Children of Evil (2023) s01e08 Episode Script

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Despite everything, I think that Serbia
is a safe and democratic country,
and we will prove that
once again when the person
who took the life of inspector
Aleksa Drobnjak is behind bars.
Do you think that the person who
killed Aleksa Drobnjak is the same
person who killed Radovan Kovac?
Well, there are a lot of indications
that point to that.
Are you saying that
because of the ducat that was found
in Aleksa Drobnjak's hand?
Among other things, yes.
Nevertheless, Aleksa
Drobnjak was shot.
That's the difference
between these two murders?
THE CHILDREN OF EVIL
That's right, that's the difference
between the two crimes.
Hello, good afternoon.
How are you?
Well, fine
I got back to Belgrade.
Okay, I just wanted to tell you that,
when we got to work this morning,
the window in your office was broken.
I know
I stopped by last night to get something,
and probably the draft hit and it broke.
Okay.
Well, then I should call
the repairmen to fix it, right?
Yes, you can, you can.
Okay, that's it.
- Talk to you later
- Okay, bye.
What a fucking draft?
That loose hair looks good on you.
We have to call the repairmen.
Did your boyfriend give you permission?
I don't have a boyfriend anymore.
- And where was the gun?
- Locked in a metal box.
So they broke the window,
broke the box and took it.
When was the last time you saw it?
It's been a week, or so
They want to frame me
for Drobnjak's murder.
If they frame you for Drobnjak
Then they will do it for
Kovac's murder as well.
I can't understand what Hajrija,
Drobnjak, Kovac, Dragan and Sonja
have to do with each other.
How are they linked?
- I do not know what to do
- You won't do a thing!
You will do your job and
pretend everything is fine.
They blackmail you
They want you to let go the investigation.
The only thing we have is
that story about Hajrija,
if we find where she had an abortion
and what happened after that.
Yes, if she didn't have an
abortion in a private clinic,
and if she even came to Belgrade.
I know, but that's a start
Sorry, I just need to ask something
- Good afternoon.
- Can I help you?
I am coming on the occasion
of a demographic survey
financed by the pre-accession
funds of European Union
for the period during the 1992,
and I need data on abortions
that took place during that year
These data are confidential,
unknown persons cannot have access.
I'm not unknown, it's just that
I was told that you are knowledgeable
in this type of research,
that I can work with you, colleague, to
Who told you? I don't know
what you're talking about.
Please stay away, you're making a fuss.
And is there anyone else
I can talk to about this?
Yes, there is.
Okay man, there's really no need,
it's not my first time here
I know where the exit is,
I can see myself off
Okay, okay, fine
Good afternoon.
What's that?
I don't know. It was there.
What do you need?
I need data on abortions
performed back in 1992.
I can't do that.
But I really need them.
If I could, I would.
So, how's it going, anything new?
Oh well, nothing.
I couldn't even
get hold of the documentation
Fuck, I'm sorry.
I thought it was a really good idea.
Okay, I'll call you after the trial.
If anything happens, leave me a message.
He should have arrived already.
How did he seem to you
the last time you saw him?
Fucked up, as always.
It's really over my fucking head
He pissed me off and I left.
I didn't even say goodbye to him.
- Excuse me, please. I'm really sorry.
- Come on
We really need to start now.
Where the fuck is he?
What are we going to do?
We'll say that he's in the hospital.
That's why he couldn't come.
Come on.
Honorable president of the council, my
client Branko Novakovic was attacked,
and he is currently in the hospital,
which is why he was prevented
from attending the trial.
I would like to ask you to
postpone the main hearing until
He is able to be present.
All right.
Okay. But your client dropped the appeal.
How did he give up?
I do not understand.
Nicely.
Gave up.
You didn't know?
How could he drop the appeal on his own?
- He didn't tell you anything?
- No!
Look, he was sentenced to thirty
years by the first-instance verdict.
Even in that case, it is not legally
possible to withdraw the appeal.
And the moron, probably,
didn't even know that.
I thought we would be able
to overturn the verdict
But this did not leave a good impression.
The panel can ignore that letter,
but he practically sent them a message
that he accepts the sentence
that was handed down to him.
Maybe it would be best
if I gave it all up.
Fuck it.
He worries me.
He's so destructive.
I'm afraid of what he might do to himself.
We will do everything we can.
Thank you.
How are you?
Have you rest a little?
I didn't want to talk to you over the
phone, but I wasn't going to the cottage,
I was going to Bosnia.
There I found out that the woman
in the photo is Hajrija Zilkic,
married to Almir Zilkic.
During the war, she was raped,
back in 1992, became pregnant,
went to some woman to have an abortion,
but the fetus was already too large,
they couldn't do anything,
and Hajrija left for Belgrade.
- And what happened to the husband?
- He was killed then.
Now we're trying to find
where she had the abortion,
to somehow get to her,
or find out what happened to her,
or what she has to do
with all of this going on.
And how will you find out
where she had an abortion?
Bell has been running around the
maternity wards all day, to no avail.
And I think that
in the end I'll have to somehow
sort it out, I think.
Well, now I'm going to
announce you to Sneža,
that's my partner from the Narodni front
clinic; She works there as a nurse.
You want to say,
that I should go there immediately?
Great, great
Thank you.
I'm going to go there now, right away
I don't know,
we can order some food these days
when you're free, at my place
I still owe you that dinner
Well, why not?
We can do it tonight? I am free.
Yes, yes
Okay, we can tonight.
It's a deal. Great, great.
Nikola?
Nikola?
Yes, that's me
- Bojana described you well.
- Is she?
What do you need?
I need a data whether one woman
in 1992 has had an abortion here.
Yup. That would have to be
looked at in the archives
- Come tomorrow, I'm on duty alone.
- Okay, okay
Thank you.
Yes?
Do you have the money?
Yes.
See you tonight.
Okay.
Vesko, you can go home.
I want to be left alone tonight.
- Are you sure?
- Yes.
- Call me if you need something.
- I will
- When did you get that tattoo?
- Which one?
- How many do you have?
- Seven.
I ordered some food.
I can pass, it's fine.
Thank you.
- What have you ordered?
- Sushi.
Why?
- I don't like sushi.
- You don't like sushi?
What are we going to do?
Would you like a drink?
No, we want money.
Listen
I sold the furniture.
This is part of the money
For the rest that's missing, take the car.
It's in the garage.
Did I tell you that you owe me eighty
grand? Not this change and a car.
Technically speaking,
Radovan is the one who owes you.
Technically, Candy could bust your
mouth a little if you keep shitting.
Because of the fucking eighty thousand
euros? Do you know who I am?
Nobody and nothing.
I could be anything I want in life
What did I need this for?
You sissies
Listen; I will take car as interest.
If you have no money, sell the house.
I can't sell the house.
I can't do that.
It's the only thing I have.
- Do you need someone to guard you?
- I don't need anything from you.
You can kill me if you want,
I don't need anything.
Well, you're already dead.
- Hi!
- Hi.
Sorry, I was in the neighborhood
and I saw your car parked.
I wanted to talk to you about something.
I mean If you're in a rush,
some other time is fine, too.
No, no, come on in.
I couldn't discuss this
over the phone, so
- Hello.
- Hi.
Sorry for barging in like this.
No problems whatsoever. Tell me,
do you want something to drink?
- Water would be fine.
- Bojana, you?
- Water's fine.
- Water, okay.
Here you are.
I wanted to ask you to testify
at my disciplinary hearing.
Of course.
I wouldn't ask if I didn't need it.
But you know what a mess it is.
Don't worry, you can count on me.
And
Tell me, what?
I don't know if this means anything, but
I didn't even know they knew each other.
Bijeljina 1992
You're pretty when you're asleep.
Hello, where are you?
Can you send me the number of Mira Kovac?
Thank you.
Good afternoon. Bojana Novakovic
speaking, journalist from Investigator.
Would you like to do
an interview for our portal?
- Was there someone before me?
- You are the first. Cross my heart.
Ten to fifteen thousand abortions
on average are performed annualy.
- That's quite a number.
- Yes, it is.
So, you'll have a lot of work to do.
I'll let you know if someone appears
and you need to go.
Records were kept manually
until a few years ago
The year that you're looking
for should be
right here.
Okay, thank you.
Thank you, Vesko.
- I'm Bojana, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Shall we have a cocktail?
- Sure.
Is this going to be
one of those interviews
where I'm supposed to spit on Radovan?
No, it doesn't have to be.
It depends on what you want.
As if I knew what I wanted.
I haven't left the house for three days.
I have turned out to be
very stupid in this life.
All my life I was just some woman.
Well, yes.
And now I'm just some woman,
but that's literally how it is.
That's it. A woman.
You're so beautiful.
Don't, don't, don't screw yourself
up in life like I did with some jerk.
I mean, that's really stupid.
Although I have a daughter.
I also have a granddaughter!
Her name is Milena.
No, Mileeena.
Okay. Come on, ask what you want.
Did you know anything about his business?
Was there perhaps something
that was outside the law?
He didn't tell me anything. I didn't
really want to know anything either.
- And did he know Aleksa Drobnjak?
- This is also for the interview?
Yes, it is.
And why don't you turn on a recorder,
or something?
Well I thought we could
first talk a bit like this?
You wanna try it?
It's strong.
But its good
Do you want a cigarette?
The two were together on the battlefield.
And afterwards?
Did they see one other, hang out?
More or less. Rather less though
Radovan wanted to forget all that.
And you? Have you been
in touch with Drobnjak?
What do you mean, whether
I had an affair with him?
- No, I'm not interested in that.
- What you are interested in?
Do you think that something that
happened on the battlefield
might be linked with the murders?
Did he tell you anything
about Bijeljina, back in 1992?
Did he mention maybe some other
people who were there with them?
He didn't tell me anything.
- How's it going?
- Well Poorly.
Maybe she didn't have an abortion
in a state hospital, but in private.
Wait, maybe she didn't
even have an abortion.
Where are your birth records from 1992?
Here it is.
What's her name?
Her name is Hajrija Zilkic.
It's not here
Here she is.
Where?
Hajrija Zilkic.
She gave birth.
What does this number two
next to her name mean?
It means this wasn't her first-born,
but that she already had one child.
How could I find out what
happened to her and the baby?
I don't know, it was a long time ago.
Well, is there anyone in the hospital
who worked in 1992 and is still here?
Yes, there is. Dr Jakovljevic,
she is about to retire now.
I need to talk to her.
Why did you give up the appeal?
Did you know Aleksa Drobnjak
or Radovan Kovac?
Why do you ask me that now?
Well, you were in Bijeljina in 1992.
Have you heard about them?
I'm not going to talk about it.
I don't want a lawyer.
I don't want you to spend
your life in prison visits
And I don't want you to worry about me
And what should I do?
Pretend you're not there?
You are my little sister.
I need to take care of you, to help you
Branko, come on!
You have to live your life,
you have to find a husband,
you have to give birth to a child.
Instead of dealing with this shit.
Don't tell me what I should
do and what I shouldn't do.
I do what I want to do.
Are you going to tell me
what happened there?
No, hey. Hey!
Hey!
Ana: We have to meet!
Nikola: Okay.
I remember Hajrija Zilkic.
I was on duty that evening.
What happened to her?
When she was admitted, she was
already in a bad mental state.
She was in labor for hours.
When she finally gave birth, she did not
want to see the child at all.
She stopped moving,
she refused to take food
she turned into a plant.
In two days, they took her to Laza.
- What happened to the baby?
- I don't know
Either some relative took her,
or baby ended up in an orphanage.
And her first child?
We don't know anything
about her first child.
- Hi, Goca.
- Hi, darling.
- Sorry for burging in like this.
- Don't worry.
- Bye, honey.
- Bye.
Here you are.
Did you arrange with the committee
members to vote against Basta?
Yes, I did.
Goran, did you really arranged
it or did you sort of arranged it?
And then it turned out to be some crap?
Goca, I've taken care of it. I'm not
going to talk about it anymore.
give it back to me! Can't do it!
Give it back! Give it back!
We're deep in shit, man.
- What's with you two?
- Let it go! Let it go!
What did we agree on?
Sorry about this.
We have to go through
our people from the media again,
to find out some nasty things about
her, drag her through the tabloids
I don't know how you couldn't
work it out with her.
She fucked me up.
We'll pull through.
And what if we really screw up this time?
We always get away with it.
Look at the photos.
Some are from the investigation,
others from the expert opinion.
I haven't noticed at all that these
from the expertise are cleaner.
It is not the same label.
One China, the other Vietnam.
So someone changed the sneakers.
You freed the killer.
Aleksa would be alive
if you hadn't done that.
Or if I were a better prosecutor.
It's my fault he's dead.
Hey, Ana.
Come here, come.
It's not your fault.
I'll take care of everything,
do you hear me?
Do you hear?
I will handle everything.
Dragan?
Dragan!
Good evening, sorry.
- You're that lawyer from the newspaper?
- I am, yes.
Well, you look better in the newspaper.
- I need one piece of information.
- What do you need?
Is someone named Hajrija Zilkic
housed here?
I do not know.
Hajrija Zilkic, Hajrija Zilkic
The name rings a bell
Drop by tomorrow, will you?
No, I can't come tomorrow, please.
It is very important for me
to find out tonight.
Tonight?
Well, yes, tonight, because
she's a relative of one of my clients.
- Yes, she was with us until 2003.
- Yeah, and afterwards?
I don't know why that
name is so familiar to me.
So do you have someone to call, to check?
Well, I have a colleague, but you
know, that was many years ago,
now it's too late, and
It would mean a lot to me, really.
Thank you.
Hi, how are you? Yes, yes.
Well, listen
Do you remember who
Hajrija Zilkic is?
She was with us until 2003.
The name is terribly familiar to me.
Yes, yes. Okay okay.
And do you perhaps know where she is now?
Yup. Ok. It's a deal.
Thanks. Bye, bye.
She seems to be in Kovin now.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
have mercy on me, a sinner.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
have mercy on me, a sinner.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,
have mercy on me, a sinner.
Hi, love.
I will be there in ten minutes,
I couldn't make it earlier.
But when you see what I bought you!
Okay, sending you kisses
We received a tip that a gun's found
near the scene of Drobnjak's murder.
So did you submit it
for expert examination?
We did
- Who is it registered to?
- Nikola Bobic.
Good evening, sorry!
How can I help you?
- Is Hajrija Zilkic in this clinic?
- This is not the time for visits.
I know it's not time to visit,
I'm sorry to disturb you,
but your colleague from Laza Lazarevic
told me that she is here.
I am a lawyer.
My name is Nikola Bobic.
I am working on a case and
I need to know if she is with you.
I can't tell you that.
I'll pay whatever it takes.
She is there, but it is as if she's not.
You can't talk to her.
Once a year she has this ritual
that she performs and that's it.
However, that day has passed,
so you'll have to wait till next year.
What kind of ritual?
She cut off a strand of hair
and went into the yard.
I'm not sure what she's doing there:
she seems to be chanting.
Then she put the hair in a jar, put the
jar by the tree, no one touches it
I went to see it, it's really
just that jar with her hair.
Don't touch her and don't speak loudly.
She is in a very difficult condition.
She must not be exposed to stress.
Okay, okay
Hajrija!
Hajrija!
Do you know the people in the picture?
Did they rape you?
Do you know what happened
to your children?
Does the name Dragan Pažin
mean anything to you?
Hajrija, I need your help.
Are you done?
- Is someone coming to visit her?
- Why do you ask me that?
Has someone come to visit her?
Some guy comes with a girlfriend.
Sometimes another one comes.
- With girlfriend?
- Yes.
Wait.
Is that him?
Yes.
- Is that the one?
- It is.
Motherfucker! Motherfucker!
That other one, what does he look like?
I really do not know,
many people come and go.
- Good evening.
- Good evening.
- Excuse me, can we enter?
- Please, do come in.
- Thank you. Is Nikola Bobic here?
- No, he isn't.
Please, check it out.
- Do you know where he is?
- I do not know.
- Do you know where Nikola Bobic is?
- No.
When was the last time you heard from him?
Yesterday we were at the trial.
What is this about?
- Hey, Minja!
- Nikola, we have a problem
- I'm coming back to town.
- No, Nikola..
Listen to me! Listen to me,
I'm coming back to town.
Dragan is a murderer.
He killed both Drobnjak and Kovac.
They changed the sneakers in
the court deposit, I know everything.
Nikola! You are a suspect
in Drobnjak's murder.
The police broke into the office,
they're doing a search right now,
they have your gun,
they're looking for you.
I told them I have no idea
where you are, I don't have
I don't know what to do.
Nikola?
Are you there?
Based on the novel of Miodrag Majic
"The Children of Evil"
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