Original subtitles

While this series is based on a true story

and draws from official sources and Court documents,

events, situations, dialogue, characters and their characterisations

have been fictionalised and invented by the authors for dramatic purposes.

[cat meow echoing]

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[meowing continues]

[footsteps approaching]

[♪ music intensifies]

[tense music playing]

THIS IS NOT HOLLYWOOD

[heartbeat]

[Sabrina breathing heavily]

[♪ upbeat rap music playing over stereo, Fabri Fibra "Tranne Te"]

[Mariangela singing along] ♪ Se tu sei fidanzata grida, oh ♪

♪ Se tu sei bella e mora grida, oh ♪

♪ Se non sei fidanzata grida, oh ♪

♪ Se tu sei fidanzata grida, oh ♪

- ♪ Rap futuristico, A, B... ♪ - [Sabrina] You gotta turn this shit down.

- [♪ music fades] - What's the matter?

- Have you seen Sarah? - No. Wasn't she supposed to come here?

- Yeah, she was supposed to. - [Mariangela] Well.

She's not here, though. She even answered when I called earlier.

Are you sure you didn't see her?

I already said no.

So, what should we do?

[Mariangela] Let's go. We'll pick her up on the way.

[Maringela] Hurry up!

[door closes]

We'll find her. Our beautiful blonde girl. [laughs]

[Concetta] No, that's no good, Giacomo. You're leaving streaks.

- [Giacomo] Well, then, next time… - Sarah?

- …you do all the work. - Sarah!

[Giacomo] All right, Your Majesty?

Aunty, can Sarah hurry up? We're going to the beach.

[Sarah choking, gasping]

[♪ tense music playing]

[Concetta] She left for your house.

But she never showed up.

How can that be?

- [Sabrina] They took her. They took her. - Just try calling her again.

She's not answering, don't you get it?

[whispering] Shit!

[breathes heavily]

[spits]

Dad?

Have you seen Sarah?

- Dad! - [Michele] No! I haven't seen her.

[doorbell buzzing]

What are you ringing for? You're still here?

Mom, did Sarah stop by?

- [Cosima] Sarah? No, why? - We can't find her.

[Cosima] What do you mean, "Can't find her"?

- What do we do? - Let's go.

[car engine rumbling, revving]

[cat meowing]

[insects chirping]

[child] Higher.

Higher. Higher.

[♪ melancholic music playing]

[child] That's how you do it. See? You go slowly.

[Mariangela] There she is! That's our nutcase right there.

- [car horn beeps] - Sarah! We're gonna kill you!

- Shut up! That's not Sarah. - What do you mean?

- Right there. That's her. Sarah! Sarah! - [car horn honking]

[♪ gentle music playing]

[heartbeat]

[Mariangela] Never mind, it's not her. When I find her…

[♪ gentle music stops]

[device croaking]

[marshal chuckling] I'm sorry. It's fantastic.

It's like an anti-theft device that has a sensor

that detects motion and croaks.

[anti-theft device croaks]

- What was the girl wearing? - A pink T-shirt and pink shorts.

No, Aunty. The shirt was pink and the shorts were black.

Oh, you saw her, then.

No, no.

Then how would you know what she was wearing?

My aunt told me earlier. Right, Aunty?

Well, when she left the house, I didn't actually see her,

or how she was dressed.

- Our caretaker told me. - Ma'am, why didn't you see your daughter?

- Did you two have an argument? - No, it's just a mother-daughter thing.

She didn't want to help with the housework.

We're re-painting the walls, so she goes to the beach with her cousin.

- Does that seem right to you? - Eh, that's typical of kids.

Well, it could be that…

she's trying to get a rise out of you.

Yeah, I've told you many times, you can be overbearing, so…

An… and could it be that perhaps she went to Mi… to Milan to see Claudio?

Without money? And in her flip-flops?

Claudio, with the boyfriend. That's a classic, huh?

- Claudio's my son, Officer. - [marshal] Ah.

He's in Milan for work. My daughter doesn't have a boyfriend.

She's a sensible kid.

Please, ma'am. Nobody's questioning that.

But maybe she has a boyfriend, and you simply don't know she does.

Nowadays, kids keep these things from their mothers.

Maybe she told her cousin, though.

The summer, first loves, little crushes.

Maybe she fell in love and ran away with her boyfriend.

My cousin's still a little girl.

None of that is true for her or she would have told me.

My little Sarah tells me everything.

Well, maybe this time she decided not to tell anyone.

Maybe she writes in a diary.

Girls her age like to write down their thoughts

and whatever else in their diaries.

Does she have a diary?

Go look around for one because we might find something

that tells us where she went and who she went with.

- Does that make sense? - All right, Officer.

We'll look as soon as we get home.

[marshal] Don't you worry. Your daughter will come back.

- [Concetta] Yeah. - [marshal] Kids do this all the time.

You'll see that the officer is right, Sabri.

Sarah is just messing with us.

We know how she can be sometimes, right?

[♪ pensive music playing]

She's spiteful.

[Concetta] "Why art thou cast down, O, my soul?

"And why art thou disquieted in me?

"Hope thou in God.

"For I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance."

[breathes heavily]

[Concetta] "O my God, my soul is cast down within me.

"Therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan,

"and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

"Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts."

[Giacomo sobbing]

[Concetta] "All thy waves and thy billows gone over me.

"Yet the Lord will command his loving-kindness in the daytime,

"and in the night this song shall be with me…"

[sobs]

[Concetta continues] "…and my prayer unto the God of my life.

"I will say unto God my rock, 'Why hast thou forgotten me?'"

[Giacomo sobbing]

[Concetta] "'Why art thou cast down, my soul?'"

"'Hope thou in God.'"

"'Hope thou in God.'"

[whispering] Full of grace, the Lord is with thee.

Blessed art thou amongst women,

and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus...

- [plate clinks loudly] - Eat up…

- or go downstairs with your cats. - No.

I want to stay here today.

If you want to sit here with the Christians,

then eat like a Christian.

[cutlery clinking]

[breathes heavily, munches]

[chokes, coughs]

[wheezing, coughing]

[sniffing, panting]

[dogs barking in distance]

[bug zapper crackling]

[whispering] Mom.

Mom.

[sighs, gulps]

[cellphone keypad beeping]

[Sarah over voicemail] Is it working? Can I start?

I'm Sarah. [chuckles]

Leave me a nice message.

Was it recording?

[keypad beeping]

Is it working? Can I start?

I'm Sarah. [chuckles]

Leave me a nice message.

Was it recording?

[cellphone beeps]

[cellphone keypad beeps]

Is it working? Can I start?

[♪ brooding music playing]

I'm Sarah. [chuckling softly]

Over the last few days,

I've gotten close to a boy who's 27 years old.

I'm only 15, but he is very sweet to me and always cuddles me.

The boy's name is Ivano…

"DO NOT READ!!!"

…and my cousin Sabrina also likes him.

[voice fading] Over the last few days,

I've gotten close to a boy who's 27 years old…

[♪ music intensifies]

…he is very sweet to me and always cuddles me.

But Sabrina said she won't take me along next time…

"I'M CONFUSED"

[Sarah echoing] She wants to be alone with Ivan…

IVANO I LOVE YOU

[Sarah] Sabrina's being such a bitch to me.

[indistinct echoing overlapping]

[Sarah continues] Ivano, I love you.

- [indistinct echoing] - [Sarah] Ivano, I love you. ILY. ILY…

[Concetta] So, did you find anything?

[♪ music fades out]

Hey, Aunty. No. [chuckles] All that's just a bunch of kid stuff.

School talk, song lyrics, the fights with you, too.

Is there anything like what the officer mentioned? A guy, a boyfriend…

Nothing, Aunty. Like you said, Sarah's just a kid.

Every now and then,

she has these fantasies about being a grown-up, right?

She drew hearts around some boys' names, but nothing serious.

She even drew a heart around Ivano's name.

Ivano?

Yeah, but honestly, do we have to spread that story around?

What's the point?

[sighs] All right.

Let's do as you say.

[Sabrina] I knew what was going on.

Women have a sixth sense for these things.

Especially when it's so obvious.

[♪ pensive music playing]

Did you hear me what I said?

She doesn't care about anything, does she?

[breathes heavily] After all, I'm the one in pain, right?

Am I pretty?

Ivano likes these anyway!

Are you sure?

Then why did he make you put your shirt back on?

[breathes heavily]

[pants]

You're cruel, you know?

[shaky breathing]

Why do you want to take him away from me?

Where the fuck is it?

[pants]

[yelling] Take it back! [pants] You're such a fraud.

A fraud and a liar!

- [engine revving in the distance] - [♪ music stops]

- [pants, gulps] - [dogs barking in distance]

[♪ pop music playing over speakers]

[cash register beeping]

- Anything else, ma'am? - [customer] That's it, Ivano.

Thank you, ma'am.

What do you want?

Can you leave?

You know I've called you a hundred times. Why haven't you answered me?

Let's talk outside.

[Sabrina] You don't need to avoid me, you should thank me.

I wasn't crazy.

I think you were, though.

[Sabrina] She was in love with you.

Who was?

Sarah.

What the fuck are you talking about? And why did you say "was"?

- It's written in her diaries. - Her diary?

- You're not well. - She wrote your name in her diary.

With stupid hearts, and ILY’s, and fucking smiley faces.

Look at you. You're flattered, aren't you?

Oh, she's just a little kid, Sabri!

- You wanted to fuck her then? - Sabri, stop it!

Hey, if it wasn't for me, the police would be questioning you, you know.

What does that mean?

That I saved your ass and you don't even know it.

Sabri, I want nothing to do with this.

Don't you touch me.

Don't come looking for me anymore. Just forget that I exist.

Okay…

- but I want to hear the truth. - What truth?

Were you in love with her too?

- You're sick in the head, Sabri. - Tell your Sabrina the truth for once.

- Tell me. - You're sick.

Were you in love with Sarah too?

[♪ upbeat music playing over stereo]

[♪ music stops]

[sighs]

[cat meows]

[grunts softly]

I forgot to pick up Valentina.

[luggage wheels rolling]

[Valentina] There you are!

I was melting in the heat at the bus stop!

I've been trying to call you for half an hour.

Valenti.

[chuckles] My baby. [kisses]

- [Valentina] Daddy. - [cat meows]

- [Cosima] What can I say? I forgot. - [Valentina] Well…

- [Cosima] You tired? - [Valentina sighs] Well, yeah, a little.

I can't even think about it.

Who knows what happened to Sarah?

Did the police question Uncle Giacomo's friends?

They're bad people. You think they have something to do with it?

Maybe. Perhaps.

[Valentina] Maybe someone is getting back at him?

What if their caretaker is involved? That Romanian.

If anything, maybe some of her Romanian friends kidnapped Sarah for money.

Valenti, it could be anything.

Honestly, though, that lady, she looks like a witch.

Hmm. There's no honesty in the people from those parts.

So true.

[Valentina] And Claudio? Why in the hell is he still in Milan?

He says he's staying in case Sarah shows up at his place.

Yeah, sure. As if Sarah would just randomly go to Milan.

How do you like my parmigiana?

Yeah, yeah. I like it. Did you put mortadella in it?

Yeah, makes it tastier.

Eat up before you waste away.

- I'll have some more. - [Cosima] Good girl.

Do you…

ever see her in your dreams?

[♪ brooding music playing]

I dream about her every night.

I will again tonight.

Your brain really is mush, isn't it.

What did you dream about, Dad?

[exhales] She said…

she was cold.

She was freezing cold.

Since you're dreaming about her, Dad, ask her where she's gone.

We're all worried sick about her.

[Diletta echoing] Mom, I saw her go in there. She was with someone.

It was Sarah, Mom.

[Carmen] Where did they come from?

[Diletta] They walked down the street. They climbed over and went in.

[Carmen] Are you sure?

[Diletta] It was her. You have to believe me.

[carabiniere in normal voice] Is anyone here?

[marshal] Oh!

How did you get in here?

[boy] We weren't doing anything wrong.

[marshal] Okay, but let's see your hands. Keep them up.

- Go up. - [girl] Are we in trouble?

[marshal] If you stay still and calm, everything'll be fine.

[door opens]

[marshal] Who's the girl?

I'm sorry, Sabri. It wasn't her.

I think your imagination is running a little wild.

[Carmen] How could we know? It was just a hope.

It seems like you don't have any hope left at all.

[exhales]

Hey, what if she's doing her experiment, you know?

[Carmen] What experiment?

Don't you remember?

She wanted to disappear from Avetrana, be searched for.

She even wanted to cut her hair. Don't you remember?

We even picked her missing picture.

[chuckles softly]

We'll find her.

[♪ upbeat pop-rock playing, Avril Lavigne "Complicated"]

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ Life's like this, uh-huh, uh-huh ♪

♪ That's the way it is ♪

HAVE YOU SEEN SARAH?

♪ 'Cause life's like this, uh-huh ♪

♪ Uh-huh ♪

♪ That's the way it is ♪

♪ Chill out, whatcha yellin' for lay back, it's all been done before ♪

♪ And if you could only let it be you would see ♪

♪ I like you the way you are when we're drivin' in your car ♪

♪ And you're talkin' to me one-on-one but you become ♪

♪ Somebody else 'round everyone else ♪

♪ You're watchin' your back like you can't relax ♪

♪ You're tryna be cool you look like a fool to me, tell me ♪

♪ Why'd you have to go and make things so complicated? ♪

♪ I see the way you're actin' like you're somebody else ♪

♪ Gets me frustrated, life's like this… ♪

[pants]

♪ You fall, and you crawl and you break… ♪

- [chokes, gasps for air] - [♪ eerie music overlapping]

- [breathes heavily] - [pants]

- [breathes heavily] - [coughs]

- [groans] - [gasps, shrieks]

- [Sabrina grunts] - [tape rips]

[pants]

♪ …Tell me, why'd you have to go and make things so complicated ♪

♪ I see the way you're actin' like you're somebody else ♪

♪ Gets me frustrated ♪

[♪ upbeat music playing over stereo]

Why haven't you aired it yet? No, tell me why you haven't aired it yet.

Just tell me why. I don't want to be wasting my time.

I went there, spent the whole entire evening, and for what?

I have a life too, you know?

Yeah. Right, whatever. You have to go. Yeah, yeah.

I'm the idiot for working on my vacation.

No, no. Just go, go, go. Bye. Go, go. Go fuck yourself!

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, can I have a glass of water, please?

Who's the girl?

Sarah Scazzi.

[Daniela] What happened to her?

She was heading to her cousin's house, but never showed up.

[radio host 1] We're back again with our summer hits…

Look at that? You don't have a single hair, so why get a wax?

No, they're there. Look.

Yeah, right. You're a little obsessed, huh?

Out here, women refuse to wax even when they're as hairy as a monkey.

[chuckles] I hate body hair. I don't want to see a single one.

[sighs] Me too.

Would you guess that I have trichosis?

At school, they'd always make fun of me because I had a mustache.

Oh, but you can't see anything.

Well, thanks. I shave every day. Like a man.

Listen, what's there to do here?

What do you do? Besides go to the beach and eat?

- Jack shit. - [chuckles]

- [Sabrina] Pardon my French, huh? - [chuckles] No, no.

[indistinct chatter over radio]

What are you doing here?

Don't get me started. I came with someone.

Hmm.

- [Sabrina] And things went badly? - Well…

[chatter over radio continues indistinctly]

[Sabrina] Got it, he's an asshole. [chuckles]

And you?

Do you have a boyfriend?

Yes. His name's Ivano.

Is he handsome?

Very handsome.

[radio host 2] …but it's perfect for this.

- I can't stay still. - [radio host 1] Yeah, well, moving…

[♪ upbeat music playing over stereo]

- [Daniela] There. - Thank you.

Thank you.

[wallet zipping]

Listen, I saw a picture of that missing girl. Do you know her?

Yeah. She's my cousin.

[snores]

What are you doing? Jehovah disapproves of superstition.

It's the oil of St. Constantine. He can do no harm.

What are you doing to this poor man? Can't he simply die in peace?

- Mom, how can you say that? - If this happens to me, just let me die.

- Hmm. - [feebly] Sa… Sa… Sarah!

Sarah!

Poor man. He's calling for his granddaughter.

- Sarah. - [gasps]

[Daniela over TV] Here in Avetrana, in this small far-west town of Salento,

very few things happen.

But today, unfortunately, brings the news of a disappearance.

That of a 15-year-old girl named Sarah Scazzi.

Everyone hopes she left voluntarily, fleeing the seclusion of her hometown,

perhaps in pursuit of a teenage crush.

Before disappearing into thin air on that fateful afternoon of August 26th,

Sarah left here, from her home, as you can see here,

and headed to the house of her beloved cousin, Sabrina,

- with plans to go to the beach… - [Sabrina] She came to my studio.

- …as the two would often do. - What?

- Yesterday. - [Daniela continues] After more

than a week, unfortunately, family members are losing hope.

She came for a wax, and I told her some things.

[Daniela over TV] Anyone with information

is asked to contact the police as soon as possible.

And you, Sarah, if you're watching, come home.

Everyone here is waiting for you.

That bitch.

[news reporter over TV] We thank our correspondent Daniela Longobardi…

Hey, lady! What are you doing?

- Did you come to my house to fuck with me? - Put the camera down. No, no. I'm sorry.

You're… you're right. Let me explain. I just wanted to meet you first.

[Sabrina] What do you want from me?

[Daniela] You have no idea what a camera can do to help people.

We don't need your help. Just go away. We don't want you here.

- What do you really want? - We want to help you find Sarah.

Right. Sarah. What do you care about Sarah?

You didn't even know she existed. You didn't even know this place existed!

Yes, yes, you're… you're right. I didn't… I didn't know.

I ended up here by accident. [chuckles] But maybe it was fate.

Fated for both me and for Sarah.

Sabrina, you have no idea

how much the media attention can be of help to you.

Everybody watching wants to help. They can't wait to give information.

And the police don't want to look like fools in front of the entire country.

Before too long, all of Italy will be giving you a hand.

Do you want to find your cousin?

No.

- Hey. - [gate opening, rattling]

[cat meowing]

[breathes heavily]

[whispering] And sleep, sleep, sleep will come

The Virgin Mary passed by and asked me where my child is

-I answered, "Virgin" -[footsteps approaching]

[cat meows]

[♪ upbeat pop music playing over TV, Geri Halliwell "Look at Me"]

♪ You can take it all because this face is free ♪

♪ Maybe next time, use your eyes and look at me ♪

♪ I'm a dra... ♪

[newscaster 1 over TV] Sarah may have gotten into someone's car...

[newscaster 2] …in a small community...

[newscaster 3] …maybe an older friend...

[newscaster 4] …there's no omertà in Avetrana...

[newscaster 5] …a disappearance...

[newscaster 3] Most importantly, they're looking for information

from the 15-year-old's circle of friends, her peers, and schoolmates.

Right now, they're also questioning

the friends of her cousin, 22-year-old Sabrina.

Any details, investigators believe,

could prove useful in facilitating the search.

Right now, the theory that she left home on her own accord is fading.

Instead, it's believed that Sarah may have ended up caught

in someone else's web, but no leads have been confirmed.

- [♪ upbeat pop plays, "Ice Cream"] - Right now,

the network is more than ever…

Investigators are working non-stop.

We hope they will soon be able to open new…

[journalist 1] Look, there's Sabrina.

- Sabrina… - [journalist 2] Did you see her on TV?

[journalist 3] Hi, Sabrina. Can we offer you something to drink?

[journalist 4] Sabrina, can we ask you a question?

[journalist 5] Sabrina. Sabrina, sit with us.

Oh, that's Sabrina.

[journalist 6] Hey, we'll buy you a beer. Come on.

[Massimiliano] Sabri.

[indistinct chatter]

Dude, what do they want from you?

- To fuck with me. - [Alessio] Bunch of fucking snakes.

This place is packed. Piero must be happy.

- Eh. - [chuckles]

He's always complaining that he's going bankrupt.

[Mariangela] Look at him. He's making big stacks.

I told him he should charge out-of-towners more.

- Yeah. - [Ivano] Yeah, like in Cuba.

One price for the locals, one for the tourists.

- [indistinct chatter] - [song continues playing over stereo]

[Ivano] May I?

Sure.

♪ You know she moves, moves, moves her ice cream ♪

[Ivano] Share?

♪ You know she got me ♪

- Hmm. Did you see him? - [indistinct chatter]

♪ She moves like honey sexy slow in speed ♪

♪ My heart stops working when she look at me ♪

♪ Her money maker makes my mouth run dry ♪

I saw you, Sa. You looked beautiful.

- What? - On TV.

You looked like an actress.

♪ You know she's sassy and she can't be beat ♪

♪ They like her ice cream I-I-I ice cream ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪

♪ Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh… ♪

[♪ mysterious music playing]

[inhales deeply]

Sabri, can I come with you?

[Sabrina] No.

[exhales deeply]

This is my moment.

"A limber lover. A limber lover. A limber lover. A limber lover.

- A limber lover. A limber lover." - What are you doing?

Mom, it's an exercise to help me speak better.

[door opening]

I think she's lost her mind.

[sighs]

[indistinct chatter]

[reporters] Sabrina. Sabrina? Sabrina! Sabrina. Sabrina.

[reporter 1] Can you answer a few questions?

[reporter 2] Sabrina, all we need is a statement.

[reporter 3] Just one question!

- [indistinct chatter] - [camera shutters clicking]

[reporters clamoring]

What did you two talk about last time you saw her?

- [reporter 4] Were you close? - [reporter 5] Where did Sarah die?

Any information you have, you must tell us, Sabrina.

[reporter 6] What was in her last text to you? Can you tell us?

Were you two close?

[reporter 4] She's been kidnapped, right? What did you two talk about?

[journalist 7] Is there any news? Any update from the police?

Can I make a statement?

Sure.

- [camera shutter clicking] - [clears throat] If anyone…

[sighs, gulps] Can I start again?

Sure.

If you have a conscience,

if you have anything, if you have a shred of heart left,

set Sarah free. Let her come home now.

We're waiting for her with open arms.

[camera shutter clicking]

Sabrina, tell us more.

[reporter 4] When's the last time you saw her?

[reporter 6] What happened the last time you two met?

[reporter 7] Don't leave, Sabrina. Sabrina, please, don't!

[indistinct chatter]

[inhales, sighs in relief]

[Cosima] Sabri?

Us Christians don't like to be in the limelight.

You sure don't.

Are you aware of what you're doing, yes or no?

You're out of your mind!

Me?

[Valentina] But, Mom, this can be a good thing.

A good thing? Do you think this could be a good thing?!

It is for Sarah, I think. It's better if they talk about her.

Maybe someone who knows something or has seen her

hears about her on TV and speaks out.

Otherwise, Sarah may never be found.

We've seen so many stories like this on TV.

- [breathes deeply] - [♪ mysterious music playing]

[Sabrina] I can't hear you.

Aunty, speak up.

Just speak up. There's no reception at your house so you're breaking up.

[indistinct chatter]

[Sabrina] Never mind. I'm on my way.

- Sabri. - Aunty, I didn't understand a thing

you said over the phone. Why were you whispering?

This woman says she's your friend, what does she want?

A friend of mine? Who?

[door closing]

- Sabrina, hi. - Hey, Daniela.

[Daniela] Can you explain to your aunt that there's really nothing to it?

I don't want to make a statement in front of all those people.

Wasn't hers enough?

You're very good at it. We saw you on TV.

[Daniela] Yeah. Yeah, yeah. She is very good at it.

Yes. She's a natural in front of the camera.

But you see, Ms. Concetta,

parents make a greater impact. It's more powerful. People are more moved.

Wouldn't you do anything in your power to find Sarah?

You could give her some tips since you know how it works.

She's right, Aunty. It's not hard.

At first, I was a little nervous,

but then once you start talking, it just flows.

It's embarrassing.

[Giacomo] B… but you go knocking on the doors

of other Christians without any shame?

Th… that's, um… embarrassing.

It's for Jehovah.

And this is for Sarah, Aunty.

[breathes deeply]

[♪ upbeat music playing]

♪ I shouldn't have come I shouldn't have come… ♪

[reporter 1] Sarah's disappearance is all over the national news.

All the major newspapers

are heading out to Avetrana to report on the story.

[reporter 2] Everyone's looking for Sarah, the 15-year-old girl who went missing…

[reporter 3] Since August 26th, there has been no sign of the girl.

[reporter 4] A Facebook community is also helping with the case.

[reporter 5] …sharing their suspicions on social networks.

- "If you ask me," one of them wrote… - [car horn honks]

"…I think Sarah was kidnapped by the weirdo who drives the black Punto."

I'm making a heartfelt appeal…

to the president, President Napolitano…

to send further aid to the police to help find Sarah.

I am a desperate mother.

[Alessio] Right, as if Sarah's his biggest concern!

[Concetta over TV] We cannot be abandoned…

A lineage of ignorance, unfortunately, that's the issue with Avetrana.

- What was your name again? - [Mariagrazia] Mariagrazia Rella. And you?

[Alessio] Alessio Pisello.

[newscaster over TV] After several days of silence,

- Concetta Serrano, Sarah's mother… - [customer] Sorry!

Oh. The lovebirds are outside! Right outside!

[reporter 1] Sorry, which lovebirds?

[reporter 2] The ones who saw her last!

- [indistinct chatter] - [car horn tooting]

[reporter 3] Do you remember what time it was?

- [man] It was 2:30 a.m. - Get your story straight.

- I don't remember exactly. - It wasn't 2:30.

[reporter 4] Let's say it was 2:15. Quarter past?

[woman] No, at 2:30, we were already at the square.

[journalists clamoring]

- Can you believe how much they asked for? - How much do they want?

Three thousand euros. Leeches.

- Well, it's the price of exclusivity. - [reporter 5] Then you pay it.

- [reporter 2] I'd pay a thousand. - Here I am, live from Avetrana.

In the midst of these hot, end-of-summer days,

little Sarah seems to have dissolved into thin air.

Here we are again, broadcasting… No, no, no. Stop recording.

I can't do it. I can't do it.

[music continues playing]

Guys, can you stop for a second? I'm trying to work.

Oh! Stop everyone, listen up! They said there's a psychic at the beach!

- Let's go. Come on! Let's check it out. - [crowd clamoring]

[medium whistling]

[indistinct chatter]

[♪ mysterious music playing]

[whistling continues]

[whispers] Sarah.

I hear you.

- [whistling, whispering] Sarah. - [Alessio] This is crazy.

[medium whispering] Where are you?

Hey, little girl.

[indistinct chatter]

- [medium whispering] Sarah. - Do you see her?

[whispers] Where are you?

[overlapping chatter]

[medium] I can see her!

I can see her!

She floats.

She's in water.

[♪ music intensifies]

[whispers] She's dead.

[dogs barking]

[dog whimpers]

- [Cosima] Turn. - [sighs]

[Cosima] Turn.

[Sabrina sighs]

Turn.

- [Sabrina] Did you not do this part? - Shut up.

Turn. Turn. Stop.

How much were these?

Don't you have enough pants in your closet?

Mom, I can't always be wearing the same things.

Everyone sees me on TV all the time. What would they think of me?

[Cosima] We wouldn't want to come across as… as peasants, right?

These are called palazzo pants. They make me look thinner, right?

The magazines say these are the best fit for my body shape.

As if a pair of pants can actually make you look thinner.

[clicks tongue] Thanks for that.

[Cosima] We're done. Get down.

- Are you sure? - Get down. Get down.

Valenti. What's the matter?

[Valentina] They found Sarah's body. She's dead.

[in Salentino] What did you say? What do you mean they found Sarah's body?

I don't want to hear these things. Miché!

Miché, get up here! Miché!

[in Italian] Who told you they found her dead?

- [sobs] - [in Salentino] Stop crying and tell me!

[in Italian] They're saying it on TV.

- Where? - On the news.

[in Salentino] No, where did they find the body, you idiot?!

- Miché, goddamnit! I said come upstairs! - [Michele] Oh! What's happening…

[Valentina, in Italian] They found her in the countryside.

…what's so bad that you need to be screaming like a maniac?

[Cosima, in Italian] They found Sarah's body, in the countryside.

[Valentina crying] Poor little Sarah.

Is that possible, Miché?

[in Salentino] Did you do things right?

[Sabrina, in Italian] Where in the countryside exactly?

[sobs] In a barn, they said, on the way to Taranto.

On the way to Taranto?

[in Salentino] Mimi... then it's not Sarah.

[Valentina crying]

[breathes heavily]

[all, in Italian] Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

[Giacomo] A… Amen.

[caregiver sobbing]

Of course, the deeper they dig,

the more secrets they uncover about Avetrana.

- [caregiver sobbing, sniffling] - B… but who's this poor girl?

They said she went missing many years ago. No one was looking for her anymore.

Hmm. There are so many bad people around.

- Chri… Christians a… are like beasts. - No. Beasts are better than Christians.

[shushes]

Can't you show a little respect?

[sobs]

[♪ mysterious music playing]

So, guys, let's do an audio check first.

[Ivano] One, two, three, four, fi…

Ivano, Ivano, Ivano, Ivano, Ivano, Ivano… [chuckles]

…Ivano, Ivano, Ivano, Ivano, Ivano…

Okay. We're ready.

- [door closes] - [Sabrina] All I want to say is that…

these people need to look deep into their souls,

and they must free her so she can come back

to her family, to us. [sniffs]

We're waiting for her with our arms wide open.

And… [sniffles]

[sobs]

[sniffles, exhales]

[♪ passionate bachata music playing, Aventura "Obsesión"]

♪ Something flavored, Aventura ♪

[cellphone ringing over song]

- [singer 1] Hello? - [singer 2] Shh, solo escucha.

♪ Son las cinco de la mañana y yo no he dormido nada ♪

♪ Pensando en tu belleza en loco voy a parar… ♪

DO NOT READ

[Sarah] Hi, this is Sarah.

Over the last few days,

I've gotten close to a boy who's 27 years old.

I'm only 15, but he is very sweet to me and always cuddles me.

Where are you, huh? Are you gone for good?

Where are you?

Ivano is mine now. Nobody can take him from me, understood?

Are you listening to me?

He's mine!

[Sarah] The boy's name is Ivano and my cousin Sabrina also likes him.

[kisses]

[Sarah] Hi,

Sabrina's being such a bitch to me, and won't take me along.

She wants to be alone with Ivano.

I hate her when she's like this!

♪ Así funciona el corazón ♪

[♪ song stops abruptly]

[Concetta] You need to read the marked pages.

You just found these now?

No?

Then why didn't you bring them to me earlier?

My niece Sabrina told me not to.

[♪ mysterious music playing]

[Concetta] It's clear that as the days pass,

the more hope we lose.

[Daniela] What do you think, Sabrina?

- That she's alive, I know it. - [Daniela] Certainly.

We all hope Sarah is alive. But in your opinion, where?

We need a more thorough investigation.

Otherwise, we'll never find her.

What do you mean, Mrs. Scazzi?

That we need to investigate everyone who knew

that Sarah was going to the beach that day.

[Daniela] Sabrina, who knew you had plans to go to the beach that day?

Let's remind our viewers.

[Sabrina] Sure, let's see… Me, Mariangela, my aunt, and uncle.

[Daniela] Basically, her family.

Sabrina, you knew this, Mariangela, and so did her parents.

So her family, right?

Yes. But I don't know if Sarah told anyone else.

[Daniela] Concetta?

Right now, I can both exclude and accuse everyone.

[Daniela] What do you mean by that?

I'm saying that we need to look into our family too.

And that includes Sabrina, right?

Of course, that includes Sabrina.

[exhales]

AVETRANA WELCOME

[anti-theft device croaks]

[croaking stops]

Okay now, Sabrina, there's nothing to worry about.

The district attorney, Mr. Giove, just wants to ask you a few questions.

What are people going to think of me?

You worry a lot about what people think of you, don't you?

And yet, when you were in the pub…

you said Sarah would sell herself for just a few cuddles.

[♪ uneasy music starts playing]

That was the night before she disappeared.

[Sabrina] Ivano's there just to see Sarah.

Stop it.

Hey, she's the one who'd sell herself for a few cuddles, you know?

Whoa, Sabri, don't talk like that.

Who told you that?

Some bullshitter?

Someone who's always opening their mouth about other people.

Plus, that could mean a million different things.

[Sebastiano] It really doesn't matter what you mean.

It matters how the people you're talking to interpret it.

The person you were talking to, your good friend Mariangela,

told you to shut up and not to say such things.

- But I honestly, though... - [Sebastiano] But you didn't stop.

[Mariangela] If people heard you, they'd think you're cruel.

[Sebastiano] "No, no, she would."

She would, she would. Even her mother says so.

[Sebastiano] "Even her mother says so."

- [Mariangela] No, Sarah! - [Stefania] Aw, Sarah. Come back.

[Sebastiano] Did they make it all up?

The people who told us this.

No, no, I'm not saying that…

I said those things, I said those things on multiple occasions.

But me and Sarah make fun of each other all the time.

[chuckles softly]

Okay, let's move on.

Let me understand.

How is it possible that you didn't tell these things to Ivano?

Are you cold?

[Sabrina] If I see him with another girl, I'll kill him.

[Ivano] For you, Sarah. Do you like it?

- [Sarah] Ivano said that... - [Sabrina] Hey! That's enough about Ivano.

[♪ uneasy music fades out]

What does Ivano have to do with it?

[♪ pensive music playing]

[Concetta] I'm saying they need to look into our family too.

- [Sebastiano] You worry a lot about… - [Daniela] And that includes Sabrina?

- …think of you, right? - [Ivano] You're sick in the head.

[Concetta] Of course, that includes Sabrina.

[Carmen] It seems like you don't have any hope left at all.

[Ivano] You're sick.

[Sebastiano] Did they make it all up?

[Daniela] Do you want to find your cousin?

[Sebastiano] How is it possible that you didn't tell these things to Ivano?

[voices echoing, overlapping]

[Sarah echoing] Sabri? Sabrina. Want to go the beach?

- [knocking at door] - [Sarah] Come on!

[Sabrina breathing heavily]

Why are you doing this to me?

[Sarah] Come on, Sabri, we're going to be late.

Mariangela is waiting for us. She's gonna be pissed.

[breathes heavily]

Sarah, I don't want to take you to the beach anymore.

[Sarah] Come on, Sabri!

[Sabrina] Never again!

[Sarah] Please, Sabri!

[Sabrina breathing heavily]

I said no!

Sarah.

Sarah.

Sarah?

Sarah?

Sarah!

[reporters clamoring]

Sabrina, Sabrina! Sabrina, Sabrina!

[reporter 1] Sabrina, one question!

Is that true they're saying it was a fit of jealous rage?

[reporter 2] What did Sarah write in her diaries?

[reporter 3] Did she have a relationship with Ivano? Did you and Ivano?

[reporter 4] Everyone says so!

[reporter 6] What happened to Sarah?

[reporter 7] What did Sarah write in her diaries?

[reporter 8] Were you jealous of her?

[reporter 9] We want answers!

[voice fading out] Did Sarah have a relationship with Ivano?

- [camera shutters clicking] - [♪ eerie music playing]

It was you.

[cellphone ringing]

Ivano!

What?

You're here?

I'm coming, I'm coming.

[insects chirping]

Hi, Sabri.

Hey!

I'm Ilaria. Nice to meet you.

Damn, you look just like you do on TV!

I wanted to introduce her to you. We just met.

Mm-hmm! [squeals] You're awesome!

She's a fan of yours. [chuckles]

I'm rooting for you.

All right. You met, so let's get going.

Bye, Sabri. [kisses] Thanks.

[♪ mysterious music playing]

THIS IS NOT HOLLYWOOD

- [gate creaking] - [door closing]

[Sabrina] I'm sorry.

[sniffling]

[sobbing]

Tomorrow, I'll take you to the beach.

I'll call you when we're ready.

[indistinct chatter]

[singer, in the distance] ♪ There's no chance for us ♪

[Sabrina sniffling]

[singer] ♪ This world has only one sweet moment ♪

Thank you.

[singer] ♪ Who wants to live forever? ♪

[all] ♪ Who wants to live forever? ♪

[sobs]

- Sarah. Sarah. - [cellphone keypad beeping]

[Sarah over voicemail] Is this working? Can I start?

I'm Sarah. Leave me a nice message. Was it recording?

[cellphone beeping]

[footsteps approaching]

[♪ tense music playing]

[♪ dynamic R&B music playing, Marracash "La banalità del male"]

♪ Oh, oh, yeah ♪

♪ Guardatevi dentro ♪

♪ E liberatevi... ♪

While this series is based on a true story and draws from official sources

and Court documents, events, situations, dialogue, characters

and their characterisations

have been fictionalised and invented by the authors for dramatic purposes.

With respect to such fictionalised or invented elements,

any reference or similarity to the name or the actual character or history

of any person, living or dead, or actual entity, situation or event

is entirely for dramatic purpose

and is not intended to reflect on any such person, their character

or history, or any such entity, situation or event.

BASED ON THE BOOK “SARAH LA RAGAZZA DI AVETRANA”

- ♪ Se se ne andrà ♪ - ♪ Ogni volta dice, "Non mirerò" ♪

- ♪ Non mirerò ♪ - ♪ Lo devo stordire un po' ♪

♪ Vi darei tutte le cose che ho ♪

♪ Se se ne andasse, ma non se ne andrà ♪

♪ Yeah, tra le fronde, la luna è scura ♪

♪ Tra le ombre, qualcosa scruta ♪

♪ Tra ne sbuca questa creatura che mi confonde, cambia natura ♪

♪ Notte buia, ti ho fatto musa si consuma tra quattro mura ♪

♪ Sotto la superficie che ci divide vivo due vite in una ♪

♪ Sai che il male è banale mai comprenderlo ché è complesso ♪

♪ Se ci affascina tutti è perché tutti lo abbiamo dentro ♪

♪ Ogni caso irrisolto poi soltanto specchio del nostro ♪

♪ Sotto ogni letto c'è un mostro ♪

♪ Devi andarci d'accordo ♪

[ ♪ song concludes]

Translated by Noemi Zucca