The Statement Page #4

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you ever showed me.

A dog was the only thing

you wanted. Remember?

You were such a pretty little thing.

"A little dog to keep me company when

you're not here, so I won't be lonely."

I never said that.

You make it all up.

And after I gave you the dog...

...and we both decided

to call him Bobi...

...you thanked me.

Do you remember how you

thanked me, Nicole?

My God, you were passionate.

Loving.

Why do you go on about Bobi?

You're up to something. I always know

when you're up to something.

No, no, no, it's just that we...

...we both want Bobi to die

of old age, don't we?

You leave him alone, you hear me?

You leave him alone.

It's up to you

whether I leave him alone or not.

You do as you're told

and no harm will come to him.

Judge Livi.

Colonel.

Please be seated.

Allow me to introduce the chairman of

my commission, Professor Valentin.

Pleased to meet you, professor.

Thank you for the material you sent.

Very helpful.

Thank you.

I have given instructions that no priest,

abbot or prior is to shelter Brossard.

Not now.

Never again.

Do you believe your instructions

are being obeyed, Your Eminence?

I believe they are.

With all due respect, Your Eminence,

we very much doubt it.

-Why?

-Because he's nowhere to be found.

So he must be hiding somewhere,

or he's being hidden.

May l, Your Eminence?

We know about the dreadful business

near the Abbey of St. Cros.

The abbot, Dom Vladimir...

...while admitting Brossard was

staying there during that period...

...flatly denies that

either he or his monks...

...know anything about the murder

of the Jewish...

...tourist.

I asked His Eminence if he

would speak to Dom Vladimir...

...to ask if he knew

where Brossard might be.

-He said he didn't know.

-And you believe him?

Yes, of course.

He said he called Dom Andre,

principal of a Jesuit school in Aix...

...to warn him of what happened.

Dom Andre said Brossard had

turned up but had been sent away.

-Sent where?

-To another house, I assume.

-Brossard has stayed other places.

-I want to know where.

We need the names of everyone

who's ever sheltered Brossard.

All of them.

And the dates.

I have two duties in this matter.

To make sure the Church is not

perceived as an institution...

...which protects those charged

with abusing human rights.

My other duty is to find out who

has been sheltering him and stop it.

When I judge the time is right...

...you will have all the information

you require.

Not good enough...

...Your Eminence.

It's all you're going to get.

Did you know withholding

information is a criminal offense?

-Obstruction of justice?

-Then arrest me.

Thank you for coming, Colonel.

And thank you too, professor,

for attending.

It's difficult for him.

He's one of the new breed.

-He needs to tread carefully.

-We don't.

He was angry I'd given you those files.

You said something

about other houses.

-Did l?

-Come on, you're not a priest.

You have nothing to lose.

Give us the list.

Take my advice.

Go speak to the abbot of St. Cros,

Dom Vladimir.

He knows more than he's letting on.

And the Chevaliers de Sainte Marie?

What about them?

Yes, they saw me.

They saw me.

They saw my face, yes.

They saw my face.

-Pierre, wake up.

-They saw me! They saw me!

They saw my face!

They saw my face!

-It's all right. It's all right.

-They saw--

Come here. Come here.

It's all right.

-Yes?

-Sir, Monsieur Pierre.

Where are you?

Look, I must know where to find you.

-You need money, don't you?

-I want a passport.

How can I get you a passport

if I don't know where you are?

I have some friends

in an abbey near Frejus.

The abbot is a Chevalier.

If anything goes wrong,

I will contact you.

Yeah, do that.

-Yes?

-Your honor. It's me, Vionnet.

-He's made contact.

-Good.

-Where is he now?

-I'm not absolutely sure.

-You're not sure?

-Well, I know where he's going.

-An abbey, Le Frejus.

-Send his payment to the usual place.

-Pochon will take care of the rest.

-Right.

To the best fish stew in France.

She only makes her bourride

one day a week. This is the day.

-You've struck lucky.

-lnspector, we haven't much time.

-One has to eat.

-We have to work.

Well, one can work and eat.

I'm told the Americans do it on the run.

Disgusting.

So, Pierre Brossard.

One, who would want to kill him?

You mentioned a Jewish group.

-The relatives of the victims, perhaps?

-Perhaps.

So, two. If the body we found

was that of the would-be assassin...

...and if Brossard killed him,

let's say in self-defense...

...then why take his money

and his papers?

To make it look like a simple murder

or robbery.

-So no one would connect him.

-Possible.

But then why leave a revolver

fitted with a silencer?

My God, that smell

is driving me crazy!

Inspector, forgive me,

but what is this leading to?

The car.

Rented by one David Manenbaum.

Canadian driving license.

So one will be forgiven for thinking...

...he was a relative of one of

the Jewish victims of Dombey.

But....

But?

He wasn't a Jew.

-How do you know?

-Not circumcised.

You sure?

Judge, forgive me for being indelicate,

but I attended the autopsy...

...and I am able to tell

whether a man is circumcised.

We took a set of his prints.

Sent them to the prefecture in Paris.

There's no record of them on any files.

Not those of Canadian

Mounted Police, the FBl, or lnterpol.

-No record at all?

-Look at that, the fish today is turbot.

Yes?

You got a pen?

-Yes.

-Just outside Frejus.

A monastery on the Haute Corniche.

If you miss him,

he'll collect his envelope...

...from Bar Mathieu

in the rue Obscure.

-You got that?

-Yeah. Yeah.

The subject will arrive tomorrow

from Aix.

And change your car.

He'll recognize it.

-ln the same name?

-Yes.

Remember the statement

must be found on the body.

-No problem.

-That's what you said...

...before you screwed up the last time.

How long do you think

the drive back's gonna take?

I don't know.

It depends whether we stop.

I work alone. Right?

-Who was that?

-I don't know.

Sh*t!

I was wrong.

I want to apologize.

For publishing that photograph.

It's made life difficult.

I'm too impulsive.

-Probably.

-No, I am.

I mean, it's a problem I have.

I'm too quick.

I get so impatient.

Are you listening to me?

This guy Manenbaum,

what is he, about 40?

He doesn't seem to have a record.

What does that mean?

Well, it's not possible that there's

no trace anywhere in the world...

...of a 40-year-old professional killer.

So, what are you saying?

I don't really know

at the moment, but....

Maybe there is no Jewish Commando.

I don't know.

Oh, God.

If only I could go far, far away.

If I had the money...

...I could rent one of those boats.

Just disappear.

I could go somewhere

I'd never been before.

No. The Church is my only refuge.

My only hiding place.

I must go on.

I have to go on.

I know now how much I miss you.

You are the only one

who cares for me.

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