God...who is there?
What can we do now?
Pia! Claudio!
Dad?
Dad!
What happened here?
Mom! I'm sorry!
The battery was down.... the car wouldn't start....
The important is that you're home now...
Come inside now....dad brought you a gift.
Dad! A puppy!
He's beautiful! -His name is Argo, it's your puppy.
He's gonna guard you when I'm away.
He's beautiful...thanks, dad.
He's been shot, but still breathing. -We've been called, the surgery room is ready
What's goin on? -He's under surgery.
So he's still alive. -So far yes...
But even if he lives he's been shot in the head.... could be an irreversible coma.
His family? -They're in the waiting room.
What's going on over there?
The news has spread.
What does the press know? -Nothing, like you asked.
People, please, stay calm...don't push....
Procurator Della Monica....are you the boy's relatives? -I'm the sister.
I'm the brother-in-law.
How's Paolo? Why can't we see him?
The hospital staff will answer that...
I'm here to ask for your co-operation, I need your approval.
Approval to do what?
To spread a false news....
I wanna tell the press that Paolo said the name of the man who shot him.
This way he might expose himself.
Shot? We've been told it was a car accident...
No, ma'am...
It was the monster of Florence.
Here's the doctor...
I'm sorry, we did all was possible... but we couldn't save him.
"BEFORE DYING REVEALS THE NAME"
Hello?
D.A.'s office....could you repeat the name that boy gave you?
What? -Which name did Mainardi reveal again?
Quick... call the procurator.... tell her I have the monster on the phone...
The monster? -The monster of Florence....run!
Sorry...could you repeat? Hello?
We have nothing....no recording, or where it came from.
The phones weren't tapped yet.
We get approval from the sister, we let out a false news, and we don't tap the phones!
I'm sorry.... -Sorry what, Rinaldi!
Say it to Mainardi's relatives, if you can...
Procurator....there's an officer waiting, marshal Fiore.... he says he wants to talk to you.
Thanks. -You're welcome.
I wanted to show you this, an old case of mine, back in August 1968...
She's dead.... mom is dead.
The kid was right....the police found a car near the graveyard....with 2 bodies inside.
Barbara Locci, the kid's mother, and her lover., Antonio Lo Bianco.
Killed by 8 bullets, shot while they were having...intercourse.
Stefano Mele took the blame, Barbara Locci's husband and father of the kid.
He said he'd killed her cause she had many lovers.
A couple murdered while having sex.... are you suggesting the case is connected with the monster?
The monster uses Winchester bullets 22, series "H", right? -Yes, why?
Open that envelope...
22 caliber, Winchester, series "H"..... just like the monster's...
Ok, but....we have a guilty party here, who did confess.
Yes, but the gun has never been found, procurator....never.
The results just came from the ballistics, the gun used in 1968 is the same the monster is using.
Yes, we've been already informed, procurator.
Procurator, meet judge Rotella..... he's gonna take over the investigation about the monster.
There's already an office taking care of the case.
May I? This case don't need to be taken care of, it just needs to be solved.
This gives us a direction, I wanna see all the results of the 1968 investigations.
That murder has a perpetrator, who's been in jail ever since.
Maybe it's the gun we oughta be after.
I decide what we oughta do, if you don't mind...
And I say we hear Natalino Mele again, still the only witness to that murder.
Shall I have the boy summoned?
Don't worry, I'll take care of that personally... the investigation is in good hands.
I'll keep you informed, procurator Vigna....Miss...
Good....
Are you done practicing? -Almost.
Enough, come on. -No, why?
Pia, you're growing up... you don't wanna spend your life holding that stick.
But I like it. -I know, but you ever think about your future?
What you mean?
University. -Which one, dad?
Which one? Whatever you like best. You could study engineering for instance.
I'm more for practical things, dad.... not much for studying.
Practical? And what practical thing would you like to do?
For example, cooking.
Cooking? You are a Rontini, you deserve much more than that!
What now? Ah....here he comes.... -Yep...
Something wrong? -No, everything's fine.
Bye, dad. -Bye.
What's this all about? It's been almost 20 years now!
The boy's trying to forget, you really have to hear him?
I'm sorry, who are you two? -The uncles, I'm Mele Giovanni.... -And I'm Piero Mucciarini.
Please! Are you Natalino? 20 yrs old and still hiding behind your uncles?
If you wanna wait here you better sit down, it's gonna be a long talk.
This way...
Natalino, let's get straight to the point...
You're here to tell me about that night.
I told years ago to the judges what I saw, why you wanna hear it again?
Cause I wanna hear it from your voice.
We had been to the movies, me, my mother and that guy Antonio...
Then I was in the back, sleeping, while in the front seat they were....
They've killed us...
It's all I can remember, then I found myself in front of a farmhouse.
Are you happy now?
Who brought you there? -I told you, I don't remember.
You do remember the shots, your mother dead, that guy Antonio telling you that thing...
And you don't know who carried you on his shoulders?
My dad is in jail, he confessed... he must have carried me there.
What's that Lo Bianco said before dying?
They've killed us...
They've killed us! Lo Bianco's dying words....they've killed us....
If Mele is the only murderer why say THEY?
The kid may have got it wrong, and a dying man could be incoherent...
This is also interesting....about the murders of Antonella Migliorini and Paolo Mainardi...
A Renault 4 was found abandoned by the crime scene, read the owner's name....
Francesco Vinci....who is he?
One of Barbara Locci's lovers, and most important, friend of Stefano Mele...
It's about time to pay a visit to this Mele in jail.
By yourself, I suppose....
I get more results by myself, that's a flaw of mine, I guess...
My wife, that goddamn whore.... she was cheating on me with so many men...
She was dishonoring my name, do you get it??
Dad...
When I saw my son in the car, I ran away.
"Ran away"....is that right?
No....I think I did.... -Ah you think you did?
If you ran away, who carried your son to that farmhouse?
Listen, judge....it was me who did it.... I'm in jail...what else do you want?
To know who else was there that night?! -No one.
No one....someone instead, who helped you... just tell me the name...
Francesco Vinci! This is the name, right? This is the name...isn't?
Yes...Francesco Vinci was with me...
Francesco Vinci....who kept the gun ever since...
See?
Mr. Vinci, the names of Barbara Locci and Antonio Lo Bianco ring a bell?
Now listen, I have nothing to do with the monster, or with the murder of Mele's wife.
It's not what Stefano Mele says. -That guy is always lying...
He says you still have the gun that killed his wife...
Which happens to be the same gun used by the monster.
I never owned a gun in my life!
I see you done everything, arrests, interrogations... you might as well pass the sentence....
You're mocking me, but I'd actually love to...
It's not gonna be long anyway, clearly Vinci helped Mele in the murder....
He kept the gun and then started killing again.
And where is the gun? Not in his house, nor was he carrying it, as far as I know...
It's gonna come out, I have a sixth sense for these things...
It's gonna come out...
Girls...some more patience, it's almost ready.
Juventino....our stakes I make 'em rare. -As you like, Renzo...it's the same to me.
What? The same? Rare is much better!
Where did you grow up? -You alone? And Pia?
She's inside...in the kitchen.
Go help her then. No, she wants to be alone....
I see...
So...what's the matter? -Nothing...I'm making salad...
I'm not talking about the salad.... why Claudio is outside by himself?
Cause he was in the way here. Pia....
Mom, I wanna go to Denmark this summer... to attend a cooking class.
What for? -What you mean "what for"...
I wanna be a cook, mom!
Grandma told me I can get a certificate there, that is good also for Italy.
Then maybe I'll get a job in some nice place in Florence.
Can't you find a good cooking class here? You gotta go all the way to Denmark?
I wanna make it by myself, mom... I wanna learn to work.
Maybe I won't like it there, but at least I wanna try.
But you're staying at grandma's.... Yea...she already got the room ready...
And if you don't like it you come back. -Yes...right away.
Now comes the hard part... -I know...tell Claudio...
No....you gotta tell your dad....
[IN GERMAN] Uffizi, 2 hours.... Duomo, 1 hour.
Ponte Vecchio, 45 minutes.
Lunch, 30 minutes.
Pee, 5 minutes..... crap, not contemplated....
Good...we've seen the Duomo already...
We saved a whole hour.
GIOGOLI, SEPTEMBER 9th, 1983
It's a boy!
Caliber? -22... seven shells so far.
Ok, get back to work.
Same gun, same murderer.
Yes, but the victims are both men.
Horst Meyer and Rüsch Uwe-Jens, germans, 24yrs old.
Could someone turn off the radio please? We got two dead people here.
Doctor, come here, tell me.... any cuts or incisions on the girl?
There is no girl, actually... they're both men.
What...
Wasn't your monster in jail? Or did Francesco Vinci broke out last night?
I can't stand him....
Alright...I'll keep you informed...ok.
They want a report for the german embassy, for now they won't intervene but we need quick results.
For starters we let Francesco Vinci out, No!
He was in jail when the germans were murdered!
This murder looks like a strange mistake, don't you think?
It was dark, he took the long haired boy for a girl....
Be serious...he's killing people since '68, he won't make such a mistake!
I'm sorry....but this mistake was caused by haste...
Or to make us believe that Francesco Vinci is innocent.
Maybe Vinci is really innocent!
Or maybe, that night in '68, Mele and Vinci were not alone!
Another accomplice! How many do you need? One for each new murder?
Goodday... -What do I tell to the embassy then?
My suggestion is to take time.
Hi... -Hi.
Listen....I don't want you to go....
Come on, 45 days will just fly... I'll write you everyday.
It's not the same as having you here....
I know, but I wanna try.... I wanna see what I'm able to do.
You've already chosen your way....university.
You wanna get away from me... -I don't, I just wanna choose, like you did.
Come on...
Mr. Mucciarini...can you read?
Read this.
No? I'll read it for you then.
"When I woke up I saw uncle Piero, holding a gun... he took me on his shoulders and carried me to a farmhouse..."
"Before leaving, he made me promise I wouldn't have told anyone what I'd seen."
Etc... etc....signed Natalino Mele.
Natalino made this statement in 1968, after the murders.
Then he suspiciously took everything back.
First he says that you killed his mother and her lover, than he withdraws....any idea why?
He was protecting his dad at first, I was working at the bakery that night.
And the Carabinieri will prove my alibi.
Actually they just confirmed that you had a job at a bakery....
Because shortly after....here, take it....
Your employer did remember that you were not at work on that night...
Cause you asked for a night off.... to do what, Mucciarini? Do you remember?
This has nothing to do with... -You don't remember of course.
Maybe you can remember where were you the night of this September 9th...
I don't even remember what I had for dinner yesterday....
Where were you, tell me....come on...
Do you know Francesco Vinci? -What about Vinci now?
Do you know him or not?!
Not even this you know.... you can't remember anything...
Just go...
This judge has got strange ideas, keeps asking questions...
This is Piero Mucciarini, uncle Piero...
He's just an ass in search of glory... -This is Giovanni Mele, Stefano's brother.
He wanna screw me, he says I killed that bitch... -That story is closed.... and so it must remain.
What else did he ask? -About Francesco Vinci...we better meet.
Any other recordings? -Just this one so far...
But we sure made them nervous, they're afraid the truth's gonna come out.
They will make some mistake, let's wait and see what happens.
Your wife told me you want to divorce her.... -No way....
[STRICT SARDINIAN DIALECT] That hard-headed judge....is determined to dig everything back up...
Fuck that judge!
We gotta stay calm, do you understand? -Yea yea.....I'm not a fool...
Natalino? -He's home, safe.
My son....with no home...
He's got no mother and no father...
Just like you.
As long as he's in my house, he'll be fine.
Warden! Warden!
I wanna speak with judge Rotella!
That night, when Barbara was killed....
I was alone...no one else was there.
Are you making fun of me? Are you kidding?
You can't take everything back!
Your son said that Piero Mucciarini was there too!
And you told me about Francesco Vinci! -No, you've put Vinci in my mouth.
I did not!
Mr. Mele, think it through..... Is that all you had to tell me?
Vinci, Mucciarini....they have nothing to do with it....
I was alone....alone...
I was alone!
I should have known..... you're only wasting my time.
Take him away.
Judge...
Judge! -Yes?
I was in the visiting area this morning, I saw Stefano Mele with his brother...
So?
What did he hand him? -I don't know...
Are you expecting me to thank you? -No, no...
Good....keep it that way....
"TELL THE JUDGE YOU KILLED THAT BITCH OF YOUR WIFE, OR YOUR SON'S GONNA END UP BAD."
There she is!
Mom! -You grew up!
You've put on a little weight? -No! She's great!
Too much butter...
It's you that got fat instead! -No, I'm always the same...
They've changed the cook on the ship?
Claudio? -He didn't wanna come...
He's waiting for you at his place. -Let's go home, I'll make you a nice steak.
Your father made another confession.
Now he says that was him alone who killed your mother, but of course it's just another lie...
You know why he did lie? To leave his brother Giovanni and uncle Piero out of it.
They ordered him to say that.... it's right there, on that piece of paper...
You were there that night.... you know who did it...
You know.... who killed your mother...
Look at me.
Tell me....did you love your mother?
Natalino....come out, kid...
Like that, good.... your uncle will take you away now...
Good... good....
Enough now...
Enough.... I got it....
You can go.
Pia was missed in this house... -Yes...
Does she have to go back in September? -So she says....
I hope she changes her mind, another 45 days will be a long time.
You're always traveling as well, your daughter is very much like you.
2 months away, 2 in Vicchio....
Here I am. -Here she is...
What's that smile? Did you see Claudio?
No, I'll see him later. -Where've you been then?
I got me a summer job. -Really? -What?
At the bar in the train station.
What will you do? In which hours??
What do you think a bartender does? -I wanna see this place and who hangs out there, tomorrow I'll take you.
Barbara Locci, with her behavior, was soiling the Mele family name...
The husband, Stefano Mele, was weak, too weak to punish her...
His brother, Giovanni Mele, and his brother-in-law, Piero Mucciarini took care of it.
They made him witness the murder, then take the blame... it's been a clan murder, gentlemen.
Then, Mucciarini and Mele got to enjoy it,
and beyond doubt, they started the chain of murders for which the monster is credited.
What about Francesco Vinci?
There are no proves against him, I had him released from prison.
And the gun? It wasn't in Mucciarini nor in Mele's house....
They made it disappear, it seems, but that's just a detail. Any more questions?
"THE MONSTER IS IN JAIL"
What do you think?
A clan murder evolving into a chain of serial murders...
You first thought about more than one murderer.
It feels like a lifetime ago.... I just hope Rotella is right and the monster is behind bars.
"PROBABLE ITINERARY OF THE MONSTER"
See? It seem this story is finally over. -Can you believe he's been killing for 10 years?
"They"' were killing....it was two men.
Mauro, I've done everything. -Great, I'll close down... tomorow same shift.
Alright. -Bye, Renzo.
Haven't you talked yet?
Go then...
Thanks dad. -Make it quick....
See you later... -It dark already....
Hi...
What happened to you?
I cut myself shaving, you know....the haste...
It hurts? -No, it's nothing.
You didn't come to say hello.
And you didn't greet me at the station.
I was afraid....
Afraid of what?
That things might have changed.... that you didn't care for me anymore.
Haste, huh?
Dad, are you leaving already?
I'm going to Livorno, to do some works at your aunt's house.
And you? Already going to work? -Yes, but before I'll go get an ice-cream with Claudio.
All good between you two? -Yes ,yes, all good.
He'll take you to work? -Takes me there and takes me back.
He's a good boy. -I know.... -Go now, don't keep him waiting.
Drive slow and call mom when you get there.
Hi dad, say hello to aunt. -I will...
Now you're ready to go to work. -Let's go...
Pia, what you're looking at? -Nothing....I wanna see who's in the bar.
Why? Did something happen?
The other day there was a guy bothering me. -Who? What did he say to you?
Nothing, I shut him up good... I have to go now.
I'll go with you. -No...go home, you have to study...
He's not there and he won't come, trust me.
Bye.
Hello?
Renzo! Are you there? Everything ok?
No, Pia is still at work....
Yes, don't worry...
Silly...
Alright, see you tomorrow....bye, love.
Argo!
I'm so tired tonight... I'm going straight to bed.
You been working all day, why don't you go for a ride with Claudio?
It'll help you unwind...
Alright, maybe a short ride....but I'll be home by 10.
Bye.
Have fun.
You and me will snuggle later.
Pia?
Yes!
Ah... it's you...
No, Pia isn't home either...
Maybe their friends know it....
Ok, in town in 5 minutes... alright, bye.
Police? My daughter and her boyfriend didn't come home yet.
How many hours you say?
Two kids are missing, not the kind to be out late. Isn't that enough?
Assholes...
So? -Something happened, I am sure...
Claudio is always on time.
Do they know something? -No, they haven't seen them at all.
They weren't here, maybe they went for a drive somewhere else...
Have you any idea where? -No...I'm sorry...
Maybe they just had a flat tire....just a flat...
Let's take our cars, we split up and look for them... staying here is not gonna do any good.
I called the police....they said to wait... it's too soon for them...
Something happened! -Calm down...
No.....my God no!
Pia!
Pia...no...my God...
It's not possible!
God!
LA BOSCHETTA, JULY 29th, 1984
Hello.
Renzo... -Winnie...what happened?
Pia....hasn't come home yet... she went out with Claudio....
It's 5 a.m.....why didn't you call me earlier?
I didn't want you to worry.... -Did you call the Stefanacci? And the police?
Yes....wait, I hear a car....wait...
Winnie?
Mrs. Rontini? -Yes...
Your daughter.... -What happened?
What's happening?? Winnie!