Unforgivable Page #3

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It's better if you're not here.

Can we stop at the supermarket?

Now that seals our friendship.

I think Ill wind up

accepting your case.

I was worried I wouldn't be able.

You did fine.

Don Juan came through.

I'm the opposite of don Juan.

No man ever sacrificed more

to women.

All it got me was a reputation

for mistreating them.

You sound like your daughter.

She talks some sense.

She doesn't act like it.

By the way, hiring Anna Maria

to look for her is crazy.

You suggested her.

I shouldn't have.

- What do you hope to find out?

- I don't know.

I keep having a dream...

We pull a child out of the lagoon.

It's Alice. Dead.

Stop it! Alice isn't dead.

Why are you beating yourself up?

You're a great lover,

and an ungifted father.

Gifted fathers don't exist.

Anyway, what do you know?

You never had kids.

How can you say that?

People without children

know nothing about life?

Sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you.

Hi, Jrmie.

I often see that dog around here.

- You come here often?

- Yes, to take photos.

It helps me

be more precise when I write.

I can sit here for hours.

I'm gonna take the dog home.

If I were you,

Id get it vaccinated.

I spoke to your mother.

She can't reach you.

I'm always out, that's why.

Freedom.

You don't know what freedom is.

Anyway...

la procaine.

As you French say.

Jrmie!

Without a muzzle and leash,

they won't let you on board.

Sh*t.

Looks like we're walking.

How about some breakfast?

What is it you want?

Nothing special.

I'm famished. Aren't you?

Don't!

It's bad for his teeth.

They're milk teeth.

He'll lose them.

I don't care. Don't do it!

Here, you'd have a better view.

I'm fine.

I guess it's not easy finding work.

There's no hurry.

You need a job.

Yes, daddy!

My father died when I was 16.

I swear I don't miss him.

Where are you from?

Toulouse.

He was from nice.

He worked with my mother.

A duo?

Is that how you say it in French?

Yes, a duo.

He was called Jrmie, like me.

What time is it?

Ten?

Gotta get to Mestre.

My social worker.

I'll let you pay.

I think you can afford it.

- Why are they visiting churches?

- Tourism.

The titian in the frari...

the Tintoretto

in the Madonna Dell'orto...

Alvise is a cultivated,

refined young man.

How do you know him?

I had a life before I met you.

You slept with the kid?

I don't know.

I don't think so.

I slept over once

after a drunken party

And woke up

with a terrible hangover.

I don't remember a thing.

Let's get back to my investigation.

That's why we're here.

Alice and Alvise are madly in love.

Case closed.

Not so fast!

You swore she wasn't with him.

I was tricked. I searched the place

from top to bottom.

Alice was in on it, for sure.

They're complete outlaws.

Let them live their lives.

Stay out of it.

They're grown adults.

Do you think I could buy him off?

Buy him off?

I've never seen you write a word,

you're overdrawn...

anyway, if you offer Alvise money,

He'll laugh in your face.

He's a Principe.

A prince? He's a gangster!

Nobody says "'gangster"'

except in your books.

Alvise isn't a criminal.

He's a ruined aristocrat

doing shady deals.

Where does he live?

Alvise never introduces me

to his women.

Thank god.

I know if he's happy or worried

by his voice.

If he's single or with someone.

Being single

keeps him out of trouble.

You're sure he left Venice?

Positive.

My sight's failing

but I hear everything

And I understand

what people try to hide from me.

He's gone for some time.

He kissed me

and told me not to worry.

When he says that, I get worried.

Come closer, Judith.

It's been so long.

You got married, I see.

- Yes, it's a whole new life.

- He's the lucky man?

Yes, countess, I am.

Stand where I can see you both.

Yes, by the window, together.

Perfect.

I wanted to see for myself.

The age difference isn't a problem.

What do you think, Anna Maria?

You know, a woman with a man,

I find it abhorrent to begin with.

I'll need you

to value this crumbling old ruin.

You can't sell a place like this.

It's your life!

Alvise fights it,

but he needs money.

He's in trouble.

Why do you say that?

Every day, they troop through.

Mostly very young, very respectful,

very well brought up.

They even gave me flowers.

They plan to kill him,

Im sure of it.

Who was that guy?

You're here?

- He's a winegrower. You've met.

- Was he hassling you?

There's a strike.

He needed a ride.

He has your number?

Sure. The owner gave him it.

He works here, remember.

I thought writers were observant.

Clearly not.

What did you talk about?

His daughter's wedding. He wants

to rent our house for a day.

Are we allowed to do that?

We can lend it to him.

Tastes awful, this cheese.

If you had a lover, would you say?

I prefer to not even reply.

You seem to have slept with

everyone, Anna Maria, Alvise...

I even wondered about the countess.

Poor Francis...

you have an overactive imagination.

Know what you should do?

Churn out another dark,

depressing novel.

Part-Reality, part-Fiction.

You'll feel better then.

I'm blocked. You know that.

Don't twist the knife.

What will you tell Anna Maria?

To carry on.

Carry on what?

The investigation.

She's gone looking for them.

Wonderful. It's a big, wide world.

Your daughter's good.

She's succeeded

in wrecking our lives.

Where are you going?

It's high season, Im very busy.

So until Alice sends word to daddy,

Ill sleep alone.

I have to be hard.

I can't afford sleepless nights.

The alarm clock. You don't need it.

I'm not angry, just tired.

Writer man!

I have a gift for you.

I bought you 60 euros' credit.

Just enter the code.

You're Santa Claus.

Your mom asked me to get you it.

She's sick with worry.

- Why don't you answer her calls?

- Don't want to.

Just so you know, she's in Paris.

What the hell for?

Watching my daughter,

who's hiding a thug.

That's a great excuse.

She'll be having fun

with her girlfriends there.

Where are you going?

It's boiling. I need water.

We're out.

- Tap water.

- It doesn't work.

You can't just walk in here!

Get out!

I don't fight old men.

I'm ready, no problem.

I'm not going back to jail.

You're well known, too.

I've had enough trouble.

It's a pigsty in here.

Screw you!

That won't change anything.

I won't call the cops

to get you out.

No, that's not a good idea.

Jrmie, Im not your enemy.

You're here to lecture me?

No. To trust you.

I have a job for you, an easy job.

Following a woman.

What she does,

where she goes, who she sees.

Plus sandwiches,

gas and boat rental.

I have a boat. It's all I have.

When did you last see her?

I was 14 or 16.

With hair down to here.

She won't recognize you then.

Can I get my glass of water?

Don't forget, in Venice,

you work with the whole body.

You go down a street behind her,

You can't turn back.

If she looks round, you're screwed.

That's it, game over.

There's not 2 or 3 of you.

Before turning into a street,

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