Twilight (Szürkület)

TWILIGHT A film by György Fehér

I'm very sorry,

that I have to pester you with this filthy business

during your last few days.

I'm not even sure who your replacement should be.

Hello, Inspector.

By the cross up there.

A girl, about 8 years old.

She's most likely been dead for days.

- How was she killed? - With a razorblade.

Had you sent the child somewhere?

Did she often take the route out there?

She was found dead in the forest.

She was murdered.

My child...

I need... need to go...

go... to her...

to see my child...

I need to go see my child... My child, I need to see her...

Who killed her? Who killed her?

- Who killed her? Who killed her? - My child... My child...

- Who killed her? - I have to go and see her!

- You can't go out there. - Who killed her?!

- Who killed her?! - Don't you understand...

- You can't go out there... - Who killed her?!

- Who killed her?! - Who killed her?!

- I don't know... - You need to find out!

I beg you!

- You need to find out! - I will... I will...

- I beg you! Find out! - I will... I will...

- Find out! Find out! - I promise... I promise...

Do something already.

I've already tried.

They won't listen to me.

These people... They want the peddler.

You were the one who found the child?

Yes I did, Inspector.

You know what those people outside want?

Yes I do, Inspector.

Do you know why?

Because you've been convicted of a similar crime...

I am innocent, Inspector.

Sure you are...

He hasn't been arrested.

He's being interviewed as a witness.

Your job is...

is to maintain order,

whether he's guilty or not.

If basic freedoms aren't guaranteed, everyone will suffer.

It is not your job to maintain order,

to ensure this investigation proceeds without interruption?

Go out there...

and send them about their business!

So, what happened with Anna?

Look me in the eye.

Tell me about Anna.

The giant...

he met Anna every week.

And?

Look me in the eye.

Where?

By the cross.

Look me in the eye.

- Are you sure Anna drew the giant? - Yes.

- And have you seen the giant yourself? - Not me, unfortunately.

- Where did she meet the giant? - By the cross.

And what did the giant give to Anna?

Little hedgehogs.

- Look me in the eye. - Little hedgehogs.

He gave her little hedgehogs.

- Where? - By the cross.

Are you sure she drew the giant?

The Professor?

He does not strike me as a murderer.

Has he previously been convicted of sexual assault?

He was with a 14-year-old girl.

And his relations? With other women?

Well, as with any other peddler...

He's been around...

all over the place.

It's too bad she died...

The car...

She seems to have observed it quite closely.

So much so...

that I could perhaps even say...

that the car in question might be an old-fashioned model.

This, of course, is only a vague assumption.

However, if it were true...

then the murderer...

would be out there right now in an old-fashioned car.

Let us say, for the sake of argument,

that I found the child's murderer based on this drawing.

If we accept this as a possible scenario...

what could we make of this, you and I?

You, sir...

are attempting the impossible.

You want...

to chase a murderer...

who most likely does not exist.

And even if he did...

you will never find him.

Because this is the kind of murderer

who only stops killing by accident.

There are too many of them.

Well...

then your situation would be quite worrisome.

So, you said

that as you were going through the forest

on your way back to the city...

you stumbled across the body...

without touching said body.

We took your clothes and gave you new ones.

Do you know why?

We found bloodstains on your jacket.

The little girl's blood.

I stumbled over the body.

And I assume you only kept this quiet out of fear.

And you still want us to believe you?

No need to get anxious...

We don't want to torture you.

We're only trying to find the truth.

That's why we've turned to you.

You're our most important witness. You have to help us.

Yes, Inspector.

Tell me...

what sorts of things do you sell?

Towels?

Dishtowels, too.

What else?

Shoelaces,

Inspector.

Toothbrushes.

Soap.

Shaving cream.

Is that all?

Well, now...

I think you forgot something.

Go on now, what else do you sell?

We've gone through your basket very thoroughly.

Well?

- Kitchen knife. - What else?

What else, besides the kitchen knife?

Razors.

Why did you hesitate to tell us?

The girl...

was killed with a razorblade.

Look, I know you committed this murder.

But I also know...

that you were just as shocked by it as I am.

As we all are.

Something came over you and turned you into a beast.

You attacked her and killed her without meaning to.

Something inside of you took control.