-Are you still attending the police academy?
-We are looking for a modus operandi that allows me to overcome
all the obstacles.
-See you tonight. -See you tonight.
- They didn't kiss.
I took a good look.
- Kissed who?
-Let's go. Astrid!
Hello.
-Hello. -Hello.
-What's this ? - The murder weapon.
A tapered piece of wood
which penetrated the thoracic area.
-A stake.
-Yes. - A stake in the heart.
-It takes some strength. -Enough to pierce the ribs?
An extraordinary strength.
- Superhuman, even.
-Who does this ? When you can stab with a knife.
Why complicate things ?
-The stake is used in certain cases.
-Stop it.
-Well... A stake! In the heart ! And we shut out the daylight
to be able to return. -It's a photography workshop.
It's normal. -OK.
But there is
no mirror,
and then it smells of garlic.
It looks a lot like... - It's a homicide!
There is a rational explanation.
-The victim is extremely pale
and shows signs of hemorrhagic shock:
he must have lost a lot of blood, but we can't see any traces of it.
- The body must have been moved.
-I note the presence of a strange incision, there,
at the area of the carotid artery.
-Oh yes.
- A trace of teeth marks.
- Stop it! Find the cause of death!
And no bedtime stories!
-And sleeping standing up? -That doesn't exist !
-Ah.
It appears that the victim was
restrained.
It's a forensics item, not a tall order.
-It's a nightmare.
-Who was he to you?
-I was his talent agent.
Jonathan was a very gifted photographer.
- And you came to see him at night?
-Our professional relationship had brought us closer
and we...
You know...
-Uh... Absolutely not.
-We were sleeping
together. Nothing serious.
It's all my fault. -Sorry ?
-She said...
-Why do you say that ?
-I didn't believe him.
-Didn't believe what?
- He wouldn't leave his home anymore, he was terrified.
-By what ?
-A monster.
-Madam,
it is forbidden to speak of what doesn't exist.
No tall tales, you said.
-Yes, I said that, but... Wait, Astrid.
What kind of monster are you talking about, exactly?
- "Vory v zakone". -It means the Russian mafia.
*-"Mafia of the East", rather.
This organization born in the Gulag
has a strong presence in Azerbaijan and Georgia,
since 2005, the georgian mafia
*has developed in France.
I have found many files concerning it since 2005.
*-Jonathan
had borrowed a lot of money from a "vor".
-A senior member of the organization. *-He told his agent
that he feared reprisals.
-It's crooked. - But it makes a mark.
Other creditors know that if they don't pay, it's "queek".
- He bought his apartment
far below market price from the notary,
he had to pay the rest in cash.
-The victim received a phone call
shortly before the time of the death estimated by Fournier.
They called him
from a prepaid phone.
- That's rational!
It means that it exists, the "vory v zakone", not like...
We can come back to earth. Because at some point I thought that
I was dealing with...
Astrid, I have Fournier
*on another call.
Yes, Fournier?
What ?
Are you sure of yourself?
-Absolutely. -This isn't a joke?
- No, he was completely drained of all his blood.
- It's not because of the stake?
He hemorrhaged
and we moved the body.
-A haemorrhage never completely empties the body.
Miss Nielsen was right:
these marks are those of restraints,
without a doubt
electrical cables, and they were done ante-mortem.
-And the neck?
-This wound by which he was emptied of his blood was made
post mortem.
- But if he were dead,
his heart was no longer beating.
So they had to... suck the blood out of the body.
-Or we let gravity take its course: look
his ankles.
There was a pulley in the ceiling.
-They would have hung him upside down to empty him like...
-Like a pig.
-I understand mobsters like to kill spectacularly,
but why drain him of his blood?
-To drink it.
I'm joking. Alright, I'll continue with my analysis.
-Right.
Astrid, I have to tell you that I'm not afraid of much...
-You have already admitted to me that you are not afraid of much,
apart from haunted houses, witches, ghosts...
- It's okay, I understand.
So this is it.
-Yes that's it.
Four months ago, the victim had a scooter accident.
The motorist involved committed a hit-and-run,
the license plate was that of a stolen vehicle.
- So we don't know who was driving.
-But not the one who stole it: I made the link with another file.
An investigation into a car theft ring.
A car of the same model showing signs of collision
was found in a garage in the Paris region.
-Thanks. A garage in the name of a certain
Zakhar Voronov, suspected of belonging to the "Vory v zakone".
Well done, Astrid.
-Thanks.
Careful with the file.
Hmmm... Hmmm... There you go.
-How are things with Emma?
-Fine. Why ?
-Because you were late this morning. I was just saying.
-So what ? - You're never late.
-Raph, I would like to talk to you about something...
-I'm listening. -No, not here.
Can I come over tonight?
-Yes. Nope ! It is Monday.
-Ah, Astrid.
Forget it.
-Tomorrow, you can. Theo is at his girlfriend's, so no problem.
-It's here.
-Yes.
-Hello ! -Someone there ?
-Zakhar Voronov?
-Criminal squad!
Oh!
-(He vanished?)
(Up there?) -(Yes. I'm going.)
Your hands !
On the desk !
-Na zdoroviГ©.
*Bach: "Violin Concerto number 3"
-Astrid? -Yes.
-I have something for you.
-Ah.
-You don't like surprises, so I haven't done anything yet.
-OK.
-However, I think it is something you will enjoy.
-Ah.
- Do you know Atsuko Kando?
- Not personally.
She is a famous Japanese violinist.
-She will soon play a recital of J.-S. Bach's partitas in Paris.
-I really like Johann Sebastian Bach's violin partitas.
-I know.
-Only attending a recital is impossible for me.
To be mixed with the public, to hear the parasitic noises of the people around...
-I know. But I got permission to see her rehearse.
We would be alone.
-Alone... I don't understand. She won't be there?
-Yes, but for us alone.
I was able to join Ms. Kando's team.
It wasn't easy, but I explained the situation to them.
She accepts it if we are present during her rehearsal.
If you want, of course. Only if you want it.
Something wrong, Astrid?
-I don't know.
I have to work.
Goodbye, Tetsuo.
I must...
I have to work.
- See you soon, then, Astrid.
-Very nice tattoos.
So you are Mr. Zakhar Voronov.
You are Georgian, living in France since 1985,
arrested for acts of barbarism in 1992,
namely, I quote...
"took out a man's tongue and tortured him
"before killing him."
-We had a dispute
of a professional nature.
-He was from another clan of "vory v zakone"?
-Vory v zakone.
I did jail time for that.
That case went to trial, and I've since left the organization.
So why am I here exactly?
-Jonathan Fischer. -I don't know him.
-A car you stole ran him over.
-"Suspected". "Suspected of stealing".
This case resulted in a dismissal.
-What were you doing last night?
-I was behind the desk,
where you challenged me earlier, with clients.
-Gamblers. You run an underground gambling den.
-A circle of games, all above board.
You can check, my license is in order.
If you don't have a better evidence to keep me,
I will have to leave you, madam.
Do svidania.
-Raph? I was looking for you everywhere.
Were you smoking?
- No, I was getting some air.
-There. Besides, you are hiding something?
Give me one.
-Mina Biglu
identified Zakhar in a photo, she saw him bullying Jonathan.
-I can imagine the scenario.
He goes to jail, he gets too conspicuous, he leaves
the organisation,
and becomes a loan shark by lending dirty money to launder it.
- It is impossible to prove, and he knows that very well.
-We're going to go through Jonathan's schedule,
we'll see if he went
to Zakhar's gaming club.
You're not with Astrid?
-No, she's at the Doc, she's working on an enigma.
-Oh...
-This stake story obsesses her.
-Hello.
Your victim is an Rh-negative phenotype. Does that mean anything to you?
-Uh no.
-You know the blood groups A, B, AB, O,
with the positive or negative rhesus markers, but in reality,
there are hundreds of different phenotypes.
-He had rare blood? -Very rare !
- How many people have it? -40 or 50.
-In France ? -In the world !
Golden blood! Compatible with all other phenotypes!
But they can only receive
that golden blood. It's also a curse.
-Nico, find me all possible distribution channels.
-Of what ? -Rare blood trafficking.
-Blood is not a commodity,
we are in France.
In the blood bank that I run, donations are anonymous,
there can be no trafficking.
-Tell us about Jonathan Fischer.
-He came about four months ago.
He discovered his phenotype following a scooter accident.
He had golden blood. The absolute universal giver.
He was ready to save lives, but not for free.
- He wanted money.
- That's it, except that I told you...
-Blood is not a commodity.
-Nico, do we have any news on the blood trafficking?
-It's complicated to get information, blood donation is very controlled.
But I have this.
- Is it in Russia? -Saint Peterbourg.
This clinic offers Rh-negative transfusions
for millionaires,
for miraculous cures. Half a liter
costs 60,000 euros.
-1 liter brings them 100,000 euros! That's huge !
-Jonathan went to St. Petersburg.
-It allowed him to pay his debts.
-See if any Russians came
to France, we are going to check if Jonathan went there alone.
- Good evening Raphaelle. How are you ?
- Hello Sylvia.
- Good evening Astrid.
-Good evening.
You have seven paperclips left. And something is wrong with this stake.
-Yes, to steal his blood, you don't need such violent methods.
-I'm not talking about why they used the stake,
but the way they did it.
According to Dr. Fournier's report, the stake pierced the sternum,
which requires
colossal strength.
-They were able to use a hammer immobilizing the victim.
-The top of the stake would have been damaged, but this was not the case.
It looks like it was all done at once.
Perhaps it was
that this stake was not planted
in the victim...
-What do you mean ? -They planted
the victim on the stake.
We have to get
the bulky ones now.
-Is this it ?
- Yes, this is yesterday morning's round.
-Commander Coste, there.
A bloodstain on the leg, and stains on the stool.
The victim was
impaled on the leg while falling,
and the leg snapped on impact.
-According to Fournier, Jonathan didn't die instantly.
The bulky items must have cushioned his fall,
he still found the strength to get up
and go and collapse in front of his door.
-I think I know where the primary crime scene is.
- You don't have vertigo anymore? -If only!
But I try not to think about it.
-This was the spot, here.
- Was it a crime or an accident?
-It's a crime.
In the landfill, there was a television antenna.
The mark on the wrist might not have been that of a tie.
-A cable ?
-Yes. -Exactly: an antenna cable.
As he fell, Jonathan had to cling to this cable,
which didn't support his weight.
-This cable was not torn out, but cut.
-I've known Nicholas
for 15 years,
but i find him
more sure of himself now.
-He is
in a relationship now.
-Yes, Astrid, and I'm not the type to steal someone else's guy.
Don't imply... - RaphaГ«lle.
I don't know how to imply.
It's too subtle
for me.
You were stating facts about Captain Perran.
To help you,
I said he was in a relationship: that's a fact.
-It's a fact, uh...
Anyway, he wants to talk to me. He's coming around for dinner tomorrow.
I'm sure he'll tell me things aren't good with Emma.
This interests you ?
- I am absolutely not interested.
-Thank you.
- Please, frankness is essential, between friends.
My mind is preoccupied with an enigma.
I can't be interested in anything else at the moment.
- But you solved it, this riddle concerning the stake.
-It's not about the stake.
-Ah.
- RaphaГ«lle, why do people kiss each other?
-Oh well, again...
As I told you before,
people kiss because it's one of the things in a relationship.
-I mean, beyond social convention,
why kiss?
What do you feel
when you kiss someone?
-When I kiss someone, I know how I feel
and how the other person feels too.
We can look at each other, we can talk to each other,
we can be attracted as well,
but when we kiss,
we can no longer lie to each other.
Why are you asking me this? Is it because of Tetsuo?
- No, otherwise it wouldn't be...
-Astrid?
-I wanted to.
On the mouth. -Wow !
Ah, news from the clinic in Russia.
Well...
Guess who went there with Jonathan.
This time, I advise you to start talking.
*OK. I'm speaking, then.
*Jonathan Fischer borrowed money from you.
As he was no longer paying back, you hit him on his scooter.
Thanks to this accident,
he discovers that he is Rh-negative.
He convinces you that his blood is worth gold
and that he can sell it in Russia.
We know you were there: we have your plane tickets
and phone calls
that prove it.
-This rejuvenation with rare blood,
is a scam.
-What ?
*-It's bogus.
*Jonathan wanted to sell them his blood, they didn't respond,
so he came to talk to me about it.
I inquired: in fact, they usually transfuse O negative.
*It costs them nothing,
and it pisses off fools. His blood was worth nothing.
It was unsaleable.
There is no black market.
And it's not for lack of looking.
-But Jonathan repaid you part of his debt. How ?
- That, I would like to know.
This little shit borrowed 250,000 euros from me
and only repayed me half. I report to Moscow.
-I'm sorry for you. Is there no insurance in your job?
Audrey Lempal was right.
-Blood is not a commodity. -Where did the money come from?
in this case ?
-Raph, we found another carrier of Rh-negative blood in France.
-Her name ?
-Chloe Bram, 5 years old. She just underwent
an operation.
-It must have required a very large amount of Rh-negative blood.
-This photo was posted shortly after
Jonathan's death.
Chloe suffered from birth from
a hereditary disease that weakens the red blood cells,
a sickle cell disease.
- Sickle cell plus Rh-negative?
-We can live very well with it thanks to regular transfusions,
but Chloe had blood too rare to have transfusions.
She was weakening. That bone marrow transplant saved her.
The operation worked.
-It required a lot of blood.
Would the parents have killed Jonathan for that?
-It went through the rare blood bank.
-The hospital made a request, but there was a hiccup.
-What hiccup?
-Chloe was admitted the day before
the operation, but the blood did not arrive until the last moment.
-Raphaelle,
the director of the rare blood bank organization
hid information from us.
*-It's the truth.
*-They left these packets in front of your door
*and you took this blood without asking any questions?
-What should I do? -Tell us, already.
It was the blood of a homicide victim!
Did you realize that?!
-I knew the hospital request was for Chloe,
it is the only Rh-negative registered, it had to be saved!
-And the procedure? - I followed her!
- Don't shout... Don't shout.
- You don't understand how it works.
- There is a procedure.
-France is the biggest consumer of gold blood because of
of Chloe and her transfusions.
I was already struggling
to get pouches, so for the operation
we ended up getting stuck.
Without that blood
they could not have operated.
-OKAY. And the sanitary rules?
*-I checked that this blood was healthy, of course!
I have documents that prove it.
-Good. We're going to interview Chloe's parents.
-How dare you ?!
-Calm down.
-Me calm down?! Come back !
We have been waiting
years for this!
And you come to accuse us
of doing I don't know what!
"That blood belonged to a man who was murdered!"
Where were you
that night ?
-At the hospital ! My wife works there!
We were able to spend the night there!
Do your job, damn it!
-Hello, Arthur?
-The family's accounts are in the red.
There were big withdrawals.
-I'm sure Jonathan was blackmailing the Brams.
He was threatened by Zakhar and wanted to sell his blood for gold.
The Brams needed it.
-Why ?
-Because Chloe was too weak to be operated on.
The rare blood bank only got one bag a month.
With more blood...
-She could have the operation. Jonathan was selling them his blood?
-And he sucked up all their money.
-That explains the murder: the parents had no more money,
the operation would not be possible...
-It was now or never.
-Except they were at the hospital.
We know that the father
used the reception phone at 1:45 a.m., the nurse found it
suspicious, here.
-He called the same prepaid number that called Jonathan right after.
-Exactly.
-Does that mean that Chloe's father knows the killer?
- He could have ordered the murder. -Something is wrong.
The cooler contained two 450ml pouches,
i.e. 900ml, and the body of an adult
holds between 5 and 6 litres.
-That's right. -Where's the rest of the blood?
-Exactly.
-I'll put you on speakerphone. *-I just called
Chloe's father.
- Explain to us.
-I watched him,
and I saw him with an odd object. I'll send you a photo.
-Thank you, Arthur.
What's this box?
-"Helsing and Co":
it's a Dutch brand of medical equipment
used to transfuse sickle cell patients in hospital.
-He donated blood six times.
Camille is a nurse, she was in charge of the process.
He kept asking us for more money.
Everytime. What could we do?
- Turn to the police. That was blackmail.
-That's not important.
It was for Chloe,
so that she can have a normal life.
If we had reported him, he would have stopped giving blood,
and we couldn't have forced his hand.
-You were able to hold on until Chloe was better and operable.
But the day before the transplant, the blood did not arrive.
There was a problem, and it put Chloe in danger.
Who did you phone?
Mr Bram,
whoever called Jonathan probably killed him.
- This is a search warrant. -What right do you have ?!
-You are the one who put Jonathan and the Brams in touch.
You betrayed the anonymity of the donor, doctor.
-He refused to give blood.
I wanted to make him change his mind.
-You were in it up to your neck. So you did some tests
to check if the blood was healthy.
It almost worked.
Everything was better, you were going to be able to fix your mistake.
But the operation
needed even more blood,
so Chloe's dad called you.
- But no... -Jonathan wanted to make you pay.
But blood can't be bought.
- Commander Coste.
Look: There,
there, there and there.
I found.
In the right door.
That's it.
-It was infuriating.
We had finally found an Rh-negative, and he refused to donate blood.
I told him about ChloГ© to try and move him,
and he found it just a means of monetizing his blood.
- What happened the night of the murder?
-There was this supply problem.
I had to do something. I called Jonathan.
He allowed me to go to his house.
I arrived at 2am with the transfusion equipment.
I found him outside his door, a stake in his chest.
-Dead.
-You found him... ?
You had nothing to do with that? -Why would I do that?
-You tell me.
-But to drive a stake like that, you need a force of 200 kg!
-300.
300 kilograms. - You didn't call the police.
-Understand me ! - No shouting.
-Chloe absolutely had to
to be operated on that day, put yourself
in my place !
-And how did you do it ?
- I wasn't going to do it in front of his house.
The door was ajar, I pulled the body inside.
I didn't touch the stake, it was preventing the flow of blood.
I found a rope with a pulley.
I had to stick a needle in his neck, it was the only way
to do it...
- To empty him. Drain him of his blood.
- She was indeed at the rare blood bank at the time of the crime.
The guard saw her there. That's all we have so far.
-Who was with him on that roof?
Who cut the cable? Zakhar?
-Jonathan owed him money, it would have been stupid to kill him.
When was the loan? -6 months ago.
-Zakhar engineered the accident because Jonathan stopped paying.
How did he pay before?
-I figured that out thanks to the workshop. Thank you, William.
-Yes thanks.
Me too, the workshop has allowed me to understand many things.
-It's nice, but this workshop,
is above all, yours.
Me, I'm just a ferryman. A very happy ferryman.
The session is over.
You can continue to chat around the buffet.
Max, it's me who tidies up
the chairs.
-William.
-Yes ?
-Help me solve a riddle.
-Chic, another enigma.
I love helping you solve puzzles.
- Can you accompany me to the Criminal Documentation?
- A crime to solve?
-Absolutely not. Tell Max to put away the chairs.
You won't have time.
-OK. Max!
-So.
- These are kisses. -I see. I can see very well.
- Just look.
Tongues touch.
-And I have to help you...?
Good. Uh...
The kiss mobilizes no less than 34 facial muscles.
It's incredible ! The kiss is just two.
It's not the answer you were expecting.
-Nope. William, I'm hypersensitive
to sensory stimuli.
-I see.
-As soon as someone touches my arm, my brain is overwhelmed
by the information, then the lips...
The lip endings
are twenty times more sensitive than those of the rest of the body,
and those of the tongue...
What's going to happen...
if Tetsuo kisses me?
-What is the problem ?
You told me that Tetsuo agreed not to kiss you.
-Yes...
But I don't know why...
-Tell me.
-I wanted to.
-You wanted to because you know each other better,
because you trust him.
And above all, because
you like Tetsuo.
-I was his talent agent.
It had brought us closer.
-Mina is not at her home.
We found her phone in a trash can.
-Arthur?
-Before the scooter accident, Mina was withdrawing a lot of money
from her account.
-And then he didn't need her anymore.
-What ?
- It was Mina who paid Jonathan's debts.
When he started selling his blood,
he no longer needed her.
I'm sure their affair
ended at the same time.
- He was using her. How did you guess?
-Astrid understood when she saw Jonathan's photos
that Mina was posing for some kissy pics
dated more than 4 months ago.
Astrid recognized her lips.
-The lips ?
-The imprint of the lips
is as unique as fingerprints.
-I didn't know.
-Me niether.
Wait... If Mina paid Jonathan's debts...
-Zakhar! -She is in mortal danger.
We have to go !
Police !
Let's go !
Drop your weapon! -It's not a weapon!
You seem tense. -Where are you going ?!
-Zakhar, the neighborhood is cordoned off! Where is Mina?!
-She is the surety.
When Jonathan incurred his debt, she stood surety.
That's how it is. It's the law.
She owes me this money. -The law ?
You call that the law?!
-Our law.
If she goes to jail, I'll be in trouble with Moscow.
-I don't care ! Tell us where she is before this gets out of hand!
-Ho! -Ho!
-Get back !
-Slowly !
-It's over.
We're here.
-I was fucking crazy about him. I did everything for him.
When he started to walk away
I thought it was just a passing fancy.
-Mina, what happened up there,
on the roof?
-He told me that he no longer wanted me to be his agent,
he fired me like a dog,
the motherfucker.
-Just in at the time
when he was becoming famous.
- He would have been nothing, without me. I did everything for him.
I guided him in his work.
He was nobody, and I made him a more than recognized artist.
You know what I did when he told me he was firing me?
I begged him.
That bastard... And what's more, it made him laugh.
-What happened ?
-I had reached the end, I had taken so much from him ...
That laughing was the final straw.
-Tell me, Mina. Eh ?
Say it.
- I pushed him.
I pushed him with all my might.
He tried to hang on.
-You could still have saved him, pulled him back.
- Oh no, it was
out of the question to save him, quite the contrary!
It became so clear.
So I cut the cable.
He didn't scream, I just heard his body crash to the ground.
I ran away.
I went back to the party I had been at.
- To have an alibi?
-To get a taste of my life
without his grip. Do you understand?
And then during the evening,
I was afraid I had forgotten something.
So I went back there, with a lump in my stomach.
-It's called guilt.
-I have never heard the violin played
other than through recordings.
I realized I had never heard the true sound
of a violin.
Kando-san, arigato.
- Thank this young man instead. He must have moved mountains
to send me his request. And you were right:
the acoustics here are outstanding.
-Arigato gozaimashita.
- The guy pushed her over the edge. Without excusing her, I understand her.
- Yes, a perverse narcissist.
The term is fashionable.
I have another word, to describe those
who suck the energy out of others.
-Wait, you mean...
-"Vampire".
Well, you didn't come here
to talk about the investigation. What did you want to say to me ?
-It's about Emma. Uh...
Listen... I think I'm in love.
As it hasn't happened to me for a long time... In fact,
I would like to propose that she comes and lives with me.
As you're my best friend
maybe you could give me some advice.
-No problem.
-Tetsuo, you know
I don't like to be touched.
-I know, Astrid, you already told me.
-Because it mobilizes my nervous system too much.
I can't anticipate finger movements,
from the hand.
-I understand.
-However, I have a completely different relationship to touch
when I take the initiative.
Would you close your eyes?
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