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Now is this the eclipse?

DARK FORTUNE

Hello.

BACK BY 10 PM PROMISE! ALICE!!!

- Hello, Helen. - Hello.

- Did you notice the eclipse today? - No.

It's silly, all that hype.

A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY

MASTERS THESIS BY ELIANE HESS

Hess.

What?

Oh no!

Helen! I've got to leave again.

An emergency.

Tell Alice to go straight to bed.

What are you doing?

What do you think? Studying.

WAID CITY HOSPITAL ZURICH

Do you know what the Saros cycle is?

A Saros cycle lasts 1,270 years.

Maurice told me in the car today.

There's a solar eclipse every 18 years

and it shifts about a hundred miles each time.

Did you see the eclipse today?

First we saw a crescent, then only a black disc in a circle of light.

It's called the corona.

It was really spooky.

Like a black eye, Daddy said.

Where were you?

In Alsace.

Daddy was driving. We have an old Peugeot.

It's a clunker, Mommy says.

She was wearing a silk scarf,

and I kept massaging her shoulders.

You massaged her shoulders?

Mrs. Schneider says I'm good at it.

But Daddy doesn't come. He thinks family therapy is crap

and costs way too much.

You have to feed my guinea pigs! I forgot all about it!

Don't worry, they can wait a while.

You have to. I already forgot this morning.

Altwiesen Street 19.

Our neighbor has the key.

It's late, I don't know if I...

Please! Speedy is really old.

Well, okay.

I promise.

Stay with him as much as you can.

If anything happens, call me.

Poor kid. I feel so sorry for him.

It doesn't help the boy if you break down in tears.

Blame...

Beauty...

- Ridiculous... - Can you be quiet?

Furious...

In a rage...

Alice!

You're on probation! Don't be late for school.

Chill. Not everyone's as perfect as you.

Oh no.

That's messed up.

CAR CRASH CLAIMS THREE LIVES

Yves Zanini.

The idiots wrote his whole name.

Shit!

Madeleine.

She was rather particular.

Always had migraines, never satisfied.

Actually, he wasn't that bad.

Mrs. Hess?

The guinea pigs are upstairs.

The cage needs cleaning.

Could you, for a few days...

Sorry. My husband hates the smell.

For Yves' sake?

What will they do with the boy?

Good.

Did you see? There's chocolate yogurt.

Good thing they called you.

We'll see.

How is he?

Barely slept and hasn't eaten a thing.

Hi.

Do you remember me?

You're Eliane.

It hurts in here.

Those are your ribs.

You had an accident yesterday.

Do you remember?

Will it hurt less tomorrow?

Your guinea pigs are doing fine.

- Did they miss me? - You bet!

They're cute.

Yves, you have visitors.

Your grandmother and your aunt.

They might cry when they see you.

I might also.

That's okay.

Grandma can come in.

And your aunt?

Damn this place.

I'm going in there right now.

- Mrs. Zanini. - It's an outrage!

I can't see my grandson! He needs someone!

I understand how you feel.

But we have to see what Yves needs most,

and what might upset him.

Would his grandma upset him? Stop it, please!

Of course not.

We just have to be careful in this situation.

If he doesn't talk about the death of his relatives,

please don't mention it either.

Look.

You'll feel better soon.

Hi, Yves.

- We saw the eclipse. - You did?

Our skies were cloudy.

You'll soon come visit me.

Or us, if you'd like.

You know I'm always here for you.

Shall I cook spaghetti?

Stop being stupid!

I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to the boy!

- What's happening? - Please leave for a minute.

Is it serious?

Take them with you.

Please come with me.

He never did that before.

Come on!

Try to breathe out all the way.

That's right.

Look at me. Breathe out.

Breathe out all the way.

That's it.

Breathe out.

In and out.

Good.

- Is he feeling better? - Yes.

Who decides where my nephew will go?

I have more time than a working mom.

Only one and a half days. Come on.

I have a family: a husband and a daughter as old as Yves.

That's the court's decision, not mine.

Yves may need days or even weeks to grasp...

Geez! I have to go.

My daughter's coming home from school. Sorry.

Goodbye, Mrs. Brunner.

My condolences.

You should never outlive your child.

Maurice?

Maurice?

Hess.

Yes?

Can't it wait till tomorrow?

Just a minute.

It's about Yves' father.

He was so violent. He beat up Madeleine, very brutally.

He'd been doing I! For years.

When she said she wanted to leave him,

he bee! Her to an absolute pulp!

The kids saw everything!

She'd go out wearing a scarf and sunglasses.

Did Madeleine ever report him?

No, never!

She didn't want the children involved.

And you, as her sister?

Didn't you ever think of going to the police?

Listen. A week ago, after a party,

something so bad must've happened that Madeleine couldn't talk about it.

We never got a chance to discuss it. But I'm positive

that Rico planned to kill the whole family on that trip.

Under no circumstances do K want Yves

to rive with the mother of a murderer! You can't let that happen!

Why did you release the boy's name?

The police published it.

You didn't make sure it was discussed with me first.

Actually, that's not why I'm here.

Maurice is brain-dead.

Could you... tell the boy?

Of course.

When the time is right.

Soon.

Do you want to play?

I want to look out the window.

- What are you doing here? - Hi.

Waiting for Alice. We wanted to go out to eat.

She didn't tell me a thing.

- Did you call her? - She doesn't answer.

Are you all right?

Yes.

Okay.

She can call me when she gets home. Okay.

Wait.

Just tell her I'll be at the school tomorrow at 3:55.

Why? What for?

- The meeting with the vice principal... - That's the first I've heard of it.

That little devil.

Mom, please.

I was really studying for a change and just forgot.

Did you apologize to Dad?