The Face of an Angel Page #3

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to contact him on Skype.

Were you there when she was killed?

Listen, Matteo, I knew those girls.

I knew both of them.

I was at their house twice,

but I didn't do anything.

If they found my fingerprints, it must have

been from when I was there before.

- And Jessica?

- Jessica wasn't there.

So you see?

Jessica had nothing to do with it.

It was perfect for the police. They just

swapped one black man for another.

Come on, you know he's guilty.

There's no point playing the race card.

Joseph went for a separate trial.

I believe what he said.

And he was the only one who seemed

genuinely sad by Elizabeth's death.

I went to the bathroom. I heard voices.

It was Jessica and Elizabeth

fighting about some money.

I heard a scream

and someone running away.

They said, "Let's get out,

there's a black man in the house!."

I was scared.

I looked out the window

and saw Jessica's shadow.

I went to Elizabeth and tried

to stop the blood with a towel.

She'd been stabbed in the neck.

I was afraid.

I'm sorry.

I should have called for help.

Even now, when I close my eyes,

all I can see is the blood everywhere.

Very good, thank you, Joseph.

Thomas, lovely, lovely,

lovely to meet you finally.

- Hey. Adam.

- Hi.

- How are you doing?

- Hi.

So, we are all very excited about this.

We're absolutely thrilled

that you're on board. Well done, Steve,

- for dragging him back from Hollywood.

- Pleasure.

This will be the first time

that you guys have worked together...

Since... the last time.

So... what happened with your CIA

in Central America project?

First I got the stars and no money, and then

I got the money, but lost the stars.

Such a shame. I loved that script.

Thomas, tell us, how was...

how was Italy?

- Interesting.

- This is a great, great story.

- It's gonna be wonderful.

- Siena is beautiful. It's an amazing city.

Should almost be

a character in the film.

We have a clash of cultures,

American, Italian...

And two great parts for young women.

Do you have any thoughts?

Fortunately, we are now blessed with

a whole ream of fantastic young actresses.

- Carey Mulligan would be good.

- Yeah. She's very beautiful...

Well, I think I have to work out

the story before we start casting.

- Yeah.

- Yep.

Have you worked out

what your angle is going to be?

Not really. I was thinking maybe

Simone herself. A journalist.

Might be the right way into the story.

- What's she like?

- Interesting. Intelligent. Attractive.

- How old is she?

- Mid-30s.

I think that a whole world of foreign

correspondence could be rich for us.

Sort of an exile.

- Naomi Watts?

- Chloe Sevigny maybe?

- Or Tina Fey?

- I love Tina Fey. She's...

They just need a sense

of how you see the story.

- Sure.

- Okay.

You going to work

on the script here or in LA?

Here in Italy. Not in LA.

Can't concentrate.

Everybody knows Katherine,

or knows someone who knows Katherine

from some f***ing party or other.

And there's all that sh*t with Timothy,

custody issues and...

I hate this f***ing prick.

Did you really threaten to kill him?

It makes me sick to think of Bea

growing up with him in that house.

Another drink?

- Can I get two more, please?

- Same again?

- Yeah, that'd be great, thanks, man.

- Of course.

I was thinking of flying back

to Italy for Halloween.

Shoot some documentary stuff.

Won't cost that much.

Yeah, it's a good idea. Go for it.

- Is it in focus?

- No, it's not in focus.

Pan with her.

Okay if we film you?

Yeah, sure.

We should go back to Piazza

del Campo now. It'll be busier there.

Well, you know what we need.

Go ahead, I'll catch up.

- Yep.

- I got it. Here.

Happy Halloween!

- Can I get a drink?

- Yeah, of course.

It's what I'm here for.

We have a special on zombies tonight.

- Try one.

- Good, good.

- Where you from?

- I'm from London, actually.

- Oh, really?

- Wandsworth.

- Oh, wow. Know it.

- Really?

- Yeah, I lived in London for six years.

- Oh, no way!

So, what are you filming?

Did you hear about

the Jessica Fuller case?

Yeah, 'course.

Is it another documentary?

- Film.

- Are you the director?

- Yes, I am.

- No way.

- Do you live in Siena?

- I've been here about six months.

It's lovely.

Do you need any actresses,

by any chance?

No. Not yet. But a guide.

I want to see the real Siena.

Do you work here every night?

Most nights, not always.

I can give you my number, if that helps?

- Yeah. Sure.

- Cool.

- Call me if you need me.

- Sure. What's your name?

- I'm Melanie.

- Thomas.

Nice to meet you, Thomas.

- How are you?

- Good.

Hey. How'd it go?

Wasn't quite the Sodom and Gomorrah

your book made it out to be.

Oh, it's still early.

You got to give the town a chance.

Did you get to the red zone?

The crew were only booked until midnight.

That doesn't go on until 1:00 a.m. So...

Let's go anyway.

I want to see Siena at its worst.

It's left here.

Simone.

What's the matter? Are you scared

to see me after what you wrote?

- This is Thomas.

- Hello.

I know who he is.

You want to be careful with this one.

She seems so nice when you meet her.

Then, when she writes,

she turns into a real b*tch.

- Come and have a drink.

- We're on our way to the red zone.

Come on, that's for shitty students.

You're not students, are you?

Not for a long time.

In a murder, the dead body

tells you a lot.

I saw Elizabeth's body, in the morgue.

- How?

- I visit the morgue often.

I have a cousin.

It's important to look death in the face

if you want to understand life.

That's why there are

so many murder stories.

Every news program is full

of killings, so many films.

Death is the end of everyone's story.

The only thing we share,

now we no longer believe in God.

And so we have become

obsessed with killings.

Real killings, fictional killings...

but from the safety of our homes,

where the only issue is, "Who done it?"

Not what it means.

When we see it on TV

and not in the flesh.

In the flesh, when a friend dies,

we don't even want to see the body.

So what did the body tell you?

- That Jessica didn't do it.

- So why is she on trial?

Police here are the worst.

Corrupt, incompetent.

Everyone is corrupt here, but...

She didn't kill her.

I know her. We have talked.

She is intelligent.

Not like most of the students here.

The students I teach are idiots.

Not Jessica. She has true understanding.

- So you think it was one of the others?

- Carlo had a collection of knives, okay?

Elizabeth was killed

with more than one knife.

But the police never found them.

Because they are fools.

I know where they are.

So why don't you just give them

to the police, Edoardo?

They will try to frame me.

And they have already

arrested me before.

They broke my finger.

I would be an easy target, like Cedric.

- A scapegoat.

- Come on.

No one likes me

because I write the truth.

I tell the world how stupid they are.

Have you already talked to Cedric?

- No.

- Why?

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