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- Murderer!
- Shame on you!
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You're a murderer!
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Murderer!
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- Murderer!
- Shame on you!
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Stop.
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I want to look at them.
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THE LAW ACCORDING TO LIDIA POËT
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THE PIEDMONT GAZETTE
MARGHERITA SANGIACOMO IN COURT TOMORROW
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How should I dress for your ball?
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Elegantly?
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Like a jester?
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You'd still be dressed
better than me, Uncle.
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Thank you, Jacopo.
Your spirit is always appropriate.
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The spirit blows where it will.
Even the Gospel says so.
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Mater certa, pater numquam.
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Exactly!
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What do you think?
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Dangerous, the spirit.
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Sometimes it drags us to dark places.
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I get the impression
you're blaming me for something.
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- But I don't know what.
- Yeah?
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- No?
- No.
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I'm not blaming you for anything.
I was reading about Margherita Sangiacomo.
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I was distracted.
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The trial begins today.
That's right. What time is it?
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Are you going to write
that she's guilty, like everyone else?
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- You don't think she is?
- No.
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I think everyone wants her imprisoned
because they hate her.
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And they hate her because she's a woman
who studied, who graduated,
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who did everything
that a woman shouldn't do.
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No. Miss Sangiacomo had a motive.
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The professor had stolen
the results of her research.
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And she had access to the poison,
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and she was the last to meet Prof. Braschi
before he died.
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Yes. All the professors in the department
have access to the poison.
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Listen. They have lunch together.
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The custodian locks up,
and the two of them are still there.
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The professor is found dead
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on Monday morning
in his university office.
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Now, who else could it have been?
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We'll see.
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- Where are you going?
- Trials are public.
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After having examined
the prosecutor's papers
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and in agreement with my client,
Miss Margherita Sangiacomo,
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the defense has made a decision
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that I hope
the court will take into account,
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especially in light
of her current health conditions.
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She fell ill in prison.
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That's why they released her on bail.
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...admits her responsibility.
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Quiet! Ladies and gentlemen!
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- And asks--
- Please!
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Ladies and gentlemen, silence, please!
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And asks to be heard by the court.
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My mother died when she was very young.
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But not before telling me
she didn't know who my father was.
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To me, Prof. Braschi
was like the father I had never known.
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He allowed me to graduate
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in a world in which a woman, generally,
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isn't even permitted
to pass middle school exams.
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So no.
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I am not admitting my responsibility.
I am innocent.
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And Mr. Coletti, Esquire
no longer has my trust.
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Your Honor,
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this is just a strategy
to postpone the trial.
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The accused has the right
to request a new lawyer.
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But I will give her only three days.
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Meanwhile, in accordance with article 205
of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
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she will be lodged at the convent
of Santa Severa in Turin.
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This hearing is adjourned.
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They thought I was faking it
so as not to await trial in prison.
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They said a high fever
cannot reduce you to this state.
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But that isn't why you came here.
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No.
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I know who you are.
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I've followed your story.
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Thank you, but I need someone
who can enter the courtroom.
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You know a public defender
will never get you acquitted.
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My brother will be in the courtroom.
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You need someone who'll do all they can
to make the jury believe you.
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Do you think I'm a scapegoat?
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Yes, probably.
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Let's just say that I know
the prosecutor's methods.
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When he thinks he's found a culprit,
he overlooks any other clues.
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We can demonstrate this to the jury.
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You want to put the prosecutor on trial?
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No, I want to bring
all Braschi's enemies into the courtroom.
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But to do that, I need to know
if you had a relationship.
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When you were in university,
did you have time for a relationship?
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Braschi spent the day of his death
at the university with you, right?
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Not the whole day.
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The custodian says he locked up at 7:00,
and you two were still inside.
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The time of death
has been determined as 8:00 p.m.
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I left right after lunch.
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And he stayed there alone.
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Why did the custodian lie?
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I wouldn't know.
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When you left the department,
where did you go?
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I came here.
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Can anyone testify to that?
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The mother superior could.
But they say she's too involved.
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I grew up in this convent
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after my mother died.
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Your father?
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My mother was a prostitute.
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I know where to start.
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If you trust me, my brother will be
very happy to take your case.
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So, you think
the mother superior is lying?
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Even a nun can cover for someone.
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That's why Coletti didn't use the alibi.
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Fine. Maybe someone else saw her.
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Maybe not
because she was at the university.
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That's not what she says, Enrico.
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You're too involved.
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And you've already condemned her,
like everyone else.
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Pass me those things.
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These?
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Braschi had stolen her research.
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You think an accusation
can be based on this?
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- Don't forget the custodian.
- Enrico?
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He says they were alone.
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We'll talk to the custodian.
You'll see there's something in it.
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Listen, Lidia.
We aren't interested in this case.
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We work together.
We make decisions together.
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We're making the wrong decision.
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Dad, look how ridiculous this dress is.
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You decide, darling.
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Albertina.
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I think it's nice.
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I don't want to go to this ball.
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Darling, it's your social debut.
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She's scared of the attention,
but we can help her.
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Stop it.
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Miss.
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Anyone else here scared of being famous?
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Again?
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We're discussing our child.
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And we are discussing
an opportunity we can't miss.
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And I'm begging you to let me breathe!
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What opportunity would that be?
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Margherita Sangiacomo.
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She's in all the papers.
She's without representation.
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Breathed enough?
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Enrico.
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I agree with your sister.
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What?
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Dr. Sangiacomo arrived with Prof. Braschi
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on Sunday morning at 11:00.
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And by the time I finished at 19:00,
she still hadn't left.
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Now, I'm sorry,
but I must also log your names.
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Lidia Poët. Enrico Poët.
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Excuse me. I'm busy.
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- But what the hell--
- What are you doing?
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It's the same crap Jacopo drinks
to get over his hangover.
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What's his name?
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Read it in the book.
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You didn't write it down?
And you've already forgotten.
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Does the prosecutor know
about your passion for alcohol?
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That could be a big problem,
given your position.
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No, for the whole time I was here,
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Margherita Sangiacomo
did not leave the department.
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Fine. We'll discuss it in court.
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We'll see if the jury believes
the testimony of an alcoholic.
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Have a nice day. Enrico, let's go.
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No, wait.
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I sometimes doze off.
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And I cannot tell you
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if the lady left that day or not.
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But I remember something very clearly
that may interest you.
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That Sunday at lunch, someone else came,
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and they had a nasty argument
with Braschi.
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- I heard the shouting from here.
- Why didn't you record it?
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Because he told me not to.
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And when he gives an order, you know,
he's very good at ensuring you obey.
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I have no words. You're hopeless.
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You couldn't even calculate
the pH level of a weak acid!
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Prof. Manganelli, hello.
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Who are you?
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Lidia Poët,
assistant to the lawyer Enrico Poët.
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Ferrero, throw away that crap
and get to the lab. Now.
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Daughter or wife?
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Excuse me?
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You and the lawyer share a surname.
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I imagine a case of nepotism.
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Enrico is my brother.
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We're defending Margherita Sangiacomo.
I just wanted to know
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why you argued with Prof. Braschi
on that Sunday three months ago.
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Conflicting ideas.
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We had a relationship of mutual respect.
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What conflicting ideas?
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Miss, half of Turin knows
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that on that Sunday,
from early afternoon to late night,
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I was at the Whist Club.
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If I had wanted to take advantage
of my visit to poison Braschi,
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he would've been dead
long before 8:00 p.m.
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Is that enough of an alibi?
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I am not the person you're looking for.
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And unlike your client,
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I had no grudge against him.
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What does that mean?
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Margherita was ambitious.
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And frustrated ambition
breeds much resentment.
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I imagine you know that.
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Up yours!
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When I read about Miss Sangiacomo,
I immediately thought of you.
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A woman, genius, graduate,
and everyone wants to see her in prison.
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- You should be careful.
- I know.
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In fact, Enrico says
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that I'm too involved.
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And what does Enrico say
about your other involvement?
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That Barberis...
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There is no involvement, Andrea.
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I take it back.
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It's odd.
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Yes?
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The other night,
I saw him leave the house late at night.
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- Fine. I followed him.
- You did?
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Because I was suspicious. I was sure
he was hiding something from me.
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I followed him to an abandoned farmstead
in the middle of nowhere.
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- And?
- And nothing.
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He met a woman,
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and they kissed.
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A happy ending for him.
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It's not like that.
Something doesn't make sense.
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Why meet a woman in a place that's so
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sinister?
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- I'm not convinced.
- You aren't convinced.
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You're not convincing me.
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You aren't falling in love?
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Andrea, I'm focused on my work,
my career, and myself.
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I'd never fall in love
with what's-his-name, Jacopo.
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No, I was just wondering
if any doubts are creeping in for you.
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The thought that work isn't as important
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as, you know, family,
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matrimony, children...
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Like everyone else.
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Those seem more like your thoughts
than mine.
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Mine?
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I don't think so.
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Not at all.
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These thoughts are floating in the air.
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Can you feel them?
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Stupid thoughts in the air?
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Is that smile because you saw me
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or because I earned you a client?
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No. I'm just smiling, that's all.
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Waiting up for me?
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You see, today I found
your notes on the table,
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and... I took the liberty of reading them.
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No, you're joking.
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No.
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See, I even wrote down
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some suggestions.
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You studied law too?
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No, not at all.
256
00:17:08,958 --> 00:17:12,708
In fact, I understood very little
of this long...
257
00:17:13,291 --> 00:17:15,708
very long academic essay.
258
00:17:15,708 --> 00:17:17,750
Exactly. You have no idea what it means
259
00:17:17,750 --> 00:17:20,250
to write a brief
for the Court of Cassation.
260
00:17:20,250 --> 00:17:22,625
No, but I know there are seven judges,
261
00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:24,583
that they're all men,
262
00:17:25,458 --> 00:17:27,916
and that they don't want to be told
what to think.
263
00:17:28,666 --> 00:17:30,375
Least of all by a woman.
264
00:17:33,250 --> 00:17:34,958
What would you want to hear?
265
00:17:35,666 --> 00:17:37,250
A story, Lidia.
266
00:17:38,250 --> 00:17:39,291
Your story.
267
00:17:44,208 --> 00:17:46,375
I don't write novels, Jacopo.
268
00:17:47,125 --> 00:17:49,750
And I won't tell my story
to seven strangers.
269
00:17:51,291 --> 00:17:52,666
- Good night.
- Good night.
270
00:17:59,791 --> 00:18:00,625
Here she is.
271
00:18:01,708 --> 00:18:02,708
Teresa?
272
00:18:02,708 --> 00:18:04,208
- What?
- Sit down!
273
00:18:04,916 --> 00:18:05,916
We're all here.
274
00:18:30,666 --> 00:18:32,500
Marianna, you look great.
275
00:18:35,333 --> 00:18:37,500
Cattani is the best tailor in Turin.
276
00:18:39,500 --> 00:18:40,500
Think of the others.
277
00:18:44,416 --> 00:18:45,708
No. I mean...
278
00:18:45,708 --> 00:18:48,458
You're right, Uncle.
I look like a lampshade.
279
00:18:48,458 --> 00:18:50,458
No, Marianna. Your uncle...
280
00:18:53,958 --> 00:18:55,833
Marianna, don't run. You'll rip it.
281
00:18:57,416 --> 00:18:58,416
Moron.
282
00:19:25,750 --> 00:19:29,333
Anyway, I found out that arsenic
requires ten minutes to take effect.
283
00:19:29,333 --> 00:19:32,208
Manganelli wasn't
in the department at 6:00 p.m.
284
00:19:32,208 --> 00:19:33,625
He has a solid alibi.
285
00:19:33,625 --> 00:19:37,625
So let's officially remove him
from our suspect list. Pass me the tea.
286
00:19:39,125 --> 00:19:41,666
Sorry, Enrico.
How much do you know about chemistry?
287
00:19:42,791 --> 00:19:44,208
- The basics.
- Exactly.
288
00:19:46,666 --> 00:19:48,000
The basics aren't enough.
289
00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:50,875
I can't give you that information.
I'm sorry.
290
00:19:52,416 --> 00:19:54,958
And the professor would never do
something like that.
291
00:19:55,708 --> 00:19:57,208
Nobody's accusing him.
292
00:19:57,875 --> 00:20:00,583
Please leave. They might see us.
293
00:20:07,708 --> 00:20:09,250
You're scared of him, right?
294
00:20:11,125 --> 00:20:13,583
He can't wait
to kick you out of the department.
295
00:20:14,625 --> 00:20:17,416
Perhaps he thinks
it would teach you a good life lesson.
296
00:20:18,500 --> 00:20:19,458
I beg your pardon?
297
00:20:20,291 --> 00:20:23,500
You have no idea how many professors
like Manganelli I've met
298
00:20:23,500 --> 00:20:24,708
who humiliate you,
299
00:20:25,583 --> 00:20:27,208
thinking it's for your own good...
300
00:20:28,208 --> 00:20:30,625
And you think you just have to take it.
301
00:20:31,375 --> 00:20:32,583
But that's not how it is.
302
00:20:33,125 --> 00:20:34,250
You don't have to.
303
00:20:37,125 --> 00:20:39,916
After all, you are a free man.
Or am I mistaken?
304
00:21:04,666 --> 00:21:05,833
Vegetable carbon.
305
00:21:06,458 --> 00:21:09,541
The only natural element capable
of absorbing another element.
306
00:21:10,166 --> 00:21:13,166
It retains the substance
and releases it when it melts.
307
00:21:15,125 --> 00:21:18,666
So, if I take poison
along with vegetable carbon,
308
00:21:18,666 --> 00:21:21,083
it will take effect after a few hours?
309
00:21:22,333 --> 00:21:23,333
How many hours?
310
00:21:23,875 --> 00:21:24,958
Two? Three?
311
00:21:24,958 --> 00:21:26,125
Even more.
312
00:21:26,708 --> 00:21:28,458
It depends on how much is taken.
313
00:21:33,375 --> 00:21:34,416
Thank you.
314
00:21:37,250 --> 00:21:38,375
Oh, by the way,
315
00:21:39,791 --> 00:21:42,291
Manganelli underestimates you, you know?
316
00:21:47,750 --> 00:21:50,875
Manganelli poisoned him at lunchtime.
317
00:21:51,625 --> 00:21:54,250
Then he went to play whist as an alibi.
318
00:21:56,625 --> 00:21:57,583
It works, right?
319
00:21:58,375 --> 00:21:59,583
I don't know, Lidia.
320
00:21:59,583 --> 00:22:04,083
If we take this to trial, they'll say
Margherita could also have done it.
321
00:22:04,083 --> 00:22:07,000
At that point, the custodian's testimony
becomes useless to us.
322
00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,833
But we are Margherita's lawyers.
323
00:22:08,833 --> 00:22:11,166
I'm putting myself in the jury's shoes.
Why get mad?
324
00:22:11,166 --> 00:22:12,791
I don't understand whose side you're on.
325
00:22:12,791 --> 00:22:14,833
The side of those
who want to do a good job. You?
326
00:22:14,833 --> 00:22:15,875
And I'm not?
327
00:22:16,458 --> 00:22:18,458
I got an unfavorable testimony withdrawn.
328
00:22:19,041 --> 00:22:22,083
I found another potential culprit,
and I spoke to everyone.
329
00:22:22,083 --> 00:22:23,833
What more can I do? Tell me.
330
00:22:24,958 --> 00:22:27,125
You're asking for my advice?
Are you feeling okay?
331
00:22:27,125 --> 00:22:29,041
Enrico, please, don't joke. I'm serious.
332
00:22:32,541 --> 00:22:37,208
So, first of all,
forget about the vegetable carbon thing
333
00:22:37,208 --> 00:22:39,375
because it weakens our strategy.
334
00:22:40,791 --> 00:22:44,541
Secondly, people are convinced
that Margherita is guilty.
335
00:22:45,125 --> 00:22:46,125
Thirdly,
336
00:22:47,208 --> 00:22:50,000
try to think like them,
337
00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,375
and find something
that might make you change your mind.
338
00:23:00,166 --> 00:23:01,250
All right.
339
00:23:03,333 --> 00:23:04,250
Just like that?
340
00:23:28,041 --> 00:23:28,916
Hi.
341
00:23:37,916 --> 00:23:38,833
Bye.
342
00:23:52,083 --> 00:23:55,083
It's been three months. I can't remember
if the gardener was there.
343
00:23:55,583 --> 00:23:57,708
Margherita, make an effort.
It's important.
344
00:24:01,541 --> 00:24:03,625
Sometimes I sit outside to read.
345
00:24:04,958 --> 00:24:06,500
If he was in the cloister,
346
00:24:08,333 --> 00:24:10,000
maybe he saw me.
347
00:24:12,083 --> 00:24:13,708
But I don't know if he'll remember.
348
00:24:17,041 --> 00:24:19,375
Is there a way to reach this man?
349
00:24:21,541 --> 00:24:23,291
The mother superior has a register.
350
00:24:23,875 --> 00:24:25,458
We could ask her for the address.
351
00:24:26,541 --> 00:24:28,166
Okay. Let's go.
352
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,583
"Professor takes own life.
Antonio Borghese."
353
00:24:47,666 --> 00:24:49,166
You're driving me crazy.
354
00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:52,333
We may have found a witness,
and you keep looking for other things.
355
00:24:52,333 --> 00:24:56,791
Enrico, it's really odd
to save an article from 17 years ago.
356
00:24:57,791 --> 00:24:58,875
I worked it out.
357
00:24:59,958 --> 00:25:02,083
The year Margherita's mother died.
358
00:25:02,083 --> 00:25:04,250
Lidia, there's a dictionary behind you.
359
00:25:04,250 --> 00:25:06,333
Try looking up the word "coincidence."
360
00:25:06,333 --> 00:25:09,083
So, why did Margherita keep
all those articles?
361
00:25:09,083 --> 00:25:10,541
I don't know. I don't care.
362
00:25:11,291 --> 00:25:13,000
Didn't you say
you wanted to do a good job?
363
00:25:13,666 --> 00:25:15,041
Are you already tired?
364
00:25:15,041 --> 00:25:17,375
No. I'm not tired, Lidia.
365
00:25:18,708 --> 00:25:22,708
It's just that it isn't my job
to pry into my client's secrets.
366
00:25:22,708 --> 00:25:24,500
So you don't want to know the truth.
367
00:25:25,875 --> 00:25:29,541
I'm not the crown prosecutor, Lidia.
I'm not interested in the truth.
368
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,458
We'll get Miss Sangiacomo acquitted,
as you wanted.
369
00:25:33,458 --> 00:25:34,541
And that's it.
370
00:25:37,458 --> 00:25:38,541
No, you're right.
371
00:25:39,666 --> 00:25:41,125
I'm too involved.
372
00:25:47,291 --> 00:25:51,166
No, here it's racing, horses,
agricultural problems.
373
00:25:51,166 --> 00:25:53,125
Agricultural problems doesn't sound good.
374
00:25:55,333 --> 00:25:56,166
Furniture.
375
00:25:57,583 --> 00:25:58,791
Attila, excuse me.
376
00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:00,875
I need the crime report.
377
00:26:02,166 --> 00:26:03,250
May I step in?
378
00:26:06,333 --> 00:26:07,166
Good.
379
00:26:08,708 --> 00:26:11,791
"Another prostitute found dead
near the faculty of chemistry."
380
00:26:11,791 --> 00:26:13,416
The third in a month.
381
00:26:13,416 --> 00:26:14,666
Does it mention the name?
382
00:26:15,708 --> 00:26:18,625
No. But it's obvious
something was going on in that faculty.
383
00:26:19,416 --> 00:26:20,416
Pass me the others.
384
00:26:22,125 --> 00:26:23,000
"TN."
385
00:26:25,458 --> 00:26:27,458
"TN."
386
00:26:27,458 --> 00:26:28,375
Ring a bell?
387
00:26:35,291 --> 00:26:36,416
He signed them all.
388
00:26:37,500 --> 00:26:38,416
All.
389
00:26:40,791 --> 00:26:41,958
Can you fill me in?
390
00:26:43,416 --> 00:26:45,625
Tarcisio Nava was
the first editor-in-chief here.
391
00:26:45,625 --> 00:26:48,875
Oh, okay. Can we talk to him?
392
00:26:48,875 --> 00:26:49,791
He's dead.
393
00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:54,375
So?
394
00:26:57,541 --> 00:27:00,791
According to him, there was a group
of professors conducting experiments
395
00:27:00,791 --> 00:27:02,541
that were borderline illegal.
396
00:27:04,083 --> 00:27:06,083
And these girls were their guinea pigs.
397
00:27:24,750 --> 00:27:25,750
Come in.
398
00:27:26,833 --> 00:27:27,666
Lidia.
399
00:27:29,375 --> 00:27:31,083
How can you breathe in here?
400
00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:34,083
I didn't ask you to come in.
401
00:27:34,791 --> 00:27:38,000
I wanted to apologize
for the way I commented on your writing.
402
00:27:38,541 --> 00:27:41,000
It wasn't kind.
403
00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:41,916
No.
404
00:27:42,416 --> 00:27:43,333
Kind, no.
405
00:27:44,333 --> 00:27:45,875
But honest.
406
00:27:46,541 --> 00:27:47,416
I appreciated it.
407
00:27:48,416 --> 00:27:50,333
And thank you for today anyway.
408
00:27:52,125 --> 00:27:54,791
I'll leave you to your work.
409
00:28:00,833 --> 00:28:01,666
Jacopo.
410
00:28:03,291 --> 00:28:04,291
Yes?
411
00:28:06,208 --> 00:28:09,166
I don't know if you want
to help me with my appeal.
412
00:28:09,166 --> 00:28:12,500
Because I'm still not convinced
by the tone I'm using.
413
00:28:13,416 --> 00:28:15,000
Yes. Of course.
414
00:28:19,666 --> 00:28:20,916
See, I erased
415
00:28:22,166 --> 00:28:24,333
the points where I seemed too angry.
416
00:28:24,333 --> 00:28:27,125
But now it sounds too servile.
417
00:28:27,125 --> 00:28:30,625
So I erase, rewrite, get even angrier...
418
00:28:32,458 --> 00:28:33,708
and I get confused.
419
00:28:34,791 --> 00:28:37,208
Confusion is the noblest of feelings.
420
00:28:41,083 --> 00:28:41,916
Shakespeare?
421
00:28:43,583 --> 00:28:44,458
No, it's mine.
422
00:28:46,250 --> 00:28:49,583
In fact, I take that as a nice compliment.
423
00:28:50,833 --> 00:28:51,666
All right.
424
00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:07,375
Wouldn't this be a bit stupid?
425
00:29:08,208 --> 00:29:10,166
I've never said I was intelligent.
426
00:30:54,916 --> 00:30:55,916
It happened.
427
00:31:12,166 --> 00:31:16,125
Have I become one of your official lovers?
428
00:31:20,291 --> 00:31:21,166
All right.
429
00:31:23,375 --> 00:31:25,458
I want the official treatment, then.
430
00:31:32,125 --> 00:31:34,041
Will you take me to the farmhouse too?
431
00:31:39,291 --> 00:31:40,625
I'm joking.
432
00:31:41,291 --> 00:31:42,166
I don't...
433
00:31:43,833 --> 00:31:44,958
I'm thirsty.
434
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:01,791
Jacopo, I'm sorry.
435
00:32:03,791 --> 00:32:07,166
I followed you the other night.
Even I don't know why.
436
00:32:08,375 --> 00:32:10,166
And I saw you with that girl.
437
00:32:11,708 --> 00:32:12,541
I'm sorry.
438
00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:24,791
No, don't worry.
439
00:32:26,375 --> 00:32:27,750
She's one of many. I don't...
440
00:32:40,916 --> 00:32:41,916
Wait.
441
00:32:45,666 --> 00:32:48,083
Maybe it's best
if you go and sleep in your room.
442
00:32:50,541 --> 00:32:51,916
You really want me to go?
443
00:33:14,750 --> 00:33:16,041
- Good night.
- Good night.
444
00:33:32,666 --> 00:33:36,583
All right. I promise that in court,
I won't make any reference to your
445
00:33:37,333 --> 00:33:38,166
habits.
446
00:33:38,666 --> 00:33:40,291
But you have to help me.
447
00:33:41,375 --> 00:33:44,541
I imagine you've been doing this job
for a long time, right?
448
00:33:44,541 --> 00:33:47,375
I want to know if you remember
anything about Borghese,
449
00:33:47,375 --> 00:33:50,375
his suicide,
his relationship with Braschi.
450
00:33:52,500 --> 00:33:54,000
It's a complicated story.
451
00:33:55,708 --> 00:33:57,000
It will take time.
452
00:34:10,500 --> 00:34:11,375
Enrico.
453
00:34:13,666 --> 00:34:15,375
I have to talk to Margherita.
454
00:34:15,375 --> 00:34:17,583
You aren't her lawyer. They won't let you.
455
00:34:17,583 --> 00:34:20,458
- Careful, or I'll do it my way!
- No! God forbid!
456
00:34:22,958 --> 00:34:24,416
Wait here. Leave it to me.
457
00:34:25,333 --> 00:34:26,166
Sit down.
458
00:34:29,541 --> 00:34:31,291
CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR TAKES OWN LIFE
459
00:34:31,291 --> 00:34:33,500
THE DESPERATE ACT
OF PROF. ANTONIO BORGHESE
460
00:34:43,208 --> 00:34:46,083
Braschi and Borghese
founded a research group.
461
00:34:46,583 --> 00:34:49,458
They were testing a drug
against scarlet fever.
462
00:34:50,250 --> 00:34:53,333
And the guinea pigs were poor girls,
workers with no families.
463
00:34:53,833 --> 00:34:55,666
And especially prostitutes.
464
00:34:57,083 --> 00:34:58,666
Many of them died.
465
00:35:00,708 --> 00:35:04,000
- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Your mother was one of them.
466
00:35:05,583 --> 00:35:08,708
Borghese killed himself out of guilt.
467
00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:11,416
The group dissolved.
468
00:35:12,083 --> 00:35:15,125
- Nobody heard any more about it.
- Are we getting to the point?
469
00:35:18,500 --> 00:35:19,833
Tell the truth.
470
00:35:21,250 --> 00:35:24,125
Don't settle
for only making Braschi pay for it.
471
00:35:24,125 --> 00:35:26,291
I haven't made anyone pay.
472
00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:27,750
Don't take me for a fool!
473
00:35:30,166 --> 00:35:32,541
You wanted vengeance from the start.
474
00:35:32,541 --> 00:35:34,791
And now, thanks to me,
you'll be acquitted.
475
00:35:35,375 --> 00:35:36,708
I'm not going back to prison.
476
00:35:36,708 --> 00:35:38,416
If you tell the truth, Margherita,
477
00:35:38,416 --> 00:35:41,625
they'll launch an investigation,
and everyone involved will pay.
478
00:35:42,125 --> 00:35:44,416
Without the truth,
you'll never have justice.
479
00:35:46,708 --> 00:35:49,125
The truth is that
Braschi died at 6:00 p.m.,
480
00:35:49,125 --> 00:35:51,750
and I was in my room
from 3:00 p.m. onwards.
481
00:35:53,166 --> 00:35:55,375
And there's a reliable witness to this.
482
00:35:56,875 --> 00:35:57,708
True.
483
00:35:58,208 --> 00:36:02,375
But it's also true that vegetable carbon
is the only substance in nature
484
00:36:02,375 --> 00:36:04,916
that's capable
of absorbing another substance.
485
00:36:05,541 --> 00:36:06,708
Right, Doctor?
486
00:36:13,166 --> 00:36:14,750
This is between me and you.
487
00:36:17,541 --> 00:36:18,791
I won't tell anyone.
488
00:36:21,125 --> 00:36:23,125
Even if you decide not to talk.
489
00:36:30,875 --> 00:36:33,666
If someone killed
your whole family out of the blue,
490
00:36:35,125 --> 00:36:36,416
how would you feel?
491
00:36:43,166 --> 00:36:44,333
Alone in the world.
492
00:36:48,291 --> 00:36:49,125
I know.
493
00:36:53,083 --> 00:36:53,916
I know.
494
00:36:55,791 --> 00:36:58,625
Do you confirm that from the time
of 3:00 p.m. on that Sunday,
495
00:36:58,625 --> 00:37:01,875
Miss Margherita Sangiacomo
was in the convent?
496
00:37:02,708 --> 00:37:03,791
I confirm it.
497
00:37:28,208 --> 00:37:29,416
Your Honor,
498
00:37:29,416 --> 00:37:34,166
I am forced to retract
my previous testimony.
499
00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:37,458
Silence!
500
00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:52,833
I, therefore, conclude
501
00:37:52,833 --> 00:37:55,541
that your relationship
with Prof. Braschi was cordial.
502
00:37:57,958 --> 00:38:01,750
And that you did not kill him
because you had no motive to kill him.
503
00:38:01,750 --> 00:38:02,708
Right?
504
00:38:03,625 --> 00:38:05,500
Yes. I confirm that.
505
00:38:07,041 --> 00:38:08,458
I have no other questions.
506
00:38:10,166 --> 00:38:11,458
Miss, you may go.
507
00:38:26,541 --> 00:38:28,333
One night when I was seven,
508
00:38:29,916 --> 00:38:32,291
my mother came home
with tears in her eyes.
509
00:38:36,458 --> 00:38:37,791
She was crying with joy.
510
00:38:40,625 --> 00:38:44,375
She told me we could finally move
out of the Porta Nuova hostel
511
00:38:45,250 --> 00:38:46,500
and into a real home.
512
00:38:48,583 --> 00:38:50,208
Then, after a year, we moved.
513
00:38:50,208 --> 00:38:53,041
But she was unwell. She kept fainting.
514
00:38:53,833 --> 00:38:55,291
And I felt bad for her.
515
00:38:57,250 --> 00:38:59,750
And there's nothing more terrible
for a child
516
00:39:00,500 --> 00:39:03,333
than to hope their mother
goes back to working the street
517
00:39:04,208 --> 00:39:06,416
just so she doesn't look so pale and weak.
518
00:39:08,125 --> 00:39:10,291
And then, after she died, I found out
519
00:39:10,916 --> 00:39:13,625
about Liliana, who worked at the Murazzi,
520
00:39:13,625 --> 00:39:16,375
and Agata, who worked at the station.
521
00:39:17,333 --> 00:39:19,583
Your Honor, we don't understand the point.
522
00:39:19,583 --> 00:39:21,041
The point is that
523
00:39:22,208 --> 00:39:25,708
I killed Braschi, Mr. Prosecutor.
524
00:39:28,916 --> 00:39:31,083
He used those women as guinea pigs.
525
00:39:32,166 --> 00:39:34,208
And he let them die like animals.
526
00:39:34,208 --> 00:39:37,125
Miss, you do realize the seriousness
of this declaration?
527
00:39:37,125 --> 00:39:38,625
Yes, I do.
528
00:39:40,791 --> 00:39:42,541
Braschi had accomplices.
529
00:39:44,958 --> 00:39:46,208
And I hope that now
530
00:39:47,458 --> 00:39:48,916
they'll pay for their crimes.
531
00:39:48,916 --> 00:39:51,416
- You should pay!
- You're the one who should pay!
532
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:55,208
Murderer!
533
00:40:17,083 --> 00:40:18,291
It has been said
534
00:40:18,958 --> 00:40:23,125
that collective wisdom
has always prevented women
535
00:40:23,125 --> 00:40:24,333
from donning the robe.
536
00:40:25,333 --> 00:40:27,166
But hasn't this collective wisdom
537
00:40:27,166 --> 00:40:29,875
been an accomplice to slavery
for centuries?
538
00:40:30,791 --> 00:40:33,333
And what fate awaits a people
539
00:40:33,333 --> 00:40:36,041
that does not have the courage
to admit its mistakes?
540
00:46:17,041 --> 00:46:20,291
Subtitle translation by: Jaclyn McLoughlin