Mafia

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The Day of the Owl

aka Mafia

Help!

- Stop! Stop immediately!

- What's going on?

- Open up!

- Why have we stopped?

- I told you to open up!

- The door's stuck!

- There's a dead man.

- Dead? Who's dead?

- I don't know him.

- I think I know him from somewhere.

Really?

Why didn't you stop after seeing

that dead man'?

- I didn't see him.

- Not true, liar! You slowed down!

- No, I didn't

- Go to hell.

The truck is from the building site.

- But there's blood there...

- Pass me a blanket or a cloth.

- Here you go, Sergeant.

- At the next slop, call the Marshal in town.

Tell him that Salvatore Colasberna

was shot near Fiore.

Is that clear? So, go on!

Get on board! Quickly!

I knew that he'd end up like that.

Some people are dead, even when they're alive.

He said he could live without friends.

And now look at him.

- Who's living in that house?

- Someone called Nicolosi. He's not at home.

He went to work early in the morning.

I spoke to his wife.

She said that she didn't hear the gunshots.

Didn't hear anyone, didn't see anyone,

doesn't know anybody, doesn't go anywhere.

- Hello? Wolf, calling Wolf.

- Roger, Wolf speaking. Tell me, Marshal.

- Give me the Captain.

- Right a way, Marshal.

- When did you find him?

- At 7:
15.

Here in Sicily men kill each other

before sunrise, to get a good start.

They only killed one in the afternoon:

Pistilli, the public notary.

But he used to sleep until late.

Roger! Captain, they've killed

Salvatore Colasberna near Fiore.

- Colasberna? The one from the construction firm?

- Yes, the owner.

Any idea of the motive yet, Marshal?

Perhaps because of the new road'?

It's created a lot of interest recently.

Here's La Stella's building firm.

La Stella is that fat slob who drinks 2 lot.

It's him that built those farmhouses

on marshland.

The house that was smashed by

a cow was built by his firm.

He held a meeting with all the

foremen and said that...

I know, he said 'Whoever builds houses with

concrete instead of sand and cowpat is a fool'.

- Or a cop! - No, no, a fool.

It's very important not to seem a fool.

A fool is almost as bad as being a cuckold -

but a cuckold is the worst of all.

- They're like flies on a corpse.

- They won't find a thing...

That's Pizzuco,

he has a cousin in parliament.

And a criminal record as long

as the road he's building.

- He has a lot of power around here!

- A respected man, eh?

- Exactly that, Captain!

- And where was he yesterday morning at six?

At home. Sleeping, like all the others:

Pizzuco, La Stella, Lancia, Colosimo...

All people who 'made it'... respectable

citizens who don't kill anymore.

Perhaps they'll order a hit... and pay.

Not a lot, but they pay.

Stop... look who's walking around here:

Rosa Nicolosi.

She's the woman who lives

near the scene of the crime.

- What are you doing here, Rosa Nicolosi?

- I was picking some chicory and cabbages.

And with so much land around, why right here?

Why come and look for chicory and

cabbages right here?

And why not?

Am I doing something wrong?

The chicory doesn't belong to anyone,

it's just chicory.

Everything belongs to someone

even the chicory.

Come on, get in the car.

We'll take you to your house.

Don'! be afraid -

we're not taking you to the barracks!

Well? He's talking to you!

Move it!

Come on, get moving.

The shots must have come from there,

just after the bend.

From there, Colasberna was wounded,

and the truck...

probably went on another hundred meters

up to where the jeep is.

That's where the killer caught up

with Colasberna - and it was all over.

From there, someone must have seen

or at least heard the shots.

- And where does your husband work?

- Wherever he can.

- Does he work every day?

- No. Only when he's lucky.

- What time does he leave the house in the morning?

- I don'! know... it depends.

- And what time does he get back in the evening?

- He doesn't have a timetable.

And this morning?

What time did he leave?

Look Rosa, you don'! have to be afraid.

I'm not accusing your husband.

If he wanted to kill someone,

he wouldn't do it in from of his house.

It's perhaps a little obvious!

I'm only looking for information.

Come on, give me a hand?

Excuse me... but where are you from?

- I'm from Parma.

- Near Milan?

- Yes, near Milan.

- And they don'! kill anyone there?

Sure they do!

But in a different way.

And do the people there testify...

without fear'?

No, it's the same for us loo.

Tight-lipped as usual... but not from fear.

It's because the people don't want any

nuisance, or to waste time with the trial.

We've got plenty of time here.

And plenty of chicory loo!

Why did you go looking for it near the building site?

Because it's better there!

Chicory is chicory, cabbage is

cabbage - it grows everywhere!

Did you see your husband last night?

Did you hear him come back?

So he might not have come back at all?

So then, say it:

"He didn't come back"

Say it:

"He left yesterday morning and didn't return"

Sometimes he doesn't come back.

OK, so let's say he didn't return.

Why didn't he come back?

Well, I'll tell you.

Because he doesn't want to be interrogated.

Because he doesn't want to talk.

Because he doesn't want to be implicated.

OK... Please, when he returns,

tell him to come to the station.

Or at least he can call us.

It's just a formality.

Dominici!

Come on, let's go!

This is Colasberna's building site.

They're off for the funeral.

Was Colasberna friends with

the others:
Pizzuco, Lancia, La Stella?

No, just a hello and a goodbye.

Colasberna was the reserved type.

He only got along with his brothers.

He was a decent, honest worker.

You can'! steal money

from the government by yourself...

and he didn't agree with it.

Understand?

He also had a police record though.

I questioned some of the truck drivers

that are always on this road.

No-one saw or heard anything.

A population of the blind and deaf,

but when they shoot - then they can see!

Boy can they see!

Hey! Why are you still using bags?

Isn't it better to use tankers, like they are?

- We can't rent the tankers.

- And why is that?

- We just simply can't...

- Have you had some trouble?

They threw an excavator down into a ravine,

but they didn't press charges, true?

What type of sentence did Colasberna get?

Six months in confinement for

Anti-Fascism when he was 25.

- But that isn't a criminal of fence.

- Sorry, but according to the law it is.

Then it should also apply to the

President of the Republic too.

OK. Write down what I dictate to you.

Salvatore Colasberna was killed,

because he dared to win,

against a friend of the friends,

"the call for tenders for the construction

of the new road,

and he didn't want to share this with anyone.

Signed:
'A friend.

No, thank you.

I don't smoke.

- So, he was killed for this?

- We know nothing about it.

How's that? You just put it

in an anonymous letter to me!

You both look turns to write

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