Bolero Page #6

Synopsis: A psychological crime drama based on actual events of the not-too-distant past. A group of university students thought it would be entertaining to abduct girls and gang rape them. Out of fear, none of the victims talked. A female student, however, didn't want to remain silent. The kidnappers drew lots to decide which of them would become a murderer. At dawn they dragged the girl (Barbora Seidlová) off to a lake and drowned her. They terrified the witnesses and severed all contact among themselves. It took the police several years to find the necessary clues. In the meantime, some of the perpetrators began raising families, even became model citizens. Their parents used every means possible to fight the evidence, heedless of the victims' suffering, motivated only by the need to save their children, their reputations, their position in society.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): F.A. Brabec
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Year:
2004
102 min
307 Views


Will you testify?

- Would you like any advice?

- As a person with limited rights

you are entitled to take advice

from your defence lawyer

without the third party.

I am sure your lawyer will explain

to you if you were

an accomplice to the murder

or if your crime is only that

of not reporting the murder.

And she will also tell you,

how the court values the truth

of your additional statement

in comparison to the others.

You should know that we have a statement

of Lohnik

and also many others.

So you will tell me quickly

what really happened

and I shall tell you

what you should say.

Aren't you at all keen to find

the murderer?

- You were seeing Jakub Docekal

before you brought Marika to Bolero.

So you could have perhaps noticed

if she was dancing with somebody else.

So - was she dancing with somebody else

at the disco?

With somebody who could have -

let's say- been bothering her?

With Art...

With Artur.

He was at the lake before the disco

and invited Marika on a date.

And then?

There was also his friend Dany,

but...

Artur was interested in Marika

and she just snubbed him off,

she said we had too much work to do,

but Dany was pretending

he was interested in me

so I told him about the disco

in the evening.

But then he didn't want to know me

there.

Did they bring anybody else?

After they found Marika

I met one student girl

who was drinking with them that night.

So I asked her...

...about Artur and Dany

and she warned me

that they were dangerous,

to be careful,

that she finished with them.

- But Luci... Lucie, why didn't you

tell us this straight away?

I was terrified.

Wouldn't you be if you were me?

And it couldn't help Marika anyway.

Can you imagine what progress

we could have made if...

We shall call you to attend

the identity parade.

Don't worry, they won't see you.

Hey, I think it would be better

if we could go through it together.

- Yes.

- They found some dog hair

on the jumper of the victim.

- Who is on the phone?

- It's Penaz.

What did they find?

- Dog hair.

- Dog hair?

- Yeah, dog hair on the jumper.

- What jumper?

The victim's jumper.

- That's no proof,

they can't put two and two together.

Who is working on it?

- Detective Inspector Hrazdira.

- Ah.

- And somebody called Necas.

- Ok.

I'll see you in the evening.

Good evening, madam.

- Good evening.

May I help you please?

This way.

Basically they haven't got any proof.

Some circumstantial evidence

but sod it - it's not enough.

- Marta, I shall not allow

some police fabricators

to destroy my boy's family.

I shan't.

Dany is graduating in a month's time.

They are decent talented children.

Incredibly intelligent people.

This country needs people like them!

- They have their statements

from the preliminary hearing.

- So what - they were interviewed

under duress.

That's it, where's the problem?

Don't forget we have our contacts!

Oh, and here is the membership card.

- Well, I hope this has nothing to do

with all that trouble with your boy.

- Please! But without it

you couldn't get into the club.

And with regards to Artur,

it all looks very absurd.

They interviewed hundreds, thousands!

They just need to frame somebody.

Sorry. But Artur has an alibi

and so many girlfriends,

that we could both envy him.

- Hm.

Somebody is trying to influence

our witnesses.

Our investigators are getting

some anonymous threats.

Two men in balaclavas were trying

to beat one of them.

- You can't be serious...

Liborek!

- I shall have a look at it,

but if that boy of yours is involved...

No, definitely not.

Hundred per cent. No, definitely not.

- ... then it's his bad luck.

Can I offer you anything?

- No thank you.

- Thanks.

Good morning gentlemen!

You know very well that if you came here

to talk about my son,

I don't have to say anything.

That's your prerogative.

- Many thanks then.

Good bye!

What did they want?

- Well, I showed them the notes

about Artur's engagement party

on 15th June.

The truth is,

they were a little surprised

that we keep the notes for so long

but...

Was I good?

What else did they want to know?

If you have a dog.

What did you say?

Well, that you do.

You stupid cow!

Because of you I killed an innocent

creature, do you understand?

The only one in this family who loved

me! You bastard! You f***ing bastard!

Osvald! We must sort this out!

Penaz speaking. Hi!

- At last!

Right then, listen to me please!

I think that in this particular

situation the best choice for llonka

would be to tell the truth.

Ok?

llonka!

If you need anything,

give me a ring, will you?

Dany went with her first.

They were laughing,

a bit of a rape won't do her any harm.

We weren't thinking of it like that.

We thought she was going to be ok.

And then Stefan.

Artur.

I don't know how many times.

And then they drew the straws,

who will...

...who will sort her out.

Dany said:

"And here she goes swimming. ".

Are you Stefan Turek?

- Police! Stay where you are!

- Leave me alone! I am innocent!

I didn't do anything! Leave me alone!

Leave me...!

- We are arresting you on suspicion

of murder of Marika Cihan.

- You really screwed up here!

And nicely!

I am innocent! Absolutely innocent!

Ouch! I am innocent!

Right son, I drink to your graduation!

- And ours too!

Mummy!

Won't you pour a drink

for the little one, too?!

He was a leach, that Turek!

Ok, I'll go in there.

We shall wait for you!

- Well, what about the little one?

Give him a drink, will you?

- Don't be silly!

- Why not?

- Police! Stay where you are!

Don't move!

Artur!

- Do something!

Jesus Christ, you won't get away

with this! Osvald!

Shut up, please, shut up!

We didn't want to.

She is to blame.

It was her fault.

She wanted to report us.

Damn it, I didn't do it, I didn't do it!

They did!

You are mistaken.

I wasn't there.

- Weren't you now...

- I just wasn't there!

I haven't got a clue

who you are talking about!

Don't think you gonna get me!

I was not there.

I don't know these people!

- You don't know them?

- No! No! Absolutely not!

Marika Cihan caught the eye

of Aksman and Kusmic

several days before the crime.

They found out from her friend

when she was going to be

at the disco party

at the university club.

- Apart from Lohnik all of them changed

their statements several times.

The date of the engagement party

in Aksman's father's company computer

was stated on the day of the murder.

Aksman's wife has since divorced him

and has now given evidence

that he proposed to her when they were

on holiday in Ibiza

which was after Cihan was kidnapped.

The respective engagement party

went ahead after they came back.

- In their country cottage we found

the hair of golden retriever

which coincide with the hair found

on the victims jumper.

Aksman's dog has apparently run away

at the time of our investigation.

- Defendant Turek has never admitted

he was at the disco or participated

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes

Discuss this script with the community:

0 Comments

    Translation

    Translate and read this script in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this screenplay to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Bolero" Scripts.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Dec. 2024. <https://www.scripts.com/script/bolero_4448>.

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest writers community and scripts collection on the web!

    Watch the movie trailer

    Bolero

    The Studio:

    ScreenWriting Tool

    Write your screenplay and focus on the story with many helpful features.


    Quiz

    Are you a screenwriting master?

    »
    What is a "character arc"?
    A The backstory of a character
    B The transformation or inner journey of a character
    C The dialogue of a character
    D The physical description of a character