- You think it was murder?
- We're not sure yet.
We are against
a golf resort project
with a private beach
at the Fona Cove.
We think that's where he died,
in Fona.
Was he helping you?
If he had found taxifolia there,
the project would've been stopped.
Those pigs have friends.
And no scruples.
What do you mean?
Have they threatened you?
I receive anonymous letters,
they put pressure
on club members,
they sabotage the material.
- Have you filed a complaint?
- Of course I have.
But it's no use.
Pierre-Yves Leccia
is the prime contractor.
"Leccia"?
Leccia, he's a swine
who eats at every hayrack.
Retirement homes, hospitals,
high schools...
even roundabouts,
his favorites.
He has connections everywhere.
He's like a Swiss army knife.
His brother is in the senate,
his sister is a nationalist,
his sister-in-law, a leftist.
He has more than two aces.
So filing a complaint
will do no good.
- Why murder, then?
- Nothing stops him.
And she's a tough woman,
in spite of being pretty.
Go check out the club
with Marchioni.
I'll take care of Leccia.
I'm working by myself.
The others just left.
When Louise hires somebody,
they never last.
And you're staying?
You're brave!
Louise is cool.
And I'm not afraid.
Not even of Leccia?
Do you know him?
Just by name, like everybody.
What about Serge Lotion?
He's a real diver.
Very professional. Why?
He's dead.
He was killed last night.
In Fona.
- He was diving alone.
- I didn't know.
Oh well...
- He was weird, you know?
- No. Why?
Well, he rarely spoke,
he only ate seeds, no meat.
Stupid stuff like that.
Can I go now?
I bet you 50 Euros
he knew what Lotion was doing.
Not me.
Use the stock exchange, it's safer.
Yeah. You don't risk much.
Let's go to Lotion's place.
Ciao, sister.
Tell me about your case
with Leccia.
My appeal to the jury blocked
his real estate project.
He'll have to kill me first.
That's no joke.
Louise Sforza is giving him trouble,
and he hits back.
Has he threatened you?
Go get some sweets
for your uncle.
I like Louise.
You need someone like that.
Pretty, intelligent...
- Don't start with that.
- You should start over.
I was already married once,
remember?
People don't get married anymore.
Louise is cool.
She thinks you're sexy.
- Really?
- She's crazy about you.
Come on...
Well, enough nonsense.
Did Leccia come here or not?
He does sometimes,
with friends.
Capon, lobster, champagne,
hot slates, always cash.
Is that all?
Léti, this is serious. Someone
Louise knew was killed.
So...? It's true.
He congratulated me and said
I have an enviable business.
He was just fooling around.
I told him to go away.
"Fooling around"? No way.
He came here to threaten you
and you said nothing?
Have you gone mad or what?
- Marchioni?
- Yes. One second.
Alright, thanks a lot.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
According to the neighbors,
he never drank or had visits.
Went to bed and got up early.
I found this in the WC.
There's 10 more.
- I bet it's taxifolia.
- Of course.
With that, they would stop
Leccia's project.
So, there was a motive.
Am I disturbing you?
Are you kidding? Not at all.
It's an honor
to have Chief Renucci at my table.
Chief Renucci, Audrey Esteva.
- Ma'am.
- Sit down, Chief.
Have something to drink.
Champagne.
Some other time.
Listen, I'll make this short.
I don't care
whether it's a hotel, a real
estate business or a reserve.
Don't get near Léti. Capisci?
Yes, capisco, Chief.
I agree with you 200%.
Family is sacred.
What do I have to do with it?
I will not say it again.
I don't threaten people
unless I really mean it.
Otherwise, I look stupid.
Get near my sister
and I'll break you in half, dickhead.
And another thing...
Louise Sforza is also
like my sister.
My condolences.
What do I have to do with it?
They killed a friend of hers
last night,
and I know it was you
or one of your associates.
My condolences to you, Leccia.
Ma'am.
Lotion had water in his lungs.
- He drowned.
- There, you lost 100 Euros.
And there are two bruises
due to blows on the head.
It was murder.
Thanks. So...
Mani Valentini, not on file,
but his story seems strange.
The convertible is his,
he paid it in cash.
And he just got himself
a Harley.
Accomplices for sabotage
do get paid.
Get his phone record.
What about Lotion's record?
The last call he made
was to our dear monitor.
2 minutes, at 9:02 pm.
- You didn't mention that call.
- It was about a valve.
But he was a pro, right?
I think he called to tell you
about the taxifolia in Fona.
- "Taxi" what?
- Taxifolia.
- I don't know what that is.
- How much do you earn?
- Less than the minimum wage
for 20 hours a week.
How can you afford
a convertible and a Harley?
Do you sell Christmas
calendars, or what?
Not your business.
I want a lawyer.
You'll get one.
You can talk to him
while we go search your place.
Okay.
Fine.
My aunt is dying. In order
not to pay inheritance taxes,
she emptied her accounts.
It's not really a fraud.
Your aunt's name,
surname and address.
Where were you last night
at 3 am?
At a disco, the Via Notte,
with my girlfriend Peggy.
Punta di Volumba.
Where is that?
Some lost place near Sartène.
Some fishermen found
an abandoned boat there.
I'll send a team over.
At 3 am, Lotion was hit
by the motor boat.
Then the murderer abandoned
the boat at that place.
How did he get back?
- He must have an accomplice.
- A means of transport.
If he used a jet-ski
or a boat, we got him.
And what are the car options?
Get me all the gas station
surveillance videos
between here and Ajaccio.
"Ajaccio"?
Hey, this is not CSI.
Less than one over three
stations make videos here.
Go door to door like Maigret.
Listen. The hidden number
on Lotion's phone record
belongs to Peggy,
Mani's girlfriend.
I'll tell Renucci.
Don't sunbathe too much
or you'll get skin cancer.
- You talk like my dad.
- He's a wise man.
Listen to him.
Will you arrest me?
Don't believe Louise.
That old rag hates me because
Mani left her for me.
You mean Mani and Louise...
Well, before, yes.
Where were you last night?
At the Via Notte
with Mani. Why?
Were you there all night?
Do I look like I go
to bed early?
You look like you go to bed
with many men. Enough, now.
Okay?
Being a murder accomplice
will get you 10 years.
You'll be a lot less sexy
when you get out.
- "Murder"?
- Yes.
Okay, we had a fight
and he left at 1:30.
- Where to?
- To his place.
When I came to see him at 6,
with breakfast,
he was in the shower.
I got in with him and we...
How should I put it?
Scrubbed each other?
We made up.
Men must like you a lot, huh?
Why? Don't you?
Lotion fell for you...
and Mani knew it.
Was that why you quarreled
last night?
- At the Via Notte, huh?
- No. That's not it.
He got a call at around 9,
and then he just lost it.
He looked at his watch a lot
and became aggressive.
I got fed up.
Thank you.
Dubious alibi, nervous after
Lotion's call. It makes sense.
We'll see.
Mani is a schemer,
but perhaps not a murderer.
Leccia has friends
who are more qualified.
Mani might have guessed
Peggy and Lotion...
Peggy is a sly fox, for sure.
He didn't get a hint.
There's a more dangerous
character pulling strings...
He's the one I'm after.
- Nothing incriminates Leccia.
- My nose does.
- We only have Louise's word.
- I trust her.
Try to use your brain.
Yeah...
Mani knows he's a suspect.
The pressure will derail him.
Put him under surveillance
and get listening devices.
With no charges?
Listening devices
with no charges.
Don't try to interfere.
And get this: I am the boss.
- Got it?
- Got it.
The day Lorenzi was killed,
the ATM surveillance
camera recorder Renucci.
- He didn't foresee that?
- No. The ATM was not working.
He got here at 5:30
and pretended to draw money.
He had a perfect view
over the market bistro.
He left the spot
and could no longer be seen.
Lorenzi left the bar
at around 6 pm
and was beat up
inside the car.
Nobody saw the murderer.
A priori, he escaped that way.
The murder weapon was a 9 mm
which had been used to rob,
but had never been found.
And guess who directed
the robbery investigation?
So Renucci had a motive,
a chance, and the weapon.
I tried to incriminate him
and Marchioni said Renucci
and him had met at the bar
to go see his aunt
in Saint-Féliu.
At the time of the murder,
they were moving the buffets.
But the aunt and the villagers
confirmed, right?
Of course not. They lied.
- Is it here?
- Yes.
Nice little hotel.
Good night.
With tourists, it's either
quality or quantity.
It's like left or right,
Ricard or 51.
The ideal tourist drinks Casa.
Let me tell you something.
I prefer one rich man
to 1,000 mediocre people
who only eat tomatoes.
I wish they'd stop wearing
shorts to go shopping.
Or stay home.
Do you want Corsican
businesses to collapse?
- Tell me...
- What?
Your visit to Leccia
has not gone unnoticed.
I'm glad. They'll be warned
against messing with me.
If I manage to incriminate him
this time, he's done.
Leccia works with Aléria.
They dream of becoming
chiefs of this island.
They dream!
Do you have news about
the attack to my partner?
At Toulon,
he fell into a trap set
by armed robbers,
but he got reinforcement
after just 10 minutes.
It's a miracle he made it.
They just let him go.
Bastards.
Hi, it's me.
I sent you the divorce papers.
Please call me. Let's talk.
I don't want
to end it like this.
Are you going to tell us
where you hid it?
Hey! What are you doing?
What?
- Pray for him to say nothing.
- Ange will support me.
Ange is not God.
You really fucked up.
Don't worry. I'll be ready.
I'll manage.
You'll manage?
Well, if you say so...
Go get the gas stations.
We're on duty, you know.
Were you there
when the fight started? No? So?
Versini tells me
that Mariani hit him first.
If Versini says so...
If he lied, he'll pay for it!
That's my problem!
So, should I just shut up?
Versini is a racist bastard,
I agree on that,
but I don't accuse my men
without proof.
That's it. Come in!
What is it?
If you don't get that,
you're no better than him.
- What's the matter?
- The scientist called.
There's blood
on the propeller.
And Mani's fingerprints
on the screwdrivers.
The idiot put them back
in the toolbox.
Right. Let's go.
Yes?
Oh, shit!
He left with Peggy
2 hours ago,
but I know where
they usually go.
Where's Mani?
- Where is Mani?
- He's underwater.
He dove over there, I think.
- I fell asleep!
- How long ago?
Over an hour.
It's okay, I'll go.
Mani!
Help me!
Help me, come on!
What are you waiting for,
Le Tallec?
Come on! Wake up!
Help me!
First, Serge, and now Mani.
My God, Ange.
Damn. He was just a kid.
I know you were together.
My life was empty,
he was there. That's all.
There's one more thing.
Mani killed Lotion.
What?
That's impossible.
You must be wrong.
Sorry.
Do you think that Mani
might have been killed?
I don't know...
anything anymore.
Sorry, I have to go.
Toussaint, go see what Peggy
has to say.
You go to his place,
look around.
Send Versini to get Mani's boat,
with the bottle.
Huh? Go!
Tell me what happened
this morning.
Can't you swim?
What?
If you want to stay here,
you'll have to learn.
I was just at Mani's.
His little loft is awesome.
Luxury residence,
top notch hi-fi,
he sure had dough to spend.
30,000 Euros in the freezer.
- For murdering Lotion, maybe?
- A murder here is 10,000.
Plus the car, the bike,
the cash is all over 180,000 Euros.
Enough to murder a village.
I also found this.
A map of Geneva and swiss
currency exchange receipts?
- That's a little too much.
- Especially for a diver.
That's fishy.
Why would he have killed
that "Lampion"?
Lotion.
He would have ruined
your project.
He had discovered a toxic
seaweed in Fona, right?
Do you think we haven't
made tests too?
Plus, I was on the continent
that night.
- You can verify that.
- So?
Mani did the dirty work
for you.
- I don't know him.
- Oh?
Strange, because there are
registered calls...
Many, actually. Between
his cell and your firm.
The last one happened
on the night Lotion died.
6:40. Right there.
- Funny, huh?
- That's standard.
He must have a relative
who works for me, or a girl.
- You'll have to ask him.
- That won't be possible.
Because he's dead.
But you know that already.
You're getting funnier
and funnier, Renucci.
Why have him killed?
He went to Geneva often.
Mani stole 30,000 Euros from you.
Not smart of him.
Geneva... really is a nice city.
It seems like your godfather
did juicy business there.
Mani would drive,
take the boat...
Spend 8 hours there...
What do you think for?
I don't know. Maybe he had
his watches fixed
while eating Swiss chocolate.
Maybe.
Maybe.
Will you stop now?
Huh?
I'll tell you the truth:
your disco can't laundry
money anymore.
So you hire idiots like Mani.
But, they take advantage.
That's the problem.
So...?
You either keep me here
and I call my lawyer, or I'll leave.
- What?
- I need to talk to you.
Right now.
Like father, like daughter.
Their family meals
must be intense.
Don't ever do that again.
Versini filed a complaint
for verbal assault
against Petru Mariani.
Well, now...
"He insulted me saying:
'Fuck you, you pig.'
"And then he intended
to hit me."
- Petru swears it's not true.
- A dealer's word.
He had 5 g of weed. He smokes
occasionally, like everybody.
"Like everybody"?
Do you smoke too?
- That's not the issue.
- Do you?!
There was violence against
an arrested suspect. It's bad!
Take that to court.
I know the law.
- Versini's penalty proves it.
- Okay.
- So you do as you please...
- Indeed.
You're all crooks!
Don't talk to me like that!
- I won't let you do this.
- Hey!
I love you too, honey.
During his last trip,
Mani was not alone.
The tickets were to his name,
but fortunately...
Swiss banks keep surveillance
videos for 6 months.
So?
Is a romantic weekend a crime?
One normally stays the night.
Sure, that's exactly
what I complained about.
But he made me forgive him.
Weren't you curious to know
where he got the money?
I'm blond, but not
completely stupid.
It was strange. He didn't use
his cell to make phone calls.
Did he mention any names
or talk about his business?
No, never.
And I would have stopped him
if he had.
In cases like these,
it's best not to know.
What did you do?
Did he have any appointments?
Yes, one. With an antiquarian
named Schneider.
Okay.
Thanks. That'll be all.
I'll get in touch
if we need you.
Nice jacket.
Do policemen earn well?
Not enough for you.
Good bye.
Careful, Captain.
That girl brings bad luck.
The Ifremer says
the seaweed found
on Lotion was taxifolia.
But the stumps are
from their own lab.
But that's absurd.
So he hadn't found taxifolia
and he intended to implant it?
What else could it be?
It was the only way to block
Leccia's project anyway.
I didn't know, I swear.
I swear.
By asking Mani for help,
he signed his death sentence.
We have to find out
who killed Mani.
Yes, what is it?
We have Mani's autopsy.
No traumatisms.
His bottle was empty
and the valve was clean.
Will you stay for dinner?
If the murderer's death
was not a criminal act,
we have no business in it.
I have to close the case.
What about the money? Mani saw
an antiquarian in Geneva.
He was laundering
Leccia's money.
A guy named Schneider.
The Swiss said he was clean
and that nothing ties him
to Leccia...
and he's not the only one
laundering money here.
Oh, listen...
Given Peggy's infidelity,
Mani had a clear motive.
It's all over for you two.
What do you mean?
Will you let Leccia off
just like that?
I don't see what else I can do
without any valid proof.
Well, obviously...
if you close the case,
I can't find more evidence.
- You just don't like me.
- Hey, you're wrong!
Are you happy to meet again?
You two met in Lille, huh?
Life is extraordinary, huh?
What a coincidence.
- I'd say he caught you.
- I don't care.
Do whatever you have to do,
but I want that idiot's head!
Ange!
Hey!
Listen, play to the right,
hold on to your ball,
and please avoid the stone.
Trust me,
you'll go straight to the jack.
You're not into the game.
What's the matter?
Darcourt let Leccia go...
Versini is always giving me
a hard time,
and the pinzutu is after me
concerning Lorenzi.
It's just not going well.
Forget Versini, he's just
dog shit glued to your shoe.
- About the pinzutu, I said...
- And I said no.
You gave me an option
and I said no. Period.
I'll manage.
Did your contacts in Geneva
come up with anything?
What contacts? I don't have
contacts in Geneva.
- Hyacinthe, come on.
- Va bè, va bè.
You were right.
According to my contacts,
Schneider did business
in parallel art markets.
- Especially with antiques.
- I knew it.
- Ange, will you play or not?
- But...
Yes, I'm coming.
Come on!
Bravo.
- We don't like blacks here!
- Get out or I'll crush you!
Get the fuck out!
Where are my clothes?
I don't know.
It's just for a night.
They had no rooms available.
I'm glad you came.
You think this promotion
is a punishment.
Or a trap.
It could be a springboard
if you help me get Renucci.
I'm not doing it for me,
but to keep you from letting
a predator loose, you know?
I've always found
your idealism very sexy.
The rest is not bad either.
We tried already.
And it didn't work.
Yes.
You left me because of Claire
and your obsession with family.
But here, you're all alone.
And I'm right here.
I know you by heart.
You must confess we had
something special.
Always electric.
Wild.
Oh, it's you.
What are you doing here?
- There's something fishy.
- True.
You don't see how a pro
could have made such an error.
Among other things.
You're more or less the same
size as Mani. Put that on.
This can't be his.
It's too small.
This must be Louise's.
It was murder.
Louise must have changed it
when she went to get Mani.
She came back
with the new bottle under our noses.
She tricked us.
She tricked us.
What motive could she have?
She was jealous of Peggy,
and missed Lotion.
Or both. You know...
Mani was seen on the day
of the murder.
He was filling the tank
of a 4x4 in Propriano.
- Guess who with.
- With Louise?
The pinzutu is right,
you're a little slow.
Yes, I'm slow. Very funny.
Whose side are you on?
- Let's go, Toussaint.
- Wait, Ange.
I've been summoned
to a confrontation
with Petru and the pinzutu.
- Talk to your daughter, huh?
- Oh, not this time.
But if you stay firm,
you have nothing to fear.
Huh?
- You have your stuff?
- Yes.
If Louise is hiding something...
it's in here.
- Couldn't we summon her?
- She's tough.
- Our evidence is indirect.
- We still have the video.
She'll say she came looking
for Mani without knowing,
and that she was afraid of
being taken for an accomplice.
Only she could have
exchanged the bottles.
Yes, but how do we prove it?
- What is that?
- Underwater search equipment.
Oh, that is something.
Oh...!
This is also huge.
Gold and silver.
This is big money.
Big money indeed.
Especially for parallel
markets, right?
That bitch!
We were doing a documentary
on Mediterranean shipwrecks.
Schneider was
the arts counselor.
And when you found the ship,
he proposed you sell
its contents just like that?
I swear I was against it.
But Mani was there,
he fired a shot in the air...
and I got scared.
Scared of what he might do
if I refused.
Plus, I needed the money.
For the foundation,
to finish my constructions
and be able to fight Leccia.
You could have turned it
into cultural heritage.
The wreck was too far
from the Cove.
Mani wanted the big stakes.
And Lotion felt something
strange happening, right?
He watched us, and Mani
took him to the wreck.
When he found out
he was going to turn us in...
I didn't know what he'd done.
Mani just called me
over to the Cove.
Even if that's true,
you could have pulled out then.
No, Ange. I was scared,
do you understand?
I was scared of becoming
the next victim.
He had gone crazy.
I didn't mean to, I...
I panicked.
I did it in self-defense.
It was a legitimate defense, Ange.
No.
It was murder.
Premeditated murder.
To save your own ass.
- That's it.
- Please.
Toussaint?
Get her out of my sight.
I assure you he insulted me,
and tried to hit me.
Captain, did you see
Mariani hit Versini?
No. I saw Versini hit Mariani.
Go to hell, you nigger!
Enough!
Or I'll accuse you
of insult too!
"Go to hell, you nigger."
Has your hierarchy pressured you
to overlook Mr. Versini's attitude?
No. Chief Renucci
has not forgotten
the legitimate support
he owes to his men.
Fine.
Well, I am filing a report
against Versini
for using lies to justify
illegitimate violence.
I wanted to thank you.
I had judged you wrong.
I didn't act smart either.
Let's make peace.
Excuse me.
Just lost another hope
for an apartment.
Say you deliver building permits.
That'll do the trick.
Thanks for the advice.
Can I treat you to a mojito?
Otherwise, I'll think
you're still angry at me.
Louise could very well be
behind Lotion's death too.
We'll never know.
Mani is dead.
- Ange.
- What?
Chief.
This is Rosemary Djanko.
Cousin by marriage of Mani,
and my accounting secretary.
Tony!
It stinks a little in here?
Could you open the windows?
She's the one
he called so often.
Well,
now that it's all straightened out,
should I save you a share
at my future golf club?
That's very nice of you.
I'll test the clubs on you
if you get near my sister.
Renucci, I respect Léti.
You're being paranoid.
You should work on your swing.
A fisherman found
precious objects
in the Fona Cove.
They're probably Etruscan...
Marie-Joe Castella
with the report.
Yeah.
That golf club is a no go.
My cousin looks good on TV.
Yes, please.
- That's for the little one.
- For the little one.
Here we are.
Thank you.
I'd like some coffee.
The one at the restaurant...
No.
Actually, I already
have someone.
But thank you.
I had a really nice evening.
Adaptation: Eclair Group
due to a diving accident.
I got a 100 Euros
that say it is one.
It's your first stay
and you're already active.
What happened?
Arm interiors, shoulders, torso.
Wounds on the front.
When you carry bottles,
you swim on your stomach.
"On your stomach"?
He turned around
when he heard the engine.
His face would be smashed
and his head cut off.
He was floating on his back.
He had a the accident
beforehand, that's it.
There are no boats
or cars around.
He must have drifted
with the tide.
If he drowned, it happened
near the Fona Cove.
Versini, it's your turn.
There she is.
You enthuse her.
The World of Silence
He died at around 3 am.
The wounds might have been
caused by propellers.
At least 500 hp engines.
Probably post mortem.
Diving alone at 3 am?
Yes, it's strange. Okay.
This is your baby.
By the way...
No new bike accidents, I see.
Do you have wheels?
I have a 4x4.
Two 500 hp engines?
Let's check the harbors.
We have as many
as there are scooters in Rome.
The boat could be
from Sardinia or Elba.
Hello?
Yes, I hear you.
Versini saw an empty Zodiac
near Fona.
That's where he was diving.
You see?
Didn't you tell Darcourt
about the attack?
That surprises me.
Do you know who attacked you?
I set off all the alarms:
I asked thugs, deputies,
nightlife, even the church.
Nothing. That's not how
we settle problems around here.
Gratuitous beatings
are not in our mentality.
If it wasn't gratuitous,
they'll do it again.
I'll be ready next time.
I will catch them before that.
Nobody here touches my men.
Not even you!
I come from the mountains.
So obviously...
No personal items.
No papers either.
But we know where he's from.
The club must be closed.
That's not a problem
for you, Ange.
Louise Sforza took up
her uncle's business.
That's quite a woman!
She was a diver for Comex,
at the oil platforms.
Her foundation saved the Feno
tour a few years ago.
- A real local star, huh?
- One could say that.
You seem to know Louise well.
We were all in love with her
in high school.
Be careful, okay?
She's dangerous.
- "Dangerous"?
- The queen of nuisances.
Serge Lotion.
I met him at Greenpeace.
"Greenpeace"?
- What was he doing here?
- Tracking taxifolia.
Caulerpa taxifolia,
the killer seaweed.
He worked at the Ifremer.
The French research institute
for sea exploitation.
Thanks, Google. That's enough.
- When did you see him?
- Last night.
He was filling bottles.
I don't understand why he was
diving alone, at night.
No idea. He hadn't told me.
But you're his friend.
It is strange, though.
Strange or not,
it's the truth.
Who might have wanted
him dead?
What?
- You think it was murder?
- We're not sure yet.
We are against
a golf resort project
with a private beach
at the Fona Cove.
We think that's where he died,
in Fona.
Was he helping you?
If he had found taxifolia there,
the project would've been stopped.
Those pigs have friends.
And no scruples.
What do you mean?
Have they threatened you?
I receive anonymous letters,
they put pressure
on club members,
they sabotage the material.
- Have you filed a complaint?
- Of course I have.
But it's no use.
Pierre-Yves Leccia
is the prime contractor.
"Leccia"?
Leccia, he's a swine
who eats at every hayrack.
Retirement homes, hospitals,
high schools...
even roundabouts,
his favorites.
He has connections everywhere.
He's like a Swiss army knife.
His brother is in the senate,
his sister is a nationalist,
his sister-in-law, a leftist.
He has more than two aces.
So filing a complaint
will do no good.
- Why murder, then?
- Nothing stops him.
And she's a tough woman,
in spite of being pretty.
Go check out the club
with Marchioni.
I'll take care of Leccia.
I'm working by myself.
The others just left.
When Louise hires somebody,
they never last.
And you're staying?
You're brave!
Louise is cool.
And I'm not afraid.
Not even of Leccia?
Do you know him?
Just by name, like everybody.
What about Serge Lotion?
He's a real diver.
Very professional. Why?
He's dead.
He was killed last night.
In Fona.
- He was diving alone.
- I didn't know.
Oh well...
- He was weird, you know?
- No. Why?
Well, he rarely spoke,
he only ate seeds, no meat.
Stupid stuff like that.
Can I go now?
I bet you 50 Euros
he knew what Lotion was doing.
Not me.
Use the stock exchange, it's safer.
Yeah. You don't risk much.
Let's go to Lotion's place.
Ciao, sister.
Tell me about your case
with Leccia.
My appeal to the jury blocked
his real estate project.
He'll have to kill me first.
That's no joke.
Louise Sforza is giving him trouble,
and he hits back.
Has he threatened you?
Go get some sweets
for your uncle.
I like Louise.
You need someone like that.
Pretty, intelligent...
- Don't start with that.
- You should start over.
I was already married once,
remember?
People don't get married anymore.
Louise is cool.
She thinks you're sexy.
- Really?
- She's crazy about you.
Come on...
Well, enough nonsense.
Did Leccia come here or not?
He does sometimes,
with friends.
Capon, lobster, champagne,
hot slates, always cash.
Is that all?
Léti, this is serious. Someone
Louise knew was killed.
So...? It's true.
He congratulated me and said
I have an enviable business.
He was just fooling around.
I told him to go away.
"Fooling around"? No way.
He came here to threaten you
and you said nothing?
Have you gone mad or what?
- Marchioni?
- Yes. One second.
Alright, thanks a lot.
- Good luck.
- Thank you.
According to the neighbors,
he never drank or had visits.
Went to bed and got up early.
I found this in the WC.
There's 10 more.
- I bet it's taxifolia.
- Of course.
With that, they would stop
Leccia's project.
So, there was a motive.
Am I disturbing you?
Are you kidding? Not at all.
It's an honor
to have Chief Renucci at my table.
Chief Renucci, Audrey Esteva.
- Ma'am.
- Sit down, Chief.
Have something to drink.
Champagne.
Some other time.
Listen, I'll make this short.
I don't care
whether it's a hotel, a real
estate business or a reserve.
Don't get near Léti. Capisci?
Yes, capisco, Chief.
I agree with you 200%.
Family is sacred.
What do I have to do with it?
I will not say it again.
I don't threaten people
unless I really mean it.
Otherwise, I look stupid.
Get near my sister
and I'll break you in half, dickhead.
And another thing...
Louise Sforza is also
like my sister.
My condolences.
What do I have to do with it?
They killed a friend of hers
last night,
and I know it was you
or one of your associates.
My condolences to you, Leccia.
Ma'am.
Lotion had water in his lungs.
- He drowned.
- There, you lost 100 Euros.
And there are two bruises
due to blows on the head.
It was murder.
Thanks. So...
Mani Valentini, not on file,
but his story seems strange.
The convertible is his,
he paid it in cash.
And he just got himself
a Harley.
Accomplices for sabotage
do get paid.
Get his phone record.
What about Lotion's record?
The last call he made
was to our dear monitor.
2 minutes, at 9:02 pm.
- You didn't mention that call.
- It was about a valve.
But he was a pro, right?
I think he called to tell you
about the taxifolia in Fona.
- "Taxi" what?
- Taxifolia.
- I don't know what that is.
- How much do you earn?
- Less than the minimum wage
for 20 hours a week.
How can you afford
a convertible and a Harley?
Do you sell Christmas
calendars, or what?
Not your business.
I want a lawyer.
You'll get one.
You can talk to him
while we go search your place.
Okay.
Fine.
My aunt is dying. In order
not to pay inheritance taxes,
she emptied her accounts.
It's not really a fraud.
Your aunt's name,
surname and address.
Where were you last night
at 3 am?
At a disco, the Via Notte,
with my girlfriend Peggy.
Punta di Volumba.
Where is that?
Some lost place near Sartène.
Some fishermen found
an abandoned boat there.
I'll send a team over.
At 3 am, Lotion was hit
by the motor boat.
Then the murderer abandoned
the boat at that place.
How did he get back?
- He must have an accomplice.
- A means of transport.
If he used a jet-ski
or a boat, we got him.
And what are the car options?
Get me all the gas station
surveillance videos
between here and Ajaccio.
"Ajaccio"?
Hey, this is not CSI.
Less than one over three
stations make videos here.
Go door to door like Maigret.
Listen. The hidden number
on Lotion's phone record
belongs to Peggy,
Mani's girlfriend.
I'll tell Renucci.
Don't sunbathe too much
or you'll get skin cancer.
- You talk like my dad.
- He's a wise man.
Listen to him.
Will you arrest me?
Don't believe Louise.
That old rag hates me because
Mani left her for me.
You mean Mani and Louise...
Well, before, yes.
Where were you last night?
At the Via Notte
with Mani. Why?
Were you there all night?
Do I look like I go
to bed early?
You look like you go to bed
with many men. Enough, now.
Okay?
Being a murder accomplice
will get you 10 years.
You'll be a lot less sexy
when you get out.
- "Murder"?
- Yes.
Okay, we had a fight
and he left at 1:30.
- Where to?
- To his place.
When I came to see him at 6,
with breakfast,
he was in the shower.
I got in with him and we...
How should I put it?
Scrubbed each other?
We made up.
Men must like you a lot, huh?
Why? Don't you?
Lotion fell for you...
and Mani knew it.
Was that why you quarreled
last night?
- At the Via Notte, huh?
- No. That's not it.
He got a call at around 9,
and then he just lost it.
He looked at his watch a lot
and became aggressive.
I got fed up.
Thank you.
Dubious alibi, nervous after
Lotion's call. It makes sense.
We'll see.
Mani is a schemer,
but perhaps not a murderer.
Leccia has friends
who are more qualified.
Mani might have guessed
Peggy and Lotion...
Peggy is a sly fox, for sure.
He didn't get a hint.
There's a more dangerous
character pulling strings...
He's the one I'm after.
- Nothing incriminates Leccia.
- My nose does.
- We only have Louise's word.
- I trust her.
Try to use your brain.
Yeah...
Mani knows he's a suspect.
The pressure will derail him.
Put him under surveillance
and get listening devices.
With no charges?
Listening devices
with no charges.
Don't try to interfere.
And get this: I am the boss.
- Got it?
- Got it.
The day Lorenzi was killed,
the ATM surveillance
camera recorder Renucci.
- He didn't foresee that?
- No. The ATM was not working.
He got here at 5:30
and pretended to draw money.
He had a perfect view
over the market bistro.
He left the spot
and could no longer be seen.
Lorenzi left the bar
at around 6 pm
and was beat up
inside the car.
Nobody saw the murderer.
A priori, he escaped that way.
The murder weapon was a 9 mm
which had been used to rob,
but had never been found.
And guess who directed
the robbery investigation?
So Renucci had a motive,
a chance, and the weapon.
I tried to incriminate him
and Marchioni said Renucci
and him had met at the bar
to go see his aunt
in Saint-Féliu.
At the time of the murder,
they were moving the buffets.
But the aunt and the villagers
confirmed, right?
Of course not. They lied.
- Is it here?
- Yes.
Nice little hotel.
Good night.
With tourists, it's either
quality or quantity.
It's like left or right,
Ricard or 51.
The ideal tourist drinks Casa.
Let me tell you something.
I prefer one rich man
to 1,000 mediocre people
who only eat tomatoes.
I wish they'd stop wearing
shorts to go shopping.
Or stay home.
Do you want Corsican
businesses to collapse?
- Tell me...
- What?
Your visit to Leccia
has not gone unnoticed.
I'm glad. They'll be warned
against messing with me.
If I manage to incriminate him
this time, he's done.
Leccia works with Aléria.
They dream of becoming
chiefs of this island.
They dream!
Do you have news about
the attack to my partner?
At Toulon,
he fell into a trap set
by armed robbers,
but he got reinforcement
after just 10 minutes.
It's a miracle he made it.
They just let him go.
Bastards.
Hi, it's me.
I sent you the divorce papers.
Please call me. Let's talk.
I don't want
to end it like this.
Are you going to tell us
where you hid it?
Hey! What are you doing?
What?
- Pray for him to say nothing.
- Ange will support me.
Ange is not God.
You really fucked up.
Don't worry. I'll be ready.
I'll manage.
You'll manage?
Well, if you say so...
Go get the gas stations.
We're on duty, you know.
Were you there
when the fight started? No? So?
Versini tells me
that Mariani hit him first.
If Versini says so...
If he lied, he'll pay for it!
That's my problem!
So, should I just shut up?
Versini is a racist bastard,
I agree on that,
but I don't accuse my men
without proof.
That's it. Come in!
What is it?
If you don't get that,
you're no better than him.
- What's the matter?
- The scientist called.
There's blood
on the propeller.
And Mani's fingerprints
on the screwdrivers.
The idiot put them back
in the toolbox.
Right. Let's go.
Yes?
Oh, shit!
He left with Peggy
2 hours ago,
but I know where
they usually go.
Where's Mani?
- Where is Mani?
- He's underwater.
He dove over there, I think.
- I fell asleep!
- How long ago?
Over an hour.
It's okay, I'll go.
Mani!
Help me!
Help me, come on!
What are you waiting for,
Le Tallec?
Come on! Wake up!
Help me!
First, Serge, and now Mani.
My God, Ange.
Damn. He was just a kid.
I know you were together.
My life was empty,
he was there. That's all.
There's one more thing.
Mani killed Lotion.
What?
That's impossible.
You must be wrong.
Sorry.
Do you think that Mani
might have been killed?
I don't know...
anything anymore.
Sorry, I have to go.
Toussaint, go see what Peggy
has to say.
You go to his place,
look around.
Send Versini to get Mani's boat,
with the bottle.
Huh? Go!
Tell me what happened
this morning.
Can't you swim?
What?
If you want to stay here,
you'll have to learn.
I was just at Mani's.
His little loft is awesome.
Luxury residence,
top notch hi-fi,
he sure had dough to spend.
30,000 Euros in the freezer.
- For murdering Lotion, maybe?
- A murder here is 10,000.
Plus the car, the bike,
the cash is all over 180,000 Euros.
Enough to murder a village.
I also found this.
A map of Geneva and swiss
currency exchange receipts?
- That's a little too much.
- Especially for a diver.
That's fishy.
Why would he have killed
that "Lampion"?
Lotion.
He would have ruined
your project.
He had discovered a toxic
seaweed in Fona, right?
Do you think we haven't
made tests too?
Plus, I was on the continent
that night.
- You can verify that.
- So?
Mani did the dirty work
for you.
- I don't know him.
- Oh?
Strange, because there are
registered calls...
Many, actually. Between
his cell and your firm.
The last one happened
on the night Lotion died.
6:40. Right there.
- Funny, huh?
- That's standard.
He must have a relative
who works for me, or a girl.
- You'll have to ask him.
- That won't be possible.
Because he's dead.
But you know that already.
You're getting funnier
and funnier, Renucci.
Why have him killed?
He went to Geneva often.
Mani stole 30,000 Euros from you.
Not smart of him.
Geneva... really is a nice city.
It seems like your godfather
did juicy business there.
Mani would drive,
take the boat...
Spend 8 hours there...
What do you think for?
I don't know. Maybe he had
his watches fixed
while eating Swiss chocolate.
Maybe.
Maybe.
Will you stop now?
Huh?
I'll tell you the truth:
your disco can't laundry
money anymore.
So you hire idiots like Mani.
But, they take advantage.
That's the problem.
So...?
You either keep me here
and I call my lawyer, or I'll leave.
- What?
- I need to talk to you.
Right now.
Like father, like daughter.
Their family meals
must be intense.
Don't ever do that again.
Versini filed a complaint
for verbal assault
against Petru Mariani.
Well, now...
"He insulted me saying:
'Fuck you, you pig.'
"And then he intended
to hit me."
- Petru swears it's not true.
- A dealer's word.
He had 5 g of weed. He smokes
occasionally, like everybody.
"Like everybody"?
Do you smoke too?
- That's not the issue.
- Do you?!
There was violence against
an arrested suspect. It's bad!
Take that to court.
I know the law.
- Versini's penalty proves it.
- Okay.
- So you do as you please...
- Indeed.
You're all crooks!
Don't talk to me like that!
- I won't let you do this.
- Hey!
I love you too, honey.
During his last trip,
Mani was not alone.
The tickets were to his name,
but fortunately...
Swiss banks keep surveillance
videos for 6 months.
So?
Is a romantic weekend a crime?
One normally stays the night.
Sure, that's exactly
what I complained about.
But he made me forgive him.
Weren't you curious to know
where he got the money?
I'm blond, but not
completely stupid.
It was strange. He didn't use
his cell to make phone calls.
Did he mention any names
or talk about his business?
No, never.
And I would have stopped him
if he had.
In cases like these,
it's best not to know.
What did you do?
Did he have any appointments?
Yes, one. With an antiquarian
named Schneider.
Okay.
Thanks. That'll be all.
I'll get in touch
if we need you.
Nice jacket.
Do policemen earn well?
Not enough for you.
Good bye.
Careful, Captain.
That girl brings bad luck.
The Ifremer says
the seaweed found
on Lotion was taxifolia.
But the stumps are
from their own lab.
But that's absurd.
So he hadn't found taxifolia
and he intended to implant it?
What else could it be?
It was the only way to block
Leccia's project anyway.
I didn't know, I swear.
I swear.
By asking Mani for help,
he signed his death sentence.
We have to find out
who killed Mani.
Yes, what is it?
We have Mani's autopsy.
No traumatisms.
His bottle was empty
and the valve was clean.
Will you stay for dinner?
If the murderer's death
was not a criminal act,
we have no business in it.
I have to close the case.
What about the money? Mani saw
an antiquarian in Geneva.
He was laundering
Leccia's money.
A guy named Schneider.
The Swiss said he was clean
and that nothing ties him
to Leccia...
and he's not the only one
laundering money here.
Oh, listen...
Given Peggy's infidelity,
Mani had a clear motive.
It's all over for you two.
What do you mean?
Will you let Leccia off
just like that?
I don't see what else I can do
without any valid proof.
Well, obviously...
if you close the case,
I can't find more evidence.
- You just don't like me.
- Hey, you're wrong!
Are you happy to meet again?
You two met in Lille, huh?
Life is extraordinary, huh?
What a coincidence.
- I'd say he caught you.
- I don't care.
Do whatever you have to do,
but I want that idiot's head!
Ange!
Hey!
Listen, play to the right,
hold on to your ball,
and please avoid the stone.
Trust me,
you'll go straight to the jack.
You're not into the game.
What's the matter?
Darcourt let Leccia go...
Versini is always giving me
a hard time,
and the pinzutu is after me
concerning Lorenzi.
It's just not going well.
Forget Versini, he's just
dog shit glued to your shoe.
- About the pinzutu, I said...
- And I said no.
You gave me an option
and I said no. Period.
I'll manage.
Did your contacts in Geneva
come up with anything?
What contacts? I don't have
contacts in Geneva.
- Hyacinthe, come on.
- Va bè, va bè.
You were right.
According to my contacts,
Schneider did business
in parallel art markets.
- Especially with antiques.
- I knew it.
- Ange, will you play or not?
- But...
Yes, I'm coming.
Come on!
Bravo.
- We don't like blacks here!
- Get out or I'll crush you!
Get the fuck out!
Where are my clothes?
I don't know.
It's just for a night.
They had no rooms available.
I'm glad you came.
You think this promotion
is a punishment.
Or a trap.
It could be a springboard
if you help me get Renucci.
I'm not doing it for me,
but to keep you from letting
a predator loose, you know?
I've always found
your idealism very sexy.
The rest is not bad either.
We tried already.
And it didn't work.
Yes.
You left me because of Claire
and your obsession with family.
But here, you're all alone.
And I'm right here.
I know you by heart.
You must confess we had
something special.
Always electric.
Wild.
Oh, it's you.
What are you doing here?
- There's something fishy.
- True.
You don't see how a pro
could have made such an error.
Among other things.
You're more or less the same
size as Mani. Put that on.
This can't be his.
It's too small.
This must be Louise's.
It was murder.
Louise must have changed it
when she went to get Mani.
She came back
with the new bottle under our noses.
She tricked us.
She tricked us.
What motive could she have?
She was jealous of Peggy,
and missed Lotion.
Or both. You know...
Mani was seen on the day
of the murder.
He was filling the tank
of a 4x4 in Propriano.
- Guess who with.
- With Louise?
The pinzutu is right,
you're a little slow.
Yes, I'm slow. Very funny.
Whose side are you on?
- Let's go, Toussaint.
- Wait, Ange.
I've been summoned
to a confrontation
with Petru and the pinzutu.
- Talk to your daughter, huh?
- Oh, not this time.
But if you stay firm,
you have nothing to fear.
Huh?
- You have your stuff?
- Yes.
If Louise is hiding something...
it's in here.
- Couldn't we summon her?
- She's tough.
- Our evidence is indirect.
- We still have the video.
She'll say she came looking
for Mani without knowing,
and that she was afraid of
being taken for an accomplice.
Only she could have
exchanged the bottles.
Yes, but how do we prove it?
- What is that?
- Underwater search equipment.
Oh, that is something.
Oh...!
This is also huge.
Gold and silver.
This is big money.
Big money indeed.
Especially for parallel
markets, right?
That bitch!
We were doing a documentary
on Mediterranean shipwrecks.
Schneider was
the arts counselor.
And when you found the ship,
he proposed you sell
its contents just like that?
I swear I was against it.
But Mani was there,
he fired a shot in the air...
and I got scared.
Scared of what he might do
if I refused.
Plus, I needed the money.
For the foundation,
to finish my constructions
and be able to fight Leccia.
You could have turned it
into cultural heritage.
The wreck was too far
from the Cove.
Mani wanted the big stakes.
And Lotion felt something
strange happening, right?
He watched us, and Mani
took him to the wreck.
When he found out
he was going to turn us in...
I didn't know what he'd done.
Mani just called me
over to the Cove.
Even if that's true,
you could have pulled out then.
No, Ange. I was scared,
do you understand?
I was scared of becoming
the next victim.
He had gone crazy.
I didn't mean to, I...
I panicked.
I did it in self-defense.
It was a legitimate defense, Ange.
No.
It was murder.
Premeditated murder.
To save your own ass.
- That's it.
- Please.
Toussaint?
Get her out of my sight.
I assure you he insulted me,
and tried to hit me.
Captain, did you see
Mariani hit Versini?
No. I saw Versini hit Mariani.
Go to hell, you nigger!
Enough!
Or I'll accuse you
of insult too!
"Go to hell, you nigger."
Has your hierarchy pressured you
to overlook Mr. Versini's attitude?
No. Chief Renucci
has not forgotten
the legitimate support
he owes to his men.
Fine.
Well, I am filing a report
against Versini
for using lies to justify
illegitimate violence.
I wanted to thank you.
I had judged you wrong.
I didn't act smart either.
Let's make peace.
Excuse me.
Just lost another hope
for an apartment.
Say you deliver building permits.
That'll do the trick.
Thanks for the advice.
Can I treat you to a mojito?
Otherwise, I'll think
you're still angry at me.
Louise could very well be
behind Lotion's death too.
We'll never know.
Mani is dead.
- Ange.
- What?
Chief.
This is Rosemary Djanko.
Cousin by marriage of Mani,
and my accounting secretary.
Tony!
It stinks a little in here?
Could you open the windows?
She's the one
he called so often.
Well,
now that it's all straightened out,
should I save you a share
at my future golf club?
That's very nice of you.
I'll test the clubs on you
if you get near my sister.
Renucci, I respect Léti.
You're being paranoid.
You should work on your swing.
A fisherman found
precious objects
in the Fona Cove.
They're probably Etruscan...
Marie-Joe Castella
with the report.
Yeah.
That golf club is a no go.
My cousin looks good on TV.
Yes, please.
- That's for the little one.
- For the little one.
Here we are.
Thank you.
I'd like some coffee.
The one at the restaurant...
No.
Actually, I already
have someone.
But thank you.
I had a really nice evening.
Adaptation: Eclair Group