All language subtitles for Under.The.Salt.2008.DVDRip.@SpanishMovies_140618181738

UNDER THE SALT

Control, do you copy?

Go ahead.

-Sir?
-How's the cold there?

So good we should
charge double.

Keep coming forward a bit.

You're good, you're good.
Unload, unload.

Great.
Unload it there.

Oh, my God!

This body's torn to pieces.

Yeah, they told me
the drier broke it.

You think it could be one
of the missing women?

Perhaps one of the early ones.

The body has looked like
that for a long time.

Nothing from the capital?

No.

We're too far away
for them to even care.

I'm off, Don Rafa.

Want me to drive you?

Don't worry.
I already called a cab.

-Take care, lsabel.
-I will.

Where's your friend?

MISSING PERSON

RENDEZVOUS IN
THE MARSH NO SUSPECTS

Victor.

I need you.

Who did they bring?

Teacher Cristina.

ZEPEDA FUNERAL HOME

What happened to her?

They found her hanging
from the shower.

Leave it.

Sure?

-Commander Trujillo.
-Chief Salazar.

Don't call me chief.

What?

Couldn't they have sent you
farther away?

-There's always Tijuana.
-Well, yes.

Did you come alone?

I was very sorry
to hear about Ramon.

He was a good cop.

-How are you doing?
-Better. I'm fine now.

You know...

...a bad penny...

Don't worry.
I won't die on you here.

It's not that. I've been
asking the capital...

...to send help for months and
all of a sudden they send you.

Well, this is not exactly
an official visit.

Things haven't cooled
down up there.

Even now?

Why? Because of
the Merced thing?

The bosses thought it might
be a good idea...

...to send me where
no one could find me.

Well, you're in the right place.
And right on time.

And you?

The Governor is getting nervous.
Bad press.

Fucking politicians.
Different outhouse...

-Same shit!
-...same shit.

-Corporal Montoya.
-Chief.

-This is Commander Trujillo.
-A pleasure, commander.

I want you to help him
with anything he needs.

Of course. The chief here
has told me a lot about you.

-Really?
-Just the good things, anyway.

Go ahead, please.

It all started before
I got here.

My predecessor got a couple
of reports of missing girls...

...but nothing was ever found out.

-How long have you been here?
-Nearly three years.

Three years already?

The first two
it was smooth sailing.

But this last year,
I've had five reports...

...of missing girls in the area.

And the bodies are beginning
to appear.

We found her at the beginning
of the year.

We think she's from
San lgnacio.

September last year,
a missing report was filed.

How long had she been dead?

Our guess... six to eight
months.

What about the scene?

It's a salt marsh.

She was found by some engineers
who were surveying the area.

Is the marsh
part of the salt plant?

Everything is part
of the salt plant.

It's almost 100 thousand acres.

Lots of salt.

-Her hands were tied?
-Yes.

Hands and feet were tied
to a piece of machinery.

To prevent the body
from surfacing.

We found her
over a month ago.

The machinery that was used
broke the remains.

There's a piece
of her right leg missing.

It looks like an old body.

Those fields are left
to dry for at least...

...two years before harvesting.

She could be one
of the early ones.

Did you find other bodies?

Could you identify any of them?

No, they were too decomposed...

...and without any help
from the capital...

I know.

No, no. I just do it
to keep nerves at bay.

Never thought I'd see the day.

I'm hearing that
more and more every day.

Trujillo...

...do you think
this is like Juarez?

I hope not.

The Juarez thing
is like something from the mob.

There are many people involved...

...many interests.

Here we are barely
getting started.

There he is.

We've been calling you
on your cell.

I turn it off when I need
to think. The noise distracts me.

Yeah, I'd forgotten
how little you sleep.

The early bird
catches the worm.

In this case there's
a lot of truth in that.

They found another one.

Mom...

Mom...

Mom!

Mom!

Dad!

Dad!

BRENDA GARCIA
MISSING

-Where can we examine the body?
-There's a place in town.

The doctor from the salt plant
helps us out in these cases.

-A little girl found her?
-Yes. They were catching crab.

Let's see if we catch
something too.

X plus four by X minus three
equals zero.

Anybody wants to solve
the equation?

Any volunteers?

Zepeda.

Zepeda!

To the blackboard, Chucky.

Why don't you come and solve
the equation, Zepeda?

If you want to pass, I suggest
you start paying some attention.

Sit down.

Hear that, Chucky?
They're gonna call your mom.

I've had enough of your
little jokes, you asshole!

Calm down!
Easy, Zepeda!

Let him go.
Let him go! Enough!

To the prefect's office,
now!

Fucking nut!

And you, shut up unless
you want to go with him.

Another fight?

-I didn't start it.
-You never do...

...but you always
end up here.

I'll have to call your father.

What?

He's not home?

Hasn't been for about a year.

It's been a year since
your mom's death, right?

Victor...

...I know what
you're going through.

Believe me, I know.

But you can't keep using your
mother's death to...

I'm not using her!

What's your excuse then?

-What do you want?
-Nothing.

-Everybody wants something.
-What do you want?

I guess the same thing you do:
to get back what I've lost.

There are things
you can never get back.

Even so, there must be
something you want.

It's hard to keep on living
if there's nothing you want.

I don't know.

I guess the hardest part is...

...wanting what you still
have left.

Between the water,
the heat and the salt...

...it's hard to tell how
long she's been dead.

You think this guy chooses
his victims randomly?

Maybe. But in the end, they
all have something in common.

Hey! What are you
doing here?

-You can't come in.
-No, no, it's all right, Trujillo.

He works here.
His father owns this.

-Come on in.
-Sorry we barged in, Victor.

Nobody answered the door,
so I used my key.

-Your dad?
-He's not here.

You'll have to lend us
a hand then.

You've done this before,
haven't you?

You just write down...

...what I tell you
for the death certificate.

If I need your help,
I'll let you know.

Female body...

...early...

...twenties.

I'm not sure we'll learn
anything from this body.

The organs are in
advanced state of decay.

I already know that...

...but even a body in this state
has a story to tell.

The body presents
massive damage...

...with bruising...

...and cuts on what's left
of the torso and legs.

Exposed fracture
of the right tibia.

Due to advanced decay
it's hard to tell...

...if the wounds were
inflicted before or after death.

I think most of them
were inflicted before.

-How do you know?
-They're all similar.

Done with the same instrument.

Both maxillaries are broken.

The jaw too.
Look, touch here.

You must be really strong
to break these bones.

This poor woman was tortured.

Do you think she
was sexually attacked?

Perhaps.

But it's too late to know.

Does Flores still work
at the lab?

Yeah, why?

We could send him
some DNA samples.

At least identify her.

Maybe we won't have to.

-Corporal?
-Yes, sir?

Make sure the pictures of the
tattoo and the medallion...

-...come out in the papers.
-Yes, sir.

We might get lucky.

May I say something,
commander?

Of course.

There are some posters
in town with the picture...

...of a missing girl.

Judging by the date they
were put up...

...she could probably be it.

-A girl that worked in Cielo?
-Cielo?

Is sounds like one of those
places...

-lt is one of those places.
-Really?

Is there any formal
report on the girl?

No, just the posters.

There's an unregistered
cell phone number.

I called several times,
but all I get is voice mail.

Call again and leave a message,
letting them know about the body.

-Yes, sir.
-Let's see who shows up.

-lf you're here for your cut...
-Silence! Come with us.

-What happened?
-We found a body.

It might be the girl
who worked here.

Hold on a sec.

Sorry.

You can't open it.

I wasn't going to open it.

I just wanted to take a peek.

Trust me, you won't like it.

How do you know?

You work here?

Are you sure it's her?

A man came over to identify her.

He recognized a tattoo
she had on her ankle.

A thorny crown.

Did you know her well?

We went to school together.

I used to see a lot of her.

When she disappeared
I thought she had ran off...

...with some boyfriend.

But then, time went by...

...and I feared the worst.

I can't believe she
ould end up here.

Sooner or later...

...we all end up here.

I know you.

-No.
-From where?

I don't know.

Maybe from around here.

Maybe.

At least the Lord's Prayer.

-Want me to leave you alone?
-No, no.

Could you pray with me?

It's been a long time since
I don't do this.

In the name of the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Our Father who art in Heaven...

Hallowed be Thy name...

Thy kingdom come...

Thy will be done
on Earth as it is in Heaven...

Give us this day
our daily bread...

And forgive us our
trespasses...

...as we forgive those
who trespass against us.

And lead us not into
temptation.

But deliver us from evil.

Amen.

Poor thing.

No one should die like this.

I have to go.

-I'm sorry, I didn't...
-No, it's all right.

Thanks for being with me.

Yesterday you left it on.

The police was here.

I know... I spoke with Salazar.

Did he tell you if we could
bury her already?

Where were you yesterday?

I went to Loreto
to collect some money.

You can't hold a scalpel,
yet you can drive...

...all the way to Loreto.

You can kill yourself,
for all I care.

Is this yours?

Yes. I rent rooms out
to my girls.

Oh, speaking of your girls,
Chief Salazar has been...

...putting me up to speed
with some stories.

You shouldn't believe
everything they tell you.

These girls have plenty
of imagination.

That's what I thought.

Some of them even imagine
they end up in the hospital...

...after you beat them up.

Whoa. Where are you going
with this?

I had nothing to do
with Brenda's death.

I'm even paying
for her burial expenses.

Right, her burial.

This guy's a regular
angel of mercy.

-Know if she had any relatives?
-No.

-Did you pack her belongings?
-One of the girls did.

Why did you have
them packed?

You knew she wasn't
coming back?

I thought she had taken off,
not died.

What's this?

Don't know. Perhaps she
was a cultured whore.

Yeah, or maybe she got it
from one of her tricks.

Was she dating anybody
outside work?

No. I don't let my girls
date anyone.

If they do, they know
they'll get on...

...the wrong side of me.

But with whores you never know.

Did Brenda ever get
on the wrong side of you?

That's too many questions,
don't you think?

You think I'm an idiot who'll
shit his pants...

...just because you
show me your badge?

But if you want make a deal,
just let me know.

Trujillo!

There'll be no deals here,
you hear me?

I'll ask all the questions
I need to ask.

And you'll do me the favor
of answering them...

...honestly and politely.
Are we agreed?

Calm down, man!

The only reason I don't
arrest you...

...is because Chief Salazar here
thinks you're too stupid...

...to be the murderer
we're looking for.

But we can always change
our minds.

Leave him alone, Trujillo.

I'm sure this gentleman will
cooperate from now on.

If he doesn't want us to
put him out of business.

I want you to pay close
attention to everything...

...that happens here.

I want to know everything
that's being said.

And any unusual incident.

Anything.

-Got it?
-All right.

This was the part
most affected by the fire.

I see.

-Any victims?
-Just one.

-Our principal.
-I'm sorry.

-Was the cause investigated?
-What for?

Some say it was the students.

Others say it was an accident.

Pointing fingers will not bring
back what we've lost.

Sorry.

Hello? Governor,
how are you, sir?

Yes, we found another one,
but this time it's more recent.

We have some promising clues.

Of course, sir.

As I was telling you,
it's related...

...to the Brenda Garcia case.

Yes, I saw the newspaper.

-Was she a student here?
-I think she was.

I'd like to see her school
records.

I can't do that, commander.

All our previous records
were lost in the fire.

Right. Is there any other way
of getting those records?

I could call the capital
and get them to send a copy.

No, that won't be necessary.

I have a friend in
the Ministry of Education.

It would be faster that way.

I see. Anything else
I can do for you?

No, thank you.

One more thing.

The school library,
where is it?

Down the hall to the right.

-Thank you.
-Don't mention it.

Zepeda!

Are you coming to class?

This book is really something.

Have you read it,
commander?

I think the last thing
I ever read...

...was "Platero and l".

But I know the story.

Man in his forties in love
with a 12-year-old girl.

A total tragedy.
Well, I saw the film.

It's not the same thing.

I guess not.
Tell me something.

Do you have a record of the
people who took out the book?

No, I'm afraid not.
All the old records...

...were lost in the fire.

What about someone who might
have read that book recently?

No. Look.

New books have Mrs. Dominguez's
seal, like this one.

This one has the old seal.

Mrs. Dominguez....

The principal who died.

Yes, in the fire,
they already told me.

Yes, such a tragedy.

-So tell me something, miss...
-Chelito.

Excuse me?

Call me Chelito,
like everyone else.

Tell me, Chelito.

This underlined sentence here,
what does it make you think?

"Light of my life,
fire in my gut".

"My sin, my soul."

Is it a significant quote?

Or does it have
any meaning in particular?

I don't think so.
I'm sorry.

Don't worry.
Listen.

I need a favor.
I'll leave you my phone...

...and if you hear something
related to the book...

...Iet me know.

Or if you hear anything about
the girl we found.

Brenda, yes.

-Did you know her?
-No.

Nor the other missing girls.

This is the least visited
part of school.

No one ever comes here.

So, all the missing girls
studied here?

I couldn't say for sure,
but it would make sense.

They were all very young,
and this is the only...

...high school in
the region.

Right.

Are there any group pictures
where I could recognize them?

I have some old yearbooks
at home...

...if you wanna see them.

I'd love to, Chelito.

I'd be delighted.

-Coffee?
-Yes, please.

Thanks.

-Coffee?
-Yes. Thank you.

Ma'am?

Sorry. Didn't see you come in.

Want to see the menu?

No, just a cup of
coffee, please.

You know what?
Make it two.

Are you expecting someone?

You.

I'd like to talk
about Brenda Garcia.

I'll go get the cups.

We haven't been able to find
Brenda's family...

...to let them know.

She had no family.

So this wasn't posted
by a relative.

-I wouldn't know.
-Right.

-How did you meet Brenda?
-ln school.

In school? You went to
high school here?

Yes.

You were both in the same class?

No, she was two years ahead.

-Then you were in the fire.
-No, the fire happened at night.

No students were there
at the time.

I know, I meant...

...you were still students
when it happened.

Brenda had graduated
two years before...

...I was about to finish.

Right.

Sorry, I didn't offer you one.
Do you smoke?

Sometimes.

Quit now while
it's just sometimes.

Afterwards, it turns
into a living hell.

So tell me, how long
was it since...

...you last saw Brenda?

I don't know.
Could be... some months.

Maybe at the beginning
of this year.

Did you know Brenda
worked in Cielo?

Well, it wasn't exactly
a secret.

-Were you close friends?
-More like acquaintances.

You were the only one
at the wake.

Do you show up
just for an acquaintance?

It's the first time.

Right.

There's always a first time.

I don't want to be rude,
commander...

...but I must get back to work.

Don't worry. Listen,
one last thing.

They say all the missing girls
went to that high school.

Who said that?

Everyone has a theory
in this town.

What's yours?

Ma'am?

I won't keep you any longer.

Don't worry.

No one should die like this.

Thanks for calling to
the Secretary of Public Education.

If you know the extension you
want to call, dial it now.

-Coordination.
-With the coordinator, please.

Commander Trujillo.

Working late, counselor?

No, in fact I was
on my way out.

What can I do for you?

I just called to say hello.

I haven't heard from you
in a long time.

Please forgive me, commander,
but you never call...

...just for the sake of it.

People change, counselor.

I wish you had.

We could've prevented
a divorce.

There's a lot of hostility
there, counselor.

Stop calling me counselor
and tell me what you want.

I have to go.

I need the school records
of some girls.

D'you think you could
get them for me?

I could follow the official
red tape...

...but it would probably
take years.

Are you working again?

Are you off the hook
with the Merced thing?

Something like that.

-I got a call the other day.
-Really? Who called?

-The case's DA.
-What did he want?

Nothing.
I didn't take his call.

I was a bit surprised
he would call me.

Well, they don't necessarily
know about my personal life.

You shouldn't be working.
The doctors said...

Doctors always overreact.

It's obvious you have no one
to take care of you.

I'm still waiting for you
to come back.

Oh, Manuel.

You really haven't changed.

Is it raining over there?

Lately it rains all the time.

What are you
laughing at, Victor?

Again?

We want cake!
Cake! Cake!

We want cake!
We want cake!

We want cake!
We want cake!

Split it!
Split it!

Split it!
Split it!

We share a sad past.
Let's have a happier future.

Isabel.

Your secret stays with me.
Your friend forever.

Brenda.

We must stop meeting
like this.

Are you here for
Brenda's burial?

No.

That's later today.

What are you doing here?

Your mom?

-She died very young.
-Too young.

Disease?

Accident.

Dad was driving.
They fell into a lagoon.

He was practically uninjured.

But mom was in bad shape.
She only lasted two months.

It's tough to live without
someone to take care of you.

Your mom... too?

She's over there.

It's been longer then.

She died when I was four.

I don't even remember her.

And your father?

At least the dead ones
are easy to find.

If they don't speak to you
it's because they can't.

Not because
they've forgotten you.

I don't think anyone
could forget you.

I have to go.

-My father will be here...
-I can't stay.

What?

What?

I...

I would like to see you again.

-lt would be no good.
-Why?

It's pointless.
I'm leaving.

-Where to?
-To the capital.

Why are you leaving?
Why now?

I had already planned it.

Me and Brenda were
saving money for the trip.

I guess she would expect me
to leave anyway.

What will you do there?

I don't know.

Begin from scratch.

Can't you begin
from scratch here?

You'll have to look for
someone else to spy on.

-How...?
-I told you you looked familiar.

You could drop by the diner
one day: say good-bye.

It's less gloomy.

Just tell me one thing.

Why me?

Don't know.

I think you shouldn't
be all by yourself.

I don't feel I'm by myself
anymore.

DEFINITE DISCHARGE

Do you still get her
to do you favors?

I don't know how you do it.

-I ask nice.
-Right.

Now why didn't I think of that?

I guess we have to pay our
friend the prefect...

...another visit.

I don't understand your point
with all of this.

What I mean to say is that l
think it's too much...

...of a coincidence.

The only thing these girls have
in common is this school.

What's so strange about that?

People even move to this town
to attend this school.

That's right. What about
the expelled students?

Definite discharge and expulsion
are not the same thing.

The only way of confirming this
would be with...

...the original records,
and they were lost in the...

Yes, they were lost
in the fire.

You already told me.

I don't get it.

Why can't you remember
anything from two years ago...

...if you don't have the records
in front of you?

Are you suggesting
I'm hiding something from you?

No, no. I don't suggest.

I just say things
like I see them.

Look, commander, since
you're not from around here...

...Iet me make a couple
of things clear to you.

You're not familiar
with these stories.

The day of the fire...

...I almost died trying
to rescue my mother.

-The principal?
-Yes, the principal.

Regrettably, I couldn't.

It took me eight months
to recover in a hospital...

...in Ensenada.

When I returned, the teachers
had abandoned us...

...the school almost
closed down...

...so it was then
that I took over.

I didn't know anything
about how the school worked.

I just helped my mother
with classes...

...or doing paperwork,
that's all.

I see.

Forgive me, commander,
but I don't think you see...

...that the people here
went through a lot.

I'm not accusing anybody.

I'm just carrying out
an investigation.

And I'm just trying to help.

Whether you believe me or not.

All right, thank you.
Good day.

What are you doing here?

I know where those papers are.

Papers?
What are you talking about?

While you were in the hospital,
Miss Cristina...

...put me in detention...

...and made me move
all the boxes here.

All by yourself?

Yes, and that's not it, I had
to take the boxes to her house.

-What have you done?
-No, nothing.

Nothing.

There they are.

Do you think these are the papers
that the police is looking for?

It's possible.

Want me to help you
go through them?

No. I'll do it.

I don't want you involved in this.

That commander is not
looking for guilty parties.

He just wants someone to pay.

Why did you want to come here?

Sometimes, when you can't
move forward...

...it's best to go back.

It could be a coincidence.

Salazar, there are
no coincidences in this job.

This is not like Juarez.

Juarez is a different story!

But even there, the victims
have things in common.

Their age, their looks,
the assembly plants...

Here it could be
the salt plant.

No. Not one has direct
relation with the salt plant.

In this town, everything
has a direct relation...

...with the salt plant.

What do you want
to ask me now?

Commander Trujillo
came from Mexico City...

...to help us with
your daughter's case.

My daughter's case or all
the other missing girls?

We think all the cases
are connected.

My daughter went missing
four years ago.

I know.

Look. You will probably
find it strange...

...but we'd like you to tell us
why Mercedes...

...dropped out of school.

What did they tell you
about my daughter?

Nothing, they didn't
tell me anything.

One day, the principal
called to tell me...

...my daughter was
being expelled...

...because she had been found
doing drugs in the bathroom.

My daughter didn't even smoke,
commander. I swear.

What did she tell you?

Nothing.

She didn't say anything.

She just locked herself up
in her room and cried.

I asked Miss Cristina
to help us.

But it was useless.

The principal refused
to even discuss it.

-Who is Miss Cristina?
-She was the prefect...

...before the fire.

Do you know where
I can find her?

I heard she died
some time ago.

Really?

They say she committed
suicide.

Hung herself
in the bathroom at home.

The school is full
of tragedies.

The school is cursed.
That's what it is.

Sooner or later,
the fire will get...

...to all of them.

What do you mean by that?

The fire was no accident.

That family...

...has manipulated
the town for years.

People don't want them here.

The prefect said he was
the one who shut down...

...the investigation.

There are things
we'd better not know..

"I'd like to have you
like this..."

"...the two dead people..."

-Good afternoon. How are you?
-'Afternoon.

FOR ISABEL

Victor!

Are you going out?

Yes. I have to do some
schoolwork.

-Schoolwork?
-Yes, sort of.

Lately, you haven't been
home much.

Look who's talking.

Could you help me?

I was on my way out.

Okay.

May I borrow the car later?

What did he mean by all that
about the prefect's family?

-What?
-What did the man mean?

That the family manipulated
the town for years.

The prefect's father
was one of the founders...

...of the first salt plant.

They were wealthy:
they owned everything.

Until the government
expropriated the plant.

Really?

Do they still have money?

Over time, since
the old man died...

...they've been losing money.

They only had the school
left and then...

...they almost lost it
in the fire.

I thought you didn't
smoke them.

-You don't give a fuck, do you?
-What's eating you?

What's eating me?

When were you planning
to tell me all this?

-Tell you what?
-All this!

-Miss Cristina, for example.
-I didn't think it was related.

Who are you to determine what's
related and what isn't?

I'm the Chief of Police.

I don't have to explain
myself to you.

So far you've done
a bang-up job, eh... chief?

You've been here three
years and you haven't...

...solved the case.

What is it?

The DA's calling from
the capital.

You sure it's for me?
It must be for Trujillo.

He asked for you.

-Hello?
-I'll put Mr. Moreno on.

-Chief Salazar.
-Mr. Moreno, we haven't met.

No, we haven't.

Is this about
the missing women?

No, I'm afraid not.

It's with reference
to another case.

Is commander Trujillo
with you?

-Chief?
-Yes.

Damn it!

-Victor!
-Yes!

-ls that you?
-Yes! I was just leaving!

Okay, don't take too long.

Isabel!

What? They told you.

What do you think?

-Who called you?
-The DA, Moreno.

I don't know what
he told you, but...

But what?

What story will you
tell me now?

I haven't been making up
things.

Are you sure?

I never said this was
an official visit.

You forgot to tell me
you're not...

...a cop anymore, man.

They discharged you after
the Merced thing.

Against my will.

Do I give a shit about
your will?

Your will does nothing but get
everybody else in trouble.

You don't know the facts;
you weren't there.

I don't give a fuck!
I only know it's your fault...

...the kidnapped kid
and Ramon are dead.

Want to know how I know?
Because I know you, Trujillo.

I busted my hump
seven years with you.

You well know I don't ask
my men to do anything...

...I wouldn't do myself.

Not even Ramon?

Much less Ramon.

When Ramon and I went
into that house...

...we were shoulder
to shoulder.

And if I didn't call for help,
it was because...

...I didn't want any information
to leak to the kidnappers.

You didn't want information
to leak or you didn't want...

...to have to share the reward
the family was offering?

Tell me: how did you expect
to come out of that mess?

Discover who the killer was
so they'd let you skip jail?

Get your badge back?
What?

I don't know.

Do you know I was dead
for two minutes...

...in the ambulance after that?

I don't know.

Maybe...

...after thirty years
of doing this...

...I only know how to be a cop.

It's all I've got.

And if I have to be here
to be a cop one more day...

-...here I am.
-But you can't be here anymore.

They want you out of here
tomorrow.

I'm not going back.

-I can't go back.
-You're going back!

I'm not asking you, man!

Do you know how deep I am
because of you?

Come on, tell me. How deep?
How bad is it?

What can they do to you?
Give you a slap on the wrist?

That's your problem, Salazar!

You've never been able
to take the heat!

That's why you came here to
Small Town, Mexico, right?

You wanted to be Chief of Police
where nothing ever happened.

You know what?

You have unsolved
murders here too.

It's not your business
anymore whether...

...they are solved or not.

Hold on.

If I am a cop or not
doesn't change the fact...

...that the investigation
is on the right track.

The murders are connected
to the school.

Miss Cristina's death
is not suicide.

It's too much
of a coincidence!

To you, nothing
is a coincidence.

And you know what?

All that's happened to you
is no coincidence.

-I have to go.
-Just do me a favor.

Follow the leads.

-Anything to drink, sir?
-No.

In a minute.
Thanks.

Now, let's receive with a loud
applause the sexy Celeste.

Celeste!

Celeste!

Where to?

This goes to the private
booths.

What do I need to get in?

A girl and some bills.

This changes everything.

-What girl do you want?
-That one.

She'll be busy for a while.
Choose another one.

-I'll take anyone.
-Okay, go in.

Hold on!

Victor!

What the hell is going on?

Wait!

Move it, motherfucker!

Get him the fuck
outta here!

Out!

Asshole!
Throw the kid out!

I don't want to see you
around here, got it?

"Follow the leads."

Idiot!

I asked Miss Cristina
to help us.

But it was useless.

I heard she died
some time ago.

Hung herself
in the bathroom at home.

Isabel!

Hold on!

Isabel...

-Please listen to me!
-What do you want?

I just wanted to help you.

-Who told you I needed help?
-That fucker was...

D'you know how many
fuckers like him...

...I have to deal
with every night?

Why did you come?
Just tell me why!

I came because
I had to see you.

Didn't you see enough
of me today?

Isabel...
Do you want a private booth?

Because it's too late
for that.

Listen to me, lsabel.
I don't care about that.

I came because
I worry about you.

I want you to be all right.

What the hell are you
talking about?

Brenda's murderer.

I think it could be
Mr. Maga�a.

How do you know?
Did he confess or something?

It's someone from the school.

I heard the commander.

He said all the dead girls
had gone to school...

...and that they had all
been expelled.

-You too?
-No.

Please go.

Promise me you won't
go back there.

Why, Victor?
Why are you doing all this?

I don't know.

I want to take care of you.

Maybe I don't deserve that.

Don't say that.

We all deserve to be
taken care of.

What is it?

I need a favor.

Anything.

COMMANDER TRUJILLO

Give this to the police
as soon as I'm gone.

-What is it?
-Don't ask.

Just do it, okay?

Will I see you again?

I'm leaving tomorrow.

It's tomorrow already.

Victor!

-lsabel!
-Victor!

-lsabel!
-Victor!

Isabel, lsabel!

-Who found him?
-I did.

I was on my way to the office
when I saw the truck outside.

I stopped to see if he
needed anything.

Everything was so neat
when you came in?

Yes.

-What do you think he was doing?
-Following the leads.

Yes?

Hello?

Who am I talking to?

Salazar?

-You want him for what?
-It's you.

I call because we had a problem
last night with one of the girls...

...and with the guy
of the funeral parlor.

I'm on my way.

Quiet.

Good morning.

Come in, sit down,
Mr. Maga�a.

The prefect isn't here,
but we borrowed his office.

What is this about?
Is there any problem?

That depends on you.

Have you seen Victor Zepeda?

No. He's not at school today.

What about last night?

-Mr. Zepeda, a question.
-No, no.

Commander, may l
offer you something?

No, thank you.

By the way, where is your son?
I haven't seen him.

He went to school early.

Excuse me.

MISSING PERSON

MISSING PERSON

REVENGE OF THE
VALLEY OF THE DOLLS

What is it, commander?

I must speak to your son.

I don't know where he is.

Is he in trouble?

Let us hope not.

Hey, and what do you think
of Maga�a?

He was very nervous
during questioning.

It's not him. Witnesses
saw him all night at Cielo.

Besides, he's been teaching
there for two years.

He couldn't know
the other dead girls.

Isabel!

Anybody home?

Isabel?

No one.

Open up!

You thought
it had been the kid.

I don't know. He's always
been a weird kid.

Yeah, but weird doesn't make
him necessarily guilty.

"A sad past."

"Your secret."

Do you have Brenda's
poster on you?

She put up the posters.

HIGH SCHOOL
SANTA ROSA PIONEERS

This book is terrible.
Have you read it, commander?

No. But I know the story.

Man in his forties in love
with a 12-year-old girl.

"Light of my life,
fire in my gut".

"My sin, my soul."

A total tragedy.

The principal called to tell me
my daughter was being expelled...

...because she had been found
doing drugs in the bathroom.

-What did she tell you?
-Nothing.

She didn't say anything.

PREGNANCY TEST:
POSITIVE

She just locked herself up
in her room and cried.

The school is full
of tragedies.

All the old records
were lost in the fire.

The fire was no accident.

Some say the students
started it.

They say all the missing girls
went to that high school.

Who said that?

Everyone has a theory
in this town.

What's yours?

The day of the fire,
I almost died...

...trying to rescue my mother.

That family has manipulated
the town for years.

People don't want them here.

Forgive me, commander,
but I don't think you see.

Pointing fingers will not bring
back what we've lost.

Montoya, do you copy?

Montoya here. Go ahead.

Corporal, we have a report on
Mr. Zepeda's Vehicle.

They saw it at dawn on the road
to the old salt plant.

Got it.

And there are some people from...

...Mexico looking
for the commander.

With great urgence, tell him
to contact us immediately.

Copy. Thanks.

-You feeling all right?
-Yes.

-Do me a favor.
-What?

Stay here.

Cristina threatened
my mother to cause...

...a scandal over this.

I even believed the records
had been lost in the fire.

Had it not been for you,
I would've never found them.

But when I went to get
the papers...

...there was
an unexpected guest.

I'm so hot.

Tell me something.

Did you tell the police
about the boxes?

Did you talk about me?

Talk.

Talk!

Have it your way.

Have you seen how hard salt
is when it is harvested?

A long time ago, when
these machines didn't exist...

...men shattered
crystals with this.

I never thought people
could scream like that.

So, did you talk
to the police?

Yes or no?

Have it your way.

SANTA ROSA
SALT COMPANY

Did you talk to the police?
Yes or no?

If you don't cooperate...

...I'm sure lsabel will.

I am very good with women.

No! Don't hurt her, please!

So?

Did you talk to the police?

You're making me loose
my patience!

Talk.

Did you talk to the police?

No. I didn't tell
them anything.

I don't know what
they were doing there.

I swear.

All right, I believe you.

Just don't hurt lsabel,
please.

Why are you so concerned
about her?

Because she doesn't
deserve this.

She doesn't deserve it?

She doesn't?

You don't have a fucking clue
about what you're saying!

That whore messed with me.

She and many others!

I never had any problem
with any of them.

But there was one,
the hypocrite...

...who stabbed me
in the back.

That was the one who burnt
the school.

I took too long.

...but I discovered
who she was.

I didn't get any of them
to confess.

Until today.

I couldn't have been lsabel.

You're mad!

Here it is.

Read!

How she fell in love with me...

...how she became pregnant
and how she had an abortion.

And how, after such
a great deception...

...the love of her life
turned into terrible hatred.

And that's why the school burnt,
fucking bitch!

My relationship with Brenda...

...and all her suspicions
about this case.

Everything's in here.

Please, let her live.

It's too late for that.

I don't want you to die
feeling guilty...

...over what happened
to that whore.

Each man must carry
his own guilt.

I didn't want this for you,
Victor.

I like you.

You're just another
confused kid...

...who misses his mother.

Who's there?

Commander?

Come out.

Come out!

-Drop the gun!
-You drop it!

Let that kid go, now.

Drop the gun, if you don't
want to watch him die.

You'll kill him anyway.

One more death on my conscience
won't make a difference.

What about you?

The police are on the way.

Don't do anything stupid.

Something I have learned...

...is to know when people
are telling the truth.

And you know what?
I don't believe you.

Don't die yet, commander.

I want to hear you scream.

Quickly! I have an injured!

Go ahead, go ahead!

Here! Come in! Go ahead!

Come on, come on, come on!
To your right!

She was leaving in one day.

We're always one day short.