I giochi del diavolo (1981): Season 1, Episode 4 - La mano indemoniata - full transcript
THE POSSESSED HAND
Attention ladies and gentlemen
The thing that I have
packed in this bag
It is not made of wood.
It is not made of cloth
and not even metal.
No ladies and gentlemen.
The thing that I
packed in this bag
it's a man's hand.
Yes, a real and
authentic human hand.
Do you want to caress it?
Oh, keep your jokes, charlatan!
You are absolutely
right not to stroke it.
A caress of this hand
is a caress from hell!
One moment gentlemen.
I who have the honor of
having honestly deceived you
- This is not new!
- We know it!
I deceived you because
my job is to entertain
people and people only
enjoy themselves when
they are blatantly deceived.
I tell you there is
no trick in this hand
there is no deception
And what you will see is true!
Real!
No it's not one of my thousand
tricks that I inherited from my father.
And my father to his grandfather
And my grandfather to his father.
And my great-grandfather
from... others for ever and ever.
Because we are gentlemen.
And I have the honor to say
an honest, hardworking one
- charlatan family
- Cut it short! Show us something.
Yes, sir.
Give me space!
Gentlemen, I will now
lay this mysterious hand
on this part of the table.
Now watch, everyone
I will take my place at
the other end of the table
that is, on the opposite side.
Do you want to check that there
are no invisible threads in my hand?
Check carefully! You all.
You too, count, check it out!
There is nothing ladies and gentlemen.
Attention.
Attention.
Let's start!
Music please!
Music!
Ladies and gentlemen
if you want to know
the story
of this hand
shut up
and open your ears wide.
Get ready to have
horrible dreams tonight
Music please!
Hear the story
of the possessed hand.
The story begins in the
time of the good King Henry
The one who conquered Paris
going to mass.
What a beautiful time it was Enrico's.
It was the time of sorcerers,
witches, hexes and enchantments.
Golden times for spellcasters.
And the ladies and
the knights the nobles
and the bourgeois,
clerics and notaries
asked archivists and sorcerers
for help
Our help.
And we, custodians
and priests of the mystery
we were burned in public squares
in the name of good
King Henry, yes gentlemen
A grandfather of my great-great-grandfather
lived in those times
"This way people! This way!"
Come here, that party is over,
there is nothing more to see, right?
The witch was burned
This way!
May God have him in
peace, wherever he is
I'm not saying it just to say it
but I'm just like him.
So, did you enjoy
seeing the show huh?
You also entertained
your little children
And have you seen the devils?
Geting out of the witch's mouth
I have seen them!
I've seen them too.
And how were they?
Blacks!
Red!
Big or small?
Little ones. Very small
They were as big as dogs
One moment! There is nothing to laugh about
Devils grow very fast.
Everybody knows.
Attention ladies and gentlemen!
Today I will not let you
play with the cup games
nor with the game of cards.
Today I will tell you
present past future.
Love.
Money.
Life.
And death.
Life and death!
And all for just 3 pennies gentlemen!
The future will have no more secrets for you.
Let's take the cards!
Give me one!
I assure you that the devil
has nothing to do with it
Take the cards gentlemen.
Let's go and choose a card!
Attention
Here it is!
Gentlemen, fate has decided!
Three of cups!
Which of you has the three of cups?
Me.
Gentlemen, let the
three of cups pass
Come on young
man, don't be afraid.
Maybe you don't have 3
meager pennies in your pocket?
You will certainly have a lot more
money and I could even tell you how much.
You are a merchant.
A draper
and surely you can distinguish two arms
of cloth from three and gray from black.
But I'm joking, my friend.
You are the most honest of the merchants
Will you tell us your name, young man?
It is necessary?
He is ashamed to say his name!
Of course, of course it is necessary.
Are you ashamed to say this name?
- Eustachio
- Eustachio!
And then?
- Buterò.
- Eustachio Buterò gentlemen.
Eustachio Buterò.
What's with the name?
You do not like it?
- When were you born?
- October 16, 1581
But I'm telling you everything!
16 October 1581
- Your hand please
Please be quiet
Your hand
Gentlemen
I'll start with the past.
Young man.
You have lost your father your
mother haven't you? You are an orphan.
You recently got married
less than a year ago I think.
Right?
And now the present gentlemen.
You are a draper
You have no children.
You've never quarreled with
your wife but you will soon
Let's say there is nothing
unusual in your present life.
- Right?
- I'm so happy.
Attention ladies and gentlemen...
the future!
The future!
The other hand.
Ouch ouch...
Strange!
What's up?
Who would have thought that?
ladies and gentlemen
a life so empty... so peaceful.
Young man.
You now live in a shell.
But soon you will
break it to end up high
High, very high!
Eh I know, I know.
You know that? What do you know?
Little man, what?
That people like
you always preach
to customers luck,
success, etc., etc.
So tell me, when I told you
you're going to end up high
How did you understand it?
That I can become mayor of
my corporation for example!
No, no my friend.
That's in our lingo. In the jargon
of the Frascati comrades, no.
Finish at the top.
Finishing high means...
- It means?
- It means...
The gallows !!
The gallows? Me?
There is no doubt
young man, the gallows.
You have turned pale.
You are so afraid to
make a horizontal death.
Calm down my friend
If your destiny is to die
by hanging, you will be
whether you get worried or not.
Grilled!
Three pennies, please.
Gentlemen, another game!
Other people
Attention!
Let's get started, gentlemen.
- Queen of clubs gentlemen
- One moment please
Young man, I have nothing more to add.
Who has the queen of clubs?
I have the queen of clubs
- But I would like to know...
- I'm sorry, what is said is said.
If you want some advice or some
spell I live up
there, on that tower.
Here is our queen!
Look who is here!
My nephew Giuseppe
he's a harquebus on horseback.
This is Eustachio, my husband.
Look how big and beautiful
my Giuseppe has grown
My little nephew!
In seven years, look at how he has grown!
You never told me
you had a grandchild.
harquebus on horseback.
Yes of course I told you.
Charlotte's son, my mother's
first marriage daughter.
My sister Charlotte
who is in Rouen.
Stepsister.
Well... grandson, half
grandson, almost grandson!
Grandson, grandson, grandson.
Do you remember when you
used to take me in your arms?
Why don't we try now?
Is the arquebusier
passing through Paris?
Yes, passing by.
Hand! He stays here.
His regiment was transferred to Paris.
Permanently?
Yes, permanently.
We have killed
the rebels of flanders!
And we rest for a while.
And now in Paris. So I
can be with you everyday.
- That good news!
- Except Thursday.
I have to go to a parade on Thursday
However, even Thursday
in the evening I am free
so on Thursday
evening I can have dinner with you.
Thursday too? We are lucky.
It's fantastic! I have an
arquebusier on horseback
Will you take me for a walk, right?
I go out so little. Eustachio is
always either at home or in the shop...
And I can't go
around town alone.
But I'd be admired by everyone
in the arms of this handsome soldier!
Shall we go to lunch?
My poor Giuseppe is hungry
We'll be closed for tonight.
Eustachio go to the cellar
and get some old bottles
Eustachio, quick!
Just get four
bottles, no actually six.
- No, 8, 10 or 12 bottles.
- Thirteen is okay?
Perfect!
- My uncle is nice!
- Come on, tell me!
- Tell me, have you ever been wounded?
- Wounded?
The one who can
hurt me is not born yet!
I did 11, no... 12 duels!
- 12 duels?
- Of course!
And what's the war like?
War is child's
play, it's like hunting
And four.
Eustachio, you are not able to cut
the neck of a bottle with this precision.
That is, if you don't know how to cut the neck of
a rebel how could you cut the neck of a bottle?
Zac.
I meant that it's easy to cut a
rebel's neck, but what about bottles?
That is, the opposite.
That is, the opposite.
I mean, cut the cap off the neck...
no... cut the neck off the head
But how many caps...
no... how many necks!
I was once surrounded
by at least 10 or 20 or 15...
- Bottles?
- Eustachio!
Yes, sir.
They were at least ten or twenty.
Bottles.
Eustachio!
and I killed them all!
Understood?!
When the captain arrived it
was too late. They were all dead
Dear war, this is the aunt!
No. Dear aunt, this is war
Look! The scissors are walking!
The blood is dripping!
- Don't do that!
- You are a killer! You ruined my shirt
You got me fed up !! I made up my mind!
I'm going back to the quarter.
I may or may not return.
Actually I have decided! I'll be back!
Here, you eat badly.
And the wine is disgusting!
- What do we do now? Hr can't stand on his feet
- Let's dump him on the street!
He is a hideous and lousy drunkard!
Eustachio !! It is understandable that
he drank a little. The joy of returning
He is a soldier!
You haven't been to war!
Come here! You'll sleep with us tonight
Help me Eustachio! You are a man, aren't you?
He will sleep in my parents' room
Oh! What a beautiful guy!!!
Most Illustrious Sir.
Eustachio, are my shorts ready?
- Very ready Excellency
- Where is my goddaughter?
- Where's Javotte? Javotte!
- Javotte! The officer is here!
- 2 minutes! I'll come down immediately
- 2 minutes and she comes down
But why did you bother? I would have
come myself this evening to give them to you
- Would you like your usual glass of wine?
- Of course!
I am tired! Today 3
3 what, your Excellency?
- I come straight from the gallows
- Ah, ok.
You're lucky you have
nothing to do with the gallows!
See how much gray hair.
You can be sure that every
gray hair corresponds with a hanged man.
But it's all gray, excellency!
See though, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to
hang people, and do you know why?
Because I can't hang whoever
would be right to hang on the gallows.
- And who?
- You merchants for example!
But why do you say this, your Excellency.
But not you. You are the husband of my goddaughter
and I would always make an exception for you.
Ok, let's try these shorts
Certainly sir.
The problem is that you
merchants deceive and
steal while the thief
steals but does not deceive.
Of course the brigands
who rob travelers kill
But the theft done with art and
imagination...... very nice thank you!
I sent to the gallows a thief
who, in order to enter a gothic
palace, made a hole in the wall
in the shape of a gothic window
for the love of art!
Didn't he deserve an award?
And put the robbed person
who reported him on the gallows?
What do you say?
Which one of the two would you have hanged?
Your Excellency, I don't know
how to give an answer
I don't like the gallows
When I see it, something tightens
here. It takes my breath away.
This is fun!
Does it take your breath away?
But it is precisely for this reason that
we have the gallows, dear Eustachio.
Do you want to see
some other fabrics?
* Giuseppe sings *
Javotte! You haven't
opened a tavern, have you?
Forgive me your Excellency but
we have a guest!
He is our nephew, your Excellency.
Her nephew.
He is the officer of
Paris as well as my godfather.
He is Giuseppe, do you
remember him your Excellency?
My sister Charlotte's son
You have met him
when he was a child.
He just passed by, he returned from
war. I haven't had time to tell you yet
Despite your opinion, he is the
classic man I would gladly have hanged
Sometimes even the
gallows has its good sides.
But he is my nephew.
Why would you have him hanged?
Because the ballad he was singing
is by the divine François Villon
And he doesn't even know him!
Villon was truly one of those
marauders to be venerated and honored.
Young man
Don't even think about fighting
in a duel. As I know you soldiers do.
Or I'll seriously hang you.
No duels in Paris, do you understand?
Don't hang out with bad company and
taverns and only a few brothels.
Tavern?
But I will live here
with my relatives.
He does us the honor of
having lunch and dinner with us.
I said I will live here.
Of course.
With Giuseppe living with his family
he will avoid bad
company, taverns
My dear goddaughter,
you are always so kind!
I brought you a small gift
I'll see you, ok?
Bravo Eustachio
These shorts are just perfect
Thank you.
And now I have to go.
I still have to sentence
a witch to death.
She cast a spell
for a cuckold husband
What a pain.
All gray hair.
Goodbye friends.
Villon... Villon...
I must have taught him a lesson
to this Villon
I go to get my bags and
luggage and come back for lunch.
And you, uncle get some
few bottles from the cellar.
Or 3 or 4, 5, 6, 7 or 10!
That will put some blood
in your veins you need it!
To the beat of the
drum, the harquebusier
on horseback arrived
at Eustachio's quiet home
To the house and to his wife
I know what you will
think but we understand
by which way the good Eustace
will end up on the gallows
Master Gomin's spell
The good cuckold Eustachio
will remember the charlatan
who will cast a spell on him
and then be hanged
Maybe, ladies and gentlemen.
It is not sure that it
will go this way
But what does the possessed
hand have to do with it?
Why does your humble servant
possess a mysterious severed hand?
And I will explain it to you, gentlemen.
For what concerns the infidelity
I believe you
understand, my friend
Aunt, it's late.
I'm on my way but...
help me tie my dress.
Giuseppe!!
Bye my love!
Bye Uncle.
This isn't good, This isn't good,
This isn't good!!!
Just come back tomorrow!
- Don't be late
- No, auntie.
- Eustachio! Where are you?
- I am here!
Giuseppe showed me the changing
of the guard at the royal palace
It is wonderful, if you saw that
beautiful horses and soldiers!
Plumes, trumpets, shining weapons!
When Giuseppe's squadron is on guard I
want you to take me to see him, okay?
Do you know that sometimes
the king passes too?
What are you doing?
I'm closing for today.
Already? And Giuseppe?
Giuseppe.
What do you have in mind?
What do I have in mind?
You tell me!
Eustachio, don't talk nonsense
and don't make me angry!
Your grandson will find
the door closed tonight!
Eustachio you are drunk!
He has his bed here, his room!
He had a room but
not anymore!
Your nephew will never
set foot in here again!
But this is my home!
My father's, remember?!
I met you when you
were a poor beggar
and now you dare to be a tyrant?
To insult me! To
make fun of me?
Tell me !!!
I'm telling you!!
And you're telling me I'm wrong?!
I don't want to be fooled
neither from you, nor from him,
nor from anyone! I am not a fool!
I take my dignity and
my name back today!
It's him!
Don't be crazy, Eustachio, and
go downstairs to open the door!
Hey! Is it holiday tonight?
The shopkeepers' holiday?
I'll go!
Do not move!
Eustachio, open!
Eustachio, open the window!
You're home then! I heard you!
Eustachio! Open the
door now or I'll cut your head off!
Eustachio calm down !!!
Here is the uncle! The uncle!
Get out!
Drunkard!
Provoker and murderer!
or I'll call the patrol
and have you arrested.
Leave! and never come back.
Good boy! I like brave men
I'd have kicked your ass first.
But you deserve better.
Stop! I challenge you!
Do you challenge me?
Stop! Eustachio! Giuseppe!
If you really want to,
tomorrow morning at six.
If I were you I would worry!
Eustachio, what have you done?
A challenge?
You challenged him.
You challenged Giuseppe to a duel.
Me?
He will skewer you like a hare
Holy Mary have you gone crazy?
No, it's not possible.
It's a joke!
You're not really going to
the duel with him tomorrow, are you?
Not I, but what if he goes there?
These are things that are said in a
moment of anger. But then you think it over
I know my nephew well
Tomorrow morning we'll
see him arrive with his
arms opened and you'll both
apologize and hug each other
And everything will be as before.
Come to bed. Poor Eustachio!
You wanted to fight for your Javotte
You silly, come here, I'll
make you a good tea.
Can you tell me where Signor
Eustachio Buterò's shop is?
There, down the street.
See you later.
Is this Eustachio
Buterò's workshop?
It is me, to serve you. Please, take a seat.
Sergeant Robert Gantierre
To serve you.
Do you want to see some fabrics?
Me??
I am the second of
your grandson Giuseppe.
We waited two hours
for you this morning
Not seeing you coming
we naturally thought that you were
held back by an unexpected event
An unexpected event, yes.
It couldn't be otherwise.
What kind of unexpected event?
If I may know?
What... what unexpected?
- The second...
- The second?
The second. I am not
familiar with these things.
I couldn't find a second.
But if that's all...
I can get a second for you
Our squadron has one hundred men.
And none of the hundred will
refuse to be your second.
I would like to see! So...
Mr. Eustachio Buterò
We will wait for you tomorrow morning
at the same time and place and
you will also find your second one.
We will wait like this
morning, two hours.
But I have the honor to warn you
on behalf of your nephew Giuseppe.
If we don't see you coming...
he will come here himself
in your shop and...
he will cut off both of your
ears and put them in your pocket
as a reminder.
Until tomorrow.
Welcome Eustachio Butarò
Your master please.
My master is waiting for you
I was waiting for you!
Eustachio Butarò
Were you waiting for me?
And how did you know?
From the day I read
your hand in the square
I knew that sooner or later
we would see each other again.
Swear to me that I will die on
the gallows and only on the gallows.
Calm down!
- What's the matter?
- A duel.
In the morning at six.
With one of the most
fearsome swordsmen in France.
Then swear! On the gallows
and only on the gallows!
If before I was sure, now
I am very sure, my friend
On the gallows!
Lord thank you.
Because you will remain on the
ground with some
scarring some wound.
Guards will raise your from the ground.
And they will hang you
on the gallows, alive
or half-alive you are
as the law dictates. And
so your destiny will be fulfilled
But, what do you mean wounded?
and moreover hanged?!
It's the law!
But master!
Something must be done.
Earlier! You should
have come earlier
I could have made you offensive
to your enemy with some hex.
It is not difficult...
But from now to tomorrow
time is too short
Isn't there a quick spell? very quick?
Yup.
But not such that it can
effectively hit a distant person.
In such a short time.
But there would be a spell
Yes yes a spell
You always talk too much.
A spell that makes you
win a duel without fail.
But there is nothing written here!
You are not allowed
to read this book.
And should I do the duel?
It cannot be avoided.
What if the spell doesn't work?
Wounded and hanged?
My spells have always
worked young man.
You will see!
How much does this spell cost.
One hundred ecu.
What??
- One hundred ecu
- One hundred ecu???
But I don't have 100 ecu.
Should I beg on the street?
I would be reduced to misery.
And what will it help me to save my
life if I don't have to dress and eat?
100 ecu!
Do you prefer to die?
As you like, the choice is yours
This spell was worth much
more than a hundred ecu.
50. No. 70 and done deal!
And how will you find
that sum ahead of time?
- Ten days
- All right.
Of course you will pay
me if the spell works
- Of course!
- What if it doesn't work...
You would no longer be alive, young man.
Here, sign!
Be careful though. Caution.
I take a pledge.
- A down payment?
- No, a pledge!
Your hand!
Your hand.
It will be the token of my 100 ecu
Sign! And remember...
Your hand. Eustachio Butarò.
* Recitation of the spell *
Formidable! The best
swordsman in France!
One of the best.
Oh, here's come the uncle
Good morning gentlemen.
Sorry I'm late but I had to
wait for my wife to go to church.
Not to worry her.
I am your standard bearer and
have the honor of being your second.
You are very kind.
And the sword?
The sword.
You are unarmed
you don't have a sword.
I have the sword I just
bought it, he can tell you.
But it hasn't got a tip, it doesn't cut.
Well, sir, you don't
mind, I would like to...
Don't you worry
I'll lend you mine.
Take off your doublet.
- It doesn't bother me
- But it's the rule.
Take it off !!
Take this!
It's heavier than mine.
Maybe... but on the other
hand it has the tip that cuts.
He doesn't even know if he
should hold it by the tip or by the hilt
Giuseppe, this is not a
serious duel, just kill him and let's go!
Et voila
My uncle deserves a good lesson.
- I'm ready
- Are you ready sir?
Salute.
En place
En place!
What are you doing?
You have to wait for my signal.
Oh my God, monsieur!
It's a sword not a spear.
Let's finish this
comedy right away.
- On guard
- Sir, on guard.
Amazing.
I did not want to.
I did not want to.
It's just a scratch, uncle.
I love to console widows!
- Oh my God!
- What a wrist move!
Mind you wretch.
You wanted it.
You're dead!
Incredible.
But true.
I cut off... the cork...
from the neck...
Nailed like a toad.
Stone dead!
Giuseppe!!! Giuseppe!!
It wasn't me.
It wasn't me.
It wasn't me.
Yup.
You all understood that our poor rapier
became a murderer
He left the evidence of
his guilt on the ground
his doublet
Poor Eustachio...
... the gallows awaits him.
Crime. Certain proof. Gallows.
Yes the gallows!
Poor Eustachio!
How fallacious the human soul is!
Life events go their own way
No gallows then?
A bit of patience! And you
will see the gallows.
But by which way will
our draper get there?
By which way?
Look what a state you have reduced yourself to!
You are not made
for these feats.
Just thinking about
it got you a fever.
It's lucky that Giuseppe
didn't take you seriously.
You would have died of fear
even before you hit the ground.
All for a stupid
story of jealousy.
Pitto! Away with you!!! Help!!!
- What's wrong with you?
- The black Cat!!! In front of the window
- it's Pitto !!!
- And who is Pitto?
There!! The black Cat!!!
Get him out !!!
But there is no cat here.
Do not move!!! I'll call the doctor!
If you don't go there to look for
Giuseppe, I'll go there, do you understand?
Now you are healed you can
walk and there is no excuse.
You realize that he
hasn't shown up since.
Maybe he can't.
He can not?
He can not.
Maybe he would like to.
But he can't.
show up.
He is a boy of honor.
You have offended him to death!
Of course he waits for you
to go make him an apology
You go there, you apologize to him and bring him back here.
Dead or alive.
Yes sir dead or alive.
You don't want to force me to go to the
barracks to look for him among the soldiers.
Close the shop I'm going to vespers.
Eustachio Buterò
- Go away!
- I want 100 ecu Eustachio Buterò.
The 10 days have passed.
My master wants his 100 ecu.
Ten days.
I forgot it.
I've been sick.
I'm still sick!
- Tell your master
- He knows
But now you are not sick anymore.
100 ecu! Eustachio Buterò!
100 punishments to you and your master!
I asked him to save me
and he made me a killer.
I don't want to hear about
Gomin and his devilry anymore !!
you won't get a penny from me.
Remember, Eustachio Buterò
That you pledged
your hand to him.
You think you scare
me with these stories.
My hand is here.
- and I'm keeping it!
- Until when? Eustachio Buterò
Excuse me mister lancer,
where are we going?
Eustachio Buterò, a moment.
It is not convenient to have four
executions in the same morning.
Three gallows and a stake
The gallows are quick
But the stake takes longer
We could do the three gallows in the
morning and the witch in the evening.
Much better to have a
good stake in the morning.
The witch is well known in the neighborhood.
And there will be a lot of people at the execution
No one will be interested in seeing
the gallows... only 2 thieves
- and a duel offender.
- Excellency at your orders
How are you Eustachio?
I know you've been sick
high fever.
What do you have?
Nothing.
I have to give you some bad news.
It's about your grandson.
The harquebusier on horseback Giuseppe.
He died.
Killed in a duel.
I think you may know something.
And I have to ask you a few questions.
Do you feel bad?
How pale you are.
Wait up. Drink some water.
Drink.
Better now?
And we absolutely must
find out who killed him.
And we have a clue..
Tell me.
Now that Javotte can't hear us.
That nephew of yours
is a bad sergeant.
Notorious duelist,
brawler, drinker, gamer, etc.
But the law is the law.
The duels must stop.
And we must be inexorable
with the guilty whoever they are.
Nobody talks among his comrades.
Absolute silence
But we have a strong clue.
The guilty's doublet.
Now I'll show you and you'll tell me if you've
ever heard your grandson talk about a duel
What are you doing??
He provoked me in every way!
He insulted me, he harassed my wife.
But I didn't want to kill him!
What are you talking about?
Eustachio have you gone mad?
If you hadn't called me here, I
would have come of my own free will.
To tell you everything
and ask for your help.
I can't live anymore. I see
bloodstains all over the place
It seems to me that people
look at me in a strange way.
Only you can save me! Save me
Did I get it wrong or are
you accusing yourself of
having fought a duel with
the harquebusier Giuseppe?
Yup! I killed him I swear!
And where would you have
fought? What was the battleground?
- At the park
- But that doesn't mean anything all duels take place there.
Even children know this.
Tell me something.
And where would you have hit your grandson?
What part of the body?
The throat? The stomach? The heart?
The heart. Your Excellency.
Straight to the heart!
Ah! But this too
is easy to guess.
I'm not naive, Eustachio.
One more thing.
The doublet
forgotten by the culprit.
What fabric and color was it?
Crimson velvet.
With silver buttons
and white lining.
Actually, the third button
from the bottom is missing.
Javotte never sewed it for me.
One.
Two three.
Bloody hell... You'll never stop learning..
This has never happened to me.
No one in the world would
have thought that the culprit...
Why?
After all, I'm a man too.
Right!
Because you killed.
Poor Javotte...
Her grandson killed.
Her husband hanged.
It seems to me that
it's too much to take in.
It's too much for me too...
If you only knew what
that wretch put me through!
Shut up!
Don't repeat your
good reasons, the
provocations, your wife, the insults.
All highly moral extenuating
reasons that I don't care about.
What I'm sorry about.
is sending a man full of unexpected
events like you to the gallows.
I would be sorry too.
Listen carefully...
Make it disappear.
This is the only real
evidence against you.
Burn it when you are at home.
I've never seen it.
And I don't know anything.
Stop with this hand, please!
We will silence everything
And not even Javotte will ever know
that you are the killer of her nephew.
Your Excellency.
1000 times blessed!
I owe you everything!
My life, Javotte, everything!
I will find a way to be grateful to you
- You slapped me !!
- It wasn't me!
It was you!
Let me die instantly if I'm lying.
Look you are sick.
Go to bed. Call a doctor.
This event must have
gotten you mad.
It wasn't me !!!
Forgive me!!
Help!!
No.
Help!!!
You see madam this
is the latest fashion.
Eustachio!
It wasn't me!
It's not me. Forgive me!
And this was how Eustachio
Buterò died in the gallows.
But when the show seemed over.
And people were about to leave.
From a window
near the old tower
Master Gomin reappeared
Immediately
the right arm of the
inanimate body lifted.
His hand waved gleefully.
Like a dog's tails that
finds its owner again.
The crowd was dumbfounded.
The impatient crowd began to
rant against the executor of justice
so much so that he wondered
how he did it... amazed then
he understood that there was
only one way to quiet those souls...
It's moving
It's moving!!!!
It's possessed !!!
And this was the story
of the possessed hand
And I inherited
From my great-great-grandfather's grandfather
Give us some money, people
give us some money
gentlemen.
Give us a lot of money, gentlemen
But you didn't tell us why Master Gonin
wanted that poor fellow's hand at all costs
Right, what was it for?
It is Master Gonin's secret
it is mine too.
How much would you be
willing to pay to meet him?
and how much would you
like to tell us this other lie?
100 ecu
You settle for a little
charlatan. 100 ecu?
but who did you take me
for? For Eustachio Buterò?
One hundred kicks.
if you still dare to
make fun of decent people.
So I tell you that no
later than tonight...
you will know the secret of
the hand that Eustachio Buterò
Paying 100 ecu, which
you have in your hands
Good night to all. Let's go!!
oh .. honey...
Oh... again? no...
Honey, enough... dear...
My ecu!!
The hand!!!! The hand!!
* BLUEAM subtitles *
Attention ladies and gentlemen
The thing that I have
packed in this bag
It is not made of wood.
It is not made of cloth
and not even metal.
No ladies and gentlemen.
The thing that I
packed in this bag
it's a man's hand.
Yes, a real and
authentic human hand.
Do you want to caress it?
Oh, keep your jokes, charlatan!
You are absolutely
right not to stroke it.
A caress of this hand
is a caress from hell!
One moment gentlemen.
I who have the honor of
having honestly deceived you
- This is not new!
- We know it!
I deceived you because
my job is to entertain
people and people only
enjoy themselves when
they are blatantly deceived.
I tell you there is
no trick in this hand
there is no deception
And what you will see is true!
Real!
No it's not one of my thousand
tricks that I inherited from my father.
And my father to his grandfather
And my grandfather to his father.
And my great-grandfather
from... others for ever and ever.
Because we are gentlemen.
And I have the honor to say
an honest, hardworking one
- charlatan family
- Cut it short! Show us something.
Yes, sir.
Give me space!
Gentlemen, I will now
lay this mysterious hand
on this part of the table.
Now watch, everyone
I will take my place at
the other end of the table
that is, on the opposite side.
Do you want to check that there
are no invisible threads in my hand?
Check carefully! You all.
You too, count, check it out!
There is nothing ladies and gentlemen.
Attention.
Attention.
Let's start!
Music please!
Music!
Ladies and gentlemen
if you want to know
the story
of this hand
shut up
and open your ears wide.
Get ready to have
horrible dreams tonight
Music please!
Hear the story
of the possessed hand.
The story begins in the
time of the good King Henry
The one who conquered Paris
going to mass.
What a beautiful time it was Enrico's.
It was the time of sorcerers,
witches, hexes and enchantments.
Golden times for spellcasters.
And the ladies and
the knights the nobles
and the bourgeois,
clerics and notaries
asked archivists and sorcerers
for help
Our help.
And we, custodians
and priests of the mystery
we were burned in public squares
in the name of good
King Henry, yes gentlemen
A grandfather of my great-great-grandfather
lived in those times
"This way people! This way!"
Come here, that party is over,
there is nothing more to see, right?
The witch was burned
This way!
May God have him in
peace, wherever he is
I'm not saying it just to say it
but I'm just like him.
So, did you enjoy
seeing the show huh?
You also entertained
your little children
And have you seen the devils?
Geting out of the witch's mouth
I have seen them!
I've seen them too.
And how were they?
Blacks!
Red!
Big or small?
Little ones. Very small
They were as big as dogs
One moment! There is nothing to laugh about
Devils grow very fast.
Everybody knows.
Attention ladies and gentlemen!
Today I will not let you
play with the cup games
nor with the game of cards.
Today I will tell you
present past future.
Love.
Money.
Life.
And death.
Life and death!
And all for just 3 pennies gentlemen!
The future will have no more secrets for you.
Let's take the cards!
Give me one!
I assure you that the devil
has nothing to do with it
Take the cards gentlemen.
Let's go and choose a card!
Attention
Here it is!
Gentlemen, fate has decided!
Three of cups!
Which of you has the three of cups?
Me.
Gentlemen, let the
three of cups pass
Come on young
man, don't be afraid.
Maybe you don't have 3
meager pennies in your pocket?
You will certainly have a lot more
money and I could even tell you how much.
You are a merchant.
A draper
and surely you can distinguish two arms
of cloth from three and gray from black.
But I'm joking, my friend.
You are the most honest of the merchants
Will you tell us your name, young man?
It is necessary?
He is ashamed to say his name!
Of course, of course it is necessary.
Are you ashamed to say this name?
- Eustachio
- Eustachio!
And then?
- Buterò.
- Eustachio Buterò gentlemen.
Eustachio Buterò.
What's with the name?
You do not like it?
- When were you born?
- October 16, 1581
But I'm telling you everything!
16 October 1581
- Your hand please
Please be quiet
Your hand
Gentlemen
I'll start with the past.
Young man.
You have lost your father your
mother haven't you? You are an orphan.
You recently got married
less than a year ago I think.
Right?
And now the present gentlemen.
You are a draper
You have no children.
You've never quarreled with
your wife but you will soon
Let's say there is nothing
unusual in your present life.
- Right?
- I'm so happy.
Attention ladies and gentlemen...
the future!
The future!
The other hand.
Ouch ouch...
Strange!
What's up?
Who would have thought that?
ladies and gentlemen
a life so empty... so peaceful.
Young man.
You now live in a shell.
But soon you will
break it to end up high
High, very high!
Eh I know, I know.
You know that? What do you know?
Little man, what?
That people like
you always preach
to customers luck,
success, etc., etc.
So tell me, when I told you
you're going to end up high
How did you understand it?
That I can become mayor of
my corporation for example!
No, no my friend.
That's in our lingo. In the jargon
of the Frascati comrades, no.
Finish at the top.
Finishing high means...
- It means?
- It means...
The gallows !!
The gallows? Me?
There is no doubt
young man, the gallows.
You have turned pale.
You are so afraid to
make a horizontal death.
Calm down my friend
If your destiny is to die
by hanging, you will be
whether you get worried or not.
Grilled!
Three pennies, please.
Gentlemen, another game!
Other people
Attention!
Let's get started, gentlemen.
- Queen of clubs gentlemen
- One moment please
Young man, I have nothing more to add.
Who has the queen of clubs?
I have the queen of clubs
- But I would like to know...
- I'm sorry, what is said is said.
If you want some advice or some
spell I live up
there, on that tower.
Here is our queen!
Look who is here!
My nephew Giuseppe
he's a harquebus on horseback.
This is Eustachio, my husband.
Look how big and beautiful
my Giuseppe has grown
My little nephew!
In seven years, look at how he has grown!
You never told me
you had a grandchild.
harquebus on horseback.
Yes of course I told you.
Charlotte's son, my mother's
first marriage daughter.
My sister Charlotte
who is in Rouen.
Stepsister.
Well... grandson, half
grandson, almost grandson!
Grandson, grandson, grandson.
Do you remember when you
used to take me in your arms?
Why don't we try now?
Is the arquebusier
passing through Paris?
Yes, passing by.
Hand! He stays here.
His regiment was transferred to Paris.
Permanently?
Yes, permanently.
We have killed
the rebels of flanders!
And we rest for a while.
And now in Paris. So I
can be with you everyday.
- That good news!
- Except Thursday.
I have to go to a parade on Thursday
However, even Thursday
in the evening I am free
so on Thursday
evening I can have dinner with you.
Thursday too? We are lucky.
It's fantastic! I have an
arquebusier on horseback
Will you take me for a walk, right?
I go out so little. Eustachio is
always either at home or in the shop...
And I can't go
around town alone.
But I'd be admired by everyone
in the arms of this handsome soldier!
Shall we go to lunch?
My poor Giuseppe is hungry
We'll be closed for tonight.
Eustachio go to the cellar
and get some old bottles
Eustachio, quick!
Just get four
bottles, no actually six.
- No, 8, 10 or 12 bottles.
- Thirteen is okay?
Perfect!
- My uncle is nice!
- Come on, tell me!
- Tell me, have you ever been wounded?
- Wounded?
The one who can
hurt me is not born yet!
I did 11, no... 12 duels!
- 12 duels?
- Of course!
And what's the war like?
War is child's
play, it's like hunting
And four.
Eustachio, you are not able to cut
the neck of a bottle with this precision.
That is, if you don't know how to cut the neck of
a rebel how could you cut the neck of a bottle?
Zac.
I meant that it's easy to cut a
rebel's neck, but what about bottles?
That is, the opposite.
That is, the opposite.
I mean, cut the cap off the neck...
no... cut the neck off the head
But how many caps...
no... how many necks!
I was once surrounded
by at least 10 or 20 or 15...
- Bottles?
- Eustachio!
Yes, sir.
They were at least ten or twenty.
Bottles.
Eustachio!
and I killed them all!
Understood?!
When the captain arrived it
was too late. They were all dead
Dear war, this is the aunt!
No. Dear aunt, this is war
Look! The scissors are walking!
The blood is dripping!
- Don't do that!
- You are a killer! You ruined my shirt
You got me fed up !! I made up my mind!
I'm going back to the quarter.
I may or may not return.
Actually I have decided! I'll be back!
Here, you eat badly.
And the wine is disgusting!
- What do we do now? Hr can't stand on his feet
- Let's dump him on the street!
He is a hideous and lousy drunkard!
Eustachio !! It is understandable that
he drank a little. The joy of returning
He is a soldier!
You haven't been to war!
Come here! You'll sleep with us tonight
Help me Eustachio! You are a man, aren't you?
He will sleep in my parents' room
Oh! What a beautiful guy!!!
Most Illustrious Sir.
Eustachio, are my shorts ready?
- Very ready Excellency
- Where is my goddaughter?
- Where's Javotte? Javotte!
- Javotte! The officer is here!
- 2 minutes! I'll come down immediately
- 2 minutes and she comes down
But why did you bother? I would have
come myself this evening to give them to you
- Would you like your usual glass of wine?
- Of course!
I am tired! Today 3
3 what, your Excellency?
- I come straight from the gallows
- Ah, ok.
You're lucky you have
nothing to do with the gallows!
See how much gray hair.
You can be sure that every
gray hair corresponds with a hanged man.
But it's all gray, excellency!
See though, I'm sorry. I'm sorry to
hang people, and do you know why?
Because I can't hang whoever
would be right to hang on the gallows.
- And who?
- You merchants for example!
But why do you say this, your Excellency.
But not you. You are the husband of my goddaughter
and I would always make an exception for you.
Ok, let's try these shorts
Certainly sir.
The problem is that you
merchants deceive and
steal while the thief
steals but does not deceive.
Of course the brigands
who rob travelers kill
But the theft done with art and
imagination...... very nice thank you!
I sent to the gallows a thief
who, in order to enter a gothic
palace, made a hole in the wall
in the shape of a gothic window
for the love of art!
Didn't he deserve an award?
And put the robbed person
who reported him on the gallows?
What do you say?
Which one of the two would you have hanged?
Your Excellency, I don't know
how to give an answer
I don't like the gallows
When I see it, something tightens
here. It takes my breath away.
This is fun!
Does it take your breath away?
But it is precisely for this reason that
we have the gallows, dear Eustachio.
Do you want to see
some other fabrics?
* Giuseppe sings *
Javotte! You haven't
opened a tavern, have you?
Forgive me your Excellency but
we have a guest!
He is our nephew, your Excellency.
Her nephew.
He is the officer of
Paris as well as my godfather.
He is Giuseppe, do you
remember him your Excellency?
My sister Charlotte's son
You have met him
when he was a child.
He just passed by, he returned from
war. I haven't had time to tell you yet
Despite your opinion, he is the
classic man I would gladly have hanged
Sometimes even the
gallows has its good sides.
But he is my nephew.
Why would you have him hanged?
Because the ballad he was singing
is by the divine François Villon
And he doesn't even know him!
Villon was truly one of those
marauders to be venerated and honored.
Young man
Don't even think about fighting
in a duel. As I know you soldiers do.
Or I'll seriously hang you.
No duels in Paris, do you understand?
Don't hang out with bad company and
taverns and only a few brothels.
Tavern?
But I will live here
with my relatives.
He does us the honor of
having lunch and dinner with us.
I said I will live here.
Of course.
With Giuseppe living with his family
he will avoid bad
company, taverns
My dear goddaughter,
you are always so kind!
I brought you a small gift
I'll see you, ok?
Bravo Eustachio
These shorts are just perfect
Thank you.
And now I have to go.
I still have to sentence
a witch to death.
She cast a spell
for a cuckold husband
What a pain.
All gray hair.
Goodbye friends.
Villon... Villon...
I must have taught him a lesson
to this Villon
I go to get my bags and
luggage and come back for lunch.
And you, uncle get some
few bottles from the cellar.
Or 3 or 4, 5, 6, 7 or 10!
That will put some blood
in your veins you need it!
To the beat of the
drum, the harquebusier
on horseback arrived
at Eustachio's quiet home
To the house and to his wife
I know what you will
think but we understand
by which way the good Eustace
will end up on the gallows
Master Gomin's spell
The good cuckold Eustachio
will remember the charlatan
who will cast a spell on him
and then be hanged
Maybe, ladies and gentlemen.
It is not sure that it
will go this way
But what does the possessed
hand have to do with it?
Why does your humble servant
possess a mysterious severed hand?
And I will explain it to you, gentlemen.
For what concerns the infidelity
I believe you
understand, my friend
Aunt, it's late.
I'm on my way but...
help me tie my dress.
Giuseppe!!
Bye my love!
Bye Uncle.
This isn't good, This isn't good,
This isn't good!!!
Just come back tomorrow!
- Don't be late
- No, auntie.
- Eustachio! Where are you?
- I am here!
Giuseppe showed me the changing
of the guard at the royal palace
It is wonderful, if you saw that
beautiful horses and soldiers!
Plumes, trumpets, shining weapons!
When Giuseppe's squadron is on guard I
want you to take me to see him, okay?
Do you know that sometimes
the king passes too?
What are you doing?
I'm closing for today.
Already? And Giuseppe?
Giuseppe.
What do you have in mind?
What do I have in mind?
You tell me!
Eustachio, don't talk nonsense
and don't make me angry!
Your grandson will find
the door closed tonight!
Eustachio you are drunk!
He has his bed here, his room!
He had a room but
not anymore!
Your nephew will never
set foot in here again!
But this is my home!
My father's, remember?!
I met you when you
were a poor beggar
and now you dare to be a tyrant?
To insult me! To
make fun of me?
Tell me !!!
I'm telling you!!
And you're telling me I'm wrong?!
I don't want to be fooled
neither from you, nor from him,
nor from anyone! I am not a fool!
I take my dignity and
my name back today!
It's him!
Don't be crazy, Eustachio, and
go downstairs to open the door!
Hey! Is it holiday tonight?
The shopkeepers' holiday?
I'll go!
Do not move!
Eustachio, open!
Eustachio, open the window!
You're home then! I heard you!
Eustachio! Open the
door now or I'll cut your head off!
Eustachio calm down !!!
Here is the uncle! The uncle!
Get out!
Drunkard!
Provoker and murderer!
or I'll call the patrol
and have you arrested.
Leave! and never come back.
Good boy! I like brave men
I'd have kicked your ass first.
But you deserve better.
Stop! I challenge you!
Do you challenge me?
Stop! Eustachio! Giuseppe!
If you really want to,
tomorrow morning at six.
If I were you I would worry!
Eustachio, what have you done?
A challenge?
You challenged him.
You challenged Giuseppe to a duel.
Me?
He will skewer you like a hare
Holy Mary have you gone crazy?
No, it's not possible.
It's a joke!
You're not really going to
the duel with him tomorrow, are you?
Not I, but what if he goes there?
These are things that are said in a
moment of anger. But then you think it over
I know my nephew well
Tomorrow morning we'll
see him arrive with his
arms opened and you'll both
apologize and hug each other
And everything will be as before.
Come to bed. Poor Eustachio!
You wanted to fight for your Javotte
You silly, come here, I'll
make you a good tea.
Can you tell me where Signor
Eustachio Buterò's shop is?
There, down the street.
See you later.
Is this Eustachio
Buterò's workshop?
It is me, to serve you. Please, take a seat.
Sergeant Robert Gantierre
To serve you.
Do you want to see some fabrics?
Me??
I am the second of
your grandson Giuseppe.
We waited two hours
for you this morning
Not seeing you coming
we naturally thought that you were
held back by an unexpected event
An unexpected event, yes.
It couldn't be otherwise.
What kind of unexpected event?
If I may know?
What... what unexpected?
- The second...
- The second?
The second. I am not
familiar with these things.
I couldn't find a second.
But if that's all...
I can get a second for you
Our squadron has one hundred men.
And none of the hundred will
refuse to be your second.
I would like to see! So...
Mr. Eustachio Buterò
We will wait for you tomorrow morning
at the same time and place and
you will also find your second one.
We will wait like this
morning, two hours.
But I have the honor to warn you
on behalf of your nephew Giuseppe.
If we don't see you coming...
he will come here himself
in your shop and...
he will cut off both of your
ears and put them in your pocket
as a reminder.
Until tomorrow.
Welcome Eustachio Butarò
Your master please.
My master is waiting for you
I was waiting for you!
Eustachio Butarò
Were you waiting for me?
And how did you know?
From the day I read
your hand in the square
I knew that sooner or later
we would see each other again.
Swear to me that I will die on
the gallows and only on the gallows.
Calm down!
- What's the matter?
- A duel.
In the morning at six.
With one of the most
fearsome swordsmen in France.
Then swear! On the gallows
and only on the gallows!
If before I was sure, now
I am very sure, my friend
On the gallows!
Lord thank you.
Because you will remain on the
ground with some
scarring some wound.
Guards will raise your from the ground.
And they will hang you
on the gallows, alive
or half-alive you are
as the law dictates. And
so your destiny will be fulfilled
But, what do you mean wounded?
and moreover hanged?!
It's the law!
But master!
Something must be done.
Earlier! You should
have come earlier
I could have made you offensive
to your enemy with some hex.
It is not difficult...
But from now to tomorrow
time is too short
Isn't there a quick spell? very quick?
Yup.
But not such that it can
effectively hit a distant person.
In such a short time.
But there would be a spell
Yes yes a spell
You always talk too much.
A spell that makes you
win a duel without fail.
But there is nothing written here!
You are not allowed
to read this book.
And should I do the duel?
It cannot be avoided.
What if the spell doesn't work?
Wounded and hanged?
My spells have always
worked young man.
You will see!
How much does this spell cost.
One hundred ecu.
What??
- One hundred ecu
- One hundred ecu???
But I don't have 100 ecu.
Should I beg on the street?
I would be reduced to misery.
And what will it help me to save my
life if I don't have to dress and eat?
100 ecu!
Do you prefer to die?
As you like, the choice is yours
This spell was worth much
more than a hundred ecu.
50. No. 70 and done deal!
And how will you find
that sum ahead of time?
- Ten days
- All right.
Of course you will pay
me if the spell works
- Of course!
- What if it doesn't work...
You would no longer be alive, young man.
Here, sign!
Be careful though. Caution.
I take a pledge.
- A down payment?
- No, a pledge!
Your hand!
Your hand.
It will be the token of my 100 ecu
Sign! And remember...
Your hand. Eustachio Butarò.
* Recitation of the spell *
Formidable! The best
swordsman in France!
One of the best.
Oh, here's come the uncle
Good morning gentlemen.
Sorry I'm late but I had to
wait for my wife to go to church.
Not to worry her.
I am your standard bearer and
have the honor of being your second.
You are very kind.
And the sword?
The sword.
You are unarmed
you don't have a sword.
I have the sword I just
bought it, he can tell you.
But it hasn't got a tip, it doesn't cut.
Well, sir, you don't
mind, I would like to...
Don't you worry
I'll lend you mine.
Take off your doublet.
- It doesn't bother me
- But it's the rule.
Take it off !!
Take this!
It's heavier than mine.
Maybe... but on the other
hand it has the tip that cuts.
He doesn't even know if he
should hold it by the tip or by the hilt
Giuseppe, this is not a
serious duel, just kill him and let's go!
Et voila
My uncle deserves a good lesson.
- I'm ready
- Are you ready sir?
Salute.
En place
En place!
What are you doing?
You have to wait for my signal.
Oh my God, monsieur!
It's a sword not a spear.
Let's finish this
comedy right away.
- On guard
- Sir, on guard.
Amazing.
I did not want to.
I did not want to.
It's just a scratch, uncle.
I love to console widows!
- Oh my God!
- What a wrist move!
Mind you wretch.
You wanted it.
You're dead!
Incredible.
But true.
I cut off... the cork...
from the neck...
Nailed like a toad.
Stone dead!
Giuseppe!!! Giuseppe!!
It wasn't me.
It wasn't me.
It wasn't me.
Yup.
You all understood that our poor rapier
became a murderer
He left the evidence of
his guilt on the ground
his doublet
Poor Eustachio...
... the gallows awaits him.
Crime. Certain proof. Gallows.
Yes the gallows!
Poor Eustachio!
How fallacious the human soul is!
Life events go their own way
No gallows then?
A bit of patience! And you
will see the gallows.
But by which way will
our draper get there?
By which way?
Look what a state you have reduced yourself to!
You are not made
for these feats.
Just thinking about
it got you a fever.
It's lucky that Giuseppe
didn't take you seriously.
You would have died of fear
even before you hit the ground.
All for a stupid
story of jealousy.
Pitto! Away with you!!! Help!!!
- What's wrong with you?
- The black Cat!!! In front of the window
- it's Pitto !!!
- And who is Pitto?
There!! The black Cat!!!
Get him out !!!
But there is no cat here.
Do not move!!! I'll call the doctor!
If you don't go there to look for
Giuseppe, I'll go there, do you understand?
Now you are healed you can
walk and there is no excuse.
You realize that he
hasn't shown up since.
Maybe he can't.
He can not?
He can not.
Maybe he would like to.
But he can't.
show up.
He is a boy of honor.
You have offended him to death!
Of course he waits for you
to go make him an apology
You go there, you apologize to him and bring him back here.
Dead or alive.
Yes sir dead or alive.
You don't want to force me to go to the
barracks to look for him among the soldiers.
Close the shop I'm going to vespers.
Eustachio Buterò
- Go away!
- I want 100 ecu Eustachio Buterò.
The 10 days have passed.
My master wants his 100 ecu.
Ten days.
I forgot it.
I've been sick.
I'm still sick!
- Tell your master
- He knows
But now you are not sick anymore.
100 ecu! Eustachio Buterò!
100 punishments to you and your master!
I asked him to save me
and he made me a killer.
I don't want to hear about
Gomin and his devilry anymore !!
you won't get a penny from me.
Remember, Eustachio Buterò
That you pledged
your hand to him.
You think you scare
me with these stories.
My hand is here.
- and I'm keeping it!
- Until when? Eustachio Buterò
Excuse me mister lancer,
where are we going?
Eustachio Buterò, a moment.
It is not convenient to have four
executions in the same morning.
Three gallows and a stake
The gallows are quick
But the stake takes longer
We could do the three gallows in the
morning and the witch in the evening.
Much better to have a
good stake in the morning.
The witch is well known in the neighborhood.
And there will be a lot of people at the execution
No one will be interested in seeing
the gallows... only 2 thieves
- and a duel offender.
- Excellency at your orders
How are you Eustachio?
I know you've been sick
high fever.
What do you have?
Nothing.
I have to give you some bad news.
It's about your grandson.
The harquebusier on horseback Giuseppe.
He died.
Killed in a duel.
I think you may know something.
And I have to ask you a few questions.
Do you feel bad?
How pale you are.
Wait up. Drink some water.
Drink.
Better now?
And we absolutely must
find out who killed him.
And we have a clue..
Tell me.
Now that Javotte can't hear us.
That nephew of yours
is a bad sergeant.
Notorious duelist,
brawler, drinker, gamer, etc.
But the law is the law.
The duels must stop.
And we must be inexorable
with the guilty whoever they are.
Nobody talks among his comrades.
Absolute silence
But we have a strong clue.
The guilty's doublet.
Now I'll show you and you'll tell me if you've
ever heard your grandson talk about a duel
What are you doing??
He provoked me in every way!
He insulted me, he harassed my wife.
But I didn't want to kill him!
What are you talking about?
Eustachio have you gone mad?
If you hadn't called me here, I
would have come of my own free will.
To tell you everything
and ask for your help.
I can't live anymore. I see
bloodstains all over the place
It seems to me that people
look at me in a strange way.
Only you can save me! Save me
Did I get it wrong or are
you accusing yourself of
having fought a duel with
the harquebusier Giuseppe?
Yup! I killed him I swear!
And where would you have
fought? What was the battleground?
- At the park
- But that doesn't mean anything all duels take place there.
Even children know this.
Tell me something.
And where would you have hit your grandson?
What part of the body?
The throat? The stomach? The heart?
The heart. Your Excellency.
Straight to the heart!
Ah! But this too
is easy to guess.
I'm not naive, Eustachio.
One more thing.
The doublet
forgotten by the culprit.
What fabric and color was it?
Crimson velvet.
With silver buttons
and white lining.
Actually, the third button
from the bottom is missing.
Javotte never sewed it for me.
One.
Two three.
Bloody hell... You'll never stop learning..
This has never happened to me.
No one in the world would
have thought that the culprit...
Why?
After all, I'm a man too.
Right!
Because you killed.
Poor Javotte...
Her grandson killed.
Her husband hanged.
It seems to me that
it's too much to take in.
It's too much for me too...
If you only knew what
that wretch put me through!
Shut up!
Don't repeat your
good reasons, the
provocations, your wife, the insults.
All highly moral extenuating
reasons that I don't care about.
What I'm sorry about.
is sending a man full of unexpected
events like you to the gallows.
I would be sorry too.
Listen carefully...
Make it disappear.
This is the only real
evidence against you.
Burn it when you are at home.
I've never seen it.
And I don't know anything.
Stop with this hand, please!
We will silence everything
And not even Javotte will ever know
that you are the killer of her nephew.
Your Excellency.
1000 times blessed!
I owe you everything!
My life, Javotte, everything!
I will find a way to be grateful to you
- You slapped me !!
- It wasn't me!
It was you!
Let me die instantly if I'm lying.
Look you are sick.
Go to bed. Call a doctor.
This event must have
gotten you mad.
It wasn't me !!!
Forgive me!!
Help!!
No.
Help!!!
You see madam this
is the latest fashion.
Eustachio!
It wasn't me!
It's not me. Forgive me!
And this was how Eustachio
Buterò died in the gallows.
But when the show seemed over.
And people were about to leave.
From a window
near the old tower
Master Gomin reappeared
Immediately
the right arm of the
inanimate body lifted.
His hand waved gleefully.
Like a dog's tails that
finds its owner again.
The crowd was dumbfounded.
The impatient crowd began to
rant against the executor of justice
so much so that he wondered
how he did it... amazed then
he understood that there was
only one way to quiet those souls...
It's moving
It's moving!!!!
It's possessed !!!
And this was the story
of the possessed hand
And I inherited
From my great-great-grandfather's grandfather
Give us some money, people
give us some money
gentlemen.
Give us a lot of money, gentlemen
But you didn't tell us why Master Gonin
wanted that poor fellow's hand at all costs
Right, what was it for?
It is Master Gonin's secret
it is mine too.
How much would you be
willing to pay to meet him?
and how much would you
like to tell us this other lie?
100 ecu
You settle for a little
charlatan. 100 ecu?
but who did you take me
for? For Eustachio Buterò?
One hundred kicks.
if you still dare to
make fun of decent people.
So I tell you that no
later than tonight...
you will know the secret of
the hand that Eustachio Buterò
Paying 100 ecu, which
you have in your hands
Good night to all. Let's go!!
oh .. honey...
Oh... again? no...
Honey, enough... dear...
My ecu!!
The hand!!!! The hand!!
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