1 00:00:10,007 --> 00:00:14,765 MORNING PATROL 2 00:00:15,849 --> 00:00:19,770 a NIKOS NIKOLAIDIS film 3 00:01:16,126 --> 00:01:20,189 Excerpts are from: D. du Maurier, P. K. Dick, R. Chandler and N.N. 4 00:01:20,289 --> 00:01:23,809 The film was shot in Athens between October 1985 and February 1986. 5 00:01:24,885 --> 00:01:29,423 Written and Directed by Nikos Nikolaidis 6 00:01:30,966 --> 00:01:36,513 Last night, I dreamed I went to Manderley again. 7 00:01:37,389 --> 00:01:41,543 It seemed to me I passed through the great iron gate... 8 00:01:41,643 --> 00:01:43,754 with its rusted spokes... 9 00:01:43,854 --> 00:01:47,858 and walked along the drive in front of me. 10 00:01:48,734 --> 00:01:53,180 It was narrow and unkempt. 11 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:56,391 Not the drive that we had known. 12 00:01:56,491 --> 00:02:04,333 The gravel was choked with grass and moss. 13 00:02:06,418 --> 00:02:11,407 I came upon the house suddenly and I stood... 14 00:02:11,507 --> 00:02:16,161 because there was Manderley. Our Manderley... 15 00:02:16,261 --> 00:02:20,874 Secret and silent, as it had always been. 16 00:02:20,974 --> 00:02:27,064 The grey stones shining in the moonlight of my dream. 17 00:02:28,273 --> 00:02:32,344 When I'm awake and in fear... 18 00:02:32,444 --> 00:02:37,141 I think of Manderley without a trace of bitterness. 19 00:02:37,241 --> 00:02:41,353 Those images can never be dissolved. 20 00:02:41,453 --> 00:02:45,065 They are memories that cannot hurt. 21 00:02:45,165 --> 00:02:49,319 All this, I resolved while dreaming. 22 00:02:49,419 --> 00:02:53,632 For like most, I know that I'm dreaming. 23 00:02:54,258 --> 00:02:59,496 We can never go back, that much is certain. 24 00:02:59,596 --> 00:03:02,833 The past is still too close. 25 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:05,836 We have no secrets from one another now. 26 00:03:05,936 --> 00:03:11,717 We share everything, but we never talk about Manderley... 27 00:03:11,817 --> 00:03:16,096 for Manderley is no longer ours. 28 00:03:16,196 --> 00:03:19,825 Manderley is no more. 29 00:03:25,873 --> 00:03:30,652 I have to keep talking or I'll die. 30 00:03:30,752 --> 00:03:32,571 I have to keep walking... 31 00:03:32,671 --> 00:03:37,951 even if I risk getting caught by the Morning Patrol. 32 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:43,707 Because if I stop I'll fall asleep and never wake up again. 33 00:03:43,807 --> 00:03:47,002 Like so many of us. 34 00:03:47,102 --> 00:03:51,423 I was returning home after years when something happened... 35 00:03:51,523 --> 00:03:54,843 and I'm no longer the same. 36 00:03:54,943 --> 00:03:58,180 That is all I remember. 37 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:03,727 The stupidest question anyone on Earth could ask is: 38 00:04:03,827 --> 00:04:08,332 "Where the hell has everybody gone?" 39 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:12,736 Sometimes I see them in the distance... 40 00:04:12,836 --> 00:04:16,323 sliding down the hills, heading west. 41 00:04:16,423 --> 00:04:19,159 They die heading west. 42 00:04:19,259 --> 00:04:22,663 They kill each other over a drop of water... 43 00:04:22,763 --> 00:04:27,142 or they get killed by Patrols. 44 00:06:56,041 --> 00:07:01,613 Black jack on the red queen. Black ace on the three. 45 00:07:01,713 --> 00:07:04,591 That's how it should be. 46 00:07:11,181 --> 00:07:14,209 Now, I'm miles away from home... 47 00:07:14,309 --> 00:07:17,463 in a country that seems foreign. 48 00:07:17,563 --> 00:07:20,674 In a few minutes, I may wake up... 49 00:07:20,774 --> 00:07:25,721 or be found lying dead, on the side of the road. 50 00:07:25,821 --> 00:07:29,975 Last spring, I felt very tired. 51 00:07:30,075 --> 00:07:34,813 Then, I realized I was growing old. 52 00:07:34,913 --> 00:07:40,736 It's mid-winter now and everything is getting worse. 53 00:07:40,836 --> 00:07:46,617 All I own is a coat and a knife and I feel awful. 54 00:07:46,717 --> 00:07:50,662 I keep thinking, maybe I had a man once. 55 00:07:50,762 --> 00:07:55,292 Or maybe I lived with my parents. 56 00:07:55,392 --> 00:07:59,838 My father must be dead by now. 57 00:07:59,938 --> 00:08:03,133 Our world is a grave... 58 00:08:03,233 --> 00:08:08,572 our pain and fears lie buried in its ruins. 59 00:08:08,864 --> 00:08:13,602 What does it matter where you are once you're dead? 60 00:08:13,702 --> 00:08:19,274 Whether a dirty swamp or a marble tower. 61 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:24,905 You're dead now and you no longer care. 62 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:30,661 To you, oil and water are the same as wind and air. 63 00:08:30,761 --> 00:08:36,517 You sleep the big sleep... Untouched by all this filth. 64 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:43,382 So I left him and followed the road to the big bridge. 65 00:08:43,482 --> 00:08:47,302 But all you out there must keep away. 66 00:08:47,402 --> 00:08:51,181 You must stay in your peaceful beds. 67 00:08:51,281 --> 00:08:56,145 Your hearts beating a brief, uncertain murmur... 68 00:08:56,245 --> 00:09:00,274 and your thoughts as grey as ashes. 69 00:09:00,374 --> 00:09:04,319 Soon, you too will sleep the Big Sleep. 70 00:09:04,419 --> 00:09:08,907 For this land is ours no longer. 71 00:09:09,007 --> 00:09:13,220 Manderley exists no more. 72 00:13:47,870 --> 00:13:50,272 When I was fifteen... 73 00:13:50,372 --> 00:13:54,526 and came to the island for the summer... 74 00:13:54,626 --> 00:13:58,739 there weren't as many houses and people. 75 00:13:58,839 --> 00:14:05,804 We hadn't noticed then, the beauty of the island and the sea. 76 00:14:06,388 --> 00:14:14,088 I spent the summer of '42 with my friends Oscy and Benjie. 77 00:14:14,188 --> 00:14:17,716 They called us "the terrible trio". 78 00:14:17,816 --> 00:14:21,261 And that house up there was his house. 79 00:14:21,361 --> 00:14:24,515 And nothing since then... 80 00:14:24,615 --> 00:14:31,271 and no one has made me feel as frightened or confused. 81 00:14:31,371 --> 00:14:36,902 Because no one in my life has ever made me feel more secure... 82 00:14:37,002 --> 00:14:38,570 yet insecure. 83 00:14:38,670 --> 00:14:43,675 More important yet insignificant. 84 00:14:43,842 --> 00:14:48,580 I lost him that summer of '42. 85 00:14:48,680 --> 00:14:51,750 Nor was I ever to learn what became of him. 86 00:14:51,850 --> 00:14:54,586 We were different. 87 00:14:54,686 --> 00:14:57,965 Kids were different then. 88 00:14:58,065 --> 00:15:03,804 It took us longer to understand the things we felt. 89 00:15:03,904 --> 00:15:09,309 Life was made up of small comings and goings. 90 00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:12,980 And for everything we won... 91 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:16,608 there was something we lost. 92 00:15:16,708 --> 00:15:24,032 In the summer of '42, we raided the Coast Guard four times. 93 00:15:24,132 --> 00:15:30,038 We saw five movies, and had ten days of rain. 94 00:15:30,138 --> 00:15:33,751 Benjie broke his watch... 95 00:15:33,851 --> 00:15:37,379 Oscy gave up the harmonica... 96 00:15:37,479 --> 00:15:45,279 and I, in a very special way, lost my own self. 97 00:25:35,702 --> 00:25:39,314 We always talked about a trip we never made... 98 00:25:39,414 --> 00:25:42,109 far from the tranquil sea. 99 00:25:42,209 --> 00:25:46,947 But in the end, at the moment of departure... 100 00:25:47,047 --> 00:25:51,577 I asked nothing... I knew nothing. 101 00:25:51,677 --> 00:25:56,682 My body just followed. 102 00:25:56,890 --> 00:26:00,711 We were speaking of different trips. 103 00:26:00,811 --> 00:26:04,089 I was twelve. I was sixteen... 104 00:26:04,189 --> 00:26:08,385 my heart beating fast upon the sand hills. 105 00:26:08,485 --> 00:26:12,765 I thought I was ready to face anything. 106 00:26:12,865 --> 00:26:17,202 Except the terror of this nightmare. 107 00:26:18,120 --> 00:26:22,566 But I still hear the music, that kept me company... 108 00:26:22,666 --> 00:26:26,320 till the end of my childhood. 109 00:26:26,420 --> 00:26:29,990 Mixed with the sound of the sea. 110 00:26:30,090 --> 00:26:33,994 With fingers over my tight-shut eyes... 111 00:26:34,094 --> 00:26:37,998 I can still see red, from the fires... 112 00:26:38,098 --> 00:26:40,667 and the explosions of the sun. 113 00:26:40,767 --> 00:26:43,253 And my hands covered in blood. 114 00:26:43,353 --> 00:26:48,358 And the picture of a body, disappearing in the dark. 115 00:26:49,026 --> 00:26:54,264 After some time, everything comes back to me. 116 00:26:54,364 --> 00:26:58,769 A metal soldier blocks my way. 117 00:26:58,869 --> 00:27:04,441 I tell him some story and he lets me pass. 118 00:27:04,541 --> 00:27:10,906 But the music is not the same. And the sea is of another age. 119 00:27:11,006 --> 00:27:16,929 That's where I find everyone again, but without names. 120 00:27:17,262 --> 00:27:21,166 Nighttime is the best time to run. 121 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:25,129 Here you find nothing but shadows... 122 00:27:25,229 --> 00:27:27,381 skeletons... 123 00:27:27,481 --> 00:27:32,136 and empty houses with white curtains. 124 00:27:32,236 --> 00:27:36,281 This is where I'll wait for you. 125 00:35:23,415 --> 00:35:25,901 When I was fifteen... 126 00:35:26,001 --> 00:35:29,947 and came to the island for the summer... 127 00:35:30,047 --> 00:35:33,951 there weren't as many houses and people. 128 00:35:34,051 --> 00:35:41,375 I often see their faces floating to me from the dark. 129 00:35:41,475 --> 00:35:44,503 I turn to meet them... 130 00:35:44,603 --> 00:35:47,548 but it's getting late. 131 00:35:47,648 --> 00:35:51,719 The sun has set and the night comes fast. 132 00:35:51,819 --> 00:35:54,513 Then, there are no more faces. 133 00:35:54,613 --> 00:35:59,727 There is no sea. There is nothing. 134 00:35:59,827 --> 00:36:04,373 And I am no longer there. 135 00:46:46,348 --> 00:46:50,461 I found it on a dead body, so I took it. 136 00:46:50,561 --> 00:46:54,022 Did you help him? 137 00:46:56,942 --> 00:47:00,946 - How? - To die. 138 00:47:01,697 --> 00:47:04,558 He was dead when I found him. 139 00:47:04,658 --> 00:47:06,869 You mean murdered. 140 00:47:08,078 --> 00:47:10,038 Yes. 141 00:47:17,462 --> 00:47:22,801 What could I do? I had to get through. 142 00:47:26,138 --> 00:47:29,099 So you did... Now what? 143 00:47:30,184 --> 00:47:33,921 Here there's food... 144 00:47:34,021 --> 00:47:37,858 a place to sleep. 145 00:47:41,862 --> 00:47:44,531 Water. 146 00:47:46,074 --> 00:47:48,894 I had to get in. 147 00:47:48,994 --> 00:47:52,748 I've seen people dying outside. 148 00:47:52,956 --> 00:47:56,752 - What has happened? - Happened? 149 00:47:57,169 --> 00:48:00,422 Whatever happened everywhere. 150 00:48:02,508 --> 00:48:04,927 Where have you come from? 151 00:48:05,427 --> 00:48:08,096 I don't know... 152 00:48:08,514 --> 00:48:12,059 all I remember is walking. 153 00:48:12,476 --> 00:48:17,397 I walked through hills and ruins. 154 00:48:18,148 --> 00:48:22,528 There are lots of bodies on those hills. 155 00:48:23,904 --> 00:48:26,532 Manderley... 156 00:48:29,827 --> 00:48:33,397 Have you heard of Manderlay? 157 00:48:33,497 --> 00:48:37,251 I think that's where I came from. 158 00:48:39,378 --> 00:48:45,325 Last night, I dreamed I went to Manderley again. 159 00:48:45,425 --> 00:48:50,472 It seemed to me, I passed through the great iron gate. 160 00:48:50,931 --> 00:48:54,184 What's happened to your hand? 161 00:48:55,227 --> 00:48:58,438 I don't know. 162 00:48:59,648 --> 00:49:04,486 It looks like a burn. I don't know how I got it. 163 00:49:05,487 --> 00:49:08,949 I must be sick. 164 00:49:09,199 --> 00:49:14,997 Oil and water are the same as wind and air to you. 165 00:49:22,629 --> 00:49:25,924 Please tell me what happened. 166 00:49:27,509 --> 00:49:30,554 You don't remember anything? 167 00:49:31,305 --> 00:49:36,502 Nothing... All I remember is walking. 168 00:49:36,602 --> 00:49:41,899 - To go where? - West, towards the sea. 169 00:49:42,274 --> 00:49:44,568 What? 170 00:49:44,735 --> 00:49:48,614 Isn't there a sea in the West? 171 00:49:49,990 --> 00:49:53,202 Everybody thinks so... 172 00:49:53,410 --> 00:49:56,814 They all go west looking for it. 173 00:49:56,914 --> 00:50:01,068 But no one has ever returned to tell us. 174 00:50:01,168 --> 00:50:03,879 Why is that? 175 00:50:06,465 --> 00:50:10,135 Because no one ever gets there. 176 00:50:10,761 --> 00:50:13,789 And it's probably worse. 177 00:50:13,889 --> 00:50:16,517 What's worse? 178 00:50:17,518 --> 00:50:20,521 A worse death. 179 00:50:24,149 --> 00:50:27,069 Don't you remember anything? 180 00:50:28,529 --> 00:50:30,948 No one does. 181 00:50:33,575 --> 00:50:36,995 Is that your bicycle? 182 00:50:38,747 --> 00:50:42,025 How long have you been following me? 183 00:50:42,125 --> 00:50:46,922 - Since you entered the city. - Who are you? 184 00:50:49,424 --> 00:50:52,411 I wish I knew. 185 00:50:52,511 --> 00:50:56,056 Now I'm with the Morning Patrol. 186 00:50:56,557 --> 00:50:59,309 Why do you carry a gun? 187 00:51:01,645 --> 00:51:04,565 ...To kill. 188 00:51:05,399 --> 00:51:07,259 It's a solution. 189 00:51:07,359 --> 00:51:09,570 For whom? 190 00:51:10,904 --> 00:51:13,240 For all of us. 191 00:51:14,074 --> 00:51:17,536 So why did you let me live? 192 00:51:19,454 --> 00:51:22,416 I haven't... yet. 193 00:51:24,877 --> 00:51:28,072 I thought you might remember something. 194 00:51:28,172 --> 00:51:33,969 And if I do, you'll let me live? 195 00:51:36,763 --> 00:51:41,585 You'll need two days to get out. 196 00:51:41,685 --> 00:51:45,756 On the third day, if you're still in the city... 197 00:51:45,856 --> 00:51:49,985 I'll have to kill you myself. That's my job. 198 00:51:55,449 --> 00:51:59,453 This will help point you west. 199 00:52:01,413 --> 00:52:06,944 Stay away from movie theaters, stores and phone booths. 200 00:52:07,044 --> 00:52:10,130 They're all traps. 201 00:52:10,589 --> 00:52:15,636 Nighttime is the best time to run. 202 00:52:26,063 --> 00:52:28,465 Do you have a name? 203 00:52:28,565 --> 00:52:30,467 Why? 204 00:52:30,567 --> 00:52:34,822 Do I need one to be killed? 205 00:52:36,448 --> 00:52:39,952 What if I kill you first? 206 00:52:44,915 --> 00:52:50,070 Who knows? You may take my place on the Morning Patrol. 207 00:52:50,170 --> 00:52:54,758 But you'll need these first. 208 00:52:59,471 --> 00:53:02,224 You've got three days. 209 00:53:03,183 --> 00:53:05,936 Deal? 210 00:53:18,991 --> 00:53:23,687 Moonlight can play odd tricks upon the fancy. 211 00:53:23,787 --> 00:53:27,332 Even upon a dreamer's fancy. 212 00:53:27,457 --> 00:53:32,154 As I stood there hushed and still... 213 00:53:32,254 --> 00:53:37,451 I could swear that the house was not an empty shell. 214 00:53:37,551 --> 00:53:42,806 That it lived and breathed as it had lived before. 215 00:56:51,703 --> 00:56:57,167 If you're looking for your pills, they're on the table. 216 00:57:19,940 --> 00:57:24,736 Stop playing games, I need those pills. 217 00:57:32,786 --> 00:57:36,815 Ok, what do you want? 218 00:57:36,915 --> 00:57:41,003 Get me out of the city. 219 00:57:42,546 --> 00:57:45,966 In exchange for my medicine? 220 00:57:48,802 --> 00:57:52,498 I could have killed you, you know. 221 00:57:52,598 --> 00:57:56,351 Yes, but who would help you then? 222 00:58:05,694 --> 00:58:09,698 - When did it start? - What? 223 00:58:10,616 --> 00:58:13,018 The pain. 224 00:58:13,118 --> 00:58:16,730 I don't know... about two weeks ago. 225 00:58:16,830 --> 00:58:20,401 First, my bones were aching and cold. 226 00:58:20,501 --> 00:58:23,445 Then I got a fever. 227 00:58:23,545 --> 00:58:27,382 You were moaning in your sleep. 228 00:58:28,300 --> 00:58:31,328 You must get me out of the city. 229 00:58:31,428 --> 00:58:34,515 - That's not easy. - Make it easy. 230 00:58:36,892 --> 00:58:42,631 There are only a few exits and they're heavily guarded. 231 00:58:42,731 --> 00:58:46,051 And I have to sign in every day. 232 00:58:46,151 --> 00:58:49,221 If I don't show up by tomorrow... 233 00:58:49,321 --> 00:58:52,349 they will be looking for two. 234 00:58:52,449 --> 00:58:55,118 Who are "they"? 235 00:58:57,162 --> 00:59:00,123 The Morning Patrol. 236 00:59:07,631 --> 00:59:12,010 I keep the pills. 237 00:59:22,938 --> 00:59:27,317 You'll get them back when I'm out of here. 238 01:00:00,017 --> 01:00:01,877 What are you doing? 239 01:00:01,977 --> 01:00:04,396 You'll see. 240 01:00:20,954 --> 01:00:26,668 Morning Patrol identification: Code 33, Alpha Sector. 241 01:00:31,548 --> 01:00:35,744 Reporting 4 dead in movie theater on borders 3-4. 242 01:00:35,844 --> 01:00:39,848 - Credit them to 33. - You killed them? 243 01:00:41,934 --> 01:00:44,394 Let's get out of here. 244 01:01:47,374 --> 01:01:50,319 My throat ached... 245 01:01:50,419 --> 01:01:53,322 My fingers were numb. 246 01:01:53,422 --> 01:01:56,658 Like they were someone else's fingers. 247 01:01:56,758 --> 01:01:59,953 Like the ones they send us by mail... 248 01:02:00,053 --> 01:02:06,335 along with the identity card, badge and diploma. 249 01:02:06,435 --> 01:02:09,171 The world was dark out there. 250 01:02:09,271 --> 01:02:13,675 And then something red, like a virus under a microscope. 251 01:02:13,775 --> 01:02:16,220 And then nothing. 252 01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:20,974 Only darkness, isolation and traps. 253 01:02:21,074 --> 01:02:25,579 The long and lonely night had just begun. 254 01:02:27,623 --> 01:02:32,027 I never understood why death smelled like honeysuckle... 255 01:02:32,127 --> 01:02:34,947 and was always heading west. 256 01:02:35,047 --> 01:02:37,783 I'll get you out of this city. 257 01:02:37,883 --> 01:02:40,577 Either dead or alive. 258 01:02:40,677 --> 01:02:43,872 In a coffin tied with thick black cable... 259 01:02:43,972 --> 01:02:48,227 on a humid, moonless night. 260 01:02:48,977 --> 01:02:52,381 I could have killed her at any time. 261 01:02:52,481 --> 01:02:56,093 But when there's a gun at your back... 262 01:02:56,193 --> 01:02:59,863 you're supposed to be doing what it says. 263 01:03:00,823 --> 01:03:07,496 Later... hands dirtier than mine will take care of her. 264 01:03:10,833 --> 01:03:16,129 Her deep blue eyes were staring without seeing me. 265 01:09:02,643 --> 01:09:06,104 Why did you stop? 266 01:09:09,483 --> 01:09:12,569 Central to Alpha 19. 267 01:09:12,778 --> 01:09:16,281 There's a guard up there. 268 01:09:16,865 --> 01:09:20,160 You go first... You've got the gun. 269 01:09:21,370 --> 01:09:22,771 Move it! 270 01:09:22,871 --> 01:09:27,609 If they kill me, who's gonna get you out of here? 271 01:09:27,709 --> 01:09:30,504 Whoever kills you... 272 01:09:31,004 --> 01:09:33,841 Move! 273 01:09:34,383 --> 01:09:37,594 Come in Alpha 19. 274 01:09:37,719 --> 01:09:40,097 I can't. 275 01:09:58,615 --> 01:10:02,102 Central to Alpha 16 and 17. 276 01:10:02,202 --> 01:10:06,982 Secure Sector 5, west. Locate Number 19. 277 01:10:07,082 --> 01:10:11,920 He last reported from Sector 5. Over. 278 01:10:21,847 --> 01:10:24,600 Stop right there! 279 01:11:01,094 --> 01:11:03,347 Wait here. 280 01:11:37,297 --> 01:11:39,783 Alpha 16 to Central. 281 01:11:39,883 --> 01:11:43,929 Securing Sector 5, in 20 minutes. 282 01:11:50,018 --> 01:11:54,606 Alpha 17 calling Alpha 16. Contact point: Bridge. 283 01:11:58,569 --> 01:12:02,072 Central calling Alpha 16 and 17. 284 01:12:06,743 --> 01:12:11,982 Alpha 16 reporting from Bridge. All nineteen are dead. 285 01:12:12,082 --> 01:12:15,210 Securing building in 10 minutes. 286 01:13:15,312 --> 01:13:18,774 Let's get out of here, before they trap us. 287 01:13:21,735 --> 01:13:24,822 Haven't we met before? 288 01:13:27,241 --> 01:13:29,326 Where? 289 01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:35,624 Back East? 290 01:13:36,542 --> 01:13:38,669 Yes. 291 01:13:41,296 --> 01:13:45,342 What's it like back East? 292 01:13:45,509 --> 01:13:50,556 Alpha 17 now securing west side of building. 293 01:13:51,306 --> 01:13:54,518 Central switching to blank frequency 3. 294 01:13:57,813 --> 01:14:01,066 Don't you remember anything? 295 01:14:05,112 --> 01:14:08,282 Alpha 16. Received. 296 01:14:14,413 --> 01:14:16,498 Let's go. 297 01:14:19,918 --> 01:14:22,880 You must remember something... 298 01:14:24,423 --> 01:14:28,385 You had a house up on the hill. 299 01:14:29,011 --> 01:14:32,973 I used to watch you from afar. 300 01:14:38,479 --> 01:14:41,006 No, I don't remember... 301 01:14:41,106 --> 01:14:44,968 nor have any scars to remind me. 302 01:14:45,068 --> 01:14:49,640 Nor photographs, nor something forgotten in my pockets. 303 01:14:49,740 --> 01:14:54,269 Even the clothes I'm wearing must be someone else's. 304 01:14:54,369 --> 01:14:59,608 I'm afraid of death... afraid of dying. 305 01:14:59,708 --> 01:15:04,963 Scared of black water and empty sculls. 306 01:15:05,297 --> 01:15:09,118 Water tastes strange nowadays. 307 01:15:09,218 --> 01:15:14,206 The river's still far, and time's running out. 308 01:15:14,306 --> 01:15:19,253 I often see her face floating to me from the dark. 309 01:15:19,353 --> 01:15:22,131 I turn to meet her... 310 01:15:22,231 --> 01:15:24,967 but it's getting late. 311 01:15:25,067 --> 01:15:30,431 The sun has set, the night comes fast and she's not there. 312 01:15:30,531 --> 01:15:34,935 Neither is the river. Nor is anything. 313 01:15:35,035 --> 01:15:38,872 I'm not even there. 314 01:15:39,164 --> 01:15:44,278 People who tried to leave this city were carried out in coffins... 315 01:15:44,378 --> 01:15:49,324 bound with thick black cable. On a humid, moonless night. 316 01:15:49,424 --> 01:15:54,972 Then there was something red, like a virus under a microscope. 317 01:15:56,265 --> 01:16:00,127 I wonder where she hid my pills. 318 01:16:00,227 --> 01:16:03,756 Perhaps in the house where we spent the night. 319 01:16:03,856 --> 01:16:06,592 Maybe she's carrying them with her. 320 01:16:06,692 --> 01:16:11,346 She probably knows she'll need them soon. 321 01:16:11,446 --> 01:16:16,518 So, on my way downtown, I had two double whiskies, at a bar. 322 01:16:16,618 --> 01:16:18,812 They didn't help much. 323 01:16:18,912 --> 01:16:23,567 But they made me recall that platinum blonde... 324 01:16:23,667 --> 01:16:28,088 which I'll never see again. 325 01:17:47,876 --> 01:17:53,490 Central calling Alpha 16. Switch to Blank frequency. 326 01:17:53,590 --> 01:17:56,243 Alpha 16 to Central. 327 01:17:56,343 --> 01:17:58,954 Alpha 19 is deceased. 328 01:17:59,054 --> 01:18:03,125 Cause unknown. Medicine is missing. 329 01:18:03,225 --> 01:18:06,003 Awaiting command. 330 01:18:06,103 --> 01:18:10,841 Central requesting Alpha 18's return to base. 331 01:18:10,941 --> 01:18:13,986 Alpha 17 to replace the deceased. 332 01:18:17,322 --> 01:18:19,433 It's useless to keep asking: 333 01:18:19,533 --> 01:18:22,144 "What happened here?" 334 01:18:22,244 --> 01:18:25,647 You end up with a piece of black marble on your face... 335 01:18:25,747 --> 01:18:30,778 blood bursting from your belly and your fingers turning into wax. 336 01:18:30,878 --> 01:18:34,198 All we need is clean water and some luck. 337 01:18:34,298 --> 01:18:37,159 Either dead or alive, it's all the same. 338 01:18:37,259 --> 01:18:40,037 One way or another, I'll get you out. 339 01:18:40,137 --> 01:18:42,264 If all goes well. 340 01:18:46,435 --> 01:18:48,979 All will be fine. 341 01:18:51,982 --> 01:18:56,028 - Are you in pain? - Not yet. 342 01:18:57,905 --> 01:19:01,658 First your body gets cold, and your bones ache. 343 01:19:03,327 --> 01:19:06,413 Then you get a fever. 344 01:19:09,416 --> 01:19:12,461 Isn't that how it begins? 345 01:19:17,341 --> 01:19:20,135 Let me have a look. 346 01:20:00,384 --> 01:20:02,553 Hold this. 347 01:20:16,233 --> 01:20:19,945 - Does it hurt? - No. 348 01:20:27,786 --> 01:20:30,122 It did now. 349 01:20:40,966 --> 01:20:43,886 Have you killed many people? 350 01:20:44,761 --> 01:20:46,889 No. 351 01:20:48,640 --> 01:20:50,584 Any women? 352 01:20:50,684 --> 01:20:54,771 Four, including you. Maybe five. 353 01:21:00,319 --> 01:21:03,639 I have to leave for a few hours. 354 01:21:03,739 --> 01:21:06,033 Where are you going? 355 01:21:09,036 --> 01:21:11,163 To work. 356 01:21:13,624 --> 01:21:16,627 I'll come with you. 357 01:21:20,130 --> 01:21:22,424 You can't. 358 01:21:27,930 --> 01:21:32,142 I want to see how you kill. 359 01:21:37,189 --> 01:21:40,484 I want to watch. 360 01:21:48,367 --> 01:21:51,578 Don't worry, I'll return. 361 01:21:52,746 --> 01:21:56,041 I promised I'd get you out of this city. 362 01:21:56,834 --> 01:21:59,837 Didn't I? 363 01:22:00,838 --> 01:22:05,342 If I don't get busy, they'll start looking for me. 364 01:22:06,301 --> 01:22:09,872 My quota is one body per day. 365 01:22:09,972 --> 01:22:14,643 If I don't report one by tomorrow, I'll be considered a suspect. 366 01:22:17,479 --> 01:22:20,691 That's why I have to go. 367 01:22:23,819 --> 01:22:26,822 What if you get killed? 368 01:22:30,159 --> 01:22:32,828 You'll head west. 369 01:22:34,329 --> 01:22:38,167 You're taking me with you tomorrow. 370 01:23:07,613 --> 01:23:11,033 I need to sleep now. 371 01:23:26,381 --> 01:23:30,093 I bet you we'll find the sea. 372 01:24:39,955 --> 01:24:42,624 See anything? 373 01:24:50,090 --> 01:24:52,342 Nothing. 374 01:24:54,803 --> 01:24:57,456 Keep watching... someone will show up. 375 01:24:57,556 --> 01:25:04,521 Everyone's looking for a phone that's ringing. 376 01:25:08,901 --> 01:25:11,195 What's wrong? 377 01:25:12,112 --> 01:25:14,615 Nothing. 378 01:25:15,407 --> 01:25:17,726 Something's moving! 379 01:25:17,826 --> 01:25:19,686 Where? 380 01:25:19,786 --> 01:25:22,956 Behind the car, to the right. 381 01:25:26,585 --> 01:25:29,755 Let it reveal itself. 382 01:25:36,136 --> 01:25:39,640 There's nothing there. 383 01:26:28,438 --> 01:26:31,859 Stop worrying and keep watching. 384 01:29:58,273 --> 01:30:04,513 Central calling Sectors 5, 6 and 7. Switch to Alert frequency. 385 01:30:04,613 --> 01:30:07,725 Sector 5 to Central. 386 01:30:07,825 --> 01:30:10,853 Now on Alert frequency. 387 01:30:10,953 --> 01:30:13,939 Central to Sectors 5, 6 and 7. 388 01:30:14,039 --> 01:30:16,400 Search for 33. 389 01:30:16,500 --> 01:30:20,779 Arrest issued for Alpha 33. Deny west-Sector entrance. 390 01:30:20,879 --> 01:30:23,782 Sectors 5 and 6 to Central. 391 01:30:23,882 --> 01:30:26,452 Acknowledged. 392 01:30:26,552 --> 01:30:32,541 Alpha 6 and 7 now on Alert frequency. 393 01:30:32,641 --> 01:30:36,545 West Central to all Alpha units. 394 01:30:36,645 --> 01:30:39,773 Morning Patrol on Alert. 395 01:30:39,982 --> 01:30:41,717 What now? 396 01:30:41,817 --> 01:30:46,989 We'll fake it into Sector 5, then circle back to 3 and 4. 397 01:30:47,281 --> 01:30:49,975 Sectors 3 and 4 are behind us. 398 01:30:50,075 --> 01:30:54,772 We'll get to the river through the railway. 399 01:30:54,872 --> 01:30:59,568 Central requesting radio silence for 30'. 400 01:30:59,668 --> 01:31:02,237 Over and out. 401 01:31:02,337 --> 01:31:04,965 Our turn to sing. 402 01:31:06,383 --> 01:31:10,120 Alpha 33 to Central. 403 01:31:10,220 --> 01:31:14,458 Central to 33. Justify position and means of transport. 404 01:31:14,558 --> 01:31:17,503 Reporting phone-trap in Sector 5. 405 01:31:17,603 --> 01:31:20,547 Credit dead female to 33. 406 01:31:20,647 --> 01:31:22,883 Central to 33... 407 01:31:22,983 --> 01:31:26,512 Contact Headquarters immediately. 408 01:31:26,612 --> 01:31:32,684 Contact in 4 hours. Reporting two traps in Sectors 6 and 2. 409 01:31:32,784 --> 01:31:36,021 Central 5 to Central 6 and 7. 410 01:31:36,121 --> 01:31:41,026 Phone-trap placed by 33 is confirmed. 411 01:31:41,126 --> 01:31:46,548 Male found with throat wound. Perpetrator's identity unknown. 412 01:32:12,407 --> 01:32:14,935 Switch to Blank frequency. 413 01:32:15,035 --> 01:32:17,663 All circuits are monitored. 414 01:32:18,872 --> 01:32:21,041 Receiving you. 415 01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:24,837 Stay out of Sector 6. You're wanted. 416 01:32:26,130 --> 01:32:28,257 I know. 417 01:32:29,383 --> 01:32:32,344 State final destination. 418 01:32:35,347 --> 01:32:37,933 Sectors 3 and 4. 419 01:32:38,058 --> 01:32:41,837 - Then what? - Don't laugh... 420 01:32:41,937 --> 01:32:45,632 Some people, carrying a gun, say the sea still exists. 421 01:32:45,732 --> 01:32:47,593 Need any help? 422 01:32:47,693 --> 01:32:51,055 No. You never saw me... 423 01:32:51,155 --> 01:32:54,475 or things will get worse. 424 01:32:54,575 --> 01:32:57,686 You neither. Get off the road. 425 01:32:57,786 --> 01:33:02,232 - They've blocked the west exit. - What about the old airport? 426 01:33:02,332 --> 01:33:04,860 They just shut it down. 427 01:33:04,960 --> 01:33:07,404 Get off the road now! 428 01:33:07,504 --> 01:33:10,132 Over and out. 429 01:36:25,577 --> 01:36:28,413 Why did we stop here? 430 01:36:30,457 --> 01:36:32,835 What time is it? 431 01:36:41,885 --> 01:36:44,304 It's broken. 432 01:36:48,684 --> 01:36:52,771 We'll leave as soon as it gets dark. 433 01:36:55,482 --> 01:36:58,068 Are you alright? 434 01:37:05,284 --> 01:37:09,396 The river's still far and time's running out. 435 01:37:09,496 --> 01:37:12,900 I have no watch, but I can sense it. 436 01:37:13,000 --> 01:37:18,697 Besides, watches aren't made to measure this kind of time. 437 01:37:18,797 --> 01:37:23,494 I often see her face floating to me from the dark. 438 01:37:23,594 --> 01:37:28,248 I turn to meet her but it's getting late. 439 01:37:28,348 --> 01:37:34,254 The sun has set, the night comes fast and she's not there. 440 01:37:34,354 --> 01:37:38,258 Neither is the river. Nor is anything. 441 01:37:38,358 --> 01:37:41,570 And I am no longer there. 442 01:40:08,217 --> 01:40:11,678 - What's this? - Cyanide. 443 01:40:11,845 --> 01:40:13,330 What for? 444 01:40:13,430 --> 01:40:17,751 It ends the nightmare in 5 seconds. 445 01:40:17,851 --> 01:40:23,732 They say your whole life flashes before you... 446 01:40:25,484 --> 01:40:30,823 but you're too far gone to shout about what really happened. 447 01:40:34,993 --> 01:40:38,147 The river is 4 kilometers away. 448 01:40:38,247 --> 01:40:41,400 You'll get through easily in the dark. 449 01:40:41,500 --> 01:40:44,778 I'll cover you till the stream. 450 01:40:44,878 --> 01:40:48,173 After that you're on your own. 451 01:40:51,176 --> 01:40:55,789 I just stood there watching him die. 452 01:40:55,889 --> 01:41:00,085 Why did he save my life? 453 01:41:00,185 --> 01:41:05,758 Perhaps he believed in the sea too. 454 01:41:05,858 --> 01:41:10,804 We are both tormented by the same questions. 455 01:41:10,904 --> 01:41:12,598 "Where am I from?" 456 01:41:12,698 --> 01:41:18,353 "Where am I going? How long have I got to live?" 457 01:41:18,453 --> 01:41:21,648 Does it matter anymore? 458 01:41:21,748 --> 01:41:26,904 Oil and water are the same as wind and air to you. 459 01:41:27,004 --> 01:41:29,698 You sleep the big sleep. 460 01:41:29,798 --> 01:41:33,677 This filth can't touch you now. 461 01:41:35,679 --> 01:41:40,876 His eyes were staring without seeing me. 462 01:41:40,976 --> 01:41:46,815 Dead or alive... I'll get you out of this city. 463 01:45:39,631 --> 01:45:42,993 The Patrol was on its way. 464 01:45:43,093 --> 01:45:46,246 Don't think I've given up. 465 01:45:46,346 --> 01:45:50,417 This is my last chance... 466 01:45:50,517 --> 01:45:54,646 and they won't take me alive. 467 01:45:55,981 --> 01:45:59,593 There are so many stories about us. 468 01:45:59,693 --> 01:46:05,307 They say that beyond the river and in the valley of death... 469 01:46:05,407 --> 01:46:09,520 seven angels pray for those who escape the city. 470 01:46:09,620 --> 01:46:13,691 So, when the battle's over and the smoke clears... 471 01:46:13,791 --> 01:46:16,068 they carry you to the sea. 472 01:46:16,168 --> 01:46:19,755 Dead or alive, it makes no difference. 473 01:46:20,798 --> 01:46:24,843 Don't think I've given up. 474 01:46:25,385 --> 01:46:28,806 Do you have a name?