Nightfall Page #4

Synopsis: A mutilated corpse appears to be a straightforward case of revenge killing, but as Inspector Lam zeroes in on the ex-con prime suspect, he finds himself confronting a web of lies. To reach the truth, Lam must delve into the details of a 20-year-old case for answers (a case in which he finds himself to have had an incidental part).
Director(s): Roy Hin Yeung Chow
Production: EDKO Film
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
NOT RATED
Year:
2012
108 min
141 Views


Look at it! Did you kill her?

It wasn't me.

Son of b*tch!

Go to hell.

Damn you!

So it's him.

What is it?

Hello?

Hello?

Ying?

Ying.

Ying!

I couldn't catch him.

OK.

OK...

I couldn't catch him.

I've been waiting for you for days.

The gods are watching from above.

Don't you believe that? I do.

Catch him once you get enough evidence.

Got the message. Inspector Lam has come.

Once we get evidence from him,

we should arrest him.

Yes, sir!

I checked.

You and Eva picnicked quite often in Lantau.

Have you been back to here

ever since your release?

What did you guys do in Lantau back then?

Did you make out?

She was already your girlfriend.

Why were you so impatient?

You might have failed to rape her,

but there was no need to kill, right?

You didn't kill Eva.

You hated her father.

So as soon as you were released,

you killed him, right?

I know you were convicted for

something you didn't do 20 years ago.

Listen.

You have to remember Zoe is not Eva.

Did jail time turn you into a pervert?

Your lover Eva is dead.

Zoe won't love someone

who's been in jail 20 years.

The world's different now, wake up!

I won't let you hurt Zoe!

Don't move!

Put down the weapon.

Turn around!

Everyone ready!

Go save Inspector Lam!

Yes, sir!

What's wrong with you?

A dozen officers couldn't catch a pervert?

We've got the evidence and the motive.

No matter what,

we have to bring him in!

Now!

Yes, sir!

Let's go.

Hurry up.

He had every chance to kill you

or get the button back.

Why would he be so careless?

Actually, when he tried to kill me that night,

I didn't know I grabbed something from him.

Did he leave the evidence

in your hand on purpose?

To save us some trouble?

You're right.

By giving us this,

it's like he turned himself in.

You mean...

the button found in Han Tsui's mouth

was left there on purpose by Wang too?

You've finally broken through.

Does it make sense?

Yes.

Little B has discovered Wang's hideout.

He's been staying

near the Tsui mansion the whole time!

So crazy?

Zoe's dress?

Where are you going?

I want to go out for a walk.

Don't go anywhere. Stay here.

When the case is over

we'll move back to England.

He's even recorded Zoe's voice.

He must have sneaked into the house,

and planted a bug there.

Inspector Lam.

The evidence is here.

The suspect's missing button!

Did Tsui make Wang so angry

that Wang killed him?

He mistook Zoe as Eva.

Hello?

Lastest Update!

Yang was at Zoe's house last night!

OK. I'll be right there.

Actually, I've discovered something.

I'm not sure if it's relevant.

Say it.

When we came in just now,

I saw Mrs Tsui cleaning the ground.

The last time we came,

she was also cleaning it.

Altogether...

I've seen her cleaning the ground four times.

I'm afraid I've caught your paranoia.

Remember the coroner said

there was no seawater in the victim's stomach?

Call forensics right away.

Yes, sir.

Don't you know you're really smart?

I know.

t's blood.

Mrs Tsui, hindering police work

and obstructing justice

are serious criminal of fences.

I don't know anything.

I stayed home with my daughter all night.

I knew nothing about it.

If you knew nothing,

why would you know to clean the floor?

Fei, call an ambulance.

What is Mrs Tsui trying to hide?

If the Tsui house is the crime scene,

how could they not notice someone

was killed in the house?

The pervert intended

to leave plenty of evidence.

Probably was trying to hide something.

The evidence he left when he killed Han Tsui

was to hide that

this is actually the crime scene.

Even if the mother and daughter

were the murderers,

they wouldn't have had the time or energy

to move the body to the beach.

If they were at home that night,

how could they not be aware?

Could it be

that he's not the murderer?

From Wang's house,

you can clearly see the balcony Tsui fell off.

If Wang is the murderer,

every lead and all the evidence we found,

could have been made up by Wang.

He's pointing at himself.

If he deliberately did that,

there can only be one reason.

He's trying to hide the real murderer.

The question is, Whom is he trying to protect?

Whom is he trying to protect?

Eva. In other words, Zoe.

Inspector Lam.

You asked me to check out

Han Tsui's personal warehouse

and his safe deposit box.

In the warehouse

I found lots of photos taken by him.

I discovered something.

Not sure if it's relevant.

Look at these.

Eva?

I knew it.

What is it?

Bring Mrs Tsui and Zoe

back for interrogation at once,

even if Mrs Tsui fakes fainting again.

Did your husband

have a special interest in young girls?

You're crazy.

Where's your police protection tonight?

I waited the whole day

and sneaked out

I have something to tell you.

Your husband was sick psychologically.

Is that why you wanted a divorce?

It had nothing to do with that.

Your husband abused Eva,

and was molesting Zoe too.

But you dared not say a word

for fear of ruining his reputation.

Or did you let him do

that to your adopted daughters?

Crazy.

Actually you hate your daughters,

because you think they stole your husband.

No, I don't.

t's not true.

I don't!

Were you happy when Eva died?

No, I wasn't.

I really wasn't.

It was my fault.

If you keep trying to hide the truth,

I'll charge you with murder.

Don't you know you're the prime suspect?

My husband brought it on himself.

In this house,

no one dared say no to my husband.

He loved Eva very much.

I knew he was fond of her.

Why did you keep quiet about it?

Keep quiet?

I'd been married to my husband for decades.

He was perfect.

I just couldn't destroy his reputation.

I thought if I could pretend that

I didn't see or hear anything,

he'd repent and go back to normal.

I never thought Eva would be killed.

Because I knew

she was trying to run away from home.

She had a boyfriend.

Her father found out and was furious.

He locked up Eva at home,

forbidding her to go to school or anywhere.

Then Eva told me

she was carrying her boyfriend's baby.

She asked me for help.

I dared not say yes,

as I'd never done anything

against my husband's wishes.

Later she secretly gave birth to Zoe.

Why would your husband allow that?

He thought it was his child.

He never made sexual advances on Zoe.

Later as Zoe grew up,

she looked so much like Eva.

I noticed my husband

sometimes mistook her as Eva.

I didn't want to make the same mistakes again.

That night my husband died,

he was totally drunk.

Don't go to school anymore!

Understand? Don't go to school!

School means nothing to you.

Zoe... You'll be ruined...

Zoe! Open the door!

You'll be screwed to death.

Don't you know that?

Han Tsui!

I've been telling you all the time.

Han Tsui! Why don't you listen to me?

Open the door! Sooner or later...

you'll be just like your mother.

Eva, you betrayed me.

t's you who betrayed me!

Daddy, what are you talking about?

You think I'm scared of you?

You think I feel guilty?

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