Original subtitles

so

so

do

oh yes

take me learn yours

kiss me

oh yes

now now

ernesto

so

what's that

damn it's the carpet of course

i told you wouldn't stand up like that

hell be careful dear

there's broken glass antonio watch out

for the pieces

oh i told you to be careful

oh don't move i'll get some disinfectant

oh damn it to hell i should be swearing

not you

hey that's enough madame dracula

i've got the bottle but be careful of

the pieces don't worry i've swept

everything away

hey you still love me

i do but you're too heavy

hey you realize we've been married for

three years not three

we have known each other for four years

and five months oh boy

what about our son i'm not getting any

younger you know

i'll stop taking the pill next month

next month huh

what about now what about now

maybe we could hurry things up a little

you see a nice soft carpet does come in

handy

you're the one who wants to sell it what

a hypocrite

you're the one who put the ad in the

paper

you say i talk in my sleep well i've got

news for you so do you my dear

i do what'd i say i couldn't understand

you you were muttering so

but at one point i heard you say

professor no professor

yeah well you were really talking last

night and then the carpet fell over

now don't start that again because i

don't believe it

and if i did why didn't you wake me up

the carpet took care of that hmm why did

you

set the alarm it's saturday isn't it

people will be calling soon what people

on a saturday morning have you forgotten

about the newspaper ad

and suppose no one calls i'm going back

to sleep

you're the one who wants to sell it only

because it reminds you of my stepfather

yeah did you have a stepfather

try to remember make a real effort

darling

don't you even remember his name come on

give it a try oh forget it baby

let me sleep

uh

hello no no don't worry i was already

awake

yes it's the second on the right number

23.

goodbye antonio

i hope you're satisfied the first one

just called

get up you'll be yourself

kind of a voice to hear who the man who

phoned

hmm i don't know just an ordinary voice

i guess

what do you mean an ordinary voice just

a voice that's all besides the

connection was bad i couldn't hear very

well

well was it a man or a woman old young

a man he sounded odd

sort of ironic it was almost as if he

knew me

he had a slight accent too sounds as if

he made quite an impression on you

considering you could hardly hear him oh

come on

i only remembered because you keep

insisting so to describe him

well i'll let you handle him you're a

better wheeler dealer than me

besides it's your carpet oh but you are

the one who wanted to sell it

oh god here we go again

okay okay

uh

hello

oh it must be some sort of joke that's

impossible

it's never happened on this street

before there's not even a no parking

sign

all right i'll call him right away

antonio they're towing your car away

there's a tow truck here

what do you mean are they crazy it's

saturday

don't they ever take a day off probably

not but if you stay here arguing with me

you'll be going to work on roller skates

monday morning hurry right all right

i'm going hello marta

hello

oh the coffee

is that you antonio no i am not antonio

um just a moment

we spoke on the phone this morning ah

yes

i thought i recognized your voice excuse

me

come in

it wasn't easy to find this address

you've come about the carpet haven't you

yes of course i've come about the carpet

otherwise you wouldn't have let me in

would you

you're not the type to open the door to

a stranger

no of course not

not to just any stranger

am i mistaken or is that

coffee i smell

it smells very good

ah i bet i'm stealing this from your

husband

he just went out sorry but i'm sure

he'll be right back

the concierge called him downstairs

because they're towing away his car

what a lie your husband's downstairs

right now with a pretty girl

he's in cahoots with a porter no doubt

i promise you i saw them i can't tell

you what they were up to

i leave that to your imagination

well where is the carpet

excellent coffee

i was only joking before i hope

you didn't take me seriously i don't

even know what your husband looks like

i only know it's called antonio that was

the name you called through the door

wasn't it

yes it was that's right his name's

antonio

i hope you realize you are pulling my

leg

why yes you have dragged me all the way

over here

just to show me half a carpet do you

really think i'm going to buy it

sight unseen wait a minute

can't you see what a tight squeeze it is

in here that's why we're selling it

takes up

too much room i'm sorry i can't help you

because of my arm

excuse me

antonio oh it's your martha where's my

husband

he told me to tell you he's still

arguing with the police

they refused to give back his car

they're taking it away

yes that's what he told me they're

around the corner

tell him i don't give a damn about the

fine

tell him there's a man here the one who

called just tell him that

he should be here too he's got to be

here

tell him to come right away

he'll understand but please don't tell

him

bye

my husband is on his way up do you mind

if we wait for him

no of course not

do you mind if i smoke no not at all

i'll give you a light you should

certainly know how to light a cigar

wait it takes more

time

all right

did your father smoke i hardly even knew

my father

there were never any men in the house

before your husband i had a stepfather

what happened to your hand

i might frighten you if i tell you

well perhaps not your husband's on his

way up and you seem like a modern

selfish girl

well actually it's no concern of mine

anyway

i was only making conversation i thought

perhaps you'd been in an accident

three accidents they broke it three

times

in three different places here

see this

read it read it out loud

akile chimadi has been freed after 14

years in prison

some of our readers will still remember

the blood-curdling incident

in which he was involved

fifteen years ago he murdered his wife

out of jealousy

he was sentenced to 19 years in jail

two years were deducted after his appeal

and now he has received a further

remission for good conduct

yes that's enough it's me all right

well it's all sure what to say about me

of course

there is a lot more to it as for my arm

the prison jacketeers broke it for me

here

here and here they blackmail everyone

one can't stay clear of them inside

i don't give in easily so they had to

tear me apart

besides i had to do something to pass

the time

are you impressed not especially

but what about the carpet why do you

want to buy it why do you want to sell

it

first of all you show it to me in

installments and i don't think the

payment is in installments

then we have to wait for your husband

can't you make a deal yourself

anyway your husband is not coming back

right away sit down

do you mind telling me how you know uh

i know the price of the carpet is six

million lire

it has been evaluated at nine million by

mr aghababian

who is an expert at the carpet auction

warehouse

i'll show you his letter if you want to

see it i'm an expert too

help me to spread it out that way i can

see for myself

mr agabian must have examined it

inch by inch i'm sure

though i bet there are traces of a stain

on the border not as far as i know

i'll bet let's knock million off

five instead of six

look here over here see i can't see

anything

you don't want it i thought as much

i didn't think you would really buy it

ah do i better explain what you mean

what is it don't you like my face

or is it because of what i told you

about myself

what is the matter with you are you

crazy

don't count on your husband he's not

coming

come on now tell me

my time is very precious so just get

that straight

if i'm here there must be a good reason

i'm not interested now please get

out of here don't think i'm disabled

i have had all the time in the world to

rehabilitate it

you see don't you believe me

it's an odd sort of paralysis

it comes ghosts comes and goes

the truth is my hand is in mourning for

elena

my late wife

how do you think i killed my wife

on a carpet like this one here

why do you want to get rid of it just

tell me and then i'll go

i've told you already

it takes up a lot of room and the flat

is very small

and anyway my husband wants to buy a new

car so that the tow truck can take it

away on saturday morning

how come you own a carpet like this in

this hovel

did someone give it to you

well yes it was a wedding present from

my parents

ah your parents your mother and father

no no

no you said you're the stepfather ah

it's from your stepfather

a gift for his stepdaughter's wedding

she was getting married leaving home

taking the carpet with her and all its

memories too

don't you have any whiskey

anything at all to drink

give me the key now you promised me

something to drink

i didn't promise you anything now please

let me out of here

look me straight in the eyes you know

you'd like to give me that key wouldn't

you

it's true isn't it give me the key come

on

no get out

a scream do you really want to scream

i wonder why

i'm simply curious like the old human

interest

you still haven't told me if your

stepfather gave to the carpet or not

well yes or no who gave it to you

dindy yes

yes yes ernesto gave it to me

ernesto my stepfather

are you happy now what else do you want

to know

i'll tell you everything you want to

know but please let me go you're hurting

me

give me the key now

no no no no no no give it to me

so so so give it to me

very good good girl now we can continue

our chat without being disturbed

hmm

don't do anything silly what would

happen if you were to lose your balance

and full art

no come out of here and don't even

consider it

i assure you my interest in you is

purely human

now then it's more intimate like this

isn't it

just like nighttime dark and silent

um

let's have a drink

so

here have a sip

it'll help you to relax

you're crazy

because i've shown some interest in you

when antonio gets back

we'll have you arrested for unlawful

restraint

oh come now have i laid the thing on you

yes you did and worse too but you were

the one

who gave me the house key isn't that so

you forced me to you are just biased

admit it

you have never found yourself face to

face with a murder before

and then when you found out i had

committed a crime

you lost your head that's racism

we are all equal really believe me

anyone can commit a crime if the

occasion arises

your husband the doorkeeper and one

even you

cover yourself

yes it's much cozier this way isn't it

let the storm rage outside

you and i have got to talk my husband is

on his way home

you stop to think he might be in cahoots

with me

your husband cahoots inclusion

the dual track fine

compound a telephone call

it's just another bite

we planned it together

your husband is jealous

and i am the perfect murderer

i have already done it once

now let's see maria

that stain i recognize it very well

what are you talking about look here

i removed the stain

with my own hands and a cheap stain

remover

jealousy yes

jealousy i could see her

she left my best friend screw her

right here on this carpet

i forced her to confess then

she started to struggle free and ran to

the bedroom

the knife was in one of the drawers i

grabbed it in the flash and flicked open

the blade

she climbed over the bed and ran out

i grabbed her robe back forward

then i caught her by her sleep she's

doing that

with her breasts naked our breasts

her breasts i i i didn't know what was

happening

the blood squirted everywhere yes yes

yes i i i i i struck her in the throat

and it started

to squirt all about like a fountain

oh

no no no no no no no no

no

it it took a whole day

to to clean up the room

a few drops of blood must have remained

on the carpet because i didn't notice

them

until the next day then

come come here come

sit please

i burned her body in a pine grove

but then after a month they managed to

identify it yes

it was a nail polish she even painted

the two nails

that's what the papers said i had fired

the maid

a few days earlier and she went straight

to the police

if she had nail polish on her two nails

then she must be my mistress she said

she gave the police a bottle of nail

polish she pinched from the house and

when they tested it they found out

it was the same

so they arrested me

i confessed i had no more reason to live

it's impossible to fight jealousy

what can i say

i just don't understand what all this

has to do with me

maybe maybe you just wanted to get it

off your chest

you leave me alone now huh

open the shutters i can't stand the dark

really i can't stand it you still don't

understand what i'm getting at

do you i i have to go to the bathroom i

can't help it

is that the effect of my story i see

well well it upsets me too

every time i relieve that scene

but you mustn't lock yourself in my dear

i don't want any more tricks now

we have to get to the heart of the

matter you and i

so

you are trying to avoid the truth but

you have to face it you have to look it

in the eye

i'm offering you a solution an analysis

you should be grateful to me

i've got to keep a clear head i've got

to think of something

i have to do something

there must be a way

i think he just suffers from

hallucinations

he's not as dangerous as he likes to

appear

but why has he filled the bathtub with

hot water

suppose he really is a madman

schizophrenic

or a paranoid

my knife is finer than any razor blade

tell me the truth

you didn't feel a thing

pain is just an impression

uh cover up your breasts you'll remind

me too much of her

get off the carpet

i only wanted to show you how sharp my

knife is

do you know why your stepfather gave you

this carpet

he knew what i know about it an old

persian legend has it

that a collar yellow in a carpet only

serves to highlight the color of blood

yes yellow carpets carry an ancient

curse

i'll tell you what i know about your

stepfather and the death of your mother

you plotted it in your room with your

stepfather

possible event and natural location

it was your first your first step to the

fact

a death pact wasn't it

do you remember don't you no but you did

wish your dad

confess it we are all murderers at heart

admit it

you must confess it no no no no you must

confess if you want to be forgiven

here here speak here you wanted to kill

your mother didn't you

yes yes yes

why did you want to kill her for what

jesus wanted to kill him

i i hated her my mother was a horrid

hypocrite

and i always hated her his hand on your

shoulder

you were jealous you were jealous of the

woman he took to bed

admitted when i saw them together i

always felt jealous i was terribly

jealous

it's true

but i couldn't do anything about it it

had to be that way

i was very young i

needed to love so

badly and to be loved by

someone and that someone was him

your stepfather you loved him

desperately

the love you have for antonio your

husband is nothing

in comparison but that's not true

it's not true you are trying to get me

to say something ridiculous

i was just a child i

never thought about it again i swear i

didn't

i love antonio

i only love antonio

no you would like to love antonio

because it's your duty

that's what you have been taught that

you can't

because your stepfather is still inside

you

ernesto i tell you ernesto has never

been inside

of me ernesto has never been there

stay where you are i'll get it

hello hello

yes hello i can hear you

yes this is your house it's antonia

isn't it

well i'm here about the carpet

i think we have agreed on a prize about

eight million lira

what do you say ah fine i'll tell your

wife

it says eight millions you've seen

perfectly

hello oh you are still held up are you

what's the problem ah

all this red tape i know it's ridiculous

really

well they'll make you lose the whole

morning

well at least we are not losing any time

did you want to speak to your wife uh

she's gone to get some papers so we can

write our agreement

we want to do things properly i shall

leave her a down payment

then when you have cash to check on

monday tuesday i'll bring over the

balance and collect the carpet

i'll tell you what i'll bring the rest

in cash

that way you won't have any problems i

shall talk to your wife about how much

you'll want as a down payment

yes yes i'll tell her

yes yes no don't worry

get out of here get out right now hold

it

hold it right there what a pretty

picture that would make

the murderers i've never been in prison

so what you haven't been by your will

no get out i've told you

i'm in cahoots with your husband

don't you realize he sent me here

right now i made an agreement with him

he promised me eight million

to kill his wife he's jealous you see

he wanted to wipe out his suspicions

from his mind

legitimate suspicions too

he's jealous of his wife's stepfather

and now the proof

is on the tape

uh

uh

um

um

so

um

who are you what are you doing here what

do you want

i was just about to ring the doorbell

i'm sorry i didn't mean to frighten you

i really did you didn't frighten me

i wasn't expecting you that's all i was

on my way out

i'm in a hurry do forgive me just let me

tell you

who i am you don't even know why i'm

here

i've already told you i am in a hurry

come back another day or later if you

like i don't have time right now

i suppose it's my husband's fault he

must have been up to his usual tricks

again

your husband what do you mean by your

husband

if i don't know you what would i be

doing with your husband

didn't you place this ad oh yes

i don't understand this has to be i was

sorry but i've been wandering around all

morning

i went to the wrong dress i'm much

better when i go by my instinct

would you mind if i sit down for a

moment i'll only stay for a minute

i just can't stand up any longer please

i'm very sorry but i can't i really

can't invite you inside

i'm very sorry i misunderstood

just tell me one thing

did a gentleman pay your visit this

morning a rather

elegant man in his 50s did he use this

and as an excuse

he hasn't done anything like this for

months but if you do know something

about him

i must know please tell me

no yes theater in the home

that's what he calls it but sometimes he

causes so much trouble

people calling the police ah it's

unfortunate

then i have to run and explain and

smooth things over

i don't understand why he was a famous

actor

didn't he tell you that an actor what do

you mean by an actor

well it's a an x actor

he was well known in the theater until

ten years ago his name's

achille marinelli

but you're too young to remember him

then he had a breakdown it was a very

serious one

the result of an automobile accident

he lost his memory he couldn't remember

his lines anymore

the words just wouldn't come to him when

he was on stage

of course he kept on trying

he just didn't want to to get up

it's a very sad story i understand he

performs improvisations in other

people's houses

he invents a part on the spur of the

moment and uses these ads as an excuse

ah they want us they're just an excuse

to get into the house

no one opens the door to strangers these

days then

it's just a trick a sort of confidence

trick

i knew it he's been here hasn't he

but you must tell me please if he has

i'd be so grateful

he's been so good for months now i'm

only here to sort it all out

i thought it was all over then i suppose

this ad just struck his fancy it's a

quirk of his

you see he invents all sorts of stories

some people get so offended

sometimes they don't even believe me

when i try to explain

they think he does it on purpose to

tease me or

to offend them but it isn't that way

he's quite harmless

oh oh i

promise you he's an adorable man

until he starts to act another role

it's a sort of safety valve he gets it

all off his chest

but otherwise he's quite harmless

he wouldn't have to fly i don't believe

a word of your story someone here is

crazy and i know it is

not me please now i have to go

you had your chance to sit down you've

told me your story

now please leave it's always the same

one humiliation after another

no not that way where are you going

you get out of here

someone did come this morning my husband

opened the door he always does

it was an elderly man he said he wanted

to come in but antonio didn't let him

he's always kurt with strangers but the

men must have said something

where's your husband can i have a word

with him

if i made a mistake and it wasn't him

then goodness knows where he is right

now and what he's up to

i might be able to find out from your

husband please

help me my husband has gone out

then i won't detain you any longer

you haven't told me the truth i can

feel it i'm not stupid

you must come face if you want to be

forgiven

here here speak here

you wanted to kill your mother didn't

you

yes

yes yes

i hated her

my mother was a horrid hypocrite

franca oh

hey

good morning or maybe i should say good

afternoon

you've really had a long sleep god

who put on this dressing gown for me

i bet you haven't taken it off since

this morning

when did you get back get back

yes what happened to the car oh yeah

i gotta find i don't know why they kept

me so long

what are you looking for

franca what is it what's the matter

have you lost something who you're

phoning

where's the carpet oh wait

wait now look

six million five hundred thousand what

do you say to that

hey are you sure you're all right

you must have slept for about six hours

and then you wake up in a terrible state

what's the matter

who did you sell it to and when

that fellow called you he came by while

you were sleeping

it's impossible it's impossible

franca what are you doing

it's after four so what i told you you

slept a long time

you must have overworked yourself last

night it's been a while since you did

any overtime

who's been eating at this table who did

you think it was ghosts

me of course i was hungry and you didn't

look as if you're about to wake up so i

fixed myself something

i only had a snack though i'd like to

make up for it tonight

we're rich right now we'll go out for a

bite

that is if you don't mind i mean after

all it's your money

shut up shut up

i don't believe a word of it

about the money about the carpet i'm not

crazy

i don't suffer from hallucinations

that's what you're trying to get me to

believe

i have murdered a man i have murdered a

man

i have murdered a man yes i have

hank what are you talking about yes i

did

i he was lying there on the carpet

covered in blood and now he's not there

anymore

nothing he's gone

no no no he got up he was standing there

on his feet

maybe he was only wanted huh

the tape recording the tape recorder

i haven't seen it for ages what do you

want

why don't you tell me what's happened

explain to me

explain to you i wish i could

it's incredible i told you i never

suffered from hallucination

hallucinations no but you do have

strange dreams at night i've told you

more than once you talk in your sleep

i have to take your word for that i

never remember anything but

this time i remember everything

every detail do you understand perfectly

minute by minute every second

everything what can you remember what

happened to me

happened when this morning

while you were asleep um

while you were at the car pound getting

the car back me at the car pound you're

crazy

last night i parked the car in front of

someone's driveway

they called the police but i went down i

hope you remember that much

yes of course i do well i paid the fine

moved the car and came back upstairs

again you were back in bed fast asleep

that's all

but i wasn't i made the coffee oh sure

you made the coffee

i made the coffee and i gave some to the

man who bought the carpet

you didn't make any coffee at all the

pot was clean or did you wash it after

you made coffee

no i didn't have time everything started

to happen afterwards

and i'm telling you that nothing's

happened nothing at all except you were

snoring a bit

and i had to tiptoe around all morning

i'm talking a low voice in case i woke

you up

anyway what's this mysterious thing

that's supposed to have happened

i should imagine it was a nightmare why

don't you tell me about it

you might feel better if you get it off

your chest

i can't understand why a nightmare

should upset you so much though

it wasn't a nightmare it really wasn't

well what was it then would you mind

telling me what's going on

it was horrible really awful

oh

it didn't seem too bad to begin with but

a bit odd but quite nice

what are you saying why can't you

understand

i've killed yes i have

i've been through a terrible experience

this morning

i'll never be the same again

i feel it i know it

i really am a murderer and don't you

believe me

maybe i always have been

maybe i am the perverse person i dreamed

i was

dreamed i lived it all

i experienced it it was a reality

frank what do you mean

help me to understand

this man who is he tell me describe him

what was he like frank

wait don't answer yet

relax here have a cigarette

take it easy now tell me everything

darling

go on and according to what you've told

me man's not a murderer or a madman

he's never been in prison he's just an

old actor or used to be

and there's no corpse

it just went away

all things incredible

what a marvelous story you've certainly

got a vivid imagination why don't you

try writing it down

i'm not making it up no

where was i you just managed to get the

wife out of the house if she really was

his wife

yeah sure why not

well he kept changing his story all the

time said he was a friend of your

stepfather didn't he

anyway get on with it what happened to

the wife

nothing she left

i saw her through the people

should think of the details

i can remember it quite clearly too

i saw her through the people

she was standing there

in the hall in front of the door

she stood there waiting she seemed to be

looking at me

come on get on with it

my curiosity is aroused

what happened then she turned and left

i don't know what happened after that my

dear you will never know what happened

after that

but i do

come on up come on hurry

don't worry everything is going

according to plan

wait a minute

all right

get her into bed she will sleep for

hours with this injection

yes she was wearing a slip when i left

and the black dressing gown it's in the

bathroom now

here you clean things uh one thing at a

time

you give him a hand doctor i've got to

clean myself up a bit

i'll give you her dressing gown

so

uh

if we make the slightest mistake the

whole thing will backfire on us don't

worry

i'm the last one who wants that to hold

her a moment yes

go away

hold her head yes

where the shutters up leave her

that's the way that we're are you sure

you men often make mistakes

i'm quite sure i made a mental note as i

was leaving good i think i finished in

here then

oh put her clothes away yes

take the shoes

have another check around is there

anything else

i don't think there's anything else good

we finished in here then

be careful

here hear this

come along now your wife has no need of

you and the professor will need some

help

tell me a secret yes which one of you

two is in command

each of us plays his part

it's the professional experience that

counts

now no more questions please

oh my god

stop playing the guardian angel

you know i can't stand it

i think you work too much you're taking

too many drugs

i think that's enough of that

don't start that again

it's clever i've never seen one before

i'll give that to me

i can hear a bell ringing up here what's

wrong

i must have forgotten something

something important

when can i hear the tape when the three

of us are beat calmer

i advise you to sit down and take it

easy you are very nervous

be careful please be careful

there were some red stains in the carpet

what was that phrase

uh you should remember it an ancient

persian legend has it that the

color yellow in a carpet only serves to

bring out the

color of blood that's more or less how

it goes yes you needn't worry the

carpet's clean now

you absolutely can't see the slightest

trace of red well i certainly hope not

because i've already sold the carpet and

i

certainly wouldn't want to give back uh

six and a half million

oh my god i nearly made a real blunder

what i'd forgotten the torture what do

you mean

the torture i tortured your wife

i forgot to tell you about it

do you see this fake cut here

it's strange no tricks psychological

conditioning place on the mind your wife

was convinced i wounded her

we should wash the area carefully she's

bound to check it most thoroughly when

she wakes up

you go i'll see to it but i do want to

hear the tape

call me when you're ready

what's wrong it's all so complicated

don't you give up on me now remember the

final result depends on you

but how will she react when she wakes up

you know everything

in one sitting we have solved a problem

that normally would have taken

two years of analysis

you have got to handle the situation

without ruining our reputation yes i

understand but

but you know i'll be alone

give her this

but only if absolutely necessary

only if she still seems

emotionally upset

what is this let's just call it

a kind of purgative it removes any toxic

residues from the mind and returns it to

a perfect equilibrium

but don't tell the doctor she's a

psychiatrist at the old school she's

against drugs

anyway i'm sure you won't

need it in fact i'm positive

where do we keep them over there huh

i'd love to destroy this uh that would

be a serious mistake in my opinion

doctor yes our friend says he would like

to destroy the photograph while we

survive with the stepfather

well an object can be expelled

with the passing of time it gradually

fades losing its power of suggestion

but the memory of the object its path

suggestion becomes traumatic

the trauma won't disappear if the

object's destroyed

with time it becomes even stronger and

the trauma will never disappear

i'd like to study these things myself

well now

here's the tape uh good we can sit over

here

please it must be

it must be the men for the carpet

okay

be careful please oh one moment on i'll

open the door

you better lift it

need more room no

no no not the bedroom uh try the

bathroom

yes that's the way

give mr agababy in my regards he's been

a great help

thank you you're welcome thanks

this is a salient part of what she said

oh no i want to hear it all amanda you

can drop by the institute and hear as

much as you want of it but

you have to analyze it first yes the

professor is right

calm down now listen but you can't

because your stepfather is still inside

you

ernesto i tell you ernesto has never

been inside of me

ernesto has never been there once again

ernesto has never been inside of me

ernesto has never been there

now then do you feel better that was

always my opinion

professor but how do you know she was

telling the truth

she certainly wasn't going to lie to a

stranger at that point was she

her psychological resistance was

completely broken down

if she had ever been able to satisfy

that desire

she would have been able to overcome the

trauma and you antonio

wouldn't have i didn't decide to

strangle her

each time she was making love to him in

their dreams

you're right i'm really the sick one i

know

unfortunately that's true

frank had no way of knowing

but the murdered wife on the carpet

could easily have been her

but the carpet's gone now

i believe that curse i believe in

science

your jealousy over a dead man greeks of

paranoia

in the end it becomes obsessive yes yes

it's true

i couldn't control myself anymore i

couldn't handle it by myself

you you've both been great

you really know how to act we know the

human spirit

scientifically speaking but have you

really understood our treatment

yes a dream relived in reality passes

into the subconscious

thanks to the decisive aid of several

drugs that i administered

the injection you mean not by itself i

administered two light hallucinogens to

your wife

two successive doses in a whiskey and

the nightmare we created today

passes into her subconscious to

neutralize the pre-existing traumatic

dream

um will you sign here please

another signature but you've done

all you had to do at this point we need

your permission to publish the case

your friend who put us in contact gave

us his permission then

what happens if my wife reads it

it won't be for another three years and

only in the institute's review

experimental psychotherapy

are you going to publish how much the

therapy cost me

i only have one regret poor frank

i've stolen four hours of her life that

no one will ever be able to give her

back

four hours but not alive i think uh

franca would have accepted it too if she

knew

i hope you're right well night weeks ago

on saturday night i was really ready to

strangle her

uh i telephoned you at two in the

morning remember

then nothing i screamed

i fainted and i woke up in bed

what a story it's horrible

i don't know where you'd be able to

publish something like that

of course it's a bit contrived as a

story corpse gets back on his feet

a man who knows all about you and

selling your stepfather's carpet

but when i think about it as a dream

it's flawless

where do you want to go you still

haven't told me oh to celebrate

we're in the money aren't we freed

ourselves from the

nightmare of that damn carpet we'll

drive to the sea

and have dinner there some nice fresh

fish

chilled white wine won't you like that

yes why not yes

i can't wait to get out of this house

and get a breath of air

promise me we'll move out of this house

as soon as we can

right now i'd promise you anything

i wanted to take a shower a while ago

and the water wasn't warm enough

when just now

it should have been hard but it wasn't

i wonder why ah yes of course

he turned on the water it was boiling

i thought he wanted to cook me in it

who's he

what are you talking about are you

starting all that again

it was a nightmare franca

but it figures the water didn't have

time to heat up again

of course it didn't because i took a

shower

oh you did yes in the middle of the

afternoon

why not i don't believe you

i wouldn't even believe you if i saw you

he's sweaty and tired i swear it frank

stop it now please please believe me

believe me frank

i was hot and i took a shower

i swear it please believe me

please

now this is the difference between being

an actor and playing a psychiatrist

you remember how they used to pay you

when you were on tour in the provinces

chicken feet what did you expect

with me acting under the absurd name of

marinelli

would you have preferred your real name

after murdering your wife and getting

released from an asylum

now what did you give that poor fellow

ah

you have the uncanny instinct of a

watchdog i'm your doctor

or no on the contrary i'm the one who

has given you a reason to work

on you played the wife's role

perfectly today you followed my

instructions to the letter

good and you are ready to get your

degree

in psychiatry

but let's get back to that pill

isn't it your preferred cure a fatal one

you know very well it leaves no trace

why worry

if the little lady is incurable her

husband would murder her anyway

giving her a horrible death we won't let

him do it that's all

she'll die quietly without knowing it

in a sleep i can't leave a failure

behind me

one way or another the case must be

closed

you only have an insatiable desire to

kill

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and helsinki now boarding at gate 10.

but i am convinced that she's cured my

performance was irresistible

the pill won't be needed besides

your own colleagues at the asylum have

certified that i'm perfectly normal

which means i won't kill

that it was only raptors so you see i'm

innocent

they guarantee it perhaps i'm the only

one who's crazy

allowing myself to think i could cure a

hardened criminal

it wasn't only my artistic personality

that attracted you

you were fascinated by the ancestral

nature of the crime

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flight 201

for copenhagen stockholm

that's what i call a great evening oh

great it's terrific

how about you pet

hey where are you going oh no

you just wait

hey where you going

franka where are you

you know seafood's an aphrodisiac don't

you

yes i heard about that

and i'm off the hill

sweetheart

come to me my love

oh

i want you

um

hmm

so

you