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MOANS OF ANGUISH.

...

HE YELLS.

...

- How are you?

- Hi. - Hi.

- Hi. It's 9:30 a.m.

- Yes, I'm a little late. - But today is Monday.

- Exact. - We're expecting you for the debrief.

- Damn, the debrief!

- It's Karlishian, call me back. - I know you're behind this.

It's easy to play dead.

HONK.

Don't play dumb, Max, call back.

- Mr. Karlishian, a statement before the trial?

- Nope. I will hold a press conference after the hearing.

- Mr Tarquin

is accused of having embezzled more than 3 million euros of public money.

Ask yourself this question:

how to trust this chosen one?

I remember you...

- (If it comes out, we're dead.) - (It won't come out.)

- I do not believe you. - It's going to blow us in the face.

- We have a case to win. - I pay you for this.

- Mr. Karlishian, can we have your attention?

It's yours.

- Ladies and gentlemen,

Mister President.

No one is fooled here.

This is a political trial.

It's about...

-(What is he doing ?)

General stupor. Ludo!

- Call for help!

Keep calm!

- Sir... Sir... - Call the fire department!

...

- Astrid, are you sure you want to do this?

- Yes. Under Article 60 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,

the police officer may have recourse to qualified persons.

- I'm qualified. - But do you feel capable?

- I'm qualified. Goodbye.

- Have a good day. - Take care of yourself.

- I'm qualified.

- Isn't she a criminal lawyer?

- No, she works on criminal documentation.

- Do you need a librarian? - No, a criminologist.

- And isn't there any available?

- She is both: criminalist and documentalist.

Here it is.

- Hello, Commander Coste. - Hello, Lieutenant Enguien.

- Hello. We know each other ? - No, but I know who you are.

I had access to your police examination results.

- We're going to the crime scene. - Technically, it's not.

- Not yet.

It's just a death in a public place,

- but death is spectacular. - I have a map of the neighborhood

and a biography of the victim.

Not being caught off guard is important.

- For the investigation,

- we can improvise. - It's not for the investigation,

It's for me.

- Criminalist and documentalist.

Let's go.

- You came for nothing. - It was you who said it.

- No, it's him.

He died a sudden death: a good old heart attack.

- Weird, he was in great shape.

- No, nothing weird. I see things like this every day:

the guy doesn't smoke, plays sports, and he bangs on a tennis court.

- Your job makes you optimistic! - Do we have any pictures?

- Yes.

A reporter had a hidden camera. He was risking a lot!

- A fine

of 4500 euros. The television broadcasting of court proceedings

is governed by article 39 of the law of December 6, 1954.

- At the price he would have sold the images, I can understand.

He looks terrified, right?

- There's something to be afraid of when you feel your heart stop.

- Mm mm. - What ?

- Thinking of something? - Yes.

- Are you telling us?

- You say that heart failure can cause fear,

but the reverse is also true.

It's the tako-tsubo syndrome.

There are several files related to this syndrome.

- What is that ?

- Heart disease characterized by contractile dysfunction

with an ultrasound appearance of ventricular

ballooning occurring following stress

linked to intense fear or joy.

- This guy would be scared to death? - Or joy.

- Calms you. Tako-tsubo syndrome is extremely rare and,

usually it happens to older ladies. And it is unverifiable.

- Don't say that.

the last time you didn't succeed.

- It is completely verifiable.

Just look

- if the coronary network is normal. - But for that, you have to open.

- Yes, for that, you have to open.

- We need to do an autopsy. - Yes thanks.

- You are welcome.

- Well autopsies.

I want to know if he's scared to death.

- Well get on board!

And let's open.

- Isn't she a bit weird, the commander's librarian?

- She's autistic. - No kidding ?

- Well yeah. - Autistic,

- like Rain Man? - "Rain Man" is a movie.

Autistic people don't count toothpicks.

I need a communication

record from the victim.

- Karlishian is not a victim: there is no crime.

- I feel something not clear.

- The commissioner will not like that you take yourself for an oracle.

- Therefore,

- ask him. - Nope...

- Please... - No, not that look!

It's disloyal.

- You won't regret it. Thanks !

- She says that every time.

- What media do you work for?

- None, I work on criminal documentation.

- What are you doing here ? - I'm taking part in the investigation.

- Is there an investigation?

- I can not say anything. There's no evidence that it's a tako-tsubo.

- A declaration ? - I do not want to say anything.

- You don't want to or you can't? - I can not say anything.

I am not authorized to make

statements on the investigation.

- So it's a crime? - Is tako-tsubo a poison?

- I can not say anything.

DIFFUSE ABOUT JOURNALISTS.

...

- Leave her alone!

Astrid, how are you? Come. Come with me.

- I'm not going to spend my time taking you out of the closet!

Are you okay, am I bothering you?

It's crazy, I'm sending you to a lawyer who has a heart attack and,

3 hours later, France is in turmoil.

- It didn't go as planned. - It's gone into a tailspin.

- A little. But Fournier confirms what Astrid saw.

Karlishian didn't just have a heart attack.

A strong emotion made his heart burst.

- I know, all the TVs are talking about it. I show you ?

- No, it's fine. - The minister just called me.

You measure the brothel?

- Astrid was a bit overwhelmed by the situation.

- Maybe because it was not his place.

*-I can not say anything.

*DIFFUSE ABOUT JOURNALISTS.

*...

- I'll make photocopies.

I'll give you a minute.

After I came back,

- we will resume the TP. OK ? - After I came back.

We always put the present, after "after".

- If you want. - I count on you.

- Damn, the cassos!

- After the present, we put the 2nd base.

- On the board, Rain Man! - On the board, Rain Man!

- ON THE BOARD, RAIN MAN! - ON THE BOARD, RAIN MAN!

- How old are you ?

- TO THE BLACKBOARD,

RAINMAN! ON THE BOARD, RAIN MAN!

- I'll vouch for Astrid.

- Is that supposed to reassure me?

- Trust me. And if I'm wrong, you will say that I screwed up.

- Count on me.

- The death of this lawyer hides a trick.

- You have a mania for looking for business where there is none.

But there's nothing to call the judge, scared to death or not.

...

- No reporters.

Lock down the perimeter.

- Is there a problem, Gabrielle? - No, it's fine.

- OK, thanks.

The guy from the pound has nothing. There were no injuries.

- Was the car really booby-trapped? - We found a detonator.

- Probably a homemade bomb. - Is that enough to call the judge?

- Change your tone, I got it 5 minutes ago.

- We have the fadettes and the victim's location record.

- Already ? We just got the letters rogatory.

- We got a little ahead of the judge.

- That's not like you.

- The important thing is that we move forward, right?

- What does this statement say?

- The lawyer made a call before the hearing.

- We identified

- the receiver ? - No, I'll take care of it.

- Tarquin has arrived.

- He's waiting in the audition room. - We're taking it slow

he is an elected representative of the Republic.

- Don't worry, I'm not going to damage it for you.

- And... Sorry, commissioner. - Well done, Nicholas!

- In addition to being my lawyer, Ludovic was my best friend.

We had known each other since college.

- Could anyone blame him?

- You don't have TV? This trial did not make him popular.

- To the point of wanting to kill him?

- The attack and the death of Ludovic would be linked?

- We don't know yet.

- Maybe the explosion was aimed at me. - I was going to get in that car.

Ludovic always brought me back after the hearings.

- Astrid.

Come with me, we're

going to the victim's office.

- This is funny. - I doubt it is.

- It never made me laugh. - What's this ?

- It is a Boer criss-cross, called a "carpenter's cross"

- or "Chinese cross". - This little thing has so many names?

- This is not a trick, but a mechanical puzzle.

- A puzzle. - I prefer to say mechanical puzzle

- because the expression... - Is violent. You told me

sorry. Want to tell me more?

- I will give you the references of a book on puzzles.

- I'm interested in you, not the puzzles.

Talking about puzzles with you is a way to get to know you better.

- Talking about puzzles is a way to get to know puzzles better.

- Try to understand us,

it is a sensitive matter.

- You misunderstood me: I am acting on a letter of request from a judge

- to investigate. - You misunderstood.

The secrecy of the investigation prevails over the rogatory commission.

- He is right. Article 11 of the criminal procedure...

- You're not helping me here.

- I have not finished. - the attack

was perhaps aimed at his client.

Refusing to give me this file may be putting a man in danger.

- In my opinion, you are wrong.

We are talking about tax evasion, nothing serious.

- Sorry ? Nothing of what? - He's right, no one died.

- You don't kill for those things. - You know what,

screw you !

- Goodbye.

It seems to me that it is not professional

- to say that to a witness. - What is professional,

is not to have hit him. Did you hear how he spoke to me?

- I can't kill lawyers. - Commanding officer.

- What's the matter ? - I can tell you something,

but not as a partner in the firm.

What I'll tell you, you can't use it.

- Then it's no use. Thanks. - Astrid.

- Any testimony

must be documented

which can be read by the witness.

- Make an effort. - Make an effort ?

- If it's too difficult for you, you can leave.

- OK.

- She's not kidding, your colleague! - What do you have to tell me?

- Ludovic had confided in me,

of the kind that we do step by step. You see ?

He had received death threats, numerous emails,

but nothing to do with the Tarquin trial.

- Why didn't he press charges? - I do not know.

Since then, he was consumed by anxiety.

- Scared to death?

A phone vibrates.

Excuse me.

- Do you know Max Ribaud? - That means nothing to me, no.

- OK, thanks. Stay reachable.

Holy shit, Mr. Ribaud!

Madame Ribaud?

Commander Coste, criminal squad.

- I wasn't sure they took my statement seriously.

- What testimony?

- You're not here for the disappearance of my husband?

Come in.

My husband has been missing for 2 days. I went to the police

station, but I'm not sure that the agent recorded my statement.

He seemed to find it ridiculous.

It's him.

- Why do you think his disappearance is worrying?

- It literally vanished.

Come with me.

I had gone to the provinces for a few days to see my mother.

I came home because Max was unreachable.

- Does he often do that? - Not at all.

It never disappears like that.

Well, I haven't touched anything since I got home.

Even the platinum there...

The disc is still

spinning in a vacuum.

He even left his phone.

There was a message on it.

- I can ?

*-It's Karlishian, call me back. I know you're behind it all.

*It's easy to play dead. *Honk.

*Whore...! Don't play dumb, Max, call back.

- It was a few minutes before the start of the trial.

- I can leave you the phone. - Thanks.

- Can I leave now?

- Why do you want to leave this house so much?

- Staying here one more night, even an hour, I won't make it.

You're welcome.

- Is your husband's absence stressing you out?

- No... That's something else.

FOOTSTEP.

...

- Is there anyone else here? - Nope.

I'm alone.

...

- There is nothing.

- That's what I'm trying to tell you.

It is the house.

Strange things are happening there.

- What do you mean, "strange"? - It started months ago.

1, 2, maybe more.

The TV that turns on by itself at 3am with the volume turned up.

Radiators that get hot when turned off.

The doorbell ringing when the street is deserted.

- It may be an electrical problem.

- And the footsteps on the floor when no one is there,

is it an electrical problem?

- Surely there is a rational explanation.

- Last night,

the House...

she started moaning.

It's as if she were alive.

Looks like she wants to hurt me.

DOORBELL.

THEY SCREAM.

- Everything is fine.

It's just colleagues joining me.

- How are you ? - Yes...

Wait until you read Carole Ribaud's statement.

Do you remember "Cold Sweats"? You will be served!

Listen to this message. There are no more doubts:

Max Ribaud threatened Karlishian. Business is linked,

- but I don't know how. - I know it.

We found a chip in the pipe bomb.

We traced it to the buyer. It was bought by Max Ribaud.

- He has a good culprit profile, this Max Ribaud, doesn't he?

- So he's on the run? - The message seems to confirm

- that he threatened Karlishian. - At least, Karlishian thought so.

- We sent wanted notices. - We won't have anything more tonight.

So we stay on the alert, and everyone goes home.

- Not quite everyone.

Carole Ribaud gave us access to her husband's accounts.

- Are you checking? - I'll search.

That's good, I have nothing to do tonight.

- That's what I thought. - Perfect !

- Are we going to throw one? - No, I pass my turn tonight.

- Do you have Theo? - Yes, but that's not it.

I was cash with Astrid, earlier,

- and I would like to come and see her. - OK.

- Hi. - Hi.

- Does she still baby-sit? - I don't know, it's...

- You would prefer her to keep you, wouldn't you?

- Don't you have a job?

- Sorry,

- I didn't mean to offend you. - Raphaëlle is my buddy

for several years.

Since there is Astrid, well...

There is Astrid, what.

You don't want to throw a little one at Michel's, do you?

- Good evening, Astrid.

I noticed that...

in the 6 pieces that make up a Boer crisscross,

there is one that is intact, without nicks.

- Have you inquired? - I'm interested.

- Mathematician Jan Hendrik de Boer looked for every combination

there might be to put the pieces together.

He made over 321 pieces and looked for every combination.

After 10 years of work, he found 2906 combinations.

- 10 years on it? - Don't knock him out

- with all these details. - No, I'm interested.

- Yes, I assure you, I'm interested.

You show me?

- The pieces are blocked against each other,

but one must be removed first

for the puzzle to be manipulable.

This is the "lock".

- Are you mad at me for earlier?

- Why would I blame you? - You left abruptly.

- You asked me to leave. You said :

"You can leave."

- It was an empty phrase. - Oh...

Next time, be more specific.

- Okay... Sorry.

Come home for a drink tonight.

We'll talk about the investigation.

Come on, say yes.

- It was not planned.

- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to rush you.

- I cannot accept because I already have something to do

which was already planned.

I have to go. I will be late.

You must not be late.

- I brought my tickets. - To keep you up to date.

It's probably full of mistakes, but if it

doesn't scratch your eyes too much...

- If I swear to you ! - A haunted house ? Nope !

- Yes, with weird footsteps.

- Very good ! - What else did she tell you?

- She told me the secret of her house.

While Madame Ribaud, her face hollowed

out by a night of facing dark forces

sleeping in his house, was going to reveal to

me that it was built on an old Indian cemetery.

- Boo! - Oh!

You're crazy !

- By the way, I team up with Astrid Nielsen.

The trial gave his agreement for

her to intervene as a criminal expert.

- Very good !

- I invited her home tonight, but she kicked me out.

- Shame. - She must prefer to be alone.

Do you make fries?

- Mm. - I want fries!

...

- Welcome to all

in this "social ability" group.

It is a question of confronting experiences between

us and above all of helping each other to apprehend

social situations around us.

Who wants to start?

- When I get involved, it's all the way. - I don't know how to go halfway.

I can't see in grey: it's white or black.

I expect others to do the same in vain.

- Words are important to us.

They describe a reality and refer to images.

When you say something, it's solid.

Words, for neurotypicals, seem blurry.

- They say phrases in the air. - What's the point of doing that?

How are we supposed to know it's nonsense?

Besides, it means nothing, "sentences in the air"!

- Yes, William? - I...

I realize how much...

I misunderstand people's intentions.

As a result, I live in fear of being fooled, of

being too naive. I got tricked so many times.

- Ah yes, trust.

- It's a Boer machine. There are over 3250 combinations.

It took more than 10 years to achieve everything

- because he didn't give a damn. - Fake.

Professor de Boer found 2906 combinations.

It's my place.

- How many toothpicks were there?

-Rain Woman! - RAIN WOMAN!

RAIN WOMAN!

MOCKING LAUGHTER.

- Rain... - Woman.

-Rain Woman!

- Trust is very important.

Without trust there is no connection.

There are no hard and fast rules about

when to trust. You should be careful,

but to trust,

it's taking a risk for

better or for worse.

...

- That's nice.

- All right, not too tired? - Nope.

- Did you find anything? - Ribaud had 10 bank accounts.

- Just that ? - His parents are dead

and he inherited a fortune which gives him a good standard of living.

So far, nothing abnormal, but scratching,

I was able to find an account that his wife has never heard of.

2000 euros per month are transferred to a recipient: Esperito Santo.

- "Esperito Santo"? - Mm.

*MESSAGE BEEP.

- I came as soon as I saw your message.

What you found is on Ribaud?

- On the House.

I saw Max Ribaud's

address in your file.

It appears in various folders. I consulted the archives.

- Where do we file files that are over 50 years old?

- Absolutely. The house was built in 1905 by a baker:

Emilien Faucon.

6 years later, in 1911, a first criminal act occurred there.

The baker's maid is found

dead, killed by a poker.

- Nice. - I doubt.

It must have been an agonizing death.

- Obviously. - The case was never solved.

7 years later, in 1918, the baker died in

unknown circumstances. In 1942, the new owner

died in his sleep, aged 46. His death was investigated.

but the forensic expertise concludes with an unexplained death.

- Wait, you tell me

- that the house is cursed? - No way,

I am sharing with you the files that I have

gathered that took place at 32 rue Frochot.

Then there is the familicide affair, in 1995.

Laure Gana, then 18, stabbed her

parents and brother while they slept.

The investigation concluded that he was not criminally responsible.

No, no saliva on the files, it damages them!

And the house remained uninhabited until Ribaud acquired it.

- What happened to Laure Gana? - At the end of his trial,

Laure Gana was placed in a psychiatric institute.

The establishment is called Esperito Santo.

- Come on, Astrid.

- It's a mental hospital. - I do not like it.

- It will be alright.

Hello.

- Hello.

- Major Coste, criminal squad.

- Astrid Nielsen, criminal documentation.

- We come to see Laure Gana. - There's no Laura here.

- Yes. - Yet I know everyone,

I've been here for 15 years. I will look.

Ah of course.

Come with me.

- Hello. Thank you for agreeing to talk to us, Laura.

- My name is Constance.

Obviously you are making

a mistake. Please be brief,

because I have a lot of work. I have

to bring up the coal, light the stove,

carry the jugs of water into the

bathroom, and shine the shoes.

- You say your name is Constance. - Are you Constance Queniaud?

- Surely. - Oh...

- Who is this Constance? -Constance Queniaud

the baker's maid who was killed with a poker.

- OK... We're good here.

- The tower in G5.

Checkmate.

- A haunted house, a guy scared to death,

lacked a possessed woman.

- She's not possessed.

Rather, she suffers from dissociative fugue.

It is a rare psychiatric disorder

characterized by identity amnesia,

an inability to remember one's

past and adopting a new identity.

Her mind prefers to deceive her, unable to assume her guilt.

- Did you know Laure well, finally, Constance?

- We got a little closer. - Can I contact you again?

- Call here, ask for Mathilde.

- Good.

- Yeah, a dissociative fugue. - There is however a link

- between Ribaud and her. - Apart from Esperito San to,

- we don't have anything. - His wife doesn't know anything, that's for sure?

- According to her, no. I believe her.

- Where are we on Max Ribaud? - No trace.

- We reported him everywhere.

- Looks like it's gone.

- As if he had found the kunee. - The what?

- The kunea, the helmet of Hades which makes the wearer invisible.

- Yes, Hades, the guy who works in the basement.

- But no...

You are dumb.

- How are you !

- His disappearance is hard to understand.

- He must have planned his escape. - It's expensive to disappear.

- And he made no significant withdrawals.

- I'm going to check out his company.

- And we are trying to find a link between him and Laure Gana.

- Go on !

- I can't imagine Max trapping a car.

He's a good guy.

- Sometimes you think you know a person, and you're wrong.

Are you close to Mr. Ribaud?

- He's a father to me.

If he hadn't been there, I don't know where I would be.

- He's more than a boss. - You're not associated?

- Yes, but I didn't get used to the idea. It's recent.

Before, I worked for him. He helped me climb

the ladder, in our old box. Today we rode ours.

- He told you about Karlishian? - No never.

It wasn't him who did that.

Trapping a car is not like him.

- Mr. Ansatte...

You're not helping him by hiding information.

- He told me one day that they studied together.

But he said it like that. He had been to college with a celebrity.

I don't think they knew each other.

It wasn't him who did that.

- Who do you want to convince? - Me...

or you ?

*...

- Thank you for coming, Mr. Nielsen.

I needed to talk to you.

It is too hard. We're not going to be able to keep Astrid.

- Wait... My daughter was bullied,

- and you fire her? - I'm not sending her back.

Mr Nielsen...

I realize that Astrid is not responsible.

We are not equipped to receive children like her.

- You realize the situation in which you put us?

- What will I do ? - Its place

is in a specialized institution.

It's for his good.

- My daughter will never go to an institution. Never !

Come, my darling.

- Mom left for that: because I'm different.

- Never let anyone tell you what you should be, Astrid.

It's a rare gift not to be like the others.

Your talent is there somewhere.

All you have to do is find it.

There is one person you should always trust.

- You.

- Nope.

You, Astrid.

You've got to believe in yourself.

*...

- Very well. Thank you.

Yes thanks. Goodbye.

- New ? - Mm mm.

Karlishian, Ribaud and Tarquin studied at the same college.

I want to know everything about this period.

- Astrid? - Good evening.

- What are you doing there ?

- I think I know how Max Ribaud disappeared from the house.

- How ? - He never left her.

- The scientist searched from the ground floor to the attic.

- But it's not between the ground floor and the attic.

- Maybe he's in the basement. - But there is no cellar.

- There was one, in 1995.

Nothing can be put on your desk.

- Yes, look. So.

- Careful, the crumbs. - Whore...!

- She's right: there's a cellar. - I can ?

- Slowly, though.

- Cheer !

- I'm glad everyone is finally getting their feet back on the ground.

These stories of the guy who vanishes, of ghosts

and of haunted houses, it's starting to drive me.

- There is no reason to believe in ghosts,

nor to believe that they do not exist. From a rational point of

view, there are no more reasons to believe it than to disbelieve it.

- You always surprise me. - Oh...

- Let's go ?

I don't feel it, this barrack.

(Astrid!)

(Shit, the electricity is out!) - Ah...

- (The best thing is that we separate to find the entrance to a cellar.)

- Why are you whispering? - (Ribaud may be there.)

- Yes. We are here for that: to find the cellar with Ribaud.

-(That's it.)

- Me to the right, you to the left.

...

- Astrid.

...

Han!

(You scared me!) - There is nothing to be afraid of:

there is no rational reason to believe in ghosts.

-(How are you...!)

- But there's no disbelieving either.

...

- Oh...!

- Commander Coste.

It must be the basement. She found the cellar.

Commander Coste.

Everything is fine ?

It's the commander's lamp.

Commanding officer.

Groan.

Commanding officer...

We found Max Ribaud.

He is dead.

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