Codex 632 (2023) s01e05 Episode Script

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What made him dive?
I wanted to save him,
but the car started to sink.
- You should go to hospital.
- No, I don't need to.
I don't want to spend
hours in a waiting room.
I'm going to go home,
take a and get into bed.
Do you want me to call
an agent to take you home?
No, that's fine.
No need, no need.
- Are you fit to drive?
- Yes.
I told you I'd call if
there was any news,
but it seems that Tomás
gets to before I do.
Nothing.
The safe isn't in the car.
Yes ?
It's fine.
The document is a copy of
of King John II by Rui de Pina.
TOMÁS: It's been known for a long
time, It goes against the professor's thesis.
The professor said that Christopher
Christopher Columbus was Portuguese.
- Here he says he was Italian.
- And what else was in the safe?
This, for example.
LUÍSA: "Codex 632."
It must be the code of the Chronicle
he consulted at the National Library.
- And what is written here?
- It appears to be a telephone number.
As far as I can tell, it belongs
to a João Nuno Vilarigues.
- The Count?
- A Count?
Yes, the nobiliary titles
are over, at
least officially,
but the monarchists
insist on continuing
genealogical research.
They spend time,
money on it.
This is the case with the Count.
I logged in.
"Password?"
I'm here.
- Tomás de Noronha, I presume.
- Count Vilarigues?
- You're late, my dear.
- Yes, I'm sorry.
After you called me, I
looked him up on the Internet.
In the photo that came
up you were younger.
Yes, I was younger once.
Well, thank you for seeing me.
Are you finishing an investigation
of Professor Toscano?
I'm trying to decipher
the riddles he left behind.
Good luck! Toscano
loved these games.
He believed that Christopher
Columbus was Portuguese.
Have you noticed that there are lots of
documents about Columbus's passage through Spain,
but there's almost nothing
about their presence in Portugal?
But these documents do
exist, under another name.
The names are inappropriate.
"Nomina sunt odiosa."
Columbus was a Portuguese
nobleman, with a Jewish mother.
He fled to Seville after the
conspiracy to kill King John II.
And there he did "ymach xmi",
erased his name and found another one.
The Hebrew expression he
hid in his kabbalistic signature.
When the discovery of America,
Italian authors insinuated that
Columbus was Genoese
and he never denied it.
There are many theories
about Columbus' nationality,
but I always thought they
were just that. Theories.
CONDE: Maybe, but maybe
they're more than theories.
The great objective of
King João II was to reach the
spices of the East by sea
the spices of the Orient by
sea, avoiding the exclusive trade
Venice and the Ottoman Empire.
He knew that the
Spanish were threat to his
plans, he used Columbus
to beckon to them with
something apparently valuable, but worthless.
- America.
D. João II financed the voyage
in secret and, supposedly,
Columbus advanced
a quarter of a million.
If true, this proves that Christopher
Columbus was not a commoner.
That's right. The answer is in the Crónica
d'El Rei D. João II. Have you read it?
I've read it.
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There are photocopied passages in
Toscano's safe. I've digitized them.
There are three copies of the
Chronicle, but only one is the original.
- The one in the National Library.
TOMÁS:- The one the Professor saw.
CONDE:The other two
were copied from that one.
The same story, but
in different handwriting.
But there is one detail that
betrays the uniform version.
Look at the spaces between words, they're all the
same, but at one point where the pattern changes.
There are two spaces
here larger than normal.
TOMÁS: Before
before the word "Italian".
CONDE:- The origin of Columbus.
- And why is that?
The chronicler first left that blank space first,
waiting for instructions from above about what to write.
Codex 632 could be proof.
Until now, no serious historian
wanted to risk their reputation.
You know how
academia works.
It's easier to repeat what others have already
said than to develop new theories and defend them.
I have to get back to my work.
Good luck to you. It won't be easy to
change a thesis that's over 500 years old.
There are many people interested
in making Columbus Genoese.
The Amerigo Vespucci Foundation?
TOMÁS:- I'm sorry, Constança.
- No, it's fine.
- How is she?
- She's fine.
The doctor says that she'll
be discharged tomorrow.
Really?
I have to take
to Moliarti.
EMPLOYEE:Doctor, excuse
me. Dr. Helena is here.
You were careless.
I wasn't.
I did everything I was told.
Now I want
what you promised me.
An agreement only makes sense
when both parties are satisfied.
You're supposed to disappear.
I was promised a research
grant. I was going to Genoa.
If you give up the mission, you can't
expect for the privileges to continue.
My career depends on it.
Get out of here.
Don't you think it's better stay
at the house for a few days?
( She's here. Come here. )
It's better if she stays at home. You stay
in the bedroom, I'll stay in the office.
There's no point in either
of us to be away from her.
I don't think it's a good idea. It could
be embarrassing for your girlfriend.
- Which girlfriend?
- Helena.
Isn't that her name?
Where did you meet her?
It's like a dream come
true of middle age, isn't it?
- What did they tell you?
- They didn't tell me anything.
I met Helena in your apartment when I
went to pick up Margarida's cell phone.
Are you living with her now?
You couldn't have found her at
home. She doesn't have a key.
CONSTANCE: My love, come on.
I'm just going to finish
tidying up a few things.
CAMPAIGN TOCA
Did you order pizza?
No. The girl has to have
to go on a diet these days.
MARGARIDA: Who is it?
- It's a friend.
I was a bit busy
with my daughter.
MARGARIDA:Hello. I know you.
MARGARET: Yes.
CONSTANCE: It must be the
Botanical Garden, he helps me a lot.
- Are you a gardener?
CONSTANCE:- Marguerite
MARGARET:She won't let
me. She sent my father away too.
MARGARET:Now I've got a
battery-operated machine in my heart.
Thank you for visiting and I'm
sorry for not returning your calls.
We are.
- You should call Dad.
- What do you mean, call him?
He wanted to know
who this friend of yours is.
Did your father ask you to
tell him if I talked to someone?
If I went out with anyone?
No. Dad has a photo of
your friend with other people.
- What do you mean? What people?
- I don't know.
He said he was trying to find out who they
are because of the investigation you're doing.
TOMÁS:"I don't understand
why Helena is lying.
"What did you come here
for? What did you want?"
She probably she wanted to surprise you,
"show up naked, and your wife ruined everything."
What is this shit?
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
The light went out. I'm
going to the board. Hold on.
Victoria, I'll call you back.
Hold on.
Where's Margarida?
With my mother. Do you think
you're being investigated, watched?
I don't know. It has to do
with the investigation, I'm sure.
- Do you suspect anyone?
- I immediately thought of Helena.
Is that the girl I found
in your apartment?
The one I told you I hadn't
given me the key to the house.
I think there may be
someone else involved in this.
Diego is a boy who's helping
me at the Botanical Gardens.
Margarida recognized him. She saw a photo on your phone, you were trying to find out who it is.
- Yes.
He's the boy who got
the apartment I'm in.
You said it was a friend.
Is this him?
É.
TOMÁS: I've sent it, You
must have received it by now.
MAN:Thank you
and have a good afternoon.
TOMÁS:Thank you, good
afternoon. Thank you very much.
Just to wrap things up,
Helena is my student.
She's not exactly my student, but if they
find out, I could be be fired from the faculty.
I investigate crimes. I
am not morality police.
All right, then.
Can I ask you a question?
- Yes.
- What do you know about Diego Ramirez?
Not much.
He's a Spanish national
and lives off his income.
Apparently, family money
that he has been able to invest.
OPERATOR: "The
number you is not available.
"After the tone, please
record your message."
- Did he speak?
- No.
His cell phone.
He paid you extra, didn't he?
When was this Codex
restored?
I have no record. But,
Professor, a 500-year-old work
It's only natural that it's
been various interventions.
- Of course.
WOMAN:- Professor Toscano, when he
was here,
asked for an X-ray in the laboratory,
but he never came to pick it up.
- Can I see it?
WOMAN:Anything
of interest?
Very much.
How are you, Diego? Can
I have a coffee with you?
If I tell you he's not coming?
Things didn't
to have come to this.
If Diego had stopped
He's been living
with this fantasy.
Even the Portuguese can't convince him heir to
Christopher Columbus, even more so as a Spaniard.
Columbus died as a Genoese and it is Genoese
who will continue, to the honor and glory of Italy.
Now.
The truth is overrated.
Countries live on narratives,
Diego, of
stories that serve
to unite people, to
celebrate the courage
of their ancestors.
Because in the present
there's nothing left to celebrate.
Nor is it money
you're after?
Come and work with us, Diego.
You can be sure that
you'll be well rewarded for it.
NELSON: He who wants
everything, loses everything, Diego.
HELENA: Who is it?
Inspector Tiago Froes.
Judicial Police.
- Can we talk?
- Yes, of course. Come in.
This way.
FROES:- Are you going on a trip?
HELENA:- To Macau to visit family.
- Have a seat.
- FROES: Thank you.
So
Do you have the keys to Professor
Tomás de Noronha's house?
May I ask
what are you investigating?
- I didn't see how I could be of any help.
- I asked him about the keys.
I do.
If that's your way of asking
if I'm in a relationship
No, I'm not asking you anything.
How did you get the keys?
He gave them to me.
Who made the copy?
Was it Helena or him?
It was Tomás.
MARGARIDA: Why do
we have to get out of here?
The owner of the apartment
will need it.
- Shall we go back to our place?
CONSTANCE:- No, my love.
CONSTANCE:Let's go to
grandparents, I've already spoken to them.
CONSTANCE:- Until we have a home.
- You shouldn't stay here today.
- Why not?
- Because they shouldn't.
TOMÁS:Do you want Dad to
stay here? I'll sleep on the sofa.
You stay in my room.
Is that all right, Mom?
Yes.
MARGARET: I'm hungry.
- Are you hungry?
- Do you have any pasta in the house?
- I wanted to talk to you
Things aren't going to change.
Margarida has
that we'll be together.
I know that.
I'll never use Daisy
to put pressure on you.
I'll never do that.
What's stopping us from being
together isn't Helena or Diego.
It's before that.
We've changed.
We've each gone our separate ways.
Did something happen?
- We need to talk.
- All right.
TOMÁS: Was he investigating me?
FROES:Yes. We followed the PI.
Constança was right.
He approached her because of me.
And there's more,
Tomás. It seems that Diego
Ramirez was in regular
contact with Professor Toscano.
The evidence from the apartment
is being catalogued, but it
suggests that he was very
interested in your investigation.
Could he have who
killed the Professor?
We're still investigating
that possibility.
But if he didn't kill
him, he had him killed.
It's not difficult to hire
someone in Brazil to do the job.
Why is that? What
interest in the investigation?
There was medication
for schizophrenia
in the room and, believe it or not, a
screw loose is the
explanation for many cases.
- Where is he? Has he been caught?
- No. We've already issued a warrant.
We've already issued
an for his arrest.
TOMÁS:Inspector, what about Helena?
know anything? I pressed her, but she hasn't
opened her mouth, and without proof I can't get a warrant.
She was getting ready to travel.
How are you?
- Good afternoon.
- Good afternoon.
Have we arranged something?
We've given you enough
time to finish the investigation.
I haven't finished the work yet.
But you already have
information that you can give us.
Unfortunately, we can't
give you any more time.
We want to see what you have.
If you don't mind,
come to my office.
Of course, of course.
I know this Diego Ramirez well.
He's been harassing us for years to be recognized
as a direct descendant of Christopher Columbus.
- Has he provided you with proof?
- No He's delusional.
Columbus' eldest son was Portuguese and called Diogo, but he stayed in Spain until he died.
- There's something I don't understand.
Why attack Professor Toscano when the investigation
was questioning the Genoese origin of Columbus?
We don't have answers
to all questions, Tomás,
but we did a little
Diego.
He comes from a family with
money. They got rich in the Civil War.
Maybe it's a way to clear
name.
In Spain, being noble
still opens a lot of doors.
So? Can we see what you've got?
See here.
Here.
Last word of the third row.
TOMÁS: "Colo" isn't erased.
Under the splice is an N and an A.
"Colona".
"Colona nado en Cuba".
This is the official text
by Rui de Pina.
It shows that Colona, or rather,
Columbus, was born in Cuba in the Alentejo.
"Swimming in Cuba".
But is Colona the real
name of Columbus?
That's right.
Christopher Columbus was a nobleman
Portuguese nobleman of Jewish origin.
- Is that the only photocopy you took?
- Yes.
It had been requested by Professor Toscano,
it was in an envelope in the National Library.
Well done. The 500,000 euros are yours, but
you'll have to comply with the clause you signed.
Surely you understand that, don't you?
I don't intend to publish anything
before the official announcement.
The discovery is yours,
yours and Professor Toscano's.
This discovery will never come
to light, not now, not ever, Tomás.
I understand that it's
a controversial discovery, it
will cause a great stir
among historians, it goes
against the official version.
But it's a 500-year-old treasure.
NELSON: It's just a theory.
You don't change 500 years of history
by a name crossed out on a document.
It's a sensitive subject for you
who are Italian. I understand that.
Your discovery doesn't
change the course of history.
It's just a footnote.
Check or bank transfer?
I'm feeling like shit.
A sell-out.
If everyone has a
price, yours isn't so bad.
You've just won
half a million euros.
What would you have done
in my place?
I'm not in your shoes
I'm not in the middle of divorce proceedings, I
don't have a daughter with an illness like yours.
Basically, I'm just
an idealist
with a mid-life crisis.
I shouldn't have left
the documents.
You need to take care of
yourself and your daughter.
HELENA"Tomás"
I didn't think I'd
talk to you again.
I hope you don't take
this phone call as a
As a farewell gift.
I wanted to tell you that the
Foundation you're working for
Tomás, what you went to do
wasn't to
finish Professor
Professor Toscano's
research, it was to find out which
document would prove that Columbus
was not Italian.
I know that now. I should have
realized it when I was hired.
"The mafia, in recent decades,
has become a financial corporation."
Savigliano's family has owned, for many years, all
the rights to the exploitation the image of Columbus.
This brings in millions of euros
a year.
Toscano, when he got
too close to the truth
They had to kill him.
"And me"
I was hired to make sure you weren't hiding
anything from what you were discovering.
And Manuella, was it them?
"She managed"
The Foundation's of
the Foundation in Genoa.
TOMÁS:"Why are you
only telling me this now?"
I gave them everything. I
signed a confidentiality agreement.
Destroy the agreement.
Tell the world what you know.
TOMÁS: "Wait for me.
You owe me."
Wait for me, I'll come to you.
"My flight leaves
in two hours. Hurry up!"
- I have to go.
- Where?
To the airport to meet Helena.
VICTORIA: Let her go, it's
one less problem in your life.
- Really, I have to go.
- Tomás, where do you have to go?
- Tomas, forget it!
- I won't. I have to go.
Helena! Helena!
Helena!