The Statement

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Pierre Brossard!

Seven.

Seven Jews.

You, get up! Up!

Get him up!

And him. Get up! You!

You. Get up! Get up!

Get him up.

Line against the wall!

Drop your pants!

Get your pants down!

Come on, get your pricks out.

Put your hands down.

-Nice to see you again.

-Afternoon.

-A beer, please.

-Yes.

Thank you.

-Good morning.

-How are you?

Great. Thank you.

-Bye-bye.

-Bye.

-Excuse me, do you have a phone?

-Yes. It's over there.

Thanks.

-Yes?

-I'm in Castillon.

The letter's arrived...

...and so has he, I think.

Did you see who it's addressed to?

Pouliou. The name you said.

Has he collected it?

Not yet, but I'm almost sure

it's the man in the photo.

It's so like him.

Wait.

Hang on.

This is for you.

It's him.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

Sorry.

I've broken down.

If you're going to the abbey,

could you give me a lift?

Dear Lord.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

Judge Livi.

-Colonel Roux.

-Oh, thank you, Silvi.

Do you always wear uniform?

Only when I want to impress.

I'm impressed. Sit down.

Know why I asked the army

to take over this investigation?

Just what I've been told.

You don't trust the police...

...because of their collaboration with

the Vichy regime in World War ll.

Rounding up Jews...

...even before the Nazis

asked them to.

That sort of thing.

Yes. That sort of thing.

Now...

...I'll be responsible for the

direction of the investigation--

And I'm supposed

to do as I'm told.

Isn't that correct, judge?

That's correct, colonel.

Why don't we have lunch?

I want to know more about you.

Not much to know.

I'm a soldier.

You a Catholic?

Lapsed.

-Married?

-No.

-You?

-Was.

My mother was Catholic,

my father Jewish.

-What's that make you?

-Agnostic.

Thank you. I'll do it.

In 1 945, Pierre Brossard

is arrested by the police in Paris...

...tried as a collaborator,

and sentenced to death.

A week later he escapes. How?

After all this time,

it's rather difficult to tell.

No, it isn't. He escapes

because they let him.

Then they covered their tracks.

That's what they've all been doing.

I'm the third examining

magistrate appointed.

That's only because of this new law.

Crimes against humanity.

You've heard about this Jewish

group that's looking for Brossard?

No.

Oh, somebody's been using

police wavebands illegally.

You know we monitor them.

Seems there's this Jewish commando

plotting to assassinate Brossard.

-Why wasn't I told this earlier?

-I'm telling you now.

An abbey was mentioned.

The Abbey of St. Cros.

Near Castillon.

I instructed the local police

to make enquiries.

-But they reported nothing suspicious.

-Nothing suspicious.

Brossard is a murderer

who gets a presidential pardon.

How?

Through the Church.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

The Church may have helped.

But someone else

was behind the pardon.

Someone high up...

...honored...

...respectable.

An old man now.

So?

So the old man also has a past

that needs to be hidden.

Someone still alive...

...was responsible for sending

French Jews to their deaths.

After the war he slipped through the

net, straight back into government...

...and since has operated

at the highest level.

-So who is he?

-I don't know.

But we find Brossard,

we find the old man.

Who's that woman?

A friend.

She's been staring at you

throughout lunch.

It's the first time

she's seen me in uniform.

I've got to go. I've got a meeting

at 3. You get the bill.

-Yes?

-Michael.

Third floor.

Give him the statement.

This must be found on the body.

You'll forget this address

and this meeting.

You'll never mention it, ever.

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