Hermanos y detectives (2006–…): Season 1, Episode 6 - El loco de la azotea - full transcript
Brothers and detectives
Brothers be united.
Please, God,
I beg you to forgive me.
Forgive me, Lord.
Alfonso Varela, 79 years old, retired.
A couple of stallholders say he came by
from time to time to feed the pigeons.
I took several witness statements.
They all say more or less the same thing.
No one heard the shot.
They only saw him fall.
First a boy approached and then several
passers-by who were walking around.
They thought he had gone into cardiac arrest
until they noticed the blood.
- Did you call the relatives?
- Yes, we called the daughter.
- But she lives in Rosario.
Well, we have to see if he had enemies,
who benefits from this death,
if he left savings, life insurance,
any inheritance. Maybe it was a revenge.
If the shot was not heard then it was shot
with a silencer or with a rifle from far away.
- Undoubtedly he was shot with a rifle.
The projectile entered
and exited the victim's body.
It entered through the left upper chest
and exited below the right shoulder blade.
That is, left to right, top to bottom.
Did you see a hole in the floor?
- Who is this guy?
- Matías Kamijo, Serrano's nephew.
He's finishing police school and his uncle
sent him to do an internship.
- The footprints on the floor
mark the victim's exact path
before he was hit.
I calculated the parabola
and reconstructed the bullet's trajectory.
The shot must have come
from the terrace of that building.
- Kamijo,
these aren't the victim's prints,
they're the witness's.
- Which ones are the victim's?
- Those.
- Ah, he was coming the other way.
Then
let's see... OK.
Right.
The bullet came from that direction.
- Fine. Welcome to homicide, Kamijo.
How many people come
into this building per day, sir?
- There are six dentists,
10 accountants, nine lawyers,
three gynecologists, two brothels,
16 floors, 12 apartments per floor,
so do the math.
- Is there a security camera?
- Yes, but it doesn't work. It's there to scare.
- It seems it isn't very scary, sir.
- Hold it right there.
Here's a footprint.
Shoe size 41.
Each footprint and the next are 32 cm apart.
Squared, divided by pi, that gives us a height
of 1.68 meters.
They're your footprints!
- I just made them, Kamijo. Easy.
- Look.
A shell casing.
Looks like it's our rooftop, indeed.
- Let's see.
- Careful with the prints, Kamijo.
- If I'm not mistaken, it's from an M16 bullet.
5.5 caliber. With a lead warhead.
I'll send it to the lab.
- Well done, Kamijo.
Very good, Kamijo.
- The casing is from a 308 bullet.
The warhead is copper-plated,
domestic manufacture.
- Fine.
- Kamijo doesn't hit a thing.
- It's fine. He lacks experience,
but at least he's willing.
- It was fired from a Mauser hunting rifle.
The most popular make and model.
Last year alone, more than 50,000 units
were sold, not counting the black market.
- Evidently he chose
the most popular one to mislead us.
- As for the old man's enemies,
we located only one candidate:
the downstairs neighbor. She complained that
he always left the elevator door open.
She's in a wheelchair, hasn't left the house
in three months. I'd rule her out.
- Not for now. What else do we have?
- Everything.
Forensics report,
coroner's report,
witness statements, Varela's daughter file,
list of gun shops in Capital Federal
and Gran Buenos Aires,
list of the students of the shooting ranges,
licenses for the use of firearms
for the last five years,...
- How great! And that?
- The bar menu. We're in for a long night.
I think we should order something.
- How efficient we are, man!
Are we competing with Kamijo?
- Competing with Kamijo? Oh, please!
- Excuse me. How's it going?
The two full tenderloins for you two.
- But we didn't order anything.
- Yes, it was two whole tenderloins for
the two of you and the chow mien for...
- Here. Thank you.
Since you two were working,
I didn't want to interrupt you.
You like tenderloin, don't you? How much is it?
- All of it? -Yes.
- 28.10.
- No, leave it, Kamijo. I'll pay.
- OK.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Are you okay, Marcela?
- I'm fine. Thank you.
- It's okay. Keep the change.
- This is two pesos short.
- Sorry, I'm on a case...
- It's all right.
- Thank you.
- Bye.
- Do you have a girlfriend?
- Me? No. Why?
- I have some girlfriends
I might eventually introduce you to.
Let me see.
Bye, guys. Thanks.
- I like this Kamijo guy so much!
I like him a lot.
- You do? I like him like hell,
worse than his son of a bitch uncle.
- Mansilla, Mr. Serrano is behind you.
- Joke.
- You're an asshole!
I almost had a heart attack!
I swear I believed you, that son of a bitch
Serrano is everywhere.
He's like Droopy the dog.
- Any progress on the shooter case, Mansilla?
- Hey, sorry. Let me explain the context.
- I asked you a simple question.
- A little.
Your nephew's help is spectacular.
Without him... we couldn't...
- When this case is over, I'd like
to have a talk with you, Mansilla.
Man-to-man.
- Man-to-man doesn't sound nice.
It sounds like a duel.
Side by side is better?
May I ask on what subject, sir?
- Yes, of course. We'll talk about your future,
or lack of future in this division.
Excuse me.
- Go ahead. Oh, great.
- This is a cabal. He wants to replace me
with Kamijo. This is crystal clear..
- They can't do anything to you.
They can't fire you.
You're solving one case after another with me.
I can't believe it!
- They'll find something,
and at the first failure...
- They won't find anything
because now we're going in,
Lorenzo will help us solve the case and
they won't be able to do anything to you.
Lorenzo!
Will you open the door, for God's sake?
- Coming! -But come on, that habit you have
of leaving the key on!
Come on, you've got work to do!
I swear, sometimes
I'd beat the shit out of this kid.
He's got my balls on the floor.
- Corrective.
- I'm sleeping!
- Please, man, come on!
- What's up?
- Did you guys leave the elevator door open?
- Oh, yes.
- Are you a new neighbor?
- Which one of you is Franco Montero?
- It's me, ma'am.
- I assume he's Lorenzo Montero.
- He is Lorenzo Montero.
What's going on here?
- I'm Elvira Petruchi,
from the patronage of children,
more specifically from the sector of adoptions
and orphaned children with acquired housing.
This is the first inspection three months
after the child's arrival at the home.
- But I wasn't notified
of anything at all, madam.
- In that case it wouldn't be an inspection.
- Of course. I understand you perfectly well,
but honestly,
I have a lot of work to do, I'm very tired...
- No, Mr. Montero, it's not optional.
I will be accompanying you for 72 hours
at the time I deem convenient.
- Accompany us?
- Exactly.
I have to corroborate
the minor's living conditions
to see if he remains in your custody
or is given to a foster family.
- A foster family?
- Don't worry, Lorenzo.
- Go inside.
- According to the declaration
of the rights of the child, Mr. Montero,
you must guarantee the minor a decent home,
optimal hygienic conditions,
adequate clothing,
permanent demonstration of affection,
healthy food...
And my main function here is to check
that he's not subjected
to any type of labor activity,
that he is not exploited,
that he's protected from bad influences,
that there's female presence at home
covering the role of mother,
and that he's is never exposed
to any kind of violence.
- That is what...
- No.
- It slipped in.
Because it was on the sidewalk and well...
- May I come in?
- I'll leave you. Have a nice day.
- Yes.
- Would you like to come...? Of course.
- You're a policeman, aren't you?
- Yes.
- It's a bit messy because...
- Do you usually bring work home?
- You mean because of this? No, rarely.
With my partner we were going to discuss
things about a case and...
- In front of Lorenzo?
- No, never.
Only when Lorenzo is in the bathroom.
- I take long, long dips in the bath.
- Don't be impressed by the pictures.
It's a very silly case.
We are about to solve it.
- Watch out, the tackle is coming.
Watch out for the tackle.
Beware, the tackle's coming!
The mummy.
Protect the innocent.
- Mr. Montero, please, tell me,
what is a day in Lorenzo's life like?
- It's not that we have
something very structured.
With Lorenzo we prefer him to act freely.
- Badly done, because children need a routine.
What time does he go to school?
- I've already finished high school.
- He is a child prodigy.
He has a very high IQ.
- Well, all the more reason, Mr. Montero,
he should be given more attention
to develop his talents.
- I want to be a detective like my brother.
- I imagine you won't encourage that fantasy.
- Not at all.
- Very well.
- The boy doesn't have a schedule. Don't you?
- It changes. I have a complex job.
- Who does Lorenzo stay with when you're away?
- He gets along by himself pretty well.
Sometimes.
- Is he always alone?
- Sometimes.
Else, I take him with me.
- To a police station?
- No, I leave him outside.
- In the street?
- I tie him to a tree.
It's a joke, ma'am. I'm sorry.
Why don't you relax? Don't you want a drink?
A vermouth, a glass of water, a coffee?
- I'd say it's more like lunchtime.
- Sure, of course, it's time for lunch.
- What are we eating today, champ?
Let's see what we eat today.
Watch out, the crazy cook is coming.
What are we having?
Steak, or do you prefer hamburger?
- No, not meat again.
- Not meat again.
It's true, you're eating meat too often.
Well, pasta.
Carbohydrates are good.
There are fucciles,...
- No, better not pasta.
- You're embarrassing me with the lady.
You don't want meat, you don't want pasta...
- Elvira, don't you want to see my giraffe?
- Yes, dear, of course.
How beautiful it is!
- Is it the DGI (taxes bureau), now?
- Hello, my love.
- How are you?
Impressive queue at the supermarket.
Unbelievable. Hi, Lorenzo.
- Hi, Marcela. What are you doing here?
- Didn't we agree that if I got a day off
I'd come to play "Mind Race" after lunch?
- I brought goods to make a tuna salad.
- No fish!
- Lorenzo, once a week we must eat fish.
We're not going to discuss that.
- I didn't know
you were in a couple, Mr. Montero.
- Oh, sorry.
- Marcela, Elvira.
- Elvira Petruchi, from
the children's patronage. How do you do?
- My love, why don't you go, if you have
work to do? I can stay late with Lori.
- Lori?
- Do you think so?
- Yes, listen to me, go on.
- Well, yes, I'll leave for work then,
because I have to work.
- That's all right. No problem at all.
Besides, if for work
it's a good example for the kid.
- That's right. It's been a pleasure, Elvira.
- Lorenzo, will you help me put things away?
- Yes.
- Leave this outside.
- I'll keep it here.
- Franco, there was another murder.
The sniper again.
The press is going crazy
and Serrano's out of his mind.
Let's go there and spare this,
that son of a bitch Kamijo
has his knife between his teeth.
- The fact that the same modus operandi
is being repeated
that yesterday ended the life
of the octogenarian Alfonso Varela,
indicates that we are facing the same murderer.
Serial killer on the loose in Buenos Aires?
Studio.
- What an angel Marcela! She wanted to help us.
- Yes, an angel, but we're paying her.
- What do you mean, we're paying her?
- Yes, 15 pesos an hour.
She has to be covered at the bar.
- Did you arrange the kiss too?
- What kiss? Did Marcela give you a kiss?
Gonzalo Salaya, 32 years old,
employee of a computer company.
Shot at almost at the same time;
yesterday 12:30 and today 12:40.
- Daddy, get out of there.
If you want to be on TV, go to
Operación Triunfo. We're working here.
- Let it go. Don't get angry.
- Here he comes out.
- The same murderer as yesterday,
deputy commissioner?
- There are experts working on the case,
but everything suggests so.
- Was there any connection between the victims?
- We don't know yet. It's too early.
- You mean the killer
kills his victims for no reason?
Are we facing a serial killer?
- We must be very careful with the
hypotheses so as not to alert the population.
In any case, we must be very careful
not to be out in the open for too long.
- My best men are working on the case
and I'm sure that everything
will be solved very soon.
- Fine.
- Same bullet, same rifle, Serrano.
Both murders were committed by the same person.
- What we did find are footprints on the floor.
From the distance between one and the
other, the guy is approximately 1.65 m".
He wears smooth-soled shoes
with more wear on the outer side,
which makes me assume he's crooked.
- Crooked? -Crooked.
- And I found this hair.
I don't know if it's his, but from
the looks of it the guy is losing his hair.
- They pulled us out of the case.
- No, he opened the game.
The squad that solves
it will get a raise and a double bonus.
Come on, guys, I want to show you something.
It's important that we stick together.
Relationships between the victims, none.
Confirmed.
They didn't frequent the same places,
didn't live in the same neighborhood,
no relatives in common.
Nothing. He chose them at random.
- What was repeated was the time.
The two murders occurred almost
within 10 minutes of each other.
That seems to me to be a very clear
connection, Kamijo. It's obvious.
- Of course. That's why I called in
a police psychologist to help us.
Doctor Ferola, these are my superiors.
- How are you, doctor?
- I've been analyzing the case.
I'll tell you in two words
what I think from my subjectivity.
The decisions and choices
of a criminal are not random.
On the contrary,
they respond to unconscious impulses
that in most cases weave
a totally coherent and meaningful plot.
The first thing to take into account
in this series of murders
is the place chosen by the murderer.
A high place, under open sky,
with a complete visual command
of his potential victims.
This gives him self-confidence,
emotional distance, anonymity.
Evidently this is someone
who feels powerful up here, unpunished.
Perhaps even that he is
fulfilling a higher mandate,
because of the proximity of sky.
- A madman, let's say.
- Clearly a megalomaniac.
That in both cases the victim is a man
may indicate a fixation of the libido
in the phallic phase
with the consequent lack of resolution
of the Oedipus complex.
In other words, in every man who kills
he's killing his father.
- Killing his father?
- The goal is very clear.
- What's the goal, doctor?
- To go to bed with his mother.
- To go to bed with his mother?
- Unconsciously speaking. Is that clear?
- Dr. Ferola, tell him about the time.
- That could indicate a trauma inflicted
in the first years of life,
that the killer needs to re-enact
in each of his crimes.
Something terrible, at least in the eyes
of a child, happened to him at 12:30 noon.
I'm inclined to think that he might even
have been sexually abused
at that hour when he was a child.
- Doctor, don't you think that's a bit hasty?
You don't even know him.
- I sense a certain aversion
to new ideas, officer.
There's fear of the other thing, isn't there?
Have you ever heard of what Freud calls
"the anal retentive phase"?
- Well, I think we're done, Kamijo.
Thank you, doctor.
- At your service. Call me when you need me.
- What did he mean?
- He's the psychopath here. Stay calm.
He doesn't even know you and he's
talking nonsense in front of everyone.
He's out of line.
This is not being very conducive.
What have we got?
We've got the same schedule, the same killer,
one hunting rifle,
a guy who's a pretty good shot, evidently,
victims chosen at random.
We'll have to apply all our intelligence,
all our logic to solve this case.
- Lorenzo.
- Lorenzo.
Brothers and detectives
- Because I put not grated cheese,
but Port Salut cheese,
and then I add a little parsley at the end.
- Parsley! Amazing!
I didn't know about that sauce.
- It is very tasty.
Shall I pour some more wine, Elvira?
- Well, come on.
- Mr. Saraya, what are you feeling right now?
- A lot of impotence.
But I will not stop claiming
for the life of my son
until this murderer appears.
I'm talking to you.
Show your face, murderer!
- I'll use the bathroom.
Excuse me.
- The city of Buenos Aires continues to panic.
The sniper has already claimed two victims
and the police are still baffled.
The owners of some bars and restaurants
decided to remove their tables from the sidewalk
so as not to expose their customers.
- The madman on the rooftop
is still firing wildly.
The police issued an alert and advise citizens
not to walk in open spaces
since there's a danger to life.
- There's only one solution here: an iron fist.
A strong hand for the sniper
and a strong hand for all criminals.
- I smell something burning, baby.
- Is the pea burning? I'll take care of it.
- Add a little water.
- Hi. How are you?
- Hi, my love.
- Lorenzo, will you help me set the table?
- I'm coming.
- Are you all right, Mrs. Elvira?
What do you say? Cooking a little?
- Yes. How are you?
- Leave it, Lorenzo, I'll help.
You go with your uncle Mansilla,
who brought you some toys
you have to see, they're incredible.
- Come on, champ. -Let's see.
- I bought you everything.
- Superman, fort, soldiers and little Indians.
The little soldier has a rifle.
Suppose it's a 308 caliber Mauser.
This rifle can be bought anywhere,
that is to say, it is common,
any soldier has it.
- And since it's very common, the
telescopic sight does not have night vision.
- No, it's only for daytime use.
It's a hunting rifle.
So here is the first little Indian walking by.
It's about 12:30 noon.
- Were there several Indians or just one?
- Many Indians. They're all there, but
our soldier boy picks out this old one,
about 80 years old, and shoots him: bang.
And the next day?
He goes to another
hiding located elsewhere.
At the same time he chooses another
little Indian, but this time a young one,
30-something years old.
And he also shoots him: boom.
- Was he a relative of yesterday's cacique?
- No, this one is from another tribe.
- All right, my love?
- 80? -Exactly. -Do you understand?
- Yes.
- How imaginative, madam! Right?
- Childhood is so far away, my friend!
- Let's eat!
- When they go
to put the umbrella in the case...
there they find the tube for sipping the mate.
- How funny!
- Your noodles are great, Marcela!
But I'm already full.
- Well, I'm glad you liked them.
Thank you.
- Yes, it's late. Shall we go to bed, Lorenzo?
Let's go. You have
to get up very early tomorrow.
We'll have to talk quietly
because there are no divisions.
If it's for me, I'm leaving.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, it's all for today.
- I hope you got a good impression.
- Yes, the best!
Whenever there is a female presence
in a home, I always get in a good mood.
Elvira is a member of the
Barracas Feminist Association.
She invited me. I'm going next week.
I greet you.
- I guess you're not going to do the dishes.
- No way. That's what the gentleman does.
- I'll use the bathroom and I'll lie down
for a while because I'm dead tired.
- I'll help you.
- Don't worry, Mr. Montero,
because now I'm organizing the report...
- Bye, Elvira.
- Bye, my love. Have a good rest, dear.
...and I'll send it
to the board of trustees. You know?
It will be all right.
Another thing, Mr. Montero.
Marcela's last name?
What is it, because I have to add her
to the guest list.
- Basola. With a B.
- Marcela, how do you spell your last name?
- G-o-m-e-z.
- Gómez.
- The thing is that Basola was the last name
of my previous girlfriend.
If Marcela finds out, she'll kill me. Please.
- I'll have to come back tomorrow, Mr. Montero.
I have to observe a little more.
- Accompany her, if you want.
- Yes, of course.
- I hope you liked the noodles, ma'am.
- Very much. Good night.
- We're in shit.
- Holy fucking shit, damn it!
- I'm sorry, I'm an idiot! I spoke too much!
- Marcela, please don't!
All that you did for us!
Thank you very much. You were great.
- No, please don't.
If you need me to come tomorrow, I'll come.
- No, it's okay, you have things
to do at the bar, I guess.
- No, never mind, I'll fix it.
I'll ask to cover for me again.
- Thank you, thank you!
I can't believe our bad luck.
There's a guy shooting,
an inspector comes,
and we're playing soldiers. Please!
- Franco, I have a theory we can work on.
- I'll clear the table here,
in case you need it.
- Do you need help, champ?
- Can I have the Atlas?
- Do you want coffee?
- Okay, come on.
- Let's see, where is the place
of the first murder?
- The place of the first murder was... here.
- And the second?
- The second... here.
- How can you focus, Lorenzo?
You're going to be adopted. How do you do it?
- All the more reason. If this will be
our last case together, I want to solve it.
Besides, I'm not going to be adopted.
- One question: do you want
the coffees with milk?
- There's no milk here, Marcela.
- They were both at the same time,
weren't they? Around 12:30.
Why does he kill at that time
and not at other times?
- I talked to the psychologist
and he told me that surely
as a child the killer had
a traumatic experience at that time.
- No, that has nothing to do with it!
There is something else here.
The murderer works office hours
and the time he's given for lunch
is from 12:00 to 1:00.
- Sounds logical.
- Excuse me. Would you like
something sweet with your coffee?
- There's nothing sweet here, Marcela.
Thank you.
- Two hours ago there was nothing.
- We're here. 12:00 to 1:00 is lunchtime.
So 12:30 indicates that the killer
gets as far away as possible
from his place of work to commit the crime,
saving the other half hour for the return trip.
One day he goes east and the other
day he goes.. -West.
- Exactly. As a matter of common sense
if what he wants is to mislead,
he will go to the opposite side.
So his workplace has to be at the
equidistant point, which would be... here.
- Let's assume that you are right,
that this theory is correct.
This is a downtown area, an office area.
There are 100 buildings per block.
It's impossible to find this guy there.
- Impossible, but that way we can predict
the location of the third murder.
Lend me the compass.
- Tea. This is a house specialty,
a little precarious.
- May I have your attention, please. Here.
The assassin is leaving his office
to head in a third direction,
which would be towards the south
or towards the north end, which would be here.
- In these two parks.
- Exactly.
- What a nightmare that woman was, please!
She talked, talked, talked!
Is something wrong?
- We have an idea
where tomorrow's murder might be.
Organize a meeting with all the brigades
at the police station.
Gentlemen, I ask you to pay attention to me
for a minute, nothing more.
According to the circle theory,
the killer starts from a central point...
- This is Calculín's work, I'd sign it for you.
- "Circle theory"!
- Guys, seriously.
According to this theory,
the killer starts from a central point,
moves as far away as possible,
commits the murder and returns to that point.
We assume that the murderer is an office worker
and that he commits the murders at lunchtime.
- That is, instead of taking a tupperware,
he takes a rifle.
- It's possible.
We can't rule out that the killer
is carrying one of those map packs,
a bag with golf clubs,
anything to camouflages the weapon
the guy's going to have it, for sure.
So following this line of thinking
the next murder
is also going to be at 12:30 at noon
at some point equidistant from this center.
We have already identified
two very important parks.
At the southern point, Chacabuco Park.
At the northern point, Centenario Park.
- Come on, man! What's wrong, man?
There's a guy killing civilians.
You behave like a high school kid, Bianchini.
- Don't get mad, Robin.
- Can I go on?
- Please. -Thank you.
I'm going to share an idea we had with Mansilla.
Let's split the brigade in two.
Fortunato, Zambonini, to the north point.
Bianchini, Smith...
- Rooftops.
- Fine, Bianchini. Cover the rooftops.
- With Mansilla we go to the south point
and Kamijo, whom I present to you,
comrade Kamijo,...
- Professor Mikamijo.
- Kamijo will cover the buildings
around the south point.
Any questions, gentlemen?
- Yes, me. Can you tell me where
you bought the weed you smoked?
- Are we there?
- It's a tip.
- We are.
- Your brother was very clear, Lorenzo. Don't
put me in a situation like that. Please.
- Make up something so that we go
to the square of the first crime.
There may be clues that were
overlooked by the experts.
You have to see them. They are beasts,
and on top of that they work reluctantly.
- It's almost a responsibility for me
to go investigate, Marcela.
- Lorenzo, I'm on very good terms with you,
you know that, but it's my responsibility.
to make that woman see
that you live in a harmonious home
and with coherent people who take care of you.
I can't take you to a square
where there's a madman shooting people. Please.
- And you brush your teeth before breakfast.
Otherwise there's no chocolate milk, Lorenzo.
Good morning, Elvira. How are you doing?
You're just in time for breakfast. Come in.
- Excuse me.
- What can I get you to drink?
- Coffee with milk.
- Okay.
- There's toast... Yummy!
- Good morning, Lorenzo.
"Hello", right?
- Hello.
- What's wrong, Lorenzo?
- Nothing, I'm suffocating.
I can't live here cooped up.
- What?
- I haven't seen the sunlight for a week now.
- What are you saying, Lorenzo, if on Sunday
we went to Italpark and had a great time?
- Italpark closed
more than 15 years ago, Marcela.
I didn't know it,
but since I saw a report on TV...
So don't lie anymore.
- We seem to wake up in a bad mood.
- It's not a bad mood, Elvira, it's the truth.
I must have outdoors time
and Marcela only worries
that you see that I'm protected,
sheltered from the dangers of the outside world,
and forgets that I'm a child.
- Relax, Marcela. I need to observe
the bonds as they work in reality.
Do you want to take him out to lunch? Do it.
No problem. I'll go with you.
- You see?
- Mansilla, do you copy?
- Clearly.
- Position four, are you attentive up there?
- Here, position four, Montero.
I hear you perfectly.
- Here Mansilla.
Can this circle theory be right?
- It's the only thing we have.
That's it. What else can we do, man?
- This is position four again.
Sir in position two,
there's a man carrying a package.
- Excuse me, sir. Federal Police.
May I see what's in your package?
- Yes, it's flowers.
This is about the sniper, isn't it?
- Fine. Move on.
- Everything in order, position two?
- Fine. Thanks. That's nice of you.
- Look at that redhead! Amazing!
- Tremendous.
- Oh, come on!
So far this guy done all right,
but here he'll shit fire.
This circle theory thing
is complete bullshit to me.
- This is Leopard calling Porcupine.
Do you copy?
- "Porcupine"? No way, motherfucker.
- Fuck you, Leopard.
This is Porcupine. What's up?
- I'm already at my position. Can you see me?
- Where are you?
- Can't you see the watch?
- Oh, yes, I do.
- Well, a little more... Now up.
- That guy is such a son of a bitch!
- So you're a recent couple.
- Yes. Well, actually
I've known Franco for a long time,
but I fell in love with him
only when Lorenzo arrived.
How he's changed! You have to see!
He goes out of his way for that child.
He's shown such sensitivity...!
There's no name for how much he loves him.
- It's four pesos.
- Yes.
Good.
- Post four. It's after 12:30.
Anything weird out there?
- All quiet.
- Fine. Don't give up on me, please.
- Never.
- Bianchini, Montero speaking. Do you copy?
- Clearly, Montero. Tell me.
- Anything strange out there?
- Nothing new at the front, Captain.
But don't worry, we're all here as soldiers.
- Good, Bianchini.
Anything else, please let me know. Over.
- Right. Over and out.
- Listen, That marmot Montero called.
He wanted to know if there was any news.
I almost told him yes,
that a hot girl walked by.
- Bianchini, you're still on my frequency.
- You son of a bitch!
- Woe to you, Carlín!
- Why "Carlín"?
- Baldy.
- But look who's talking!
- A coin, for God's sake.
- I don't have any.
- Sir, do you have a coin for the whiskey?
- No, I don't. Come on, move.
If he knew he could go to jail
for talking to us like that...
- You're a son of a bitch
if you put a guy like this in jail.
Send him to the hospital, man.
- It's the same: a hospital,
a jail, the Llao Llao (Resort)...
He can't find any difference.
- What?
- Everybody behind the trees, hide!
Everybody, move!
- We have a victim.
All units to the north plaza.
We have a victim, I repeat.
Brothers and detectives
- Yeah, it just happened,
12:40, Centennial Park.
- Unbelievable! I'm always hanging out there.
- It seems that he shot
a street guy from a rooftop.
- Oh, my God!
- That's crazy! He shot a rubbish picker.
Yes, a homeless man, a rubbish picker.
Now you'll see what I'm going
to do to you. You know what?
Eat you with kisses. Like this.
Eat you with kisses. Do you like kisses?
- Because this person died because of you.
- And what do you want me to do?
- Don't show your ass, get to work.
- This is the third victim in a week.
It makes the authorities assume that
the killer will continue to attack.
- Spokespersons of the presidency
of the nation have let it be known
that the declaration of a state of siege
in the capital is imminent.
- What's up, man? You want me to get fired?
The guy shot in front of the entire
homicide squad and nobody saw anything?
How do I explain this? How do I explain it?
- At least we were able
to anticipate the location of the attack.
- And why the fuck didn't you fill
the rooftops with snipers, Mansilla?
- With all due respect, you give us the
number of troops for each operation, sir.
- And since when do you do as I tell you to
do? Are you just now working by the book?
Make your own decisions.
Take risks. Be expeditious.
- According to the theory we're following,
the next sniper attack
will be at the south point,
which is in Chacabuco Park.
- Do you know where
you can stick your theory, Montero?
The army is taking care of all this.
- Lorenzo, let's go to your house.
I'm serious. I'm not acting.
It scares me for us being here, Lorenzo. Please.
- I already have everything I need, Marcela,
and I think I'm in a position
to solve this case. Believe me.
- Deputy, I think that
if we can avoid a fourth death
we have to go ahead with the circle theory.
- Why don't you shut your mouth, Matías?
You're here because my asshole sister
and her dyer husband
busted my balls enough,
not because of your own merit.
You go right now to the police station
and do office work.
And if you have nothing to do,
clean the toilets. Is that clear?
- I'm sorry.
- Excuse me.
- The theater's phones are off, Lorenzo.
I'll find out tomorrow about Tom Thumb.
Don't worry. We're going home now.
- We must do something, Marcela.
If my theory is correct, there won't be
a fourth death. I need you to help me.
- Amazing!
- Are you listening to me?
- Marcela?
- Hi! How are you doing?
What are you doing here, dear?
Did you get fired from your job?
- No, not. -Thank goodness!
Because what could you get,
if architects are driving cabs?
You, who didn't finish high school...
- And who is this child?
- Sorry. Let me introduce you.
This is my aunt Lessy.
- And who is he?
- I'm her boyfriend's brother.
- Yes, and Mrs. Elvira, may I introduce you.
My aunt. Who is with us for...
- Boyfriend? You got a boyfriend
and you didn't tell me? Stone-face!
- I told you. Don't you remember?
- You didn't tell me anything.
Else I'd remember perfectly.
- Thank goodness! I thought it was strange,
such a pretty girl always alone...
I thought you were a cat.
- A what?
- Cat, like those who work in magazines.
Well, when will you come play canasta?
- Do you play canasta?
- Do I play? With my partner we've
already won five consecutive years
the championship at
the neighborhood's community association.
- Because I played for many years
in the social and sports club...
- Come with me to the climbing frame, Marcela.
Pay attention to me.
Imagine: you want to kill someone
for some reason
but you don't do it for fear of being
the number one suspect. What do you do?
- I don't know, Lorenzo,
I serve coffee in a bar.
- But it's easy: where would you hide a tree?
- In the woods?
- That's right.
And where would you hide a crime?
- In a series of crimes?
- Yes.
- Hello.
- Excuse me, I'm Officer Montero
from the Federal Police.
- No, neither him.
They're all out on the street.
Let's see. One moment, please.
- See you tomorrow.
- Bye.
Excuse me. Do you know if there is anyone
here who works for Montero's team?
- There are 1032 green spaces
in Capital Federal,
including parks, squares, small squares,
gardens, boulevards.
Of the 1032, 719 are surrounded by buildings.
- What are you doing here?
Your uncle will eat you raw.
- We already know who the soldier is,
the one at the top of the fort,
the one who stalks the Indians.
- Lorenzo.
- Then your brother came up
with the tree theory.
He could have killed anyone,
children, women, anyone,
but no, he chose an octogenarian,
someone who has little time left to live,
and a completely lost beggar, who doesn't
even know where he was standing.
- Of course, and the only one
he really wanted to kill
was the one in the middle, Salaya.
In other words, he hid a victim specially
selected among others chosen at random.
It's like putting a bomb on a plane
full of passengers just to kill your partner.
- And that's when the girl who works
with your brother called Saraya's father
to ask him if he had any enemies.
- The girl who works with my brother?
- Yes, and the man pointed out
the father of a little girl
who was run over and killed
by his son while racing.
- The Salaya boy ran over a girl?
- Yes, but due to a prosecutor's mistake,
he was released.
He didn't even have to pay compensation.
And that's where I come in.
As soon as I get the call from this girl
I start going through the folders
that you got, Mansilla,
and I discover that the father of this girl,
Néstor Rodríguez, is practicing shooting
since the same month that Saraya was
acquitted and bought a Mauser 308 rifle.
He works in this building
on the 14th floor in a Call Center.
- Hello. Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon. Federal Police.
- Did something happen?
- Routine. We're looking for Mr. Rodriguez.
- Rodriguez, and what's his name?
- Néstor Rodríguez.
- Hold on, I'll look for the data folder.
Do you know how long he's been with the firm?
- No. We know he works on this floor, but...
- OK. Hold on.
Looks like I've already found him.
It's the first time the police have been here.
There he is, in box 57.
- Néstor Rodríguez!
Sir.
- What is it?
- Federal Police, sir.
We want to see what's inside that case.
- It's a guitar.
- What did you steal now, Rodríguez?
- Please, sir. We want to see
what's in the case. Slowly.
- It's a guitar.
- Stay calm.
- Go away or I'll kill somebody! Go away!
- I'll leave the gun here, sir.
Take it easy.
Put an end to this outrage, please, sir.
We know all the tragedy you've been through.
- What do you know? You don't know anything.
- Don't sink any deeper. Please let me help you.
- Who helped me?
No one helped me! No one helped me!
- Are you going to kill your co-worker?
Please put the gun down.
What's in it for you, sir?
Take it easy, Néstor. Put the gun down, please.
Easy, easy.
It's all right. It's over.
- Sorry, sorry!
- Easy, Néstor. Easy.
- I'm sorry!
- I'll be honest, Mansilla.
If it were up to me, I'd fucking fire you.
- I understand.
- This is obviously not the best time.
Hero who stopped madman from the rooftop.
- But from now on
I suggest act with the utmost care.
- From now on.
One thing: the subject of your nephew...
- Yes. What?
- Will he be able to collaborate with us from
time to time? Because he was very helpful.
- I'll think about it.
- Okay.
One more thing:
the thing about the raise for the brigade that
catches the murderer and the double bonus.
We'll talk about it another time.
I understand. See you later. Thank you.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- My love, but what a decoration!
- What an atmosphere!
- Hello.
- Look at the look of that cake!
- Hi. What's up?
- How nice!
- The decoration here was Lori's.
I made the potato cake.
I don't want to be applauded.
- We applaud you anyway.
- Thank you very much.
- Marcela, shall I keep your coat?
- Of course! What a gentleman!
- Did you cook, Franco? I can't believe it.
- Of course I did. I wanted to entertain my
fellow adventurers. It's the least I could do.
- Next time it's on me.
I prepare sushi very well.
But I don't make it with salmon. It's too
expensive. I use pâté. It's very tasty, though.
- Are we expecting someone?
- No.
- How are you? Good evening.
I'm looking for Mr. Franco Montero.
- It's me, sir.
- I'm detective García. I don't mean
to interrupt anything or take up your time.
I want to know if you happen to know this woman.
- Sure, it's Mrs. Petruchi,
from the children's patronage.
What happened to her?
- Nothing happened to her.
Mrs. Petruchi hasn't worked at the Children's
Welfare Agency for more than 15 years.
She was fired for child abuse.
- 15 years ago?
- Yes, 15 years ago.
Somehow she manages to get the data
of the adopted children.
What's more, this is the fifth address
she's visited in the register you're on.
- This woman scammed us!
She scammed us!
What is she looking for?
- To eat. To keep herself busy,
to pretend to work...
Anyway, it's a bit long.
Here's my card.
- But of course.
- Please give me a call. Any information
you have for me is critical.
- Don't worry.
- Good evening. Excuse me.
- Amazing!
- I can't believe it!
- Impressive, this madwoman!
- A madwoman. Crazy.
- We have to be careful.
- We have to be careful, yes, but it's bad.
I, who had planned to get rid of this demon,
now I won't be able to.
- At least this helped us
to make better friends with Marcela.
- True.
- Cheers.
- To the eyes. -Believe it or not,
you're still looking her in the eye.
- If you were a famous actor it would be
fashionable to be a little cross-eyed.
- You're very handsome, Lorenzo.
- We have the same father.
- But I look like my mom.
- Touché.
- Cheers, guys. Thanks for being here.
- # Where will I go like a loaded rifle
# shooting anywhere?
# It's resignation, it's not the lucidity
# before the end.
# I'm used to diving in a boiling sea
# facing freedom.
# Today I travel alone and without returning.
# Maybe it's that the rest is languishing.
# I like being falling.
# I'm waiting for the impact. #
Brothers be united.
Please, God,
I beg you to forgive me.
Forgive me, Lord.
Alfonso Varela, 79 years old, retired.
A couple of stallholders say he came by
from time to time to feed the pigeons.
I took several witness statements.
They all say more or less the same thing.
No one heard the shot.
They only saw him fall.
First a boy approached and then several
passers-by who were walking around.
They thought he had gone into cardiac arrest
until they noticed the blood.
- Did you call the relatives?
- Yes, we called the daughter.
- But she lives in Rosario.
Well, we have to see if he had enemies,
who benefits from this death,
if he left savings, life insurance,
any inheritance. Maybe it was a revenge.
If the shot was not heard then it was shot
with a silencer or with a rifle from far away.
- Undoubtedly he was shot with a rifle.
The projectile entered
and exited the victim's body.
It entered through the left upper chest
and exited below the right shoulder blade.
That is, left to right, top to bottom.
Did you see a hole in the floor?
- Who is this guy?
- Matías Kamijo, Serrano's nephew.
He's finishing police school and his uncle
sent him to do an internship.
- The footprints on the floor
mark the victim's exact path
before he was hit.
I calculated the parabola
and reconstructed the bullet's trajectory.
The shot must have come
from the terrace of that building.
- Kamijo,
these aren't the victim's prints,
they're the witness's.
- Which ones are the victim's?
- Those.
- Ah, he was coming the other way.
Then
let's see... OK.
Right.
The bullet came from that direction.
- Fine. Welcome to homicide, Kamijo.
How many people come
into this building per day, sir?
- There are six dentists,
10 accountants, nine lawyers,
three gynecologists, two brothels,
16 floors, 12 apartments per floor,
so do the math.
- Is there a security camera?
- Yes, but it doesn't work. It's there to scare.
- It seems it isn't very scary, sir.
- Hold it right there.
Here's a footprint.
Shoe size 41.
Each footprint and the next are 32 cm apart.
Squared, divided by pi, that gives us a height
of 1.68 meters.
They're your footprints!
- I just made them, Kamijo. Easy.
- Look.
A shell casing.
Looks like it's our rooftop, indeed.
- Let's see.
- Careful with the prints, Kamijo.
- If I'm not mistaken, it's from an M16 bullet.
5.5 caliber. With a lead warhead.
I'll send it to the lab.
- Well done, Kamijo.
Very good, Kamijo.
- The casing is from a 308 bullet.
The warhead is copper-plated,
domestic manufacture.
- Fine.
- Kamijo doesn't hit a thing.
- It's fine. He lacks experience,
but at least he's willing.
- It was fired from a Mauser hunting rifle.
The most popular make and model.
Last year alone, more than 50,000 units
were sold, not counting the black market.
- Evidently he chose
the most popular one to mislead us.
- As for the old man's enemies,
we located only one candidate:
the downstairs neighbor. She complained that
he always left the elevator door open.
She's in a wheelchair, hasn't left the house
in three months. I'd rule her out.
- Not for now. What else do we have?
- Everything.
Forensics report,
coroner's report,
witness statements, Varela's daughter file,
list of gun shops in Capital Federal
and Gran Buenos Aires,
list of the students of the shooting ranges,
licenses for the use of firearms
for the last five years,...
- How great! And that?
- The bar menu. We're in for a long night.
I think we should order something.
- How efficient we are, man!
Are we competing with Kamijo?
- Competing with Kamijo? Oh, please!
- Excuse me. How's it going?
The two full tenderloins for you two.
- But we didn't order anything.
- Yes, it was two whole tenderloins for
the two of you and the chow mien for...
- Here. Thank you.
Since you two were working,
I didn't want to interrupt you.
You like tenderloin, don't you? How much is it?
- All of it? -Yes.
- 28.10.
- No, leave it, Kamijo. I'll pay.
- OK.
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
- Are you okay, Marcela?
- I'm fine. Thank you.
- It's okay. Keep the change.
- This is two pesos short.
- Sorry, I'm on a case...
- It's all right.
- Thank you.
- Bye.
- Do you have a girlfriend?
- Me? No. Why?
- I have some girlfriends
I might eventually introduce you to.
Let me see.
Bye, guys. Thanks.
- I like this Kamijo guy so much!
I like him a lot.
- You do? I like him like hell,
worse than his son of a bitch uncle.
- Mansilla, Mr. Serrano is behind you.
- Joke.
- You're an asshole!
I almost had a heart attack!
I swear I believed you, that son of a bitch
Serrano is everywhere.
He's like Droopy the dog.
- Any progress on the shooter case, Mansilla?
- Hey, sorry. Let me explain the context.
- I asked you a simple question.
- A little.
Your nephew's help is spectacular.
Without him... we couldn't...
- When this case is over, I'd like
to have a talk with you, Mansilla.
Man-to-man.
- Man-to-man doesn't sound nice.
It sounds like a duel.
Side by side is better?
May I ask on what subject, sir?
- Yes, of course. We'll talk about your future,
or lack of future in this division.
Excuse me.
- Go ahead. Oh, great.
- This is a cabal. He wants to replace me
with Kamijo. This is crystal clear..
- They can't do anything to you.
They can't fire you.
You're solving one case after another with me.
I can't believe it!
- They'll find something,
and at the first failure...
- They won't find anything
because now we're going in,
Lorenzo will help us solve the case and
they won't be able to do anything to you.
Lorenzo!
Will you open the door, for God's sake?
- Coming! -But come on, that habit you have
of leaving the key on!
Come on, you've got work to do!
I swear, sometimes
I'd beat the shit out of this kid.
He's got my balls on the floor.
- Corrective.
- I'm sleeping!
- Please, man, come on!
- What's up?
- Did you guys leave the elevator door open?
- Oh, yes.
- Are you a new neighbor?
- Which one of you is Franco Montero?
- It's me, ma'am.
- I assume he's Lorenzo Montero.
- He is Lorenzo Montero.
What's going on here?
- I'm Elvira Petruchi,
from the patronage of children,
more specifically from the sector of adoptions
and orphaned children with acquired housing.
This is the first inspection three months
after the child's arrival at the home.
- But I wasn't notified
of anything at all, madam.
- In that case it wouldn't be an inspection.
- Of course. I understand you perfectly well,
but honestly,
I have a lot of work to do, I'm very tired...
- No, Mr. Montero, it's not optional.
I will be accompanying you for 72 hours
at the time I deem convenient.
- Accompany us?
- Exactly.
I have to corroborate
the minor's living conditions
to see if he remains in your custody
or is given to a foster family.
- A foster family?
- Don't worry, Lorenzo.
- Go inside.
- According to the declaration
of the rights of the child, Mr. Montero,
you must guarantee the minor a decent home,
optimal hygienic conditions,
adequate clothing,
permanent demonstration of affection,
healthy food...
And my main function here is to check
that he's not subjected
to any type of labor activity,
that he is not exploited,
that he's protected from bad influences,
that there's female presence at home
covering the role of mother,
and that he's is never exposed
to any kind of violence.
- That is what...
- No.
- It slipped in.
Because it was on the sidewalk and well...
- May I come in?
- I'll leave you. Have a nice day.
- Yes.
- Would you like to come...? Of course.
- You're a policeman, aren't you?
- Yes.
- It's a bit messy because...
- Do you usually bring work home?
- You mean because of this? No, rarely.
With my partner we were going to discuss
things about a case and...
- In front of Lorenzo?
- No, never.
Only when Lorenzo is in the bathroom.
- I take long, long dips in the bath.
- Don't be impressed by the pictures.
It's a very silly case.
We are about to solve it.
- Watch out, the tackle is coming.
Watch out for the tackle.
Beware, the tackle's coming!
The mummy.
Protect the innocent.
- Mr. Montero, please, tell me,
what is a day in Lorenzo's life like?
- It's not that we have
something very structured.
With Lorenzo we prefer him to act freely.
- Badly done, because children need a routine.
What time does he go to school?
- I've already finished high school.
- He is a child prodigy.
He has a very high IQ.
- Well, all the more reason, Mr. Montero,
he should be given more attention
to develop his talents.
- I want to be a detective like my brother.
- I imagine you won't encourage that fantasy.
- Not at all.
- Very well.
- The boy doesn't have a schedule. Don't you?
- It changes. I have a complex job.
- Who does Lorenzo stay with when you're away?
- He gets along by himself pretty well.
Sometimes.
- Is he always alone?
- Sometimes.
Else, I take him with me.
- To a police station?
- No, I leave him outside.
- In the street?
- I tie him to a tree.
It's a joke, ma'am. I'm sorry.
Why don't you relax? Don't you want a drink?
A vermouth, a glass of water, a coffee?
- I'd say it's more like lunchtime.
- Sure, of course, it's time for lunch.
- What are we eating today, champ?
Let's see what we eat today.
Watch out, the crazy cook is coming.
What are we having?
Steak, or do you prefer hamburger?
- No, not meat again.
- Not meat again.
It's true, you're eating meat too often.
Well, pasta.
Carbohydrates are good.
There are fucciles,...
- No, better not pasta.
- You're embarrassing me with the lady.
You don't want meat, you don't want pasta...
- Elvira, don't you want to see my giraffe?
- Yes, dear, of course.
How beautiful it is!
- Is it the DGI (taxes bureau), now?
- Hello, my love.
- How are you?
Impressive queue at the supermarket.
Unbelievable. Hi, Lorenzo.
- Hi, Marcela. What are you doing here?
- Didn't we agree that if I got a day off
I'd come to play "Mind Race" after lunch?
- I brought goods to make a tuna salad.
- No fish!
- Lorenzo, once a week we must eat fish.
We're not going to discuss that.
- I didn't know
you were in a couple, Mr. Montero.
- Oh, sorry.
- Marcela, Elvira.
- Elvira Petruchi, from
the children's patronage. How do you do?
- My love, why don't you go, if you have
work to do? I can stay late with Lori.
- Lori?
- Do you think so?
- Yes, listen to me, go on.
- Well, yes, I'll leave for work then,
because I have to work.
- That's all right. No problem at all.
Besides, if for work
it's a good example for the kid.
- That's right. It's been a pleasure, Elvira.
- Lorenzo, will you help me put things away?
- Yes.
- Leave this outside.
- I'll keep it here.
- Franco, there was another murder.
The sniper again.
The press is going crazy
and Serrano's out of his mind.
Let's go there and spare this,
that son of a bitch Kamijo
has his knife between his teeth.
- The fact that the same modus operandi
is being repeated
that yesterday ended the life
of the octogenarian Alfonso Varela,
indicates that we are facing the same murderer.
Serial killer on the loose in Buenos Aires?
Studio.
- What an angel Marcela! She wanted to help us.
- Yes, an angel, but we're paying her.
- What do you mean, we're paying her?
- Yes, 15 pesos an hour.
She has to be covered at the bar.
- Did you arrange the kiss too?
- What kiss? Did Marcela give you a kiss?
Gonzalo Salaya, 32 years old,
employee of a computer company.
Shot at almost at the same time;
yesterday 12:30 and today 12:40.
- Daddy, get out of there.
If you want to be on TV, go to
Operación Triunfo. We're working here.
- Let it go. Don't get angry.
- Here he comes out.
- The same murderer as yesterday,
deputy commissioner?
- There are experts working on the case,
but everything suggests so.
- Was there any connection between the victims?
- We don't know yet. It's too early.
- You mean the killer
kills his victims for no reason?
Are we facing a serial killer?
- We must be very careful with the
hypotheses so as not to alert the population.
In any case, we must be very careful
not to be out in the open for too long.
- My best men are working on the case
and I'm sure that everything
will be solved very soon.
- Fine.
- Same bullet, same rifle, Serrano.
Both murders were committed by the same person.
- What we did find are footprints on the floor.
From the distance between one and the
other, the guy is approximately 1.65 m".
He wears smooth-soled shoes
with more wear on the outer side,
which makes me assume he's crooked.
- Crooked? -Crooked.
- And I found this hair.
I don't know if it's his, but from
the looks of it the guy is losing his hair.
- They pulled us out of the case.
- No, he opened the game.
The squad that solves
it will get a raise and a double bonus.
Come on, guys, I want to show you something.
It's important that we stick together.
Relationships between the victims, none.
Confirmed.
They didn't frequent the same places,
didn't live in the same neighborhood,
no relatives in common.
Nothing. He chose them at random.
- What was repeated was the time.
The two murders occurred almost
within 10 minutes of each other.
That seems to me to be a very clear
connection, Kamijo. It's obvious.
- Of course. That's why I called in
a police psychologist to help us.
Doctor Ferola, these are my superiors.
- How are you, doctor?
- I've been analyzing the case.
I'll tell you in two words
what I think from my subjectivity.
The decisions and choices
of a criminal are not random.
On the contrary,
they respond to unconscious impulses
that in most cases weave
a totally coherent and meaningful plot.
The first thing to take into account
in this series of murders
is the place chosen by the murderer.
A high place, under open sky,
with a complete visual command
of his potential victims.
This gives him self-confidence,
emotional distance, anonymity.
Evidently this is someone
who feels powerful up here, unpunished.
Perhaps even that he is
fulfilling a higher mandate,
because of the proximity of sky.
- A madman, let's say.
- Clearly a megalomaniac.
That in both cases the victim is a man
may indicate a fixation of the libido
in the phallic phase
with the consequent lack of resolution
of the Oedipus complex.
In other words, in every man who kills
he's killing his father.
- Killing his father?
- The goal is very clear.
- What's the goal, doctor?
- To go to bed with his mother.
- To go to bed with his mother?
- Unconsciously speaking. Is that clear?
- Dr. Ferola, tell him about the time.
- That could indicate a trauma inflicted
in the first years of life,
that the killer needs to re-enact
in each of his crimes.
Something terrible, at least in the eyes
of a child, happened to him at 12:30 noon.
I'm inclined to think that he might even
have been sexually abused
at that hour when he was a child.
- Doctor, don't you think that's a bit hasty?
You don't even know him.
- I sense a certain aversion
to new ideas, officer.
There's fear of the other thing, isn't there?
Have you ever heard of what Freud calls
"the anal retentive phase"?
- Well, I think we're done, Kamijo.
Thank you, doctor.
- At your service. Call me when you need me.
- What did he mean?
- He's the psychopath here. Stay calm.
He doesn't even know you and he's
talking nonsense in front of everyone.
He's out of line.
This is not being very conducive.
What have we got?
We've got the same schedule, the same killer,
one hunting rifle,
a guy who's a pretty good shot, evidently,
victims chosen at random.
We'll have to apply all our intelligence,
all our logic to solve this case.
- Lorenzo.
- Lorenzo.
Brothers and detectives
- Because I put not grated cheese,
but Port Salut cheese,
and then I add a little parsley at the end.
- Parsley! Amazing!
I didn't know about that sauce.
- It is very tasty.
Shall I pour some more wine, Elvira?
- Well, come on.
- Mr. Saraya, what are you feeling right now?
- A lot of impotence.
But I will not stop claiming
for the life of my son
until this murderer appears.
I'm talking to you.
Show your face, murderer!
- I'll use the bathroom.
Excuse me.
- The city of Buenos Aires continues to panic.
The sniper has already claimed two victims
and the police are still baffled.
The owners of some bars and restaurants
decided to remove their tables from the sidewalk
so as not to expose their customers.
- The madman on the rooftop
is still firing wildly.
The police issued an alert and advise citizens
not to walk in open spaces
since there's a danger to life.
- There's only one solution here: an iron fist.
A strong hand for the sniper
and a strong hand for all criminals.
- I smell something burning, baby.
- Is the pea burning? I'll take care of it.
- Add a little water.
- Hi. How are you?
- Hi, my love.
- Lorenzo, will you help me set the table?
- I'm coming.
- Are you all right, Mrs. Elvira?
What do you say? Cooking a little?
- Yes. How are you?
- Leave it, Lorenzo, I'll help.
You go with your uncle Mansilla,
who brought you some toys
you have to see, they're incredible.
- Come on, champ. -Let's see.
- I bought you everything.
- Superman, fort, soldiers and little Indians.
The little soldier has a rifle.
Suppose it's a 308 caliber Mauser.
This rifle can be bought anywhere,
that is to say, it is common,
any soldier has it.
- And since it's very common, the
telescopic sight does not have night vision.
- No, it's only for daytime use.
It's a hunting rifle.
So here is the first little Indian walking by.
It's about 12:30 noon.
- Were there several Indians or just one?
- Many Indians. They're all there, but
our soldier boy picks out this old one,
about 80 years old, and shoots him: bang.
And the next day?
He goes to another
hiding located elsewhere.
At the same time he chooses another
little Indian, but this time a young one,
30-something years old.
And he also shoots him: boom.
- Was he a relative of yesterday's cacique?
- No, this one is from another tribe.
- All right, my love?
- 80? -Exactly. -Do you understand?
- Yes.
- How imaginative, madam! Right?
- Childhood is so far away, my friend!
- Let's eat!
- When they go
to put the umbrella in the case...
there they find the tube for sipping the mate.
- How funny!
- Your noodles are great, Marcela!
But I'm already full.
- Well, I'm glad you liked them.
Thank you.
- Yes, it's late. Shall we go to bed, Lorenzo?
Let's go. You have
to get up very early tomorrow.
We'll have to talk quietly
because there are no divisions.
If it's for me, I'm leaving.
- Are you sure?
- Yes, it's all for today.
- I hope you got a good impression.
- Yes, the best!
Whenever there is a female presence
in a home, I always get in a good mood.
Elvira is a member of the
Barracas Feminist Association.
She invited me. I'm going next week.
I greet you.
- I guess you're not going to do the dishes.
- No way. That's what the gentleman does.
- I'll use the bathroom and I'll lie down
for a while because I'm dead tired.
- I'll help you.
- Don't worry, Mr. Montero,
because now I'm organizing the report...
- Bye, Elvira.
- Bye, my love. Have a good rest, dear.
...and I'll send it
to the board of trustees. You know?
It will be all right.
Another thing, Mr. Montero.
Marcela's last name?
What is it, because I have to add her
to the guest list.
- Basola. With a B.
- Marcela, how do you spell your last name?
- G-o-m-e-z.
- Gómez.
- The thing is that Basola was the last name
of my previous girlfriend.
If Marcela finds out, she'll kill me. Please.
- I'll have to come back tomorrow, Mr. Montero.
I have to observe a little more.
- Accompany her, if you want.
- Yes, of course.
- I hope you liked the noodles, ma'am.
- Very much. Good night.
- We're in shit.
- Holy fucking shit, damn it!
- I'm sorry, I'm an idiot! I spoke too much!
- Marcela, please don't!
All that you did for us!
Thank you very much. You were great.
- No, please don't.
If you need me to come tomorrow, I'll come.
- No, it's okay, you have things
to do at the bar, I guess.
- No, never mind, I'll fix it.
I'll ask to cover for me again.
- Thank you, thank you!
I can't believe our bad luck.
There's a guy shooting,
an inspector comes,
and we're playing soldiers. Please!
- Franco, I have a theory we can work on.
- I'll clear the table here,
in case you need it.
- Do you need help, champ?
- Can I have the Atlas?
- Do you want coffee?
- Okay, come on.
- Let's see, where is the place
of the first murder?
- The place of the first murder was... here.
- And the second?
- The second... here.
- How can you focus, Lorenzo?
You're going to be adopted. How do you do it?
- All the more reason. If this will be
our last case together, I want to solve it.
Besides, I'm not going to be adopted.
- One question: do you want
the coffees with milk?
- There's no milk here, Marcela.
- They were both at the same time,
weren't they? Around 12:30.
Why does he kill at that time
and not at other times?
- I talked to the psychologist
and he told me that surely
as a child the killer had
a traumatic experience at that time.
- No, that has nothing to do with it!
There is something else here.
The murderer works office hours
and the time he's given for lunch
is from 12:00 to 1:00.
- Sounds logical.
- Excuse me. Would you like
something sweet with your coffee?
- There's nothing sweet here, Marcela.
Thank you.
- Two hours ago there was nothing.
- We're here. 12:00 to 1:00 is lunchtime.
So 12:30 indicates that the killer
gets as far away as possible
from his place of work to commit the crime,
saving the other half hour for the return trip.
One day he goes east and the other
day he goes.. -West.
- Exactly. As a matter of common sense
if what he wants is to mislead,
he will go to the opposite side.
So his workplace has to be at the
equidistant point, which would be... here.
- Let's assume that you are right,
that this theory is correct.
This is a downtown area, an office area.
There are 100 buildings per block.
It's impossible to find this guy there.
- Impossible, but that way we can predict
the location of the third murder.
Lend me the compass.
- Tea. This is a house specialty,
a little precarious.
- May I have your attention, please. Here.
The assassin is leaving his office
to head in a third direction,
which would be towards the south
or towards the north end, which would be here.
- In these two parks.
- Exactly.
- What a nightmare that woman was, please!
She talked, talked, talked!
Is something wrong?
- We have an idea
where tomorrow's murder might be.
Organize a meeting with all the brigades
at the police station.
Gentlemen, I ask you to pay attention to me
for a minute, nothing more.
According to the circle theory,
the killer starts from a central point...
- This is Calculín's work, I'd sign it for you.
- "Circle theory"!
- Guys, seriously.
According to this theory,
the killer starts from a central point,
moves as far away as possible,
commits the murder and returns to that point.
We assume that the murderer is an office worker
and that he commits the murders at lunchtime.
- That is, instead of taking a tupperware,
he takes a rifle.
- It's possible.
We can't rule out that the killer
is carrying one of those map packs,
a bag with golf clubs,
anything to camouflages the weapon
the guy's going to have it, for sure.
So following this line of thinking
the next murder
is also going to be at 12:30 at noon
at some point equidistant from this center.
We have already identified
two very important parks.
At the southern point, Chacabuco Park.
At the northern point, Centenario Park.
- Come on, man! What's wrong, man?
There's a guy killing civilians.
You behave like a high school kid, Bianchini.
- Don't get mad, Robin.
- Can I go on?
- Please. -Thank you.
I'm going to share an idea we had with Mansilla.
Let's split the brigade in two.
Fortunato, Zambonini, to the north point.
Bianchini, Smith...
- Rooftops.
- Fine, Bianchini. Cover the rooftops.
- With Mansilla we go to the south point
and Kamijo, whom I present to you,
comrade Kamijo,...
- Professor Mikamijo.
- Kamijo will cover the buildings
around the south point.
Any questions, gentlemen?
- Yes, me. Can you tell me where
you bought the weed you smoked?
- Are we there?
- It's a tip.
- We are.
- Your brother was very clear, Lorenzo. Don't
put me in a situation like that. Please.
- Make up something so that we go
to the square of the first crime.
There may be clues that were
overlooked by the experts.
You have to see them. They are beasts,
and on top of that they work reluctantly.
- It's almost a responsibility for me
to go investigate, Marcela.
- Lorenzo, I'm on very good terms with you,
you know that, but it's my responsibility.
to make that woman see
that you live in a harmonious home
and with coherent people who take care of you.
I can't take you to a square
where there's a madman shooting people. Please.
- And you brush your teeth before breakfast.
Otherwise there's no chocolate milk, Lorenzo.
Good morning, Elvira. How are you doing?
You're just in time for breakfast. Come in.
- Excuse me.
- What can I get you to drink?
- Coffee with milk.
- Okay.
- There's toast... Yummy!
- Good morning, Lorenzo.
"Hello", right?
- Hello.
- What's wrong, Lorenzo?
- Nothing, I'm suffocating.
I can't live here cooped up.
- What?
- I haven't seen the sunlight for a week now.
- What are you saying, Lorenzo, if on Sunday
we went to Italpark and had a great time?
- Italpark closed
more than 15 years ago, Marcela.
I didn't know it,
but since I saw a report on TV...
So don't lie anymore.
- We seem to wake up in a bad mood.
- It's not a bad mood, Elvira, it's the truth.
I must have outdoors time
and Marcela only worries
that you see that I'm protected,
sheltered from the dangers of the outside world,
and forgets that I'm a child.
- Relax, Marcela. I need to observe
the bonds as they work in reality.
Do you want to take him out to lunch? Do it.
No problem. I'll go with you.
- You see?
- Mansilla, do you copy?
- Clearly.
- Position four, are you attentive up there?
- Here, position four, Montero.
I hear you perfectly.
- Here Mansilla.
Can this circle theory be right?
- It's the only thing we have.
That's it. What else can we do, man?
- This is position four again.
Sir in position two,
there's a man carrying a package.
- Excuse me, sir. Federal Police.
May I see what's in your package?
- Yes, it's flowers.
This is about the sniper, isn't it?
- Fine. Move on.
- Everything in order, position two?
- Fine. Thanks. That's nice of you.
- Look at that redhead! Amazing!
- Tremendous.
- Oh, come on!
So far this guy done all right,
but here he'll shit fire.
This circle theory thing
is complete bullshit to me.
- This is Leopard calling Porcupine.
Do you copy?
- "Porcupine"? No way, motherfucker.
- Fuck you, Leopard.
This is Porcupine. What's up?
- I'm already at my position. Can you see me?
- Where are you?
- Can't you see the watch?
- Oh, yes, I do.
- Well, a little more... Now up.
- That guy is such a son of a bitch!
- So you're a recent couple.
- Yes. Well, actually
I've known Franco for a long time,
but I fell in love with him
only when Lorenzo arrived.
How he's changed! You have to see!
He goes out of his way for that child.
He's shown such sensitivity...!
There's no name for how much he loves him.
- It's four pesos.
- Yes.
Good.
- Post four. It's after 12:30.
Anything weird out there?
- All quiet.
- Fine. Don't give up on me, please.
- Never.
- Bianchini, Montero speaking. Do you copy?
- Clearly, Montero. Tell me.
- Anything strange out there?
- Nothing new at the front, Captain.
But don't worry, we're all here as soldiers.
- Good, Bianchini.
Anything else, please let me know. Over.
- Right. Over and out.
- Listen, That marmot Montero called.
He wanted to know if there was any news.
I almost told him yes,
that a hot girl walked by.
- Bianchini, you're still on my frequency.
- You son of a bitch!
- Woe to you, Carlín!
- Why "Carlín"?
- Baldy.
- But look who's talking!
- A coin, for God's sake.
- I don't have any.
- Sir, do you have a coin for the whiskey?
- No, I don't. Come on, move.
If he knew he could go to jail
for talking to us like that...
- You're a son of a bitch
if you put a guy like this in jail.
Send him to the hospital, man.
- It's the same: a hospital,
a jail, the Llao Llao (Resort)...
He can't find any difference.
- What?
- Everybody behind the trees, hide!
Everybody, move!
- We have a victim.
All units to the north plaza.
We have a victim, I repeat.
Brothers and detectives
- Yeah, it just happened,
12:40, Centennial Park.
- Unbelievable! I'm always hanging out there.
- It seems that he shot
a street guy from a rooftop.
- Oh, my God!
- That's crazy! He shot a rubbish picker.
Yes, a homeless man, a rubbish picker.
Now you'll see what I'm going
to do to you. You know what?
Eat you with kisses. Like this.
Eat you with kisses. Do you like kisses?
- Because this person died because of you.
- And what do you want me to do?
- Don't show your ass, get to work.
- This is the third victim in a week.
It makes the authorities assume that
the killer will continue to attack.
- Spokespersons of the presidency
of the nation have let it be known
that the declaration of a state of siege
in the capital is imminent.
- What's up, man? You want me to get fired?
The guy shot in front of the entire
homicide squad and nobody saw anything?
How do I explain this? How do I explain it?
- At least we were able
to anticipate the location of the attack.
- And why the fuck didn't you fill
the rooftops with snipers, Mansilla?
- With all due respect, you give us the
number of troops for each operation, sir.
- And since when do you do as I tell you to
do? Are you just now working by the book?
Make your own decisions.
Take risks. Be expeditious.
- According to the theory we're following,
the next sniper attack
will be at the south point,
which is in Chacabuco Park.
- Do you know where
you can stick your theory, Montero?
The army is taking care of all this.
- Lorenzo, let's go to your house.
I'm serious. I'm not acting.
It scares me for us being here, Lorenzo. Please.
- I already have everything I need, Marcela,
and I think I'm in a position
to solve this case. Believe me.
- Deputy, I think that
if we can avoid a fourth death
we have to go ahead with the circle theory.
- Why don't you shut your mouth, Matías?
You're here because my asshole sister
and her dyer husband
busted my balls enough,
not because of your own merit.
You go right now to the police station
and do office work.
And if you have nothing to do,
clean the toilets. Is that clear?
- I'm sorry.
- Excuse me.
- The theater's phones are off, Lorenzo.
I'll find out tomorrow about Tom Thumb.
Don't worry. We're going home now.
- We must do something, Marcela.
If my theory is correct, there won't be
a fourth death. I need you to help me.
- Amazing!
- Are you listening to me?
- Marcela?
- Hi! How are you doing?
What are you doing here, dear?
Did you get fired from your job?
- No, not. -Thank goodness!
Because what could you get,
if architects are driving cabs?
You, who didn't finish high school...
- And who is this child?
- Sorry. Let me introduce you.
This is my aunt Lessy.
- And who is he?
- I'm her boyfriend's brother.
- Yes, and Mrs. Elvira, may I introduce you.
My aunt. Who is with us for...
- Boyfriend? You got a boyfriend
and you didn't tell me? Stone-face!
- I told you. Don't you remember?
- You didn't tell me anything.
Else I'd remember perfectly.
- Thank goodness! I thought it was strange,
such a pretty girl always alone...
I thought you were a cat.
- A what?
- Cat, like those who work in magazines.
Well, when will you come play canasta?
- Do you play canasta?
- Do I play? With my partner we've
already won five consecutive years
the championship at
the neighborhood's community association.
- Because I played for many years
in the social and sports club...
- Come with me to the climbing frame, Marcela.
Pay attention to me.
Imagine: you want to kill someone
for some reason
but you don't do it for fear of being
the number one suspect. What do you do?
- I don't know, Lorenzo,
I serve coffee in a bar.
- But it's easy: where would you hide a tree?
- In the woods?
- That's right.
And where would you hide a crime?
- In a series of crimes?
- Yes.
- Hello.
- Excuse me, I'm Officer Montero
from the Federal Police.
- No, neither him.
They're all out on the street.
Let's see. One moment, please.
- See you tomorrow.
- Bye.
Excuse me. Do you know if there is anyone
here who works for Montero's team?
- There are 1032 green spaces
in Capital Federal,
including parks, squares, small squares,
gardens, boulevards.
Of the 1032, 719 are surrounded by buildings.
- What are you doing here?
Your uncle will eat you raw.
- We already know who the soldier is,
the one at the top of the fort,
the one who stalks the Indians.
- Lorenzo.
- Then your brother came up
with the tree theory.
He could have killed anyone,
children, women, anyone,
but no, he chose an octogenarian,
someone who has little time left to live,
and a completely lost beggar, who doesn't
even know where he was standing.
- Of course, and the only one
he really wanted to kill
was the one in the middle, Salaya.
In other words, he hid a victim specially
selected among others chosen at random.
It's like putting a bomb on a plane
full of passengers just to kill your partner.
- And that's when the girl who works
with your brother called Saraya's father
to ask him if he had any enemies.
- The girl who works with my brother?
- Yes, and the man pointed out
the father of a little girl
who was run over and killed
by his son while racing.
- The Salaya boy ran over a girl?
- Yes, but due to a prosecutor's mistake,
he was released.
He didn't even have to pay compensation.
And that's where I come in.
As soon as I get the call from this girl
I start going through the folders
that you got, Mansilla,
and I discover that the father of this girl,
Néstor Rodríguez, is practicing shooting
since the same month that Saraya was
acquitted and bought a Mauser 308 rifle.
He works in this building
on the 14th floor in a Call Center.
- Hello. Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon. Federal Police.
- Did something happen?
- Routine. We're looking for Mr. Rodriguez.
- Rodriguez, and what's his name?
- Néstor Rodríguez.
- Hold on, I'll look for the data folder.
Do you know how long he's been with the firm?
- No. We know he works on this floor, but...
- OK. Hold on.
Looks like I've already found him.
It's the first time the police have been here.
There he is, in box 57.
- Néstor Rodríguez!
Sir.
- What is it?
- Federal Police, sir.
We want to see what's inside that case.
- It's a guitar.
- What did you steal now, Rodríguez?
- Please, sir. We want to see
what's in the case. Slowly.
- It's a guitar.
- Stay calm.
- Go away or I'll kill somebody! Go away!
- I'll leave the gun here, sir.
Take it easy.
Put an end to this outrage, please, sir.
We know all the tragedy you've been through.
- What do you know? You don't know anything.
- Don't sink any deeper. Please let me help you.
- Who helped me?
No one helped me! No one helped me!
- Are you going to kill your co-worker?
Please put the gun down.
What's in it for you, sir?
Take it easy, Néstor. Put the gun down, please.
Easy, easy.
It's all right. It's over.
- Sorry, sorry!
- Easy, Néstor. Easy.
- I'm sorry!
- I'll be honest, Mansilla.
If it were up to me, I'd fucking fire you.
- I understand.
- This is obviously not the best time.
Hero who stopped madman from the rooftop.
- But from now on
I suggest act with the utmost care.
- From now on.
One thing: the subject of your nephew...
- Yes. What?
- Will he be able to collaborate with us from
time to time? Because he was very helpful.
- I'll think about it.
- Okay.
One more thing:
the thing about the raise for the brigade that
catches the murderer and the double bonus.
We'll talk about it another time.
I understand. See you later. Thank you.
- Hello.
- Hello.
- My love, but what a decoration!
- What an atmosphere!
- Hello.
- Look at the look of that cake!
- Hi. What's up?
- How nice!
- The decoration here was Lori's.
I made the potato cake.
I don't want to be applauded.
- We applaud you anyway.
- Thank you very much.
- Marcela, shall I keep your coat?
- Of course! What a gentleman!
- Did you cook, Franco? I can't believe it.
- Of course I did. I wanted to entertain my
fellow adventurers. It's the least I could do.
- Next time it's on me.
I prepare sushi very well.
But I don't make it with salmon. It's too
expensive. I use pâté. It's very tasty, though.
- Are we expecting someone?
- No.
- How are you? Good evening.
I'm looking for Mr. Franco Montero.
- It's me, sir.
- I'm detective García. I don't mean
to interrupt anything or take up your time.
I want to know if you happen to know this woman.
- Sure, it's Mrs. Petruchi,
from the children's patronage.
What happened to her?
- Nothing happened to her.
Mrs. Petruchi hasn't worked at the Children's
Welfare Agency for more than 15 years.
She was fired for child abuse.
- 15 years ago?
- Yes, 15 years ago.
Somehow she manages to get the data
of the adopted children.
What's more, this is the fifth address
she's visited in the register you're on.
- This woman scammed us!
She scammed us!
What is she looking for?
- To eat. To keep herself busy,
to pretend to work...
Anyway, it's a bit long.
Here's my card.
- But of course.
- Please give me a call. Any information
you have for me is critical.
- Don't worry.
- Good evening. Excuse me.
- Amazing!
- I can't believe it!
- Impressive, this madwoman!
- A madwoman. Crazy.
- We have to be careful.
- We have to be careful, yes, but it's bad.
I, who had planned to get rid of this demon,
now I won't be able to.
- At least this helped us
to make better friends with Marcela.
- True.
- Cheers.
- To the eyes. -Believe it or not,
you're still looking her in the eye.
- If you were a famous actor it would be
fashionable to be a little cross-eyed.
- You're very handsome, Lorenzo.
- We have the same father.
- But I look like my mom.
- Touché.
- Cheers, guys. Thanks for being here.
- # Where will I go like a loaded rifle
# shooting anywhere?
# It's resignation, it's not the lucidity
# before the end.
# I'm used to diving in a boiling sea
# facing freedom.
# Today I travel alone and without returning.
# Maybe it's that the rest is languishing.
# I like being falling.
# I'm waiting for the impact. #