Obsession Page #6

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Are you afraid?

Excuse me.

Well...

Counselor...

I've disturbed you in the middle of

the night...

because you're Louis' lawyer.

He has to be saved.

But Madam...

- What are you thinking?

- But he's innocent!

You know Louis is innocent.

Unfortunately, I couldn't

demonstrate it.

And your husband's reticence didn't

make it easier for me.

But if you had a proof,

if you were given a proof that Louis

didn't kill Alex...

Are you talking about new facts?

Yes.

If I had new evidence, I wouldn't quit.

I'd coop them all up,

we would call Paris, we would appeal

to the President of the Republic,

we'd do all that's possible.

Now you can call Paris.

It was my husband who killed Alex.

Your husband?

Aldo Giovanni?

It's him who killed Alex.

Well...

This move would denounce your husband.

No.

So he's on the run?

I hope so.

You haven't reported it to the legal

authorities, have you?

Pardon my questions but otherwise

your confession would have no value.

Do whatever has to be done.

Please, call Advocate General Pellotier

at his home number.

Look it up in the phonebook.

How did you find out?

A lot of things...

Hello, call also the home of

Inspector Chardin.

- Why didn't you speak up earlier?

- Why?

Do you think it was easy to do?

You owe 2700.

- Do you want them now?

- No, don't worry.

It's annoying but...

- I think I had to tell you something...

- What?

- A Gin Fizz with lemon, no sugar.

- Coming up.

Hello, Inspector Chardin?

It's advocate De Ritter.

Sorry for waking you up.

Can you come immediately to hear

Mrs. Giovanni's statement?

She was a witness in the Bernardin case.

Yes, it's urgent.

There's new evidence.

Yes, she's here.

I'll bring her over immediately.

Please give me a few minutes to change.

I'll take you to the police.

And I'll rush to the prison to meet the

Advocate General there.

It's a strange way to pursue

the procedure.

Are you going to tell Bernardin?

That depends on the decisions

that will be made.

We have to act quickly.

This is silly.

Someone told me if I see Aldo...

- Two Bacardis and one Scotch.

- Here it is.

Damn my eyes!

It's for you. That Irne! Luckily

I needed rhum.

How are you tonight, Aldo?

Aldo!

What a savage!

Listen to this:

"I was looking for you, I wanted to

see you...

I waited for you until the end, now it's

too late.

I'm leaving for Rouen.

Louis is set for tomorrow. He has to

be saved.

I'll speak up because you didn't want

to do it.

It's better this way. You have to go far

away and forget me.

I'll never forget you.

I won't be back but I'll find my

past love.

I love you, Aldo.

I've never stopped loving you...

tonight, more than ever."

- I don't believe you.

- I swear it.

Why is it your husband?

Do you hate him?

How dare you!

- Your were the victim's mistress?

- How dare you!

Then give me the facts, the proof...

We don't have time to waste.

In 20 minutes...

at 6 o'clock sharp, Bernardin will be

executed.

No!

They are waiting over there.

They need a precise, motivated and

countersigned statement.

I lied to you during the investigation.

My husband didn't come home with me

that night.

He fought with Alex and wanted

to kill him.

I tried everything to separate them.

Aldo followed him, he couldn't help it,

and returned to the hotel 2 hours later.

After having killed Alex.

Take it down.

- Now you can warn them, I've told you

everything. - Not yet.

How did your husband killed Alex?

Was he armed?

He had a gun, I saw it afterwards.

Later he threw it out in the sewer.

Why Giovanni killed Buisson?

One doesn't kill without a motive.

- When Alex just arrived I knew Aldo

would kill him. - Just a hunch?

- Aldo wasn't himself anymore when he

saw Alex. - Why?

At first, I thought he was jealous.

- That's what I thought! - No, not like

that, it was work-related.

Of course. And then?

After it happened, he canceled our

tour engagement for no reason.

He wanted to return to Paris.

How did he behave over there?

Did he want to go abroad?

No.

No? It surprises me.

He tortures himself, like always.

He keeps silent.

He wanted us to change our life, to

abandon our profession.

- You don't believe me?

- Not entirely.

I swear, I'm telling you the truth!

I swear by my life!

I'm begging you, save Bernardin!

What else do you want to know?

Giovanni isn't impulsive - I saw him.

He doesn't act without a reason.

- He was drunk. - I know it but I'm not

interested in that night anymore.

What I want to know is what happened

prior to that.

Wait for me.

- Are you going to call the prison?

- Yes.

I want to talk to her, I want to see

her! You can't stop me!

Where do you think you are, Giovanni?

- I want to see her! - Come here and

I'd suggest to change the tone!

I'm free. I'm here at my own free will.

Don't bother to leave. Sit down.

OK.

Giovanni, did you kill

Alexandre Buisson?

Don't feign ignorance, I know it all.

Did my wife tell you that?

I'm not interested in her, I'm

interested in you.

It's all in her head. It's not true.

Did you fight with Buisson at the night

of the crime?

She told you that too.

Did you fight with Buisson?

- Yes.

- Why?

- I had my reasons.

- To kill him?

No!

You followed him, killed him and came

back to the hotel 2 hours later, right?

Because she says so.

Your wife provided you with an alibi

earlier since you badly needed one.

And the crime weapon?

- The crime weapon? - The gun you threw

away the next day.

I bought it from an American. I have

a permit.

Why did you throw it in the sewer?

Because I was afraid of the fuss.

When one has a clear conscience, there's

no reason to fear the police.

In my profession, I learned to be

careful.

And what a fine profession it is.

Ever since that crime, you looked like

a man with something to hide.

Your wife wasn't wrong.

Yes, she was.

She got it into her head but I know

nothing.

Everything points against you, even your

testimony at the trial.

I don't know how to explain it to you,

it's so complicated.

Say what you want, for me it's simple...

You had a longtime reason to hate Alex.

You were afraid of Alex, and

I'll find out why.

Stay with him. I'll be back.

- Have you phoned them? All is settled?

- No.

- But why? I told you everything!

- No.

I need to know why Giovanni wanted to

get rid of Alex.

What was between them?

Come on, tell me quickly.

- Aldo was afraid...

- Why?

- Because Alex knew.

- Alex knew what?

Alex knew that Aldo had already

killed a man.

- He killed a man?

- Yes.

- He was afraid that Alex would turn

him in? - Yes.

- And you knew it?

- Yes, he told me himself.

Whom did he kill? When?

It was long time ago in this city.

It was his pal, Jim Brunot.

Brunot?

The body fished out of the Seine

in 1947?

I beg you, please, don't waste any

more time.

Good.

Give Mrs. Giovanni her statement

to sign.

It's a simple formality and then

you can go.

Hello, call me the prison.

I'd like to speak with advocate

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