La Piovra (1984) s07e04 Episode Script
Season 7, Episode 4
In a city in Sicily a prisoner recently extradited from Germany, Rosario Granchio, seeks to reveal a terrible secret to Judge Silvia Conti.
But before he can talk he's killed.
Conti sets out to investigate.
It was in this same Sicilian city, years before, that I nspector Cattani had taken on the Octopus.
Meanwhile, Granchio's death and the war to control the city's rackets spark a feud.
Rosario Granchio's daughter kills the lover and, through a tragic error, also the son of NuZZo Marciano, the boss who murdered her father and her fiancé.
Isolated and desperate, Sara joins her brother Biagio's gang.
Their war against Marciano's clan appears suicidal but the Mafia boss is forced to hold fire by the old godfather Aragonese.
I n fact, Aragonese is running a massive operation laundering money into Russia along with Countess Olga Camastra, once romantically linked to Cattani.
But in Russia, Saverio Bronta, an Italian expatriate, has uncovered Aragonese's and Camastra's dealings and returns to Sicily, abandoning his wife Chiara.
He allies himself with NuZZo, an old friend, against his boss.
Meanwhile, Daniele Rannisi, who uses his private radio to expose the city's dark side, learns that his father, businessman and husband to Camastra, is allowing the boss Aragonese to hide at his mountain property.
After much soul-searching, Daniele talks to Conti and his father is arrested.
He has a heart attack and ends up in hospital.
Rannisi's arrest alarms the mysterious associates of Countess Camastra.
Corinto, a shady ex-politician who is representing them, forces the countess to have her husband killed.
Responsibility for Aldo Rannisi's death is pinned on Judge Conti's Zealous pursuit of him by Lucio Panarea, a popular TV personality linked to Camastra.
OCTOPUS 7 I nvestigation into the Death of I nspector Cattani Take this.
Judge Conti, it's I nspector Breda.
Have you found anything in Aragonese's hide-out? No, we didn't find anything up there, but we found a cave at the end of the ravine.
I nside it were human remains and weapons.
Very probably it's a Mafia burial ground.
Send everything you find to Forensic.
I want a list of the people involved in this deal.
The owners of the 50, 000 billion.
I'll never tell you.
These are the human remains found near Aragonese's hide-out.
They were three male persons.
They were killed by a gunshot to the back of the neck.
An execution? And the weapons? We've sent them for testing at the Anti-Mafia Unit.
When do you think they were killed? A few years ago.
I'd say 1988-89.
May I have a copy of the disk with the photos? Sure.
We're all dismayed at the tragic death of Aldo Rannisi.
- Any comment? - No interviews.
Rannisi had a heart attack following his son's accusation.
It's not for me or you to judge Daniele Rannisi.
He made a painful choice.
His act deserves our silence and respect.
Was it really necessary to arrest him? Rannisi died in hospital, not in jail.
And I intend to find out how.
Judge Conti is right, but only partly.
Rannisi's behaviour begs respect but not silence.
Isn't that so, Daniele? It's all here, down to the last penny.
Come on, cheer up! You should be happy.
With so little dough, you've bought peace of mind.
- You're fine, you can relax - Yes, of course.
Come on, laugh then.
There, that's better.
I'll be seeing you.
Hi, Biagio! How are you? You're looking well, in good shape.
Keep calm! - What are you going to do? - Nothing.
NuZZo wants to see you.
What's your fondest memory of your father? When I was a boy, we'd spend hours flying kites.
He made them.
Nowadays few fathers do that with their kids.
Was he a good father? Yes.
Yes, he was a good father.
What were you thinking when you reported him? At that moment Aldo Rannisi was no longer the man flying kites, he was a man protecting a Mafia boss.
But that man was still your father.
Yes, of course.
But there are other fathers, other families.
Many have been humiliated, blackmailed and even killed by the mafioso my father was hiding.
I convinced one of them, Altofonte, to talk on the radio.
And he was killed before my eyes.
There was no proof against your father.
I reported what I heard from his own mouth, that Aragonese was hiding on his land.
Something of what you've said doesn't sound right.
I know that between you and your father those days were long gone.
You left home very young.
And it's strange that your father confided such a delicate matter to you.
He didn't confide it to me.
I said I heard it.
How? While I was behind a door.
- You were eavesdropping? - Exactly.
But purely by chance.
You don't have to justify yourself.
You're a journalist, it's your job to eavesdrop.
I've been keeping my ears wide open, too.
Do you know what the families you defend are saying? That the tragedy has been very lucky for you.
I ndeed! You've lost a father but you've gained a huge fortune, your lawful inheritance.
Olga Camastra is saying that.
She thinks everyone's like her.
But I've never wanted a penny from my father.
You think you're a good son? I'll tell you this Sometimes, even if it's hard, one has to be a man, before being a son.
You haven't answered me.
Rannisi was a good father, you said so yourself.
Were you a good son? You know, Panarea I've asked myself that for days.
It's the question which has kept me awake at night.
The question I read in everyone's eyes, but which no one dares to ask.
Maybe I'm here today because I wanted someone like you to ask me that.
But do you know what? I don't have an answer.
Or you don't want to answer it.
I won't answer it either, but someone else can answer it, Daniele The people.
The same people that you've pointed your finger at.
You've judged us many times.
Now it's your turn.
- Barese? - I'm ready.
While we've been on air, we've done a telephone poll on a sample of 1000 people.
What was the question? The question was this "Was Daniele a good son?" These are the answers of the people we contacted.
839 answered no.
Whereas 123 answered yes.
While 38 abstained.
Any comment? Yes, I have.
I came here today because I felt it was time to let the people judge me.
Just as I judged my father and many others.
I accept it therefore but I don't agree.
I'm still convinced I've done the right thing.
I've paid a very high price.
But I'll have to bear it for the rest of my life.
Now, if I may, I'd like to ask you a question.
What kind of society is it where a son is forced to report his father? How can one live in such a society? That is what I would have asked those people.
But I don't think you'd understand.
That'll do for now.
Kicking this worm to death is too good for him.
Well? Where's your sister? I swear I don't know.
Carry on.
Why are you looking for me? Sit down.
- Do you live here alone? - Now I do.
Do you like it? - Why not? - It doesn't look like a home.
Who knows Maybe you're right.
When I was your age I would have done anything to live in a place like this.
Anything at all.
I thought that owning a mansion meant having everything.
But then I understood that we don't own these mansions It's these mansions that own us.
Many years ago it was the study of a prince.
Then it was bought by an English merchant and in the 1920s it passed to my husband's family.
And today it's mine.
Perhaps in ten years you'll be in my place.
I n ten years I'll be dead.
It's 50 million for now.
- What do you want for it? - Continue what you're doing.
You've made NuZZo cry But now I want war.
A real war! Yes? I accept your proposition.
We'll meet at 10 p.
M.
Tomorrow at the new warehouses.
I'll give you the list of the Croce del Sud partners.
Then you'll know the names of the owners of the 50,000 billion.
I loved your sister like a daughter.
I took care of all your family.
How have you repaid me? I didn't kill Nino! I don't know where Sara is.
I don't know All right, Biagio.
You don't know.
No, NuZZo, no I'm tired of you, Biagio.
Goodbye.
Wait! - Don't interfere in this.
- We can use him.
Aragonese is dead.
I can get my revenge now.
These people are animals, but don't worry, I'm here now.
I'll set you free, alive.
Your sister too.
But you must do us a big favour.
You must help us.
All right? When it gets dark, NuZZo and his men will come.
We'll be hiding inside.
It's an open space, where they can't take cover.
Wait till they get out of their cars and in five minutes it'll all be over.
When the job's done, the countess will give us more.
Biagio! - What happened? - Look at the state he's in.
Give me a hand.
Careful Sit him down.
- Who was it? - I don't know There were four of them.
- They took the money.
- Were they NuZZo's men? - No, outsiders.
- Sons of bitches! They were only after the money.
At this rate, NuZZo or the others will kill us one by one.
- We must put an end to it.
- What are you saying? I've made a deal with Countess Camastra.
We kill NuZZo and we can take his place.
I feel sick.
Lie down Easy now.
Ready? They're keeping us waiting.
Here they come.
Why did he stop? - I'll have a look.
- No, wait! - I'll take Sciacca and Nitto.
- Be careful.
It's a trap.
We've been betrayed! Walk! Leave us.
You too.
Everyone out.
You remember Nino, don't you? Just one look at his eyes would open your heart.
I've never loved anyone else.
Only him and his mother.
Killing you is not enough for me Yes? We can't find the list.
You must find it.
Keep looking.
We've had reports of shooting at the new warehouses.
We're on our way.
- Where's my sister? - Calm down, she's coming.
You promised she'd be alive.
She is alive.
Don't you worry.
What have you done to her? - Easy! - What have you done to her? Sara Go away! Go away! NuZZo, we must go.
The police are coming.
- What do we do with them? - Kill them both.
- Biagio - Whore! Stop! Police! Sara? What happened? Are you here, Sara? Sara is dead.
Saverio! You're all alone now.
Give me those names.
You'll regret what you've done.
My partners will destroy you.
No, they'll destroy you.
You've lost their money.
I'll make sure they know, unless you talk.
Those names I don't have them here.
I need time.
I thought you were an intelligent person but you're just stubborn.
Pity.
Goodbye for ever.
Sara You've paid too much already.
Spit out what's inside you.
Scream, cry Don't be like this.
I've nothing left inside me.
They're all dead.
And what am I good for? Only for killing a child.
I want to die.
Here It's the ring which Antonio gave you.
Remember what you said to me? That Antonio had given it to another Sara.
A Sara who no longer existed.
But I know she still exists, inside you.
Put it on.
See? It's made for you.
That Sara is you.
To start the interactive process If you help us, we'll keep you in a safe place and I promise you a reduced sentence.
You don't have to answer now.
Try to eat something and rest.
For now you'll be in the infirmary.
What does it matter? I killed the boy.
Take me to jail, I don't need help.
Okay, if that's what you want, you'll go to prison and NuZZo will keep on killing.
Do you want to carry out my revenge? I n prison they'll kill me.
And probably do me a favour.
I might have got it.
Look at this.
Here It's a more advanced graphic program than the one I used for Aragonese.
Archaeologists use it too.
There By inserting the morphological data of a person's skull, even if thousands of years old, you can get the actual face.
Look.
- With what accuracy? - From 60 to 70%.
With that percentage, you might get a face like mine.
Not enough to send someone to jail.
Look, that's the first of the three men.
For the morphology of each skull analysed, the program gives a limited number of alternatives.
I've tried to find the average of probabilities.
Meaning? This is a 70% likeness of one of the three.
This is the second one.
Both men were about 30 years old.
This is the third one.
Now we'll get a printout and check the archives for faces resembling these.
What is it? He had curly hair.
PetruZZo had curly hair.
- Do you know them? - The first is called Bannino.
This one on the screen is PetruZZo, and the other one was called Swordfish because of his pointy nose.
I don't know his real name.
When I was a girl, they'd often come to our home.
And stay after dinner to talk to my father.
Or play cards.
They were his friends along with NuZZo and Saverio.
Yes, it's them.
I haven't seen them since.
My God.
They were Saverio's friends.
Is that Saverio in the middle? And that's NuZZo.
Is there no news of Saverio? I'm sure he's here.
If he's here, we'll find him.
Aragonese wanted him dead and he can't harm him now.
- Are you sure you want to go? - Yes.
You no longer need me.
Here you have new friends, house You safe here.
You understand, I no speak Italian.
It's hard for me to say what's in my heart.
Thank you for all you've done for me.
I must go now.
Bus leaving.
Farewell, Oleg.
I'm so fond of you.
What did she say? She sad.
Alone now.
I know.
We've never been apart since she was 13.
But it's too risky with me.
Judge Conti found your dead friends.
She know them.
She ask Chiara about you.
Chiara knows nothing about me.
Soon she'll be back with us.
Hi! Sorry, I didn't hear you come in.
Has he gone? Lovely music.
Nonsense.
I was just practising - Please continue.
- If you wish.
Chiara, what's wrong? Does my music affect you that way? No, the music is lovely.
All the people I care for go away.
I know how you feel.
It happened to me too.
That's why I started playing music.
If I can't alter my thoughts, music does it for me.
Like if it rains and I want the sun It works in reverse too For instance, if I miss a distant friend And if I feel down, like you do now then I resort to something stronger.
- Well, Countess? - It's you.
Why the delay? The cargo should be at sea.
I know.
We had some problems with the ship's engine.
But don't worry, it's okay now.
I do worry and so do my associates.
The situation is under control.
Reassure them.
We entrusted 50,000 billion to you Don't forget.
The terms were clear.
You are personally responsible.
Why don't you let me kill that bitch? Camastra is no good to us dead.
I want to get to her bosses and force them to join us.
She's more afraid of them than us.
She'll never take us to them.
You can forget it.
Then I'll force them to meet with me.
I didn't come from Russia empty-handed.
Here I have the proof to entrap the countess.
You've got crafty, Saverio.
Bronta, Granchio and Marciano were all in the same gang.
Yes, under Aragonese's control.
Why did they kill them if they were in the same clan? What happened to the pyramids' architects? On completion, the Pharaoh would kill them so as not to reveal the secret.
They'd been told to do something very serious A killing Then they became witnesses to be eliminated.
- Is Chiara's husband involved? - Probably.
Yes, hello? What's that? Someone has entered our computer system.
- Shall I try to block it? - No, wait.
- Can you trace its origin? - I can try.
The keyboard is jammed.
Whoever it is, he's better than me.
He's stopped transmission.
All right, make a printout.
And have it translated.
I nspector Breda, please.
To the airport.
What do you want? I have a warrant for your arrest.
Countess Olga Camastra has been arrested for money-laundering operations to Russia.
It is alleged the currency was smuggled aboard the ship Croce del Sud.
The ship has been seiZed but no money was found.
The countess denies all charges and her lawyers have petitioned for her release.
You'll remember And you think that after this Camastra's bosses will want to talk to you? Only a bushfire will flush out the animals.
But now they'll scatter everywhere.
I'll find someone to round them up.
I'll go to the shepherd of this herd of wild beasts.
Good morning.
Professor Ramonte is expecting you.
Hello, Professor.
I don't understand, Vanya.
You're exposing the queen.
You see? Your arrival was preceded by many voices, sir and they were by no means flattering.
You used not to call me sir.
I've brought you the first book I read in your library.
I found it back there.
Come into the light.
I can't see you well.
Saverio It's you, isn't it? You'd forgotten me.
Last time I saw you, you were just a boy, now you're a man.
Checkmate! You were like him.
Vanya.
He can't read or write but at chess, he's a born genius.
I found him in a mountain village.
He was a miner, like all his family.
A wasted talent I'm giving him an education worthy of his intelligence.
You always had a great talent for finding gems in the mud.
That's the art of politics.
Don't you miss it? Miss it? Do you know what I do with little Vanya? I play over and over again the great games in the history of chess.
It's the same with the games that I played in my life.
There on those shelves are assembled 40 years of work and politics.
And when I re-open one of those diaries, I find all the confidential documents, secret protocols which only I have seen, entries of confidential meetings, whispered conversations of people wanting protection and favours, battles won and lost.
It's all there.
It's as if leafing through those pages yellowed by time I relived each single moment of my career.
Because you see, Saverio, I still have a great passion.
But all this belongs to the past.
I'm here to discuss the future.
There's no longer any future for me.
Italy has changed greatly.
It is alien to me now.
That's why I decided - To step aside.
- You were forced to.
Are you hinting at my judicial problems? They don't count.
They'd be of no consequence if I hadn't lost my political power.
I won most of the time but now I've lost.
Sometimes a defeat can turn into a victory.
The losers are made prisoners, the victors ask for reparations, but in the end, when the waters settle, the prisoners return home and talk of reparation is forgotten.
I think that day could be very near.
But some of your old associates, instead of fighting for your return, have behaved like common thieves.
You can't approve of such behaviour.
You're referring to the export of capital to Russia Yes, it did sadden me.
I gave the judiciary the proof to block your friends' plan.
But of course I withheld anything that could have led to the principals.
I didn't like them either, but I don't agree with what you did.
- What do you want? - What I am, I owe to you.
I want to repay you.
I want to help you return to Italy and give you back what was taken from you.
But I need your help.
Only you can convince them to listen to my proposition.
I Am I to put my prestige at your disposal? Why? - What guarantees can you give? - My silence.
One day I was asked to do a favour in exchange for a new life.
My life has changed, but not as they promised.
I had to flee to save my life.
For six years I was in hiding.
Seasons passed and I was left to think about what happened.
I almost lost my mind trying to understand.
But it was simple.
I only had to remember what you taught me.
To make sense of things, find out who gains by it.
And everything became clear.
I didn't do that favour for someone who'd asked, but for someone who only takes.
Like you who received that book without asking for it.
I did you that favour, Professor, and now is the time to remind you of it.
Tell me about your proposition.
I'll ask my friends to listen to you but choose your words well.
I'll ask my friends to listen to you but choose your words well.
I f you're not convincing you'll be blown away You'll be blown away You'll be blown away I f you're not convincing You'll be blown away Away - I t's not going away.
- Calm down.
I'm here.
I t wasn't meant to be like this.
- A chance - Drink it.
- I must go away.
- You'll get better.
The appointment is for tomorrow afternoon.
Welcome to the old building of the Thule Academy.
Dr Corinto chairs the company whose members you wanted to meet.
I heard of him in St Petersburg.
My associates have agreed to meet you at Prof.
Ramonte's bidding.
I hope you'll be very convincing.
This way.
Of course you'll understand that our friends prefer not to meet you in person.
A teleconference seemed the most fitting solution.
Obviously, we'll use certain devices to make the conference more secure.
The link is ready.
They're listening.
Good morning, gentlemen.
I don't need to see you, because I know you.
I'm honoured to meet the worst Italy has produced in business, politics, finance and crime.
I feel at home here with you, and I thank you.
Saverio Bronta, you're impudent! We have nothing to do with you.
How dare you attack us! Give back what you stole.
Am I a thief if I steal from thieves? I told you it was useless.
For me, the meeting is over.
You'll listen because it's in your interest.
Your money is safe in my hands.
I will return it but on my conditions.
Your financial network in Russia has collapsed.
Even if I returned the money tomorrow you wouldn't know what to do.
It's waste paper, material evidence.
You reported our operation to the police.
Sure! I did it to stop your foolish flight.
I suggest we use the 50,000 billion to regain lost ground.
How would you go about that? Commencing with Sicily.
I believe the way to power is still through that land.
Those who control Sicily also control the State.
Sicily will be our springboard towards the country.
That's ridiculous! What should we do? Go back to Italy? No one wants to see your abject faces.
I've thought of another use for your money.
I n Sicily today there's a new reality.
It's the time of honest people.
Entrepreneurs, journalists state officials, administrators who struggle hard because they think they can create a clean society.
Who are these champions of honesty? Your enemies.
The ones who forced you to flee.
I intend to use your billions to support them covertly, and to fund their deals through front companies.
- What are you saying? - That's ludicrous! - I'm leaving.
- It's an insult! We must help these "clean" people.
Honest people whom people respect.
Then we'll give them the bill.
We'll tell them that we made them and we can destroy them the same way.
What do you think they'll do then? Maybe they'll be scandalised, indignant, they'll scream.
What then? Will they give up their enterprises? Resign from their positions? No, because they'll be infected by the same poison as you a poison which means authority, power, money! You're underestimating our enemies.
They've turned honesty into a religion, a creed.
They'll never make deals with us.
Corinto, have you forgotten how we met? You were under 30, and honest.
Full of fire and many great ideals.
Completely above reproach.
Then I taught you the art of being flexible.
And you learnt fast Those were other times, other men.
Things have gone too far.
I know the hearts of men very well.
They always beat for the winner.
And I can assure you we'll get our revenge.
Saverio will use our money and the Camastra Group as a Trojan horse for our return to Sicily, and we will help him with all the strength of our association.
If the professor assures us, that will suffice.
But be careful, Bronta.
If you fail You'll be done for.
What price do we have to pay this benefactor? Bronta, what do you want in exchange? I want very little.
I'll guide the association in this.
I want your place.
Salus nostra extrema Thule This medallion was coined 200 years ago in Naples when our association was born, the Thule Academy.
The French were entering the city and some freemen chose to unite to defend the traditional values of our people.
But they had to accept exile in Sicily while awaiting the moment of their great return.
That's why they chose outermost Thule as their symbol, the island said to be at the end of the earth where one day a new world would be born.
A world which only the chosen could enter after opening the ark of wisdom and drinking from the chalice of enlightenment.
So the legend says.
Even the Praetorians usurping the throne loved to invent noble origins to cover their dirty deeds.
With this medallion, you and your family will receive help from the associates at any time and place.
I hope you're aware of the trust placed in you and the obligations you're entering into.
Of these obligations I'll respect the secret of your biggest sin, that old story which ties us all to Camastra.
Helping the countess will be my joining fee for the association.
Countess.
When will you get me out of here? How much longer must I wait? I expect the matter will be resolved soon.
If our friends are thinking of abandoning No one is thinking of abandoning you.
Once before, I was inside And your friends didn't abandon you.
It was so painful leaving you without a word.
I had to resolve the problem which destroyed our life.
I'm succeeding, Chiara.
It's our big chance! We won't have to run any more.
We won't have to be afraid.
I'm winning! Your Saverio is winning! What victory are you talking about? For six years we fled like hunted animals.
Then you disappear, making up a story.
Enough, Saverio! I want to know.
Why are Rosario and the others dead? What did you do? I made a mistake years ago and they made me pay dearly for it.
Now they owe me.
I thought they had harmed you but it was you who did wrong! Even the judge thinks you did some awful deed.
I'm your husband.
Do you believe me or the judge? I'd like to believe you with all my heart.
Do it, then! What does the past matter? Things change.
We must stick together.
We must trust each other.
I can't do without you.
I'm asking for the last time.
We must stay apart a little longer.
And it hurts.
It hurts a lot knowing you're with those people.
If something happened to me or to you I've made powerful friends.
Take this to Filosi, the lawyer.
He'll help you.
- What will happen to you? - Nothing I only need a few weeks then they can't hurt us.
But don't tell anyone you've seen me.
And above all, don't mention this.
Those people would think I had betrayed them.
I'd be dead.
Saverio I'll listen to you one last time.
The financial set-up in Russia is too sophisticated to service only 50 billion.
- There were other shipments? - It's quite probable.
Maybe it was only a dry run.
Behind Camastra there's a powerful organisation.
Obviously someone wanted to stop them.
Who sent us those Russian files? I have an idea, but I hope I'm wrong.
Chiara's husband, Saverio Bronta? Whoever did it is playing with fire.
Camastra knows a lot We can commence.
We summoned the accused, Mrs Olga Camastra Rannisi, who's here with her lawyer, Dr Filosi.
- Just a minute, please.
- What's this? An objection.
Considering your personal involvement the defence asks for another judge.
What personal involvement? I'm astonished you hadn't thought of it.
Both of you were sentimentally tied to the same man, I nspector Cattani.
Can a woman judge judge her rival in love? Judge? When I'm jealous I see red.
I'd kill her instead of judging her.
Can we blame that lady? The Conti-Camastra case is making waves in the city.
Today we await the decision of Chief Judge Orione in the matter.
I'm sorry, but I'm forced to take over the investigation.
- But - Please let me finish.
I strongly dislike doing it, but I can't do otherwise.
I don't want the office put under the spotlight of scandal sheets and the like.
And I think you'd agree with me, wouldn't you? - Where's Silvia? - Sitting on the rocks.
- I've been looking for you.
- I needed to be alone.
These just arrived.
From the central archives in Rome.
The weapons we found with the three bodies are the same which killed Cattani.
It's Granchio's gang which was hired to kill Cattani.
Witnesses said there were six.
NuZZo, paid by Camastra, led the attack then took care of the accomplices.
He killed them or forced them to flee.
Yes, like Saverio.
Who went to Russia.
He comes back and we receive a tip implicating Camastra.
Everything leads to her.
Just when you're off the case.
I can't investigate Olga but there's someone who can.
- Is Daniele Rannisi here? - I n the poolroom.
But he's having a bad day.
I must speak to you.
Speak.
I need a hand.
I need to see the budget of the Camastra-Rannisi Group.
I can't do it because I've been taken off the case.
They won't even let me into the offices.
Daniele, you're the lawful heir of the major shareholder.
And what should I do? Put on a jacket and tie and attend board meetings? That's exactly what you should do.
I'm sorry.
I can't help you this time.
I did all I could and now I just want to forget.
Forget Olga, this business, this city Is that clear? Your father too? His efforts will have been in vain.
Leave me alone, please! Please I didn't want you to hear it.
It's not finished.
Sorry, I couldn't sleep so I came here.
I saw Chiara written, so It's the first song I've written for a woman.
Through music I can better say what I have inside.
Even what I'd never be able to say.
I don't know, Stefano, it's all so difficult.
I'm not ready for this Chiara, I want you to know one thing I'm here, Chiara.
Any way you want me, I'm here.
Sorry I'm late.
- Welcome, Dr Rannisi.
- I'm not a doctor.
I'm Quartullo, sales director.
We spoke on the phone.
This is Mr RenZoni, in charge of accounts.
- How do you do? - Please Here are all the accounts, complete to 1993.
The last few months are missing, but you'll have them soon.
This is the expenditure General items, amortisations, wages, interest.
This is income.
I don't know if you understand.
We've done a summary table.
Fine, and the rest? The rest? It's all there I ncome, expenditure Wake up, RenZoni! The black accounts.
What manager are you if you don't bring that? Forgive me, Dr Rannisi I mean, Mr Rannisi, but your position in the group is not yet clear.
Okay, then I'll clarify it right away.
I am the owner.
A special board meeting will confirm it.
And the countess? The agenda at the meeting will be "Election of a new board, "due to suspicions of criminal activity "concerning Olga Camastra.
" Now then, we'll resume our meeting in one hour.
But I want the real accounts.
And do me a summary table, I like that.
See you later, gentlemen.
Hell! - Who is it? - Silvia, it's Daniele.
You said you didn't want to I know I refused, but I've changed my mind.
It happens quite often.
You've decided to help me? I have the disks of the secret accounts.
Can you come? - I'll be right there.
- See you soon.
It appears Camastra resumed her activity in winter 1989.
Before that there was a huge hole a deficit of at least 60 billion.
And then four banks give Camastra credit of 100 billion.
Can you see if she repaid it? Yes.
After less than four months and at very high interest.
Where is all that money coming from? What do you say? I also found something else.
I'll show you.
It was my mother's secret place.
Then Olga took it over.
I nside it I found these.
Stefano, look It looks like a list of names in code.
I'll copy it onto a disk then try to decode it.
Silvia What's wrong, are you ill? I D, please.
And yours? Go through.
I persuaded him because he's Livoti's friend.
We can only stay an hour.
- Aren't you calling the chief? - Stay here if you wish.
What's going on? You can't interrogate me.
It's not your case.
Your lawyer said I was personally involved, so be it! - At 3 a.
M.
? - Yes, at 3 a.
M.
Years ago you were broke.
You'd just come out of jail.
Your estate gone, your reputation ruined.
Then suddenly, in March '89, you obtained bank loans at low interest.
So you could rescue businesses on the verge of bankruptcy.
- I married a rich man.
- Rannisi was penniless.
You used his name as a front.
- I'm going back to my cell.
- Who gave you that money? No one.
I refuse to answer.
That same month, in March '89, a group of Mafia killers is massacred.
One of them, Granchio, escapes.
But as soon as he sets foot in Sicily, he's killed too.
Their leader, NuZZo Marciano, starts working for you.
And for years, you've kept Granchio's family.
- To buy their silence? - You're mad, obsessed! - I'll have you expelled - Shut up! On 20 March 1989, those men went to Milan.
They had enough arms for a massacre, but they were after one man! It was six against one.
They didn't want to miss.
- The boss wanted to be sure.
- I won't listen any more.
- And so - Enough! Go away! At 7.
22 in the morning they killed Corrado Cattani.
Why have you kept it? As a trophy? I loved Corrado.
And yet you had him killed? They made me do many things I didn't want to do.
But I loved him very much.
Even when he deceived me.
When he was with me for his investigation, to get information from me.
And do you know what? I understood that he was only using me but I didn't say anything.
Even when he sent me to jail, I loved him.
That's why they chose me to kill him.
So if I were found out I would say I did it out of jealousy.
What did they promise you? They got me out of jail.
Certain favours have to be repaid, otherwise they would have killed me.
I've never been able to do anything in life other than survive.
Who asked to have him killed? No one.
I told you I did it out of jealousy.
Because he came to Milan with you.
No one asked me to do it.
Espinosa? Baron Linori? Or one of these names here? Some names are unmentionable.
I hate them as much as you do, but I have to survive.
Saverio Bronta was one of the hit-men.
He reported you.
Why is he back in Sicily? Be satisfied.
You've got what you wanted The murderer.
You'll change your mind in court.
No.
I n court I'll say it was jealousy.
You could have refused, or gone abroad, and saved Corrado.
Someone else would have done it.
He had to die.
He had hit upon crucial interests.
He had reached the core of dealings between the Mafia, business and politics.
He got himself killed for uncovering a truth everyone knows, even children.
What a pointless death! Tell me how they got you out of jail.
They got to the judge.
Who was the judge? Your chief judge.
Orione.
I was in the police school canteen.
Suddenly there was silence.
Someone whispered that Cattani had been killed.
No one could eat any more.
I thought maybe it was better to resign.
I was afraid Corrado might end up like that.
If he'd been killed by a common criminal maybe I could accept that.
But his death was decided by someone behind an army of agents, sure that no one would touch him.
I want him before a court, judged in public so the truth can be known.
At least Corrado's death won't have been in vain.
Hello.
It's me.
The countess has started to talk.
Peter Templeton
But before he can talk he's killed.
Conti sets out to investigate.
It was in this same Sicilian city, years before, that I nspector Cattani had taken on the Octopus.
Meanwhile, Granchio's death and the war to control the city's rackets spark a feud.
Rosario Granchio's daughter kills the lover and, through a tragic error, also the son of NuZZo Marciano, the boss who murdered her father and her fiancé.
Isolated and desperate, Sara joins her brother Biagio's gang.
Their war against Marciano's clan appears suicidal but the Mafia boss is forced to hold fire by the old godfather Aragonese.
I n fact, Aragonese is running a massive operation laundering money into Russia along with Countess Olga Camastra, once romantically linked to Cattani.
But in Russia, Saverio Bronta, an Italian expatriate, has uncovered Aragonese's and Camastra's dealings and returns to Sicily, abandoning his wife Chiara.
He allies himself with NuZZo, an old friend, against his boss.
Meanwhile, Daniele Rannisi, who uses his private radio to expose the city's dark side, learns that his father, businessman and husband to Camastra, is allowing the boss Aragonese to hide at his mountain property.
After much soul-searching, Daniele talks to Conti and his father is arrested.
He has a heart attack and ends up in hospital.
Rannisi's arrest alarms the mysterious associates of Countess Camastra.
Corinto, a shady ex-politician who is representing them, forces the countess to have her husband killed.
Responsibility for Aldo Rannisi's death is pinned on Judge Conti's Zealous pursuit of him by Lucio Panarea, a popular TV personality linked to Camastra.
OCTOPUS 7 I nvestigation into the Death of I nspector Cattani Take this.
Judge Conti, it's I nspector Breda.
Have you found anything in Aragonese's hide-out? No, we didn't find anything up there, but we found a cave at the end of the ravine.
I nside it were human remains and weapons.
Very probably it's a Mafia burial ground.
Send everything you find to Forensic.
I want a list of the people involved in this deal.
The owners of the 50, 000 billion.
I'll never tell you.
These are the human remains found near Aragonese's hide-out.
They were three male persons.
They were killed by a gunshot to the back of the neck.
An execution? And the weapons? We've sent them for testing at the Anti-Mafia Unit.
When do you think they were killed? A few years ago.
I'd say 1988-89.
May I have a copy of the disk with the photos? Sure.
We're all dismayed at the tragic death of Aldo Rannisi.
- Any comment? - No interviews.
Rannisi had a heart attack following his son's accusation.
It's not for me or you to judge Daniele Rannisi.
He made a painful choice.
His act deserves our silence and respect.
Was it really necessary to arrest him? Rannisi died in hospital, not in jail.
And I intend to find out how.
Judge Conti is right, but only partly.
Rannisi's behaviour begs respect but not silence.
Isn't that so, Daniele? It's all here, down to the last penny.
Come on, cheer up! You should be happy.
With so little dough, you've bought peace of mind.
- You're fine, you can relax - Yes, of course.
Come on, laugh then.
There, that's better.
I'll be seeing you.
Hi, Biagio! How are you? You're looking well, in good shape.
Keep calm! - What are you going to do? - Nothing.
NuZZo wants to see you.
What's your fondest memory of your father? When I was a boy, we'd spend hours flying kites.
He made them.
Nowadays few fathers do that with their kids.
Was he a good father? Yes.
Yes, he was a good father.
What were you thinking when you reported him? At that moment Aldo Rannisi was no longer the man flying kites, he was a man protecting a Mafia boss.
But that man was still your father.
Yes, of course.
But there are other fathers, other families.
Many have been humiliated, blackmailed and even killed by the mafioso my father was hiding.
I convinced one of them, Altofonte, to talk on the radio.
And he was killed before my eyes.
There was no proof against your father.
I reported what I heard from his own mouth, that Aragonese was hiding on his land.
Something of what you've said doesn't sound right.
I know that between you and your father those days were long gone.
You left home very young.
And it's strange that your father confided such a delicate matter to you.
He didn't confide it to me.
I said I heard it.
How? While I was behind a door.
- You were eavesdropping? - Exactly.
But purely by chance.
You don't have to justify yourself.
You're a journalist, it's your job to eavesdrop.
I've been keeping my ears wide open, too.
Do you know what the families you defend are saying? That the tragedy has been very lucky for you.
I ndeed! You've lost a father but you've gained a huge fortune, your lawful inheritance.
Olga Camastra is saying that.
She thinks everyone's like her.
But I've never wanted a penny from my father.
You think you're a good son? I'll tell you this Sometimes, even if it's hard, one has to be a man, before being a son.
You haven't answered me.
Rannisi was a good father, you said so yourself.
Were you a good son? You know, Panarea I've asked myself that for days.
It's the question which has kept me awake at night.
The question I read in everyone's eyes, but which no one dares to ask.
Maybe I'm here today because I wanted someone like you to ask me that.
But do you know what? I don't have an answer.
Or you don't want to answer it.
I won't answer it either, but someone else can answer it, Daniele The people.
The same people that you've pointed your finger at.
You've judged us many times.
Now it's your turn.
- Barese? - I'm ready.
While we've been on air, we've done a telephone poll on a sample of 1000 people.
What was the question? The question was this "Was Daniele a good son?" These are the answers of the people we contacted.
839 answered no.
Whereas 123 answered yes.
While 38 abstained.
Any comment? Yes, I have.
I came here today because I felt it was time to let the people judge me.
Just as I judged my father and many others.
I accept it therefore but I don't agree.
I'm still convinced I've done the right thing.
I've paid a very high price.
But I'll have to bear it for the rest of my life.
Now, if I may, I'd like to ask you a question.
What kind of society is it where a son is forced to report his father? How can one live in such a society? That is what I would have asked those people.
But I don't think you'd understand.
That'll do for now.
Kicking this worm to death is too good for him.
Well? Where's your sister? I swear I don't know.
Carry on.
Why are you looking for me? Sit down.
- Do you live here alone? - Now I do.
Do you like it? - Why not? - It doesn't look like a home.
Who knows Maybe you're right.
When I was your age I would have done anything to live in a place like this.
Anything at all.
I thought that owning a mansion meant having everything.
But then I understood that we don't own these mansions It's these mansions that own us.
Many years ago it was the study of a prince.
Then it was bought by an English merchant and in the 1920s it passed to my husband's family.
And today it's mine.
Perhaps in ten years you'll be in my place.
I n ten years I'll be dead.
It's 50 million for now.
- What do you want for it? - Continue what you're doing.
You've made NuZZo cry But now I want war.
A real war! Yes? I accept your proposition.
We'll meet at 10 p.
M.
Tomorrow at the new warehouses.
I'll give you the list of the Croce del Sud partners.
Then you'll know the names of the owners of the 50,000 billion.
I loved your sister like a daughter.
I took care of all your family.
How have you repaid me? I didn't kill Nino! I don't know where Sara is.
I don't know All right, Biagio.
You don't know.
No, NuZZo, no I'm tired of you, Biagio.
Goodbye.
Wait! - Don't interfere in this.
- We can use him.
Aragonese is dead.
I can get my revenge now.
These people are animals, but don't worry, I'm here now.
I'll set you free, alive.
Your sister too.
But you must do us a big favour.
You must help us.
All right? When it gets dark, NuZZo and his men will come.
We'll be hiding inside.
It's an open space, where they can't take cover.
Wait till they get out of their cars and in five minutes it'll all be over.
When the job's done, the countess will give us more.
Biagio! - What happened? - Look at the state he's in.
Give me a hand.
Careful Sit him down.
- Who was it? - I don't know There were four of them.
- They took the money.
- Were they NuZZo's men? - No, outsiders.
- Sons of bitches! They were only after the money.
At this rate, NuZZo or the others will kill us one by one.
- We must put an end to it.
- What are you saying? I've made a deal with Countess Camastra.
We kill NuZZo and we can take his place.
I feel sick.
Lie down Easy now.
Ready? They're keeping us waiting.
Here they come.
Why did he stop? - I'll have a look.
- No, wait! - I'll take Sciacca and Nitto.
- Be careful.
It's a trap.
We've been betrayed! Walk! Leave us.
You too.
Everyone out.
You remember Nino, don't you? Just one look at his eyes would open your heart.
I've never loved anyone else.
Only him and his mother.
Killing you is not enough for me Yes? We can't find the list.
You must find it.
Keep looking.
We've had reports of shooting at the new warehouses.
We're on our way.
- Where's my sister? - Calm down, she's coming.
You promised she'd be alive.
She is alive.
Don't you worry.
What have you done to her? - Easy! - What have you done to her? Sara Go away! Go away! NuZZo, we must go.
The police are coming.
- What do we do with them? - Kill them both.
- Biagio - Whore! Stop! Police! Sara? What happened? Are you here, Sara? Sara is dead.
Saverio! You're all alone now.
Give me those names.
You'll regret what you've done.
My partners will destroy you.
No, they'll destroy you.
You've lost their money.
I'll make sure they know, unless you talk.
Those names I don't have them here.
I need time.
I thought you were an intelligent person but you're just stubborn.
Pity.
Goodbye for ever.
Sara You've paid too much already.
Spit out what's inside you.
Scream, cry Don't be like this.
I've nothing left inside me.
They're all dead.
And what am I good for? Only for killing a child.
I want to die.
Here It's the ring which Antonio gave you.
Remember what you said to me? That Antonio had given it to another Sara.
A Sara who no longer existed.
But I know she still exists, inside you.
Put it on.
See? It's made for you.
That Sara is you.
To start the interactive process If you help us, we'll keep you in a safe place and I promise you a reduced sentence.
You don't have to answer now.
Try to eat something and rest.
For now you'll be in the infirmary.
What does it matter? I killed the boy.
Take me to jail, I don't need help.
Okay, if that's what you want, you'll go to prison and NuZZo will keep on killing.
Do you want to carry out my revenge? I n prison they'll kill me.
And probably do me a favour.
I might have got it.
Look at this.
Here It's a more advanced graphic program than the one I used for Aragonese.
Archaeologists use it too.
There By inserting the morphological data of a person's skull, even if thousands of years old, you can get the actual face.
Look.
- With what accuracy? - From 60 to 70%.
With that percentage, you might get a face like mine.
Not enough to send someone to jail.
Look, that's the first of the three men.
For the morphology of each skull analysed, the program gives a limited number of alternatives.
I've tried to find the average of probabilities.
Meaning? This is a 70% likeness of one of the three.
This is the second one.
Both men were about 30 years old.
This is the third one.
Now we'll get a printout and check the archives for faces resembling these.
What is it? He had curly hair.
PetruZZo had curly hair.
- Do you know them? - The first is called Bannino.
This one on the screen is PetruZZo, and the other one was called Swordfish because of his pointy nose.
I don't know his real name.
When I was a girl, they'd often come to our home.
And stay after dinner to talk to my father.
Or play cards.
They were his friends along with NuZZo and Saverio.
Yes, it's them.
I haven't seen them since.
My God.
They were Saverio's friends.
Is that Saverio in the middle? And that's NuZZo.
Is there no news of Saverio? I'm sure he's here.
If he's here, we'll find him.
Aragonese wanted him dead and he can't harm him now.
- Are you sure you want to go? - Yes.
You no longer need me.
Here you have new friends, house You safe here.
You understand, I no speak Italian.
It's hard for me to say what's in my heart.
Thank you for all you've done for me.
I must go now.
Bus leaving.
Farewell, Oleg.
I'm so fond of you.
What did she say? She sad.
Alone now.
I know.
We've never been apart since she was 13.
But it's too risky with me.
Judge Conti found your dead friends.
She know them.
She ask Chiara about you.
Chiara knows nothing about me.
Soon she'll be back with us.
Hi! Sorry, I didn't hear you come in.
Has he gone? Lovely music.
Nonsense.
I was just practising - Please continue.
- If you wish.
Chiara, what's wrong? Does my music affect you that way? No, the music is lovely.
All the people I care for go away.
I know how you feel.
It happened to me too.
That's why I started playing music.
If I can't alter my thoughts, music does it for me.
Like if it rains and I want the sun It works in reverse too For instance, if I miss a distant friend And if I feel down, like you do now then I resort to something stronger.
- Well, Countess? - It's you.
Why the delay? The cargo should be at sea.
I know.
We had some problems with the ship's engine.
But don't worry, it's okay now.
I do worry and so do my associates.
The situation is under control.
Reassure them.
We entrusted 50,000 billion to you Don't forget.
The terms were clear.
You are personally responsible.
Why don't you let me kill that bitch? Camastra is no good to us dead.
I want to get to her bosses and force them to join us.
She's more afraid of them than us.
She'll never take us to them.
You can forget it.
Then I'll force them to meet with me.
I didn't come from Russia empty-handed.
Here I have the proof to entrap the countess.
You've got crafty, Saverio.
Bronta, Granchio and Marciano were all in the same gang.
Yes, under Aragonese's control.
Why did they kill them if they were in the same clan? What happened to the pyramids' architects? On completion, the Pharaoh would kill them so as not to reveal the secret.
They'd been told to do something very serious A killing Then they became witnesses to be eliminated.
- Is Chiara's husband involved? - Probably.
Yes, hello? What's that? Someone has entered our computer system.
- Shall I try to block it? - No, wait.
- Can you trace its origin? - I can try.
The keyboard is jammed.
Whoever it is, he's better than me.
He's stopped transmission.
All right, make a printout.
And have it translated.
I nspector Breda, please.
To the airport.
What do you want? I have a warrant for your arrest.
Countess Olga Camastra has been arrested for money-laundering operations to Russia.
It is alleged the currency was smuggled aboard the ship Croce del Sud.
The ship has been seiZed but no money was found.
The countess denies all charges and her lawyers have petitioned for her release.
You'll remember And you think that after this Camastra's bosses will want to talk to you? Only a bushfire will flush out the animals.
But now they'll scatter everywhere.
I'll find someone to round them up.
I'll go to the shepherd of this herd of wild beasts.
Good morning.
Professor Ramonte is expecting you.
Hello, Professor.
I don't understand, Vanya.
You're exposing the queen.
You see? Your arrival was preceded by many voices, sir and they were by no means flattering.
You used not to call me sir.
I've brought you the first book I read in your library.
I found it back there.
Come into the light.
I can't see you well.
Saverio It's you, isn't it? You'd forgotten me.
Last time I saw you, you were just a boy, now you're a man.
Checkmate! You were like him.
Vanya.
He can't read or write but at chess, he's a born genius.
I found him in a mountain village.
He was a miner, like all his family.
A wasted talent I'm giving him an education worthy of his intelligence.
You always had a great talent for finding gems in the mud.
That's the art of politics.
Don't you miss it? Miss it? Do you know what I do with little Vanya? I play over and over again the great games in the history of chess.
It's the same with the games that I played in my life.
There on those shelves are assembled 40 years of work and politics.
And when I re-open one of those diaries, I find all the confidential documents, secret protocols which only I have seen, entries of confidential meetings, whispered conversations of people wanting protection and favours, battles won and lost.
It's all there.
It's as if leafing through those pages yellowed by time I relived each single moment of my career.
Because you see, Saverio, I still have a great passion.
But all this belongs to the past.
I'm here to discuss the future.
There's no longer any future for me.
Italy has changed greatly.
It is alien to me now.
That's why I decided - To step aside.
- You were forced to.
Are you hinting at my judicial problems? They don't count.
They'd be of no consequence if I hadn't lost my political power.
I won most of the time but now I've lost.
Sometimes a defeat can turn into a victory.
The losers are made prisoners, the victors ask for reparations, but in the end, when the waters settle, the prisoners return home and talk of reparation is forgotten.
I think that day could be very near.
But some of your old associates, instead of fighting for your return, have behaved like common thieves.
You can't approve of such behaviour.
You're referring to the export of capital to Russia Yes, it did sadden me.
I gave the judiciary the proof to block your friends' plan.
But of course I withheld anything that could have led to the principals.
I didn't like them either, but I don't agree with what you did.
- What do you want? - What I am, I owe to you.
I want to repay you.
I want to help you return to Italy and give you back what was taken from you.
But I need your help.
Only you can convince them to listen to my proposition.
I Am I to put my prestige at your disposal? Why? - What guarantees can you give? - My silence.
One day I was asked to do a favour in exchange for a new life.
My life has changed, but not as they promised.
I had to flee to save my life.
For six years I was in hiding.
Seasons passed and I was left to think about what happened.
I almost lost my mind trying to understand.
But it was simple.
I only had to remember what you taught me.
To make sense of things, find out who gains by it.
And everything became clear.
I didn't do that favour for someone who'd asked, but for someone who only takes.
Like you who received that book without asking for it.
I did you that favour, Professor, and now is the time to remind you of it.
Tell me about your proposition.
I'll ask my friends to listen to you but choose your words well.
I'll ask my friends to listen to you but choose your words well.
I f you're not convincing you'll be blown away You'll be blown away You'll be blown away I f you're not convincing You'll be blown away Away - I t's not going away.
- Calm down.
I'm here.
I t wasn't meant to be like this.
- A chance - Drink it.
- I must go away.
- You'll get better.
The appointment is for tomorrow afternoon.
Welcome to the old building of the Thule Academy.
Dr Corinto chairs the company whose members you wanted to meet.
I heard of him in St Petersburg.
My associates have agreed to meet you at Prof.
Ramonte's bidding.
I hope you'll be very convincing.
This way.
Of course you'll understand that our friends prefer not to meet you in person.
A teleconference seemed the most fitting solution.
Obviously, we'll use certain devices to make the conference more secure.
The link is ready.
They're listening.
Good morning, gentlemen.
I don't need to see you, because I know you.
I'm honoured to meet the worst Italy has produced in business, politics, finance and crime.
I feel at home here with you, and I thank you.
Saverio Bronta, you're impudent! We have nothing to do with you.
How dare you attack us! Give back what you stole.
Am I a thief if I steal from thieves? I told you it was useless.
For me, the meeting is over.
You'll listen because it's in your interest.
Your money is safe in my hands.
I will return it but on my conditions.
Your financial network in Russia has collapsed.
Even if I returned the money tomorrow you wouldn't know what to do.
It's waste paper, material evidence.
You reported our operation to the police.
Sure! I did it to stop your foolish flight.
I suggest we use the 50,000 billion to regain lost ground.
How would you go about that? Commencing with Sicily.
I believe the way to power is still through that land.
Those who control Sicily also control the State.
Sicily will be our springboard towards the country.
That's ridiculous! What should we do? Go back to Italy? No one wants to see your abject faces.
I've thought of another use for your money.
I n Sicily today there's a new reality.
It's the time of honest people.
Entrepreneurs, journalists state officials, administrators who struggle hard because they think they can create a clean society.
Who are these champions of honesty? Your enemies.
The ones who forced you to flee.
I intend to use your billions to support them covertly, and to fund their deals through front companies.
- What are you saying? - That's ludicrous! - I'm leaving.
- It's an insult! We must help these "clean" people.
Honest people whom people respect.
Then we'll give them the bill.
We'll tell them that we made them and we can destroy them the same way.
What do you think they'll do then? Maybe they'll be scandalised, indignant, they'll scream.
What then? Will they give up their enterprises? Resign from their positions? No, because they'll be infected by the same poison as you a poison which means authority, power, money! You're underestimating our enemies.
They've turned honesty into a religion, a creed.
They'll never make deals with us.
Corinto, have you forgotten how we met? You were under 30, and honest.
Full of fire and many great ideals.
Completely above reproach.
Then I taught you the art of being flexible.
And you learnt fast Those were other times, other men.
Things have gone too far.
I know the hearts of men very well.
They always beat for the winner.
And I can assure you we'll get our revenge.
Saverio will use our money and the Camastra Group as a Trojan horse for our return to Sicily, and we will help him with all the strength of our association.
If the professor assures us, that will suffice.
But be careful, Bronta.
If you fail You'll be done for.
What price do we have to pay this benefactor? Bronta, what do you want in exchange? I want very little.
I'll guide the association in this.
I want your place.
Salus nostra extrema Thule This medallion was coined 200 years ago in Naples when our association was born, the Thule Academy.
The French were entering the city and some freemen chose to unite to defend the traditional values of our people.
But they had to accept exile in Sicily while awaiting the moment of their great return.
That's why they chose outermost Thule as their symbol, the island said to be at the end of the earth where one day a new world would be born.
A world which only the chosen could enter after opening the ark of wisdom and drinking from the chalice of enlightenment.
So the legend says.
Even the Praetorians usurping the throne loved to invent noble origins to cover their dirty deeds.
With this medallion, you and your family will receive help from the associates at any time and place.
I hope you're aware of the trust placed in you and the obligations you're entering into.
Of these obligations I'll respect the secret of your biggest sin, that old story which ties us all to Camastra.
Helping the countess will be my joining fee for the association.
Countess.
When will you get me out of here? How much longer must I wait? I expect the matter will be resolved soon.
If our friends are thinking of abandoning No one is thinking of abandoning you.
Once before, I was inside And your friends didn't abandon you.
It was so painful leaving you without a word.
I had to resolve the problem which destroyed our life.
I'm succeeding, Chiara.
It's our big chance! We won't have to run any more.
We won't have to be afraid.
I'm winning! Your Saverio is winning! What victory are you talking about? For six years we fled like hunted animals.
Then you disappear, making up a story.
Enough, Saverio! I want to know.
Why are Rosario and the others dead? What did you do? I made a mistake years ago and they made me pay dearly for it.
Now they owe me.
I thought they had harmed you but it was you who did wrong! Even the judge thinks you did some awful deed.
I'm your husband.
Do you believe me or the judge? I'd like to believe you with all my heart.
Do it, then! What does the past matter? Things change.
We must stick together.
We must trust each other.
I can't do without you.
I'm asking for the last time.
We must stay apart a little longer.
And it hurts.
It hurts a lot knowing you're with those people.
If something happened to me or to you I've made powerful friends.
Take this to Filosi, the lawyer.
He'll help you.
- What will happen to you? - Nothing I only need a few weeks then they can't hurt us.
But don't tell anyone you've seen me.
And above all, don't mention this.
Those people would think I had betrayed them.
I'd be dead.
Saverio I'll listen to you one last time.
The financial set-up in Russia is too sophisticated to service only 50 billion.
- There were other shipments? - It's quite probable.
Maybe it was only a dry run.
Behind Camastra there's a powerful organisation.
Obviously someone wanted to stop them.
Who sent us those Russian files? I have an idea, but I hope I'm wrong.
Chiara's husband, Saverio Bronta? Whoever did it is playing with fire.
Camastra knows a lot We can commence.
We summoned the accused, Mrs Olga Camastra Rannisi, who's here with her lawyer, Dr Filosi.
- Just a minute, please.
- What's this? An objection.
Considering your personal involvement the defence asks for another judge.
What personal involvement? I'm astonished you hadn't thought of it.
Both of you were sentimentally tied to the same man, I nspector Cattani.
Can a woman judge judge her rival in love? Judge? When I'm jealous I see red.
I'd kill her instead of judging her.
Can we blame that lady? The Conti-Camastra case is making waves in the city.
Today we await the decision of Chief Judge Orione in the matter.
I'm sorry, but I'm forced to take over the investigation.
- But - Please let me finish.
I strongly dislike doing it, but I can't do otherwise.
I don't want the office put under the spotlight of scandal sheets and the like.
And I think you'd agree with me, wouldn't you? - Where's Silvia? - Sitting on the rocks.
- I've been looking for you.
- I needed to be alone.
These just arrived.
From the central archives in Rome.
The weapons we found with the three bodies are the same which killed Cattani.
It's Granchio's gang which was hired to kill Cattani.
Witnesses said there were six.
NuZZo, paid by Camastra, led the attack then took care of the accomplices.
He killed them or forced them to flee.
Yes, like Saverio.
Who went to Russia.
He comes back and we receive a tip implicating Camastra.
Everything leads to her.
Just when you're off the case.
I can't investigate Olga but there's someone who can.
- Is Daniele Rannisi here? - I n the poolroom.
But he's having a bad day.
I must speak to you.
Speak.
I need a hand.
I need to see the budget of the Camastra-Rannisi Group.
I can't do it because I've been taken off the case.
They won't even let me into the offices.
Daniele, you're the lawful heir of the major shareholder.
And what should I do? Put on a jacket and tie and attend board meetings? That's exactly what you should do.
I'm sorry.
I can't help you this time.
I did all I could and now I just want to forget.
Forget Olga, this business, this city Is that clear? Your father too? His efforts will have been in vain.
Leave me alone, please! Please I didn't want you to hear it.
It's not finished.
Sorry, I couldn't sleep so I came here.
I saw Chiara written, so It's the first song I've written for a woman.
Through music I can better say what I have inside.
Even what I'd never be able to say.
I don't know, Stefano, it's all so difficult.
I'm not ready for this Chiara, I want you to know one thing I'm here, Chiara.
Any way you want me, I'm here.
Sorry I'm late.
- Welcome, Dr Rannisi.
- I'm not a doctor.
I'm Quartullo, sales director.
We spoke on the phone.
This is Mr RenZoni, in charge of accounts.
- How do you do? - Please Here are all the accounts, complete to 1993.
The last few months are missing, but you'll have them soon.
This is the expenditure General items, amortisations, wages, interest.
This is income.
I don't know if you understand.
We've done a summary table.
Fine, and the rest? The rest? It's all there I ncome, expenditure Wake up, RenZoni! The black accounts.
What manager are you if you don't bring that? Forgive me, Dr Rannisi I mean, Mr Rannisi, but your position in the group is not yet clear.
Okay, then I'll clarify it right away.
I am the owner.
A special board meeting will confirm it.
And the countess? The agenda at the meeting will be "Election of a new board, "due to suspicions of criminal activity "concerning Olga Camastra.
" Now then, we'll resume our meeting in one hour.
But I want the real accounts.
And do me a summary table, I like that.
See you later, gentlemen.
Hell! - Who is it? - Silvia, it's Daniele.
You said you didn't want to I know I refused, but I've changed my mind.
It happens quite often.
You've decided to help me? I have the disks of the secret accounts.
Can you come? - I'll be right there.
- See you soon.
It appears Camastra resumed her activity in winter 1989.
Before that there was a huge hole a deficit of at least 60 billion.
And then four banks give Camastra credit of 100 billion.
Can you see if she repaid it? Yes.
After less than four months and at very high interest.
Where is all that money coming from? What do you say? I also found something else.
I'll show you.
It was my mother's secret place.
Then Olga took it over.
I nside it I found these.
Stefano, look It looks like a list of names in code.
I'll copy it onto a disk then try to decode it.
Silvia What's wrong, are you ill? I D, please.
And yours? Go through.
I persuaded him because he's Livoti's friend.
We can only stay an hour.
- Aren't you calling the chief? - Stay here if you wish.
What's going on? You can't interrogate me.
It's not your case.
Your lawyer said I was personally involved, so be it! - At 3 a.
M.
? - Yes, at 3 a.
M.
Years ago you were broke.
You'd just come out of jail.
Your estate gone, your reputation ruined.
Then suddenly, in March '89, you obtained bank loans at low interest.
So you could rescue businesses on the verge of bankruptcy.
- I married a rich man.
- Rannisi was penniless.
You used his name as a front.
- I'm going back to my cell.
- Who gave you that money? No one.
I refuse to answer.
That same month, in March '89, a group of Mafia killers is massacred.
One of them, Granchio, escapes.
But as soon as he sets foot in Sicily, he's killed too.
Their leader, NuZZo Marciano, starts working for you.
And for years, you've kept Granchio's family.
- To buy their silence? - You're mad, obsessed! - I'll have you expelled - Shut up! On 20 March 1989, those men went to Milan.
They had enough arms for a massacre, but they were after one man! It was six against one.
They didn't want to miss.
- The boss wanted to be sure.
- I won't listen any more.
- And so - Enough! Go away! At 7.
22 in the morning they killed Corrado Cattani.
Why have you kept it? As a trophy? I loved Corrado.
And yet you had him killed? They made me do many things I didn't want to do.
But I loved him very much.
Even when he deceived me.
When he was with me for his investigation, to get information from me.
And do you know what? I understood that he was only using me but I didn't say anything.
Even when he sent me to jail, I loved him.
That's why they chose me to kill him.
So if I were found out I would say I did it out of jealousy.
What did they promise you? They got me out of jail.
Certain favours have to be repaid, otherwise they would have killed me.
I've never been able to do anything in life other than survive.
Who asked to have him killed? No one.
I told you I did it out of jealousy.
Because he came to Milan with you.
No one asked me to do it.
Espinosa? Baron Linori? Or one of these names here? Some names are unmentionable.
I hate them as much as you do, but I have to survive.
Saverio Bronta was one of the hit-men.
He reported you.
Why is he back in Sicily? Be satisfied.
You've got what you wanted The murderer.
You'll change your mind in court.
No.
I n court I'll say it was jealousy.
You could have refused, or gone abroad, and saved Corrado.
Someone else would have done it.
He had to die.
He had hit upon crucial interests.
He had reached the core of dealings between the Mafia, business and politics.
He got himself killed for uncovering a truth everyone knows, even children.
What a pointless death! Tell me how they got you out of jail.
They got to the judge.
Who was the judge? Your chief judge.
Orione.
I was in the police school canteen.
Suddenly there was silence.
Someone whispered that Cattani had been killed.
No one could eat any more.
I thought maybe it was better to resign.
I was afraid Corrado might end up like that.
If he'd been killed by a common criminal maybe I could accept that.
But his death was decided by someone behind an army of agents, sure that no one would touch him.
I want him before a court, judged in public so the truth can be known.
At least Corrado's death won't have been in vain.
Hello.
It's me.
The countess has started to talk.
Peter Templeton