l didn't want it to end this way.
The guys see me as a magician,
a clairvoyant, who alone can predict the future.
This time, l didn't see it coming,
which means they were wrong.
l lost at my own game.
AGGRAVATlNG ClRCUMSTANCES
l decided the fate of my colleagues
without evaluating the risks.
l overestimated my abilities.
l played God.
...AND DlSMlSSAL FOR PREVlOUS lNVESTlGATlONS.
ClRCUMSTANCES: LlVES LOST lN THE CALL OF DUTY.
Hi.
Drinking's bad for you.
lt's hereditary.
What do you want?
l'll have a drink.
We're not going to scalp each other.
We have a peace treaty.
We give you security and money.
All we get from you is dirty looks.
And sabotaged machinery.
You bring us money, you take away the forest.
l live in the city. No forest there.
The city's great, anyway.
lt all began with unexpected circumstances.
One more, Sagash.
lt was August 15.
l was attending an international criminal psychology conference.
The conference was on ethnopsychiatry.
Briefing time.
Just what l was craving.
Chinese.
Nice of you, Gabriel.
lsn't sake served warm?
- Oh, yeah. - We'll drink it cold.
l'll ask Rolande to warm it up.
You were nice enough to buy it.
A sergeant's retirement is a special event.
l think l'll take Rita on a trip.
Like you said, l don't retire every day.
Doesn't she get around enough?
l'm taking her to Japan.
l'll let him out.
Come here, Fernand.
Stay.
Sorry.
l'm sorry. l didn't know you were allergic.
l could've gone to a hotel.
lf you like it here, l'm glad to have you.
- ln memory of Washington? - ln memory of Washington.
So l said, if the arsonist sets a fire downtown,
we'll have to call him the ''downtown firebug.''
Had a little argument with my wife.
Don't worry. l won.
You scared me.
Talk to Richer. Talk to him.
Enough of this hatred.
We're not living in the last century.
You have to evolve, too.
Talk to him, or l'll kill him.
What's interesting
is the relationship between a culture's medical complaints
and the justification of criminal acts.
We can learn a lot from so-called ''primitive'' cultures.
You're really into ethnopsychiatry.
l was bored with conventional psychiatry.
And you?
Do you like the SAS?
lt's fascinating, but a little depressing.
Not you. Sorry.
He said he'd kill me.
You work for a killer.
Who gave you my number?
Money talks.
Not coming to see me?
No time.
lf Mohamed won't come to the mountain,
the mountain will go to Mohamed.
Something wrong?
Pigs...
Damn pigs!
Tobi Nathan's conference was very interesting.
He's very clever.
True.
lf l may...
l know you don't like talking about Washington,
but you seem to live alone.
l had an affair with my boss.
That's about it.
He's in love with me.
Got divorced for me.
l don't want a commitment.
Not with him, not with anyone.
l understand.
What do women want?
Freud never answered that question.
lt's simple.
We want it all.
- Around what time? - l told you.
Tell me again.
l didn't look at the time.
You said around 8:00 a.m.
That's right.
8 or 9 a.m. l don't know.
Leave it.
lt's not clear.
We should shift this case to someone else.
Politically, it's better.
Racial tension, hell of a case.
We do our report without getting our hands dirty.
That's all.
lf we need you, we know where you are.
Her brother was killed, and she's not even crying.
This is where l work. The SAS.
- Hi. - Hi.
Claude, could l...
Gabriel, l need you to sign a form.
Lt. Johnson.
Abraham Goldberg, ethnopsychiatrist.
- Jean-Marie Dufour. - My pleasure.
Abraham teaches at Yale.
We met when l was in Washington.
Pleased to meet you.
l'm showing him where we work.
Sure.
Why not?
l slept at her place, but we didn't sleep together.
My doctoral thesis
was about the connection between body language
and sexual tension.
Show him around, then see me.
Wait. Have a seat.
l knew l wouldn't do three months.
Did you set up the playground?
You're an ace. A real machine.
What do l tell the girls?
Uncle's on a trip and he'll bring them presents.
What about the murders? Did you do it?
They had no one else to blame. l didn't do it.
Wasn't it your mother's cottage?
Gerard was found stabbed in your bed.
Did you do it?
lt's still strange.
The girls... That was Rouleau. He had me by the balls.
l couldn't talk.
l was against it, but...
l was glad he shot himself in the head.
Your mother...
My mother's another story.
She always wanted to be buried there.
Would a state funeral have been better?
Any problems with rats?
l bought a cat. lt keeps them away.
l have a job for you.
Paid by the hour or by the week?
By the job.
You'll get paid after your vacation.
Some kind of potshot psychoanalysis?
Abraham was on target. You're a jealous monkey.
Are monkeys jealous?
Non-verbally speaking...
Can't control their antics.
You brought in a Hindu to help your dizziness.
Do Jews cure bad moods?
Do as you like. You're free.
Thank you.
Abraham is charming.
And he's my friend.
There's more to life than sex.
Oh, really? Tell him that.
lt's important you find a woman.
l'm not interested in other women.
Answer that.
What?
Talking to white people brings us nothing...
but problems.
Kid, Mayrand... Come here.
- What's going on? - He's about to tell us.
We're taking a trip.
- Where to? - A reservation.
An unusual murder.
They found a young lndian, his insides devoured.
- Must've been a bear. - Everyone thinks so.
Except bears don't pin their victims on trees.
Get packing.
We leave in two hours.
My retirement papers...
Abraham's at my place.
l spent two weeks on the firebug.
You said...
The way l see it,
this case scares the State police.
Their pissing their pants.
Wish l had my fishing rod.
Rita found a travel agent.
- For the reserve? - For Japan.
What are you going to do in Japan?
What do you think?
My stuff's coming.
- How? - ln the cargo.
Do you love me?
Didn't know you were afraid of flying.
You never asked.
lt's perfectly safe.
Obviously. Everyone knows that.
We chartered the plane.
l hate it.
- How do you travel? - By car.
- ln Europe? - l don't go there.
He's only observing. Got it?
He's a thousand times better than me.
At deducing or at causing trouble?
Think about the big steel bird.
l am...
but steel doesn't fly.
We're not flying. We're walking on air.
That's good. We're walking.
l'll bet you $100 she throws up.
$1 ,000.
You okay?
Pain in my head.
lt's gone now.
Don't you cry?
Why?
Your brother.
l have other things on my mind.
What?
The spirit.
Mike wasn't killed by a bear.
Not by a man, either.
Something in between.
Johnson, SAS.
Lt. Cushing. Fortin, my assistant.
Sgts. Dufour, Mayrand,
Parent.
Christine Forest, medical examiner.
Dr. Fortier.
Dr. Goldberg.
- Three medical examiners? - Two are psychologists.
He's our guest. A professor from New York.
Feeling better?
l'm okay.
Do what you have to. Give us the report after.
- That wasn't the deal. - This isn't the city.
The plane's still there. We can leave.
With lndians, it's complicated.
l'll be the judge of that. Where do we sleep?
Here.
How's it going, Father?
Depends.
On what?
On who, you mean.
lt depends on me?
Partly.
l'm here to work.
l do what my boss says. So don't bother me.
Mike... Was that for work?
What do you mean, Mike?
l'm not afraid to say it.
l didn't do it.
l didn't kill Mike.
You're getting as crazy as the lndians.
Cutting down trees isn't killing.
l don't mean that.
l want a room with a view.
l want one on the beach.
Where's the bathroom?
There?
Are you joking?
First impression?
Squalor.
People exploited, then abandoned.
l sense tragedy here.
He's pretty good.
Did you tell him there was a suspicious death?
Don't worry.
l'm very discreet in the field.
We can sense that.
ls the psychologist in?
Which one?
How many are there?
What's it about?
Something to tell her.
l know you.
l've seen you before.
l was here for prostitution. ls she here?
l can take your phone number. She'll call you.
- When? - l don't know.
She's away on a case.
Your number?
l'll come back.
l'm going for a walk.
Don't go too far.
A few Aboriginals,
practically assimilated...
Papua New Guineans are much more dangerous.
l'm responsible for you.
See you later.
Where's he off to?
He specializes in field research.
l could've stayed home. He'd be more useful than me.
But he doesn't work for the SAS.
Tell him to get back here now.
Tell him yourself.
l don't need him.
He's a spirit expert, and they're everywhere.
Can't have the body.
Mike has to be laid out in his house for three days.
- After. - Now, not later.
We're conducting an investigation.
We know it's important,
but we need to determine the cause of death.
What's going on?
They want the body back.
What? Get them out of here.
lf we disturb their grieving process,
they'll never help us.
- What do you suggest? - l'll talk to him.
Keep in mind, he could be the killer.
From now on, everyone's a suspect.
You're Mr...
Jim Quitish.
l'm Anne Fortier.
My job is to ensure your traditions are respected.
Since when do white people care?
l don't know about white people, but l do.
Give us 12 hours.
Twenty-four.
Are you the chief?
He has to be laid out. He needs food for his journey.
May l attend?
Tomorrow at sunrise, he must be in his house.
When will you know what killed him?
Not yet.
His head?
No bruises.
He didn't just stand there while something ate his guts.
lt looks like it.
Something bit a mouthful out of his stomach.
How's that?
l'm not paid to analyze.
l'm paid to understand how it happened.
An animal?
None l've never heard of.
lt wouldn't be a bear?
What could open a stomach like that?
lt sounds crazy,
but only one animal could've done this.
Which one?
Tyrannosaurus rex.
Try to keep him intact.
Think he's intact?
l mean, for the ceremony.
Are they Catholic?
Because...
Strange place to put a cross.
ls that Atikamekw?
Where does that lead me?
To our land.
ls it prohibited?
White men prohibit.
We protect.
l understand.
Over 80 percent hunt or fish.
What's that got to do with our investigation?
lt tells us about the circumstances.
To kill an lndian in the woods, you need to know the woods.
Good point.
Here's a report of recent incidents.
Fights.
Usually between lndians. Nothing with white people.
l'm not surprised.
There's probably tension,
but l doubt they confront each other.
White hunters are no problem.
With the lumberjacks, things get rough.
Go for it.
You're dying to. Go for it.
She makes you want to revive her race.
That's not what l was thinking.
You're not over the last one.
l'll never forget her.
l know.
She is cute, though.
Too bad for Mike.
All our sympathy.
You don't like me, do you?
l already told you.
Tell me again.
My memory's not too good.
You work long days.
Daniel Richer, forest site supervisor.
Steve, Louis.
From the city?
You?
SAS sounds familiar.
The Lethbridge loony... Wasn't that you guys?
The Lethbridge loony was you guys.
You care about loonies?
l think it was a bear.
Some people want to pin it on me.
Why's that?
l'm not too popular around here.
Only you?
You're the only unpopular guy?
Everyone who works for the company.
Why would they blame you?
Because...
l represent the company.
- Guess you give the orders? - Guess so.
Guess you've got the biggest mouth?
l'm beat. l'm gonna take off.
Keep the truck. l'll go by the woods.
Take it easy.
Get some sleep.
Having a big mouth is tiring.
A bear killed him.
A bear.
Are bearskins expensive around here?
The Atikamekw are Catholic,
but a crucifix tattoo on the genitals...
Maybe it's common.
lt isn't.
How would you know?
A Christian or lndian tattoo is possible,
but not on the penis, unless you're making a statement.
l agree.
Maybe we don't see the whole tattoo.
He'd have to be alive to give us the big picture.
Am l crude?
l was just thinking.
About what?
Was it teeth or claws?
The edges of the wound
suggest two big paws
that clawed open the stomach.
Or one big bite with nibbles all around.
- There's DNA? - Sure.
Cause of death?
Bled to death.
Why the stomach?
You tell me.
l wouldn't walk in the woods.
Neither would l.
Something wrong?
MlSlNTERPRETATlONS
Doing the right thing,
trying to save lives, or finding culprits
makes us dangerous to others.
The problem is
we may not be aware of the danger, at first.
Coming inside?
He's not in his room?
- He's not back from his walk. - At the crime scene?
lsn't he experienced?
The crime scene is 3 square miles.
l knew he'd screw things up. l should've refused.
He's not just a professor.
He works for the FBl.
ln New York, not the woods.
All over the country.
Your little bird's lost in the forest.
Do we call the ClA?
l'm waiting.
Maybe the State police...
Sure, the State police...
First day of the investigation...
l asserted my authority.
Now, l have to ask for help to find a team member
who's lost his bearings.
lf you weren't so proud...
He might not be lost.
l hope not.
So?
The contractor, Richer...
What a smartass.
You come this way every evening?
To get home.
Don't live in the village?
l have a house in the woods, a bit further.
l lived with my brother.
You found him on your way home?
Yes.
- First experience like that? - Yes.
You're strong.
Takes a lot to make you cry when you grow up on your own.
l lost my girlfriend last year.
l cried buckets.
l understand.
lt's not like a brother.
lt's almost the same.
My brother lost his body, but his soul's still here.
The Windigo.
The Windigo feeds on spirits by eating people's insides.
Maybe he stopped at the bar.
She was closing.
The lndian girl...
She was closing her bar.
And Mayrand?
Mayrand...
Are you sleeping?
l'm not sleeping. lt's just that...
The girl was cute.
Mayrand had a crush on her.
What?
l didn't say he was going to do anything.
For a year now, he's been down.
He hasn't looked at girls.
lt just clicked.
We're just talking, here.
They probably went for a walk.
Went for a walk.
Finding Abraham is important.
Yeah, but where?
ln a reed basket floating down the river?
- You know, Abraham. - Moses.
The reed basket was Moses, not Abraham.
lndian superstitions are really far out.
Ever heard of the Windigo?
Also pronounced ''Witigo.''
lt's a forest spirit that eats people.
l scanned a few sites about it.
Pretty scary stuff.
Christine's not with you?
She has to return the body for the sunrise ceremony.
ls there a problem?
We lost the Jew.
Translation: Andrea Szakos