The Night Of The Wild Boar (La noche del jabalí)

THE NIGHT OF THE WILD BOAR

"Literature is a dangerous craft" Roberto Bolaño

She come's in today, right?

She is going to bring us bad luck that woman.

Work is work.

How did the hunt go?

-Ma'am. -Good morning, Mr. Mario.

Good morning.

I would like to offer my condolences on the death of Mr--

That's okay.

Who is this?

Benno, the town's rat.

Good morning, Ms. Claudia.

Ms. Claudia, this is the town's policeman.

Welcome to the south of the world.

-Is there something wrong? -No, not for now.

I simply wanted to let you know that we are doing everything possible

to investigate Mr. Guillermo's death.

His death?

He committed suicide a year ago.

Don't worry, Ms. Claudia, he is new in town.

He likes making up theories. He wants to get famous.

It will be better if I come back later. That way we can talk calmly.

Say hi to your wife for me, Mario.

Everything is ready in the house, ma'am.

Water and electricity are ready, and the generator is on.

I am here only for a few days, Mario.

The keys.

Let me know if you need anything.

GUILLERMO SAN ROMAN THE HUNTER AND THE SNOW

THE HUNTER AND THE SNOW

Who is it?

Who is out there?

Hello.

Hello?

Hello.

Thank you...

but I can do it myself next time.

Mr. Mario!

Mr. Mario!

Mr. Mario!

Yes?

-Who is that guy chopping wood? -Sebastian?

He is helping me with the heavy work.

Truth is I haven't been feeling very well lately,

so he is taking care of the houses.

-Family of yours? -No.

Why? Is he bothering you?

Ms. Claudia?

What are you doing here?

Come with me.

Is that a body?

We found her body on the river this morning.

Her parents thought she had run away from the house a while back.

That's horrible.

Yeah, it's horrible. Poor kid.

You'd never seen a body before, right?

No.

Did you get to read Guillermo's work?

I mean, they are very graphic, they are full of details.

And how do you get inspired to write your little novels?

Do you remember your boyfriends?

-Or your relationship with Guillermo? -That's enough, Benno.

This degenerate is guilty of those killings.

And the body of that girl on the river is going to help me prove it.

-You have nothing to say about this? -Get out of my house.

Here is my phone number.

I mean, in case you remember something.

Or just to get... inspired.

You bastard! We told you it was him! You did nothing!

Hello, Claudia.

I think you know why I am calling.

The company has decided not to represent you anymore.

Romantic novels are not really in line with what we're looking for these days.

And... well, you should have been nicer, Claudia.

Well, take care, Claudia.

-Mr. Mario. -Ms. Claudia.

I came by to see if everything was okay.

Is there a problem?

Last night I came by and you had a visitor.

And?

That cop is asking questions about me in town.

Listen.

It's better not to talk to him, okay?

I am sorry if I was bothering you.

Who is there?

Who is out there?

-Claudia, what happened? -It was you downstairs, right?

No. I just came by and wanted to check on you.

-Were you downstairs? -Who's downstairs?

-You were down there, walking around. -Who's downstairs?

It was you, right?

No?

Did they take something of value?

I don't know. Papers, Guillermo's documents, I guess.

Was there something in those documents that you didn't tell me about before?

No.

Are these San Roman's notes?

What are you doing here, Benno? Can't you see that I am the victim?

Calm down, Claudia.

I'm just trying to understand why someone would come here looking for documents.

Aren't you the cop?

Yes, that's why I want to help.

I don't believe a thing you say.

Do you have a warrant to be here?

Down here, warrants don't do much good.

Piece-of-shit town.

The town has nothing to do with it, man.

How's your wife?

Your sister will never forgive you, man. You know that, right?

Why the hell did you come back?

After everything, they will never let me be, right?

You wanted them to let you be?

It would have been better not to come back then.

Could be. After everything I did for those sons of bitches,

they sent me back to this shithole again.

A puppet, right?

They used you and threw you away.

Aren't you at the same place, man?

Where you started?

No, man, you are worse, because now no one likes you.

Do you remember when we used to play on these grounds, man?

Do you know who else plays here?

Kids, man. Our kids.

The kids of the men that are not with us anymore. They play here.

And your kids?

Do you have kids, man?

I am going to solve this case and I will get the hell out of here.

Once and for all.

I just hope you are not in on all of this.

Be careful.

You might get hurt.

You need to hold the stick with strength.

And chop the wood in smaller pieces...

with this one.

That's how you cut up a body.

Did you understand?

Get in.

-Am I under arrest? -No.

Not yet.

Do you know what's down there?

Clothes belonging to a girl... and this glove.

We showed it to her parents...

and... it belonged to the girl we found in the river.

But the girl we found in the river was naked.

Does this tell you something?

How do you know it was Guillermo?

"Protector-girl, white in her skin and in her death.

Red in her gloves and in her past."