The Face of an Angel Page #2

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through their alibis.

Jessica said she was going to the bar

where she worked.

I had a joint, then ate dinner.

I don't remember what.

Carlo and I went back to his apartment.

We watched a DVD together.

Amelie. And then we had dinner.

- Together?

- Yes.

Then we made love.

- Did you make love?

- I don't remember.

You got a message on your phone

from Cedric Bapupa.

You replied... "See you later."

- Did you see him?

- No.

- Why did you say "Ci vediamo pui tardi"?

- I was just being friendly.

If they were guilty, wouldn't they

have worked out what to say?

People do not behave rationally

in cases like this.

- So she panicked and accused Bapupa?

- Exactly.

I met Cedric and took him back

to our house

because he liked Elizabeth

and wanted to start something with her.

Cedric and her were in Lizzie's bedroom

while I must've stayed in the kitchen.

At a certain point,

I heard Lizzie screaming.

I was frightened of him.

I got scared and put my hands

over my ears.

I can't remember anything else.

What's happening?

Let go of me! What's happening?

Let go of me!

And why would she accuse

someone who's innocent?

Who knows? Maybe she knew a black guy

had been involved somehow, thought...

accusing a different black man

might confuse us.

At 20:
50, Elizabeth returns home.

At 23:
20, Jessica,

Carlo and Joseph arrive.

Joseph goes to the toilet.

The two accused

enter Elizabeth's bedroom.

There's an argument,

which quickly turns in to a scuffle

between Elizabeth and Jessica.

Helped by Carlo,

Elizabeth is grabbed by the neck

and slammed against the wardrobe,

hence the injuries to the skull.

Elizabeth tries to get up.

It's then that they pull out two knives.

One is a blade

of four to five centimetres,

the other a kitchen knife.

The victim tries to parry the knives,

hence the wounds.

She falls to her knees.

She is stabbed in the neck.

She lets out a heartrending scream.

It's now 23:
50.

- Hey, darling.

- Joey.

Joe, this is... Thomas.

- Thomas, this is Joey. He currently...

- This week the Daily Mail and Sky.

- Oh, so, are you the film guy?

- Right.

Who's gonna play me?

I bet everyone asks you that.

- No, you're the first.

- Oh, great. Well, hey...

- I'm thinking Colin Farrell.

- He's Irish.

- He's also really good-looking, sensitive.

- This is perfect.

- Change the accent and keep the face.

- I'll bear him in mind.

Sure. Listen. I love your wife's

TV show, by the way.

She's not my wife. She's my ex-partner.

It must have been very difficult

when you separated.

Especially because she moved in

with her onscreen husband.

Now, would you be interested

in talking about that?

We could put across

your point of view, you know.

The difficulty of having your private life

picked over by the gossip industry.

- No. I wouldn't.

- It's worth a try.

- Are going to eat later?

- Sure.

- Usual place?

- Yes.

Sorry.

- Hey

- Hi.

- Hey. Hi, Bea.

- Hey!

- How are you?

- Good. Where are you?

In Italy.

When are you coming home?

London home?

No. Your home. Here home.

- Soon. In a few weeks.

- Okay. I miss you!

Missing you, too.

- What you're up to?

- Bea, come on, we're going to be late.

Okay, coming! Well, I got to go, Daddy.

Okay. I call you tomorrow, okay?

Bea?

Bea?

- Hey.

- Hi, Sarah.

- How are you?

- Good.

- This is Sarah.

- Red or white?

She's a producer for the US networks.

She has a special fondness for Siena.

Not. I spent so much time here,

my marriage went down the pan.

- Just another casualty of war reporting.

- It's not really a war though.

No, it kind of feels like it though.

There's all this competitive flag-waving.

It's like they're innocent or they're guilty,

and you can't be neutral.

- What do you think?

- I work for the networks.

We pay for Jessica's family to be here.

So, they have spent an absolute fortune

on the flights, hotels, lawyers,

and we get exclusive interviews in return.

- So she's innocent?

- No way!

Of course she is innocent.

No, look, they have the guy banged up.

- Joseph, okay?

- Wrong guy.

He had a criminal record.

He had threatened somebody with a knife.

Right. So why did they accuse Cedric Bapupa?

Why did they switch the phone off?

Why did she say she was there and heard

screams? And why sign a confession?

- And the blond hair they found on the body.

- Which they lost.

When the police showed up at the house,

she and Carlo had a mop and bucket.

They'd been out at 7:00 in the morning

buying bleach. What were they cleaning up?

Why was she doing yoga

in the police waiting room?

Listen. The police and the prosecutors,

they condemned the wrong people

in the wrong order.

- And the press all piled in after.

- That's what we do.

At the end of the day, she said she was

there, in the house, on the night. Guilty!

- Game Over.

- Exactly.

Why would they do it? What's the motive?

You need a reason.

Right. It's not a film. Okay?

It's not a Miss Marple mystery.

Why does no one ever want

to make a story about Carlo?

No. No. Carlo is the quiet one.

What will happen tomorrow

with the appeal?

- It'll be adjourned.

- We'll get our pictures, and then we'll go.

This is just a really good excuse

to catch up on all the gossip.

- How's your husband?

- The last I heard...

- Is he still chasing small boys in Morocco?

- ...f***ing your wife, actually.

Someone has to.

- Well.

- Well.

- I guess it's goodnight.

- Guess so.

You okay? You need a pass.

Thank you.

She changed her style.

They're not going to make

the same mistake twice, are they?

How're you feeling today, Jessica?

I'm going to call that demure.

Print journalists can stay,

but all TV cameras must leave.

Simone, how did Jessica

strike you today?

Her hair was darker than it was

the last time we saw her.

She was wearing a very demure skirt.

She seemed older, more composed.

Her Italian had improved a lot.

And what can we expect next

from the case?

The case has been adjourned, but the

appellate process could take many months.

Hey. Coffee.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- So, does it all make sense?

- Not yet. Too many angles.

Jessica is innocent. That is your story.

This is Francesco. He's Joseph's lawyer.

This is Thomas.

- He's making a film about Jessica.

- Not about Jessica, about the case.

You should make Joseph your protagonist.

His is the best story of all,

and it tells you a lot about Italy.

- Well, about the world.

- Go on.

The police knew

there was someone else in the flat.

Someone had a sh*t in the toilet,

and left it there.

So they arrested Cedric Bapupa.

Then he got lucky.

He got a cast-iron alibi.

So the police start checking

their database.

They found that the sh*t belonged

to Joseph Derma.

A young guy who had been adopted

by a family in Siena.

He was definitely involved?

He was definitely in the apartment,

we don't dispute that.

A couple of days later,

Joseph went to Munich. He left Siena.

The police got a friend

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