Perez.

Synopsis: A lawyer has to cross the edge between law and crime to protect his family.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Edoardo De Angelis
  2 wins & 4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Year:
2014
94 min
29 Views


I saw the wall in front of me.

It's not that I didn't see it coming,

but I ran toward it anyway.

All the signs

that I would crash were there.

But! understood that later,

when k was already too late.

Demetrio Perez!

If you're arrested and have no lawyer

you get a public defender.

H your case is so tough

that the defender refuses it,

'IOU get me.

We aim to demonstrate

the procedural truths...

I've dealt wkh every kind of criminal

in the past 20 years.

An ex-offender in possession

of a swkchblade

who swore he needed it

to cut a leg of lamb

the day after Easter.

Blind men we found

driving spans cars...

An Albanian pimp

who loved Shostakovich...

Chinese slave-drivers

who collected antique cleavers...

A Sri Lankan merchant trying to bribe

a cop with 9 euros...

Old and new school politicians,

a foot fetishist...

Lone-shark priest...

What's up for today?

The Chinese guy assigned to Perez:

robbery and aggravated assault.

- Plus attempted bribery.

- Your Honor, readily available...

pursuant to section 97-4...

Sign here.

This names me as your attorney.

- Who are you 7

- You want out of here 7

Sign it and shut the f*** up.

Sign the papep

- I'm working here!

- You can't sign that.

Says who 7

Readily available...

Angry dogs fighting over

meatless bones.

That's what we are.

Your life sucks.

I don't give a f*** about you

because you do nothing about it!

What the f***

do you want to know about me 7

What the f*** can I tell you?

Pearls before swine...

- You want a heart pill?

- I don't have heart problems.

I take them because

they're good for my cock.

You don't give a sh*t with

that dead squid between your legs...

Can we talk 7

Ask me a question.

How's Olga?

I told you three f***ing months ago.

One:
her name is Anya.

Two:
I kicked her ass out

because she wouldn't blow me.

What a great conversation!

Let's eat.

No, we need to talk.

Do you know Francesco Corvino 7

His nickname is "Hothead".

You know him 7

Your slutty daughter

is the one screwing that scumbag!

His daughter's f***ing a mafioso

and Perez breaks a glass!

- Naples is sh*t scared!

- Shut up!

Get offmy balls!

I'm Ignazio, nice to meet you.

Sit down and eat.

Did you ever talk to me

about your son?

- Yes.

- Once, for ten seconds at his funeral.

How are you since his death 7

Have you been to the cemetery?

Don't you want to talk anymore?

A**hole...

Explain clearly

how you disposed of the bodies.

We burned the bodies.

Acid burns your hands.

Lime is bad for your lungs.

We liked ovens.

You had crematoriums

for this purpose 7

Yeah, but we didn't use them much.

It was easier to bring them

to the beach houses.

Nobody's there in winter,

so we'd do it and leave.

A different house every time.

VWth a wood stove in the yard.

We made a good hot fire

and put the bodies in.

In three hours

we had 100 pounds of ash.

- How many did you burn?

- Personally, I burned seven.

Does the defense

have anything to add?

You said nothing in two hours!

Some f***ing lawyer you are!

This scumbag lawyer doesn't talk!

You're a not a lawyer,

you're a sack of sh*t!

Your Honor, I want another lawyer.

You have the right to change counsel.

I don't want this scumbag!

Some clients are used to women

screaming and flailing when arrested,

and expect their lawyers

to do that in court,

to scream in their defense.

They don't understand that silence

helps their case

as well as their dignky.

They speak of strategy.

but are mentally incapable

of going beyond cheap tactics.

They're destined to lose,

to self-destruct...

They systematicaffy remove

any possibiffiy of a positive outcome.

They systematically remove me.

Perez, can you give me 5 minutes?

No, I've been here all day.

The day has 24 hours.

5 minutes equals 0.30%.

Please.

My name is Luca Buglione.

I want to speak to Judge Rossetto.

I want Counselor Perez to represent me.

I'm armed.

The f***er brought his gun...

Walk, a**hole!

Drop the attitude...

Luca Buglione, aka "100%",

head of the Buglione Clan.

His family was exterminated

and that's why he's here.

Serious lawyers won't accept him.

Buglione won't go near lawyers

known for defending turncoats.

He scares people.

You still want him?

I do.

Fine, say nothing

and just sign the papers.

Take off his cuffs

and wait for me outside.

Your brother's hiding

at Ciccio Santantimds country house.

We're the only ones

who know that right now.

Waste my time and that will change.

Judge, we all have our roles here.

Making threats is not yours.

My brother's not where you say,

I don't even know where he is.

- We'll ignore what you just did.

- All right.

If you find conflicts between

my testimony and what others say,

I suggest you verify their statements

because I'm the one telling the truth,

my word is rock solid.

I don't say things I don't know.

If I say it, I know it.

I know details, circumstances,

faces, names, and dates.

I guarantee my memory 100%.

We got to a point where a war

was an 80% probability.

Only a few were left,

they were weak and would've lost.

All they did was snort coke

and shoot point-blank.

So what did you do 7

Can I continue?

Speed it up,

we've been here for 12 hours.

If we'd based things

on the probability of winning,

we'd have waited and won the war...

but at a very high price.

They were rabid dogs,

trapped with no way out,

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