The Wrath of God

Odile & Odette, the big new novel by Kloster.

Thank you very much.

-Thank you. Thanks. -Here, here please.

-Kloster! -Go back, please.

A moment, please.

Excuse me.

Kloster, Luciana is waiting for you on the third floor mezzanine.

It's about Valentina.

If you don't want a scene, you better go.

All right.

-He'll sign in a moment. -Thank you.

Organize this. I'll be right back.

An autograph?

All right.

We'll have a short break and organize the book signing.

Kloster! Could you sign…?

-Kloster, a picture, please! -Not now.

Kloster, one moment. El Metropolitano. Just a picture.

-Hey! Hands off! I'm working. -No pictures.

Esteban! How are you?

How are you doing?

What about you? I thought you got fired.

No. I mean, yeah. I'm here for another reason.

Because Andrés told me you had trouble with--

Kloster!

-Kloster! -What happened?

-Excuse me! -Kloster!

Kloster!

NETFLIX PRESENTS

BASED ON THE NOVEL THE SLOW DEATH OF LUCIANA B

BY GUILLERMO MARTÍNEZ

12 YEARS EARLIER

"The old monk took comfort

from the conclusion that the murderer must belong to a different species."

"An evil being,

rejected by the human race,

with a visage as horrifying as the mutilated bodies of his victims."

"He was ruthless."

"His murders…"

Scratch that last part. Start over.

"He was merciless."

"His actions stunned like the headlights of a car on the road,

and, all too late, his victims realized

they had become a frightened hare,

incapable of anything other than waiting for the fatal denouement."

"The old monk...

...recalled his tenure as a prison chaplain,

where those sentenced to death…"

Luciana, where are the prisoners' letters?

Here.

I separated them from the other readers.

Are you done?

No, we still have a while to go, princess.

I'll finish here and go play with you, all right, Pauli?

All right.

Bye.

I looked up the poisonous mushrooms.

My mom is an expert.

Every year she makes a mushroom pie for Dad on their anniversary.

He hates it, but she doesn't know that.

This one is edible,

and this one is poisonous.

This is the cap,

the ring,

the stem,

and the volva.

They're almost identical. The only difference is the volva, here.

Here.

They look like button mushrooms,

so you have to look at the volva

because it could have detached or fallen off.

Thank you very much.

-What's this one called? -Tini.

And what are they?

-Sisters. -They're sisters?

-I like that. -Do you have siblings?

Yeah.

I've got a sister your age named Valentina.

I've got an older brother, Ramiro, and my eldest brother is Bruno.

-I don't have any! -Chatterbox.

How about you let Luciana go home?

No!

-No? -Can we play with my dolls again?

-Sure, anytime. Ciao, Pauli. -I love it.

Sorry I took so long to rescue you.

-It's all right. I like being with Pauli. -Don't feel obligated.

I'm always so embarrassed when you have to stay late.

We should have a playdate with my sister Valentina sometime.

They're alike.

Until next week.

Bye.

Doesn't it need a little more?

-Yeah. -So we cover it.

-Like this? -Right.

-Throw with both hands. -Very good.

-There it is. -There's a little hole.

That's better.

Now we put it in the oven, so when you come out…

Your bath is ready, princess.

Yeah!

Are you coming, Daddy?

I'll be right there.

Pauli! Dirty clothes go in the hamper.

Yep!

There we go!

Good, very good.

-Look at you fly! -Daddy, look how high I can jump!

-You're gonna fly off. -I can touch the sky.

Okay, keep doing that. Yeah.

-Let's see how you fly. -Yea!

Almost like you've got wings.

Yeah.

You're beautiful. Give me a kiss.

I love you.

I love you, Dad.

What? I didn't catch that.

-I love you, Dad. -I love you too.

PRESENT DAY

Please, I ask that you're careful with what you report

so as to keep the community calm.

We cannot confirm nor deny any theories

nor any connection with the other fires.

Careful with your reports. There are a lot of rumors,

and we're investigating…

Rey?

I'm almost done.

-What did Ramoneda say? -We talked, he doesn't know anything.

Hurry up. Management got pissed off after last week.

-You'll get it before nine. -Okay.

It's tea.

Have it by nine.

PRIVATE NUMBER

Hello?

Esteban Rey?

That's me. Who is this?

Luciana Blanco. Do you remember me? I was your assistant.

Yeah.

Yeah, like ten years ago. How are you?

Twelve years.

I need to see you. Urgently. It's about Kloster.

About Kloster?

You don't know, do you?

Nobody knows.

But what happened with Kloster?

Not over the phone.

Can you come over and we'll talk?

Now?

Yes, now. Can you come?

- Who is it? -Esteban.

Hi.

Hi.

"He kissed her mouth…

...and felt her give in,

and her lips opened to answer his kiss."

"He held her tightly

and then felt her tongue seek his."

Is that the end?

Not really, but the next part is a little explicit.

Kloster dictates worse things.

Worse, or better?

-You won't tell me what he's writing? -I can't tell you.

Coffee?

Sure.

Come in.

Thanks for coming.

Sorry for showing up out of nowhere.

It's fine.

Sit down.

Do you want a drink?

-No, I'm good. -Sit.

Kloster became famous publishing a novel he dictated to me.

But you know that.

I wanna talk about something no one else knows.

I thought the punishment had been enough, but the deaths continued.

What deaths?

My family's.

Who is killing them?

Kloster.

I need your help.

Kloster is murdering your family?

One by one for more than ten years.

I haven't been able to stop him yet.

No one believed me, but now it's different.

This time I can get ahead of him. That's why I need your help.

Esteban,

I saw him again today.

He was right by the nursing home where my mother is. She's next.

How do you know he's targeting her? Couldn't it be a coincidence?

My mom being in a nursing home at 58 with neurological damage

is because of him.

There are no coincidences around Kloster.

Mm hmm.

I need you to write my story.

Write it?

Yes.

And publish it.

When we met,

you told me that Kloster was a mysterious, secretive writer.

-Yeah. -Right.

After he started killing my family, he's seen everywhere. Why?