Barcelona, the city he adorned
with his buildings and mosaics,
with his monumental, unfinished church,
witnessed the death of Antoni Gaudí on June 10, 1926…
YOUTH CENTER LA FERRADURA TARRAGONA, 1984
…after being hit by a tram,
The ascetic old man he had become,
once a young, idealistic architect,
had devoted his final years
to building the Expiatory Temple of the Sagrada Família,
which he called "the cathedral of the poor,"
after the painting by Joaquim Mir,
His death shocked the entire city,
Barcelona's response was massive,
Only a few photographs remain showing the devotion
inspired by a man seen as both genius and saint,
Bourgeois and working class alike
took to the streets, draped in mourning,
to bid farewell to the architect,
who was laid to rest in the crypt beneath the Sagrada Família,
his unfinished masterpiece,
Death, which makes us all equal,
confronts us with salvation or damnation for our sins,
…doors,
I repeat, we're opening doors,
BASED ON THE NOVEL "EL VERDUGO DE GAUDÍ"
CITY OF SHADOWS
CHAPTER 5 GÜELL PAVILIONS
Héctor!
Has she woken up?
No,
I think it's essential to hear every possible voice,
even the uncomfortable ones,
To show a perspective as broad as possible
so that, in the end, the viewer draws their own conclusions,
Aren't you afraid to stay in touch with the killer?
I've had to learn to live with fear,
And with risk,
with this damned fame,
with loneliness…
Being away from family, from the people you love…
But it comes with the calling,
Mauricio, we'll let you go with that, Thanks for taking the time,
No, thank you,
for acknowledging my work and the value of true journalism,
which, as you know, Enrique…
Why don't you try some?
-Hi, Milo, -Hi,
-Didn't expect to see you, Elias, -Didn't expect to see you either, Milo,
You're never around when you're needed,
Dad, please, You promised me,
He insisted on coming, in case we had any questions,
I wasn't eager to see you either, Milo,
But you paid a fortune for this apartment,
I want to make sure you're not being cheated,
You're quite the expert on that,
A true connoisseur of the real estate market, aren't you?
I predicted the crisis,
At first, everything was perfect, wasn't it?
It's all optimism,
recklessness…
Then everything collapses, and people act surprised,
It was bound to happen,
The external factors are the real culprits behind every crisis,
Circumstances are no excuse,
All right,
That's enough,
Can you come here a second?
I shouldn't have let him come, You're right, I'm sorry,
But please, the buyers and their lawyer will be here in ten minutes,
We sign, and then you can go, okay?
You sure?
Yes,
All right, let's change the subject, Talk about something else,
The weather?
Or Félix Torrens,
This autumn's heating up…
Yeah, the seasonal specialty, bourgeois barbecue,
You knew him, right?
Not very well,
What did you think of him?
Is this an interrogation?
Are you going to read me my rights?
There were rumors he was a bit corrupt,
Only a bit?
Come on, Elias,
Torrens was an odd man,
There were always whispers about his tastes,
Perverse ones,
Perverse? How so?
I don't know, maybe just gossip,
He was an aesthete,
a lover of beauty,
He liked to surround himself with…
Yes?
Sergeant?
This is Alba Conté, Susana didn't show up for work,
I called her, but she's not picking up,
No idea where she is,
The doorman says he didn't see her come home,
and her car's not in the garage,
I'll take care of it, okay? I'll let you know when I find out more,
I have to go,
-You're kidding, right? -No, it's about Susana,
-Milo… -I'm really sorry, I have to,
Milo!
See?
Rebeca! Susana Cabrera's missing,
Run a search for her car near her house,
Goddammit!
PEDRALBES WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2010
1 DAY SINCE SUSANA CABRERA'S KIDNAPPING
Milo,
A friend saw her driving away from Club Laietà around 9:00 p,m,
It's about ten minutes away,
-No cameras either, I checked, -What about her phone?
It was in the glove compartment,
Her purse and a gym bag with her stuff
were also on the passenger seat,
-Yes? -Milo,
We have the autopsy results from the old woman who died at the church,
Tests show a very high level of etomidate in her blood,
It's an IV anesthetic used for general anesthesia
and sometimes sedation,
She was injected here,
It caused cardiac arrest,
Likely they use that in the kidnappings,
Makes sense,
Yeah, but it doesn't fit the rest of the victims' profile,
Working-class woman, retired fishmonger…
What was their plan? Kidnap her during mass unnoticed?
Given her age and build, that dose was lethal,
They knew what they were doing, They meant to kill her,
Milo, are you okay?
Milo,
-Do you know anything? -Yeah, sorry,
We found her car a few hours ago, ten minutes from Club Laietà,
Did they kidnap Susana?
Until now it looked like revenge, but they broke the pattern,
We don't know what's next,
We need a search warrant for a house near Parc Güell,
-Can you get it? -Yes, whatever you need,
Thanks,
Alba, do you know where Susana worked?
Yeah, she's been 20 years in criminal law,
And before that, she worked in prison oversight,
Oh, and also in the Juvenile Court,
Who are you?
What's wrong?
Afraid to show your face?
Not yet,
You won't be able to tell anyone you saw me,
But I still want to remember your face,
It's a pleasure to see you again, Judge Cabrera,
Who are you?
It's been a few years,
And here you are,
You're not getting out,
This was the first youth center Torrens opened…
NEW YOUTH CENTER IN TARRAGONA
…La Ferradura, just outside Tarragona,
It became his foundation's headquarters,
Thank you,
Come on, everyone, smile,
The foundation later opened two more centers,
La Llebre in Lleida, and La Clau in Girona,
Ferradura, Llebre, and Clau,
-"Llebre" means "hare," right? -Yeah, hare,
Okay, guys, a bit higher…
Horseshoe, hare, and key,
All three are symbols of good luck, Very Gaudí,
I didn't find much about the other two,
but I did on La Ferradura, where Torrens was based,
He left to take over the Torrens Foundation in 1990,
Two years later, the building burned down,
In '92, The people we're looking for were there,
I've got bad news for you,
Everything burned, All the records,
No way of knowing who was there,
We would need to find Juvenile Court records from that period,
They're not digitized,
We're looking for a needle in a haystack,
We need someone who worked at La Ferradura,
I'm on it, Oh, one more thing,
The youth center where Joan Grau was sent
had nothing to do with Torrens's foundation,
No connection there,
I need a coffee,
We'll find her,
We have a solid lead,
Thanks,
Hey, how's it going?
How are things going?
Milo, Bastos was asking about you just now,
Shit,
I told you you couldn't skip any psychologist appointments,
It won't happen again,
I warned you, Sergeant,
We have a lead, We can find the judge,
Even if we do, you won't be the one to do it,
Nobody's indispensable, Malart,
And your friendship with the judge makes you the least suitable person,
-Excuse me, but I strongly disagree, -I'm not the only one who thinks so,
The psychologist also noted it in a report,
She says you're under strong emotional pressure
that renders you unfit for duty,
No psychologist can truly know how I feel,
or what I'm capable of,
You can't dismiss me now,
You know it's an imprudent decision and a terrible strategy,
You seem to think you know perfectly well how to do my job,
So you'll understand I can't allow
you to go on TV with your journalist friend,
I'm convinced you're the one leaking information,
-I already told you that's not true, -This is not a debate, Sergeant,
It's an official order,
…to find the person…
We need to talk,
-We're in a meeting, -This is important,
Fine, We'll talk later,
Goodbye, Malart,
A pleasure,
Take care of your stuff, okay?
-Does everyone know? -I'm afraid so,
Regardless of what happened between us,
you know I'm a good cop,
I never said otherwise, Milo,
You'll agree that Bastos shouldn't be firing me now,
I don't make the rules,
Jordi, if we don't find Susana, they'll kill her,
I need you to let me keep my badge and gun until Sunday,
Right on the day of the pope's visit,
Yes, it'll be five days since her abduction,
I can't do that,
Yes, you can, Don't give me that,
You can do what's best to find Susana…
or you can follow orders,
Damn it, Milo…
Until Sunday,
And don't even think of showing up here or coming near any of us, Got it?
Milo, I'm putting my job on the line,
I owe you one,
Milo!
Didn't you hear?
Why don't you tell me?
I've been fired,
I have the search warrant for Georgina Perricot's house, Let's go,
I don't understand what my mother's death has to do with all those Gaudí murders,
We're not certain,
but we do know what caused her cardiac arrest,
An anesthetic injected into her bloodstream,
What?
Why?
We're still investigating,
I'm very sorry,
We'll need to ask you a few questions about your mother,
Of course,
Did your mother have any conflicts with anyone?
Maybe something from the past?
The only thing that kept my mother from enjoying her retirement
was the damn expropriation of this house,
There's a redevelopment plan around Parc Güell,
and they want to demolish all these homes,
We've seen the banners,
My mother
wanted this house for her grandchildren,
She lost sleep over it,
They gave her all sorts of pills, but she still couldn't rest,
She stayed up at night?
Yes,
She was very worried,
Where's the balcony that faces the street?
-This way, -Thanks,
Excuse me,
They killed her because she saw something,
Then why didn't she call the police?
STOP SPECULATING WITH OUR HOMES
Judge Cabrera was leading the case,
She was the one who ordered my arrest and interrogated me two days ago,
It's rather ironic
that the person working to end the murders
has now fallen into the very trap she was trying to dismantle,
A cruel twist of fate,
At this point, who knows?
Perhaps Casa Vicens, the early oriental-inspired gem by Gaudí,
may be the setting for the next crime,
-God forbid, -God forbid,
In any case, whatever happens,
we'll be here to report it,
That's what Mauricio reported yesterday after the shocking news
of the kidnapping of the judge leading the case of the Shadow of Gaudí,
Shut up already,
The number you have dialed is not available,
Please leave your message after the tone,
Yes, it's me,
Just wanted to know how you're doing,
and have a chat,
It's been a while since I've heard from you,
You might be seeing me, since I've been on TV a lot lately,
Anyway…
Call me when you can, all right?
Sending love to you and your brother, Bye,
Hello?
I have something for you,
Tonight at 1:00 a,m,
Same location as before?
You have cops tailing you,
Lose them,
What the hell is he doing now?
He's going into Passatge Pellicer, Turn on the next street,
-I can't, I have to go to Córcega, -Damn it,
I can't find anything on La Ferradura,
Me neither,
-Shall we have lunch? -Yes,
Know a place? My treat,
SEAFOOD RESTAURANT LA DALIA
EL GATO NEGRO WARDROBE, SWIMSUITS, SHOWERS
You have them all located?
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2010 2 DAYS SINCE SUSANA CABRERA'S KIDNAPPING
Rojo and Cervera are tailing Mauricio Navarro,
He must have noticed, he's been sending them all over the place,
Jesus, those two couldn't scrape up a brain cell between them,
Milo!
-Hugo… -I know everything!
I know Sara went to see you, You!
It's all your fault!
-Get off me! -Calm down,
He ruined my marriage!
Hey, I'm calling the police,
No worries, we're with the police,
-Hugo, -Don't worry,
Marc died because of you!
Hugo, listen to me!
Marc's death wasn't anyone's fault, okay?
No one's!
No one's,
He just wanted to be with you,
Because he was afraid of you,
So did Sara, that's why she came to see me,
-Shut up, -She's terrified,
-Don't you see? We just want to help you, -No! Shut up!
If you keep drinking and skipping your meds,
you know it's going to get worse, You know it,
-We'll have to put you in the hospital, -No! Don't lock me up!
Please, no, You don't get out of there, like Dad,
You're not well,
-Don't you see you're not well? -Promise me, Milo,
-Promise me! -Okay,
Okay,
I promise you,
If you promise me too, okay?
Yes,
-Yes, -Okay,
All right,
Okay,
Mauri, look behind you,
Yeah, I saw you, Hey, take another lap,
-Another lap? -Yeah, another lap,
And keep an eye on your phone,
The bastard knew,
He went in through a door and I lost him,
Yeah,
He's leaving through the casino parking lot, Run!
Lucas, wait for me on the side of Hospital del Mar, Now!
-Let's go, -Go!
Done with that, I dropped him off at home,
Sara gave him a pill, He's out cold,
What was wrong with your father?
Paranoid schizophrenia,
He had episodes, like Hugo,
Delusions,
hallucinations…
He…
He died in the psychiatric hospital,
Are you afraid of ending up like him?
I get it,
My mother's thing is hereditary too,
I've done all the tests,
and so far they've come back negative, but…
there it is,
I think being afraid of it is a sign of sanity,
-Shall we get to work? -Please,
One of them must've been at La Ferradura in the '80s,
Perhaps more than one,
They'd be between 30 and 45 now,
So…
We're talking about kids from broken families
with emotional disorders, trust issues,
low frustration tolerance…
Utterly vulnerable,
They may have been sexually abused,
From then on, they develop dissociative coping mechanisms
to survive and manage the stress,
They probably planned it all for a long time,
-For years, -More than 20 years,
What have they been doing all this time?
Maybe they were a group of friends who stayed in touch,
A bond forged under extreme stress
can be very strong,
What if they're a couple?
Only two?
Could be,
Félix Torrens is an admirer of beauty,
He probably abused them at La Ferradura,
He deserved to end like that,
I won't argue that,
It would make sense they blame Susana for sending them there,
Georgina Perricot may not have been part of the plan,
A circumstantial victim,
What about Pintó?
It's Joan Grau who has something against him,
Yes, but he may be in touch with the rest of the group,
Even if he has nothing against Torrens or Susana, that we know of,
Too many unanswered questions,
Let's go for a walk,
I'm not getting in there,
Scared?
No, not really,
Didn't think so,
When we get there,
drop me off at the garden entrance
and park a bit farther away, okay?
Okay,
And this time, please,
stay back with the camera so they don't see you,
It's important they think I'm alone,
Got it, boss,
Hello,
-Did you come alone? -Yes, I swear,
I lost the Mossos,
What have you got for me?
An exclusive story,
That was a good call,
I will never forgive myself
if we don't find her alive,
Milo,
What's wrong?
They just called,
They found a burned body,
hung from the fence at the Güell Pavilions,
Is it Susana?
I don't know,
I'm on my way,
Rebeca,
-Hey! -What?
I'm coming with you,
You can't, Milo,
No one can see you there,
I'm getting dressed,
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2010
Rebeca,
-Has anyone seen anything? -Doesn't seem so,
At 5:00 a,m, a neighbor saw smoke and called it in,
but the body was already badly burned,
We'll talk later,
Milo!
It's not Susana!
It's not Susana,
Calm down,
Goyo realized it wasn't a woman,
It's likely Mauricio Navarro,
But they had him under surveillance, didn't they?
They lost his trail on the beach,
His cameraman reported him missing,
They went up to Montjuïc last night to meet the killer,
like they'd done before,
but he lost sight of him and never saw him again,
We can still find her,
Look at my face,
Don't you recognize me?
My name's Helena,
Helena,
Give me some water,
It's all so absurd,
You make decisions in your office
about the lives of people you don't even know,
You've probably ruined so many lives, you can't even name them,
Isn't that right?
They're going to find me,
You think so?
They're going to find me,
No one can save you,
No one,
FOR VERÓNICA ECHEGUI WITH ALL OUR LOVE AND ADMIRATION,
Subtitle translation by: Felipe M,