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Come again!

I couldn't get any more.

Thank you.

It doesn't matter. I'll be back.

That's how my drama started to peak.

The drama torturing my mind and body for a year already.

That drama which made me seek help from lowlifes

like the one I was about to meet.

You're late.

Tomorrow.

Brought any?

Money first.

This doesn't ever cover your old debt.

I know. I'll bring more tomorrow.

Don't worry, you'll have it.

I'll wait for you here.

Same time.

Where are you going?

Cool it. Tomorrow we said.

You don't have any?

Okay?

Tomorrow.

Please, I won't last till tomorrow.

First the money.

I said you'll have it. I won't last...

Now!

Now!

Now!

No!

No!

No!

I didn't dare believe he was possibly dead.

And then I saw the monster that would torment me.

I feared he was one of them and that he'd kill me for revenge.

So I ran.

Hold it!

Let me go.

Where will you go?

This way, stupid. I have a car. Come!

I'm listening.

Tell me.

I'm under your thumb now.

We've been through this.

- You know well enough. - I know nothing!

Give me a syringe!

Shut up!

Sit down! Not before we have a deal.

I told you.

I can't do this. It's impossible!

I'll do anything else you ask me to.

But I can't do this.

You're a goner, can't you see that? Only I can help you.

You want a passport, a ticket and cash.

You'll have them as soon as you finish the job, you got it?

Give me the syringe!

The syringe as well.

Let me give you the details again.

All.

I remember it all. Get on with it!

We'll start out in the morning.

I'll take you.

I'm sure you'll succeed.

Don't forget that it must look like an accident.

Under the circumstances

suicide will be quite credible.

What did you promise him?

That we'll help him escape after he does her in.

He knows he's a goner.

He killed one of our men in the market unintentionally. In front of me.

He wouldn't give him morphine. He owed him probably.

The first time he had refused to go.

But this time I got him.

Then we must rush things.

Or...

Or what?

I've told you. I won't be a killer!

But you have to understand we're in danger!

I saved the whole gang with my marriage. All of you!

Now it's your turn to do something.

If your wife knew all as you say, she would have given us away.

She knows, Vassilis. Be sure of that.

Olga is of weak character.

She wants to save herself from both me and the scandal. So she went away.

But she dare not make a decision.

Why not?

She hasn't believed it herself enough yet.

We'll be there in the morning.

Let's hope he can make it.

So that I'll continue the job like a respectable widower.

My wife's name is a cover good enough for us.

Writing down my impressions in this diary every night

I can only think that the end of summer is coming up.

That I'll have to go back to the city

and continue the upsetting procedure of my divorcing Inglesis.

Until then I still have sometime to enjoy the sun and the sea

as a stranger among strangers.

"Some old remembrance...

...just like now...

...within a storm...

...she went away...

...with no star shining...

...on her silky hair...

...with no star shining...

...on her silky hair...

...A birdsong woke me up...

...In my arms she was...

...sound asleep...

...in an eternal sleep...

...with no awakening ever...

...by the songs of a thousand birds...

...the songs of a thousand birds...

...the songs of a thousand birds..."

As I was moving away from the yacht

I tried to think clearly about the whole thing

as the sea trip had relieved the pressure on my mind.

I knew I was in big trouble but

something inside me said I had to do what they ordered me to.

For me it was the only way out

to another place and a new life.

Only by murdering this woman I'd be able to do that.

As soon as I set foot on the pier

I saw her.

She looked like a dreamy figure in that picturesque environment.

There was something about her that caught your eye.

A mystery arousing your imagination.

When she looked at me I forgot everything

and walked up to her.

I felt an urge to talk to her

and listen to her voice.

Do you know if there are rooms available to rent around here?

Yes.

In almost all houses round here.

There's no problem.

I turned to look at her again.

Her eyes were longing for mine as if to know

who I was and what I was after.

His voice interrupted my thoughts.

"See that you go unnoticed.

Don't attract anyone's attention, especially hers.

Make sure that the house you rent is right on the walkway.

So you can watch her every move."

As I was drying myself I saw her again.

I watched her as she walked up the steps

and I tried to guess why they wanted to kill her.

People like keeping women like her close to them for a lifetime.

They don't lose them that easy.

But his voice on my mind brought me back to reality.

"Don't forget...

that you have no time to waste."

I had to keep my part of the deal.

I had to study her daily habits closely

so as to accomplish my mission quietly and properly.

I followed her in a hurry.

"She's clever and this may be an obstacle to you.

So be careful.

The locals are not in good terms with her.

They don't know anything about her

who she is or where she's come from.

They're also dying to know how and why

she lives all alone in that wilderness.

Don't raise any subject with them or you're done for."

Turn it off!

What's the matter?

What are you thinking of?

Nothing.

You're keeping something from me.

Why not change the subject?

Something's wrong.

I can feel it.

I can sense it.

And this will end bad for you.

Why won't you tell me?

Nothing's wrong.

Sometimes I think I shouldn't have got involved with you.

But you see, you convinced me that if I left the cabaret and followed you

I'd be saved...

So you regretted?

Fay.

Face me.

Any regrets?

It's worse than that.

I'm afraid I fell even lower.

Don't say that again.

Good morning.

What do you want here?

Tony.

You know he doesn't live with me.

It's important that I speak to you.

Come in.

Thank you.

Sit.

Doesn't he live with you?

We've broken up for a while now.

Do you still love him?

I pity him.

What makes you worry about him?

This.

I don't understand.

That night...

he went to the meat market.

I gave him money.

Since exactly that night he's disappeared.

That's why I came.

In any case, you're his mother.

I had to notify someone.

And you think...

I don't think of anything. I'm merely looking for him.

Hear that someone met him all this time. That they saw him.

That they spoke to him.

Do you know of any people he assorted with recently?

Tell me.

Those scoundrels.

That sold him stuff.

And you gave him money.

Someone had to give him.

He'd reached a miserable state.

His fits were more and more frequent.

You should have delivered him to the police.

Why didn't you do that?

I often thought of doing it.

I knew there was no other way of saving him.

But I never found the courage to do it.

Don't ask me why.

You understand my situation.

Now?

If needed, I'll do it.

A day had already passed

but I hadn't found the courage to go on with my mission.

I knew I was about to have a fit

and the salvation would be with Vassilis.

The only way for me to get this precious liquid

would be killing this woman.

He was coming the next day and all should have been finished.

As I looked up to the old castle I saw her.

She was standing on the edge painting.

I couldn't have a better chance.

It all had to come to an end, once and for all.

"Even if she sees you, don't hesitate.

Get on with it!"

How did you come to be here?

I wanted to see the castle.

A difficult climb...

How do you carry all this up here?

The guard gives me a hand.

In fact, it's time I left.

The castle closes before sunset.

Today I'll give you a hand.

Let's address each other less formally, shall we?

One comes to these places only to forget about formalities.

What's your name?

- Dimitris, you? - Olga.

- Will you stay here long? - I don't know.

I left the yacht 'cause I had a row with someone. They may be back for me.

Let me tell you something.

You won't believe it.

I've been here for 25 days.

You're the first person I've talked to, all this time.

Isn't it strange?

Not at all for me.

Three.

Ace.

Three.

In.

All in.

I'm in.

Me too.

Pass.

Full of 7.

Full of 8.

Queen's Full with Aces.

You bring me luck!

I'm bored, though...

Fix us a drink.

A drink, coffee, what?

Some whiskey.

Pour me one too.

Sit in for me.

Five.

In.

Me too.

What's new?

Nothing.

How do you know?

If he had ended it at the castle he would have fled.

He'd have called us from the first village.

He probably screwed up.

You only had this to tell me?

One more thing.

The police have started interrogations on the meat market murder.

You're not suspects, neither you nor him. What's your worry?

He didn't only buy from me. From others too.

One of them will snitch on him.

We must move fast.

It's not up to us.

We're obliged to wait.

Wait for what?

Some info on your wife's death.

The ice had been broken. We started seeing each other.

Her company was really enjoyable.

The next day we went swimming.

I knew I was drifting away from the agreement I had made

but I couldn't help it.

How long would I last without morphine? How long?

She stared into my eyes as if asking for something.

As if calling for my hands around her face or neck.

Now a voice in me was saying:

If only you squeeze with your hands a little, everything will end.

Looks like the wish I made that day at the castle came true

when you said they might be back for you.

What was the wish you made?

That your friends would forget about you.

That the yacht might never come back to take you.

I'm sure you know by now.

But please tell me.

Why do you hold back?

Why did you make me take the first step?

I felt the need to move away from her.

I could never manage to accomplish my mission.

How could I escape that vicious circle I was caught in?

I was having these thoughts when I saw the newspaper.

And then the nightmare came back.

It all came alive in front of my eyes, raw and nightmarish...

The noise was intolerable...

The spasms...

I was a murderer!

Stop this noise!

Give me the shot and I'll do it.

Stop!

Stop that wheel, mother!

Stop it!

No!

Don't!

I can't do it!

I cannot kill her!

Stop!

Yes!

Yes, I can!

Kill her...

Why did you do it, mother?

Don't touch me! Get away from me!

I'm losing my ears, my hands...

All of you, leave! Mother!

Mother, help me! Mother!

Olga!

Where are you? Where are you?

Help me! Help me!

The fit was over for a while.

Soon it would start again more acute.

I knew it but...

This time I'd lock myself in my room and cope with it.

I had to cure myself.

To overcome this passion.

I had to find a way out

and be saved once and for all.

Olga...

Killing her was impossible.

A gentleman came and asked for you.

- Who? - He didn't leave a name.

But you're suffering. Are you ill?

No, no...

Nothing's wrong.

If he asks for me again, tell him you haven't seen me.

- Alright? - Yes, sir.

Brought any?

Don't say no!

What's keeping you? Waiting for the police to nab you?

Give me! Let me relax first and then you'll see...

Give me!

Off you go now!

Ease me down first.

I don't trust you.

Get it done first.

If you don't give me the shot, I won't manage to do it.

I love you!

Her voice brought me back to reality.

The trip was over.

When I came round I found myself among the ruins

and he looked at me and laughed.

But I had made up my mind.

By now I was able to see clearly what was going on.

I had to buy time.

Listen, pal...

We had an agreement.

If you don't keep your promise I'll be in a difficult situation.

Don't tell me you'll kill her yourself.

And I won't leave a witness behind.

Tell me, why do I have to kill her?

You're asking for too much.

I'll find out by myself.

You won't have time to do it...

Think about it first.

I ran to her house.

At that hour she usually went for her painting.

It would be the only chance I'd have to go through her things.

I had to know who she was,

what she was doing out there alone,

why they wanted to kill her.

Then I might be able to help her...

to save her.

That house was probably hers.

Something about its decoration and design

revealed that she had taken care of every little detail herself.

I already knew I was in love with Olga.

How can you kill the woman you love in cold blood?

I had to know who she was.

Then...

I saw her diary.

"I have to try and remember the events in all possible detail

and put my thoughts in order.

From the day I married Inglessis

until the moment I left him,

already convinced that he was a dangerous adventurer

who by acting being in love with me

convinced me into marrying him,

only to find out his real face

shortly afterwards...

That afternoon, after shopping...

It was the first time I ever had to face such a vulgar scene...

I felt disgusted...

I felt like a stranger in my own house.

I preferred to leave, without him noticing...

I was too proud to show him

that I now knew his affair with my maid...

So the best thing for me

would be talking to my father

and telling him the whole truth.

It would take enough courage

considering the fact that he was strongly opposed to this marriage...

and what low regard he held Inglessis in...

I spent some time in London

where my folks are permanently living

with me visiting several times a year.

I believed it was only an ephemeral infatuation,

thus giving him a chance to get over it.

Coming back home

it was the first time I didn't send him a telegram

or call him to pick me up at the airport as usual.

If he knew the reason for my trip

he might be worried.

But as he couldn't suspect what was behind my indifference

and indeed the plan I'd made,

not only was he exposed unmasked to my eyes

but also...

I asked her who she was.

But she couldn't utter one word.

Men's voices were coming from upstairs."

Two ampules as well.

Whatever's left of the stuff

you'll return it to my hands.

Where shall we meet you?

Here. There's no better place for the job.

What about your wife?

She's abroad.

If she returns suddenly and catches us, what happens then?

She never does that.

She always calls me from the airport and I pick her up.

What if she ever finds out what's going on behind her back?

In her home, too...

I don't like repeating myself.

You all know that this marriage happened so that I'm free of all suspicion.

Think this helps us all.

As long as you don't forget

that outside this house

and after each one of our meetings

we're complete strangers.

Each one works for himself.

"The next day, he had no problem showing up for lunch.

He didn't know how much of it I had seen

or heard or if I knew everything...

He reassured me he had been taken in.

He tried to make me speak even one word.

I even avoided to look at him.

He asked me to forgive him

and proposed a long trip for the two of us

so we could start anew...

It wasn't a thing between him and me

but between his gang and the police.

I told him I'd leave by myself

that I wanted to relax and think about what I'd do...

I also made a hint about divorcing.

He was startled by this.

He was under the impression that I loved him

and counted on my weak spot for him.

Wrong!

It's just that he had some sort of wit as an adventurer

and he actually started out perfect.

But the way things had turned out to be

looks like it was either him not knowing how to play his game right to the end

or...

me having even more brains than he considered me having.

He said he would be waiting for my decisions

in sort of an ironic tone

and blackmailing at the same time."

No!

Don't!

Get away, you...

Don't say anything.

I would have told you all myself.

You read it all?

All.

I shouldn't have.

I'm sorry.

That's not all.

There's more to it.

You may have never felt it.

Loneliness, Dimitris.

Just as terrible as Inglessis.

Loneliness...

Olga...

Yellow leaves...

...and silence...

...a rainfall in my eyes...

...hailstorm on my lips...

...every September...

That night I went to the little tavern.

Olga was to meet me there...

so we could celebrate our meeting, our love.

I wanted to get drunk.

I had fallen into the trap I'd set for my victim.

Nothing sets in properly in my life.

Everything goes wrong.

I've promised to kill the woman I love.

It's the only way I can live free.

When I saw her

I imagined the two of us dancing,

escaping the wounds that had scarred both our lives so deep.

And loved by our heart...

Sorrow took to the streets...

...counting the moons of separation....

...and the stars of pain...

...and my own sorrow is...

...the one who left me in the dark...

...with no day breaking...

The things the wind didn't sweep away...

...they live on in our dreams...

...it's because they were kept...

...and loved by our heart...

...loved by our heart...

Don't ask anything of me...

My youth went away like snow...

Don't ask me to remember...

...those eternal eyes...

Ask Night and she'll tell you...

...how years pass by...

What's past is gone...

...and will never return...

If you want to lie beside me...

...then close the window...

And if you don't want to see my grief...

...blow out the candle...

Mrs. Theodorou?

Yes, please?

- What is it? - Police.

Follow me, please.

Did he ask you for money recently?

He never bothered me for money.

Neither do I believe my child's involved in this murder.

It is a fact that the victim blackmailed him for some money he owed him.

At least this came out of the interrogation procedures.

One of those scoundrels knew your son.

Tony is a great kid, Commander!

Why didn't he live with you?

After the clinic he didn't want to return home.

He wanted to live alone.

He couldn't bear seeing you.

You mean to say he hated you.

I can assure you I know much more.

So please help me get somewhere with this.

When did you know he was a morphine addict?

I always knew he ran the risk of becoming one.

Doctors had written him off.

His pain was unbearable.

It was a miracle he was saved.

But he got used to drugs.

It is so.

He went on using them as a habit after hospitalization.

So you knew from the start.

I found out too late.

Otherwise I'd have gone to the police. I'd have saved my child!

Even if he hated me more for it.

How did you find out?

His girl, Stella, came to see me.

He was living with her.

- She worked... - Where?

Tell me.

In a discotheque.

You may go.

You gave him money, yes or no?

I did.

Didn't you know that you destroyed him with it?

I knew it.

Then why did you?

I loved him.

I pitied him.

He had no one but me in the world.

If you had come to the police...

No, he trusted me.

I wouldn't betray him.

I intended to talk him into...

submitting himself.

Where is he now?

I don't know.

I want you to help us by telling me all that you know about him.

So...

Can you help us?

Yes.

I met him through a friend of his that I had an affair with, quite a while ago.

I liked him

and I could tell he was impressed by me from the first minute.

I abandoned the other one and went with Tony.

At first everything was fine.

I loved him more with the passing of time.

But his friend was angry.

He considered this as an insult from both of us.

Once he bumped into us

and went on to take his revenge in a disgraceful way,

awful,

utterly inhumane.

He told him in my presence that he had sexual encounters with his mother.

That she was supporting him and had rented a room for them to meet secretly.

He also threw the keys for him

challenging him to give them back to her.

I managed to hold Tony back

but this gave the other one the chance of further insulting him.

He gave him the phone number and the address of the apartment.

Telling him that he would visit there that day for a last time.

Only to give him a chance of seeing for himself.

First he made a phone call.

And then he went there.

My attempts to hold him back were of no use.

He went up there alone.

I don't know exactly what happened.

I waited down at the staircase.

But it seems they had a fight.

He was heavily injured on the head and his spine.

He was saved by a miracle.

He stayed at the clinic for months with unbearable pains.

That's how he got used to morphine.

Even when he was completely cured and came out of the clinic

he never stopped needing sedatives.

Relieving himself from the nightmare of that afternoon.

I never saw him since that night.

I have nothing more to tell you.

Who is it?

Petros.

Come upstairs!

You're alone?

Yes, alone.

Where's Inglessis?

He'll be late. You want him?

I'll wait for him.

Be seated.

A drink?

Whatever.

You don't look very well.

- Does he know anything about us two? - What a thought!

He wants to speak to me.

I would have noticed.

You know what?

I'm thinking of quitting the job.

Don't tell them that. You better disappear.

Without any explaining.

Looks like there's going to be big trouble ahead.

And you?

I'll be visiting you.

In secret.

There's a way out for you.

If only you want it.

I'm scared.

I'll help you, too.

If Inglessis gets angry he's dangerous.

Don't you worry.

- You know we... - Fix your face first.

You know...

No!

Slut!

No!

No, don't!

Yes?

Yes, Vassilis, tell me.

What are you waiting for, then?

Kill them both and come back quickly.

Yes?

What?

To the police?

She screwed us over, that slut!

See that you find the others at once.

Yes and remind them of our agreement.

Each one worked for himself.

You see...

This time you won't get away with it.

I don't know what you found out exactly

but you better not trust her.

Take my advice.

Why won't you save yourself?

I want to...

but I can't, I've told you before.

I won't manage.

But now it's simple.

Hurry up. Why sit here?

One tiny pill and you're clear.

No, I can't do it.

Don't worry.

You'll see you'll get it over with before you know it.

And this time the fit is going to be insufferable.

Too bad it's already started.

Shut up!

I'll wait for you here.

The whole dose is yours.

Then we'll leave.

No one will see us.

They'll all believe she killed herself.

No...

Not now, after...

When everything's done.

Don't leave me...

There's no time to waste.

Be careful with fingerprints.

Wipe it clean and leave it where it can be seen.

I'm waiting.

Yes?

Dimitris, is that you?

Come up here a minute, I'm almost ready.

Are you ready yet?

I don't have much, just a small bag.

I'll send all this by bus, no space in the car.

I'm so happy, Dimitris, I'm looking forward to leaving with you.

Have you eaten?

I'm not hungry, I'll have a coffee. Want some?

Yes, I do.

What's with you?

Why ask that?

You're in sweat, you must be running a fever.

I'll make you a hot drink.

- Coffee. - It's nearly ready.

Shall we call a doctor?

I don't feel that bad.

But you're shivering!

Got a toast?

I think so, let me check.

Here, I found it.

Olga!

Tell me what you're thinking. The truth please.

What's wrong with you?

Nothing...

I want to know your thoughts every minute.

But you're suffering! Let's call a doctor.

No...

Dimitris!

The spasms!

- What? - I'm cold.

Let me call the doctor.

- Please... - No, no!

Help me!

How can I help? Explain for me, what's happening to you?

I'll go mad if you don't explain, you understand?

Call the police! Help me...

Olga, go and save yourself!

- What from? - They'll kill you!

Who will?

He will!

He's here because... I couldn't do it myself.

He's blackmailing me. He has the dose with him!

Help me... Let's go, Olga!

Take me downtown and we'll find some...

We'll find some, you'll see...

You understand now?

Everything.

Now... Now you know.

What will you do? Tell me...

I don't know.

- I don't know. - Help me...

Help me... Save me!

Betray me!

Tell me about yourself!

I can't bear that!

You must! I have to know everything or I can't help you!

All...

Now you know it all.

What shall we do, Olga?

We'll leave together.

Look out!

Here comes the end of my tragic story.

Finally...

I became a killer indeed.

She was speechless and looking at me.

It all had happened so suddenly...

We looked at each other for a while, then we started running.

We took her car to get away from that nightmare.

I was overcome by spasms, the fit was intense...

I had to find a doctor, give myself up to the police.

To save her...

To tell everything

and pay for everything I had done.

Hang in there! We'll get there soon.

Stop!

Stop! I'm not well...

Be brave now. Everything will be fine.

You'll go into a good clinic and you'll be cured.

Stop the car, please. Show some mercy!

They're after me as if I'm a killer.

But I didn't kill him.

Believe me, Olga.

Yes!

He hurt himself!

Can you understand?

Hand me over to them but...

you run and save yourself.

I came there to murder you.

I'm a murderer.

- You saved me. - Because I loved you.

Whatever happens...

I want you to know...

that I'll be beside you.

Perhaps...

Perhaps...

I don't know what I'm saying, I'm at a loss...

I want you to be saved, Tony.

You have to be cured, you have to!

Wherever you may happen to be...

even in jail...

I'll visit you.

You're not alone anymore, Tony. You have me.

Me for everything! Believe it!

I love you, Tony!

Did you hear me?

I love you, Tony!

1-4-2 to Central! 1-4-2 to Central!

Alfa Romeo is being chased by me. Please contact 1-8-8 at the turnpike.

Maybe...

Maybe it's better this way.

Maybe...

Tony!