["He's Gonna Step on You Again" playing]
♪ Hey, rainmaker Come away from that man ♪
♪ You know he's gonna take away Your promised land ♪
♪ Hey, good lady He just want what you got ♪
♪ You know he'll never stop Until he's taken the lot ♪
[Herman] They are fugitives,
and I believe they are already on French soil.
-[man] Monsieur, are you a policeman? -No, I am a Dutch diplomat.
Then I'm sorry, sir. [speaks French] We can't help you.
Okay, thank you for your time.
Yes, my name is Herman Knippenberg.
I am calling from the Dutch embassy.
I'm calling in regard to a Frenchman and his Canadian accomplice...
[man 2] Monsieur, you think they are in Paris now?
Yes. I have an address there for the man's mother.
The mother of the man
-wanted for murder in Thailand? -Yes.
Monsieur, if the crimes took place in Thailand,
you have to go to the Thai police... [in French] ...where you are in Bangkok.
-You think I haven't already? -[in French] Goodbye, sir.
[man, in French] Listen to me, sir.
[in English] I don't know who gave you this number,
but what you ask for is out of the question
without authorization from the correct department.
That's why I'm calling you.
-Thanks, Lawana. -And I am telling you, monsieur,
we cannot help you.
-But if you could just-- -[in French] Goodbye.
[in Dutch] Goddamn it.
[in French] Paris, my love.
♪ He can change your desire ♪
♪ Don't you know that he can Make you forget you're a man ♪
♪ You're a man, you're a man... ♪
[man, in French] I'm afraid I fail to see what assistance we can provide.
[Nadine, in French] Mr. Bellanger, I'm not sure you understand
the urgency of the situation. Look!
"European Girl." She is Stéphanie Parry, a French citizen.
-[Remi, in French] This is her passport. -[Nadine, in French] She is one of us.
[in French] We found it in her killer's apartment
when he fled to France.
[in French] We even have the address of his mother in France.
We think they're heading there.
[Remi, in French] She lives in Paris.
All you have to do is get the French police to pick them up there.
[in French] Your accusation that this Gautier murdered Miss Parry rests on what?
-[in French] A passport found in his room? -Mm-hmm.
[in French] Do you know how many tourists come to this building each day
to report a passport mislaid or lost?
[in French] I told you, Dominique saw her leave with Mr. Gautier.
[in French] And where is he, this Mr. Dominique?
[in French] In France, because he was lucky enough--
[in French] In France. Because with your assistance,
he took the visa from Miss Parry's passport to flee the country.
Making him a criminal, and you his accomplice.
[in French] But we are French citizens, for fuck's sake!
You're supposed to help us!
[in French] Calm down. Do you see that office behind me?
It is filled with files of French refugees from Vietnam.
Each of them we are helping flee a real war,
against real communism, across a real border.
So excuse me.
Your story, your accusations, your hysteria...
about this famous Mr. Gautier...
I don't believe it.
[in French] She's a little shy, I'm sorry.
[in French] Don't apologize, Stephane. I'm very glad to meet her.
And besides, we have a few days now to get to know each other.
Don't we, Cleo?
She doesn't speak French.
We only speak English in Ibiza with Vitali.
Vitali has gone to Thailand.
Mummy's gonna find him 'cause he can't manage without her.
That's what he says.
It is very hard to manage without your mother, Cleo.
[in French] I'm sorry it's been so long since I've seen you, Mum.
Forgive me.
[in French] Shh! You're here now. That's all that matters.
[in French] And we're going to stay.
We're gonna stay here in Paris
when Vitali and I are back from Bangkok.
You'll love him, Mum. Everyone does.
[in French] What are you doing there, Stephane?
No one goes to Thailand for four days.
[in French] Mum, I haven't heard from him. I'm worried.
[Cleo chuckles]
-[rock music plays] -[woman laughs]
[Vitali] There comes a time when a man needs to settle down.
Decide where his home is and who he wants to make it with.
Look. My treasure.
That's my woman Stephie and little Cleo.
-She is beautiful. -She is. She is not mine, Cleo.
But she is like a life raft for me, you know?
-She is beautiful. -So, do you want babies with Alain?
-Not yet. -Not yet?
-Why wait? Do it now! Do it now! -Now?
-Yeah. -We plan to live in Paris.
We want to start a family together there.
Yeah, well, don't wait for too long, sister.
You're beautiful and time flies.
Here is the man. Look at you two.
Think of the babies you'll make. [chuckles]
[retching]
[Vitali groans] Monique... Help.
What's wrong with me, man?
I'm burning up. You've got to take me to a hospital, man.
We must take the fever down. I know how you suffer.
Stephie... Stephie is my lady.
Will you call her? Call Stephie.
Call-- Call Stephie...
We gave them his mother's address.
What else can we do, huh?
Nadine, until this point, I have done everything in my power.
-I'll think of something. -No, Herman.
Because I am sick of you thinking of something.
I am sick of your plans and your promises,
and your bullshit!
They mean nothing.
We've lost. It will never end.
-Nadine, please-- -We're done, Herman, you understand?
You should have let Paul shoot him.
-He's right. -Paul, shooting him wouldn't--
Not about that.
We're done.
All of us.
Let it go.
He's gone.
I don't... I don't know what to do.
Thank you.
You've done so much already, Herman.
No one holds you responsible for any of this.
My mother was extraordinary, you know.
In November 1944, an Allied bomb completely destroyed our house.
Thankfully, we weren't inside.
But we were homeless.
She had to push me all the way to Helmond.
In your pram.
I remember, you told me.
Yes, but...
I have never told you this.
When I was 11...
my father contracted tuberculosis.
When I was 15,
from all that he endured because of the war, you understand...
he was committed to a mental institution.
It took years for the government to award a military pension,
so my mother had to do everything.
We had no money.
She always made sure we had food...
and books and bicycles.
She said, "With a book and a bicycle you will always be free."
She always insisted, "Wherever you want to go, you must go."
We all talk a lot about freedom.
Don't we? But...
I don't think I ever really understood it...
the sacrifice of it.
Not until now.
When I think of those other mothers, and...
and of all the children that fucking man has killed...
[Marie-Andrée, in French] Paris, Mother. I'm in Paris.
[mother, in French] Marie-Andrée? Listen, is everything all right?
The police came looking for you. Why are they trying to find you?
[in French] I have no idea, but it's all right.
Because we are going to stay here, begin a new life in Paris together.
[Marie-Andrée, in French] We're here for a very important business meeting.
And Charles tell me that once it's done...
we will have everything we've ever dreamed of.
He's taking me to meet his mother.
Mother, I've never been so happy.
[knocking]
[Phung] My dear, it's beautiful.
Charles, did Juliette receive such a ring?
He told me all about Juliette.
And Madhu.
-He has? -Marie and I have no secrets.
Just as soon as we're settled here,
we'll have children of our own.
-Many children. -[Phung] Hmm.
[Phung] Hmm.
[Marie-Andrée] Uh... That is Madhu, yes?
May I?
Yeah.
[Marie-Andrée] It's awful...
everything that happened to your granddaughter.
A little girl taken from her father.
Then to lose her mother so young...
Yes. It's a tragedy.
[Marie-Andrée] This isn't your father?
No. Stepfather.
To myself and my sister Nicole.
I have never heard you speak of him.
He did so much for Charles.
Well, he adopted my sister...
but never felt he wanted to do the same for me.
Charles could be hard to love.
[Marie-Andrée] Surely no child is hard to love--
-How could you-- -[thumps table] Stop it.
This was a bad idea.
We shouldn't have come.
Go. Wait for me outside.
Whatever you do, whatever he says,
don't think you can have a normal life with him.
Children. Family.
I made the same mistake with his father.
Wait for me outside.
Poor dead Juliette.
Did you find Madhu?
Why do this, Charles? You have got someone new.
A sweet girl you're about to fill with more children.
Did you not find her?
Madame Voclain is sick, so it seems.
Mortally ill.
Juliette and the child were in New York, but they--
Juliette flew to her mother's side to say farewell.
You ought to be careful, Charles.
You're almost 33 now.
Jesus Christ died when he was 33.
I'm smarter than Christ.
And I'll die an old man.
[in French] I am sorry, Marie. I shouldn't have taken you there.
I don't understand it. Every time I'm with her, I lose it.
[in French] Charles, why did your mother say those things?
-[in French] What did she mean by them? -[in French] Don't worry about her.
Anyway, it's the last time we'll see her.
[in French] But, Charles, she is your mother, your family.
[in French] You want to know what her idea of a "normal" family is?
How unhappy I was as a child?
There was a civil war in my country,
bombs going off in the streets every day.
But that didn't stop me from running away.
And when they brought me home, my only thought...
was to run away again.
So I never want to hear about it again.
Just remember why we are here.
[in French] The deal...
[in French] No, not just the deal. The life we will build here together.
[in French] A family?
[in French] A real family.
[Van Dongen] As I'm sure you're aware, gentlemen,
the Thais are most welcoming of foreign investment,
not least in these somewhat... brittle times.
I will task Mr. Knippenberg here with overseeing the matter personally.
Nature calls.
I cannot speak highly enough of the steamed bass.
-[man 1] What about that one? -[man 2] Yeah.
[man 1] I was thinking I would have that.
-[Stanton] Mr. Van Dongen. -Mr. Stanton. The Bangkok Post.
[Stanton] You might remember we spoke at your garden party?
-[Van Dongen] I'm not sure... -[Stanton] Let me jog your memory.
[Van Dongen] I don't read Thai.
[man 1] So, Mr. Knippenberg? I asked you about the sites.
-Which do you think-- -Yes, of course. My apologies.
Right...
[man 1] So, my team...
[Stanton] There's a killer out there, Mr. Van Dongen.
You enjoy your lunch.
You can keep that.
Pardon me. Will you excuse me for a second?
[Lawana] "A gang of narcotic traders were under arrest in Singapore
charged with murdering a young Dutch couple,
who were believed to be burned and also killed.
The couple were identified as...
Walter Dahm and Lola Deberg."
Who? Those names are... This is complete garbage.
"Further reports said that, previous to their death,
the couple came from Hong Kong
to stay for one night at the apartment of a Dutchman called Ngoti..."
[in Dutch] Goddamnit!
[Lawana] Sir, The Thai Issara is... I'm not sure in English...
What, a rag?
Yes. That.
People read it, though.
They need to hear the truth. They need to know the facts.
Not this garbage! [sighs]
Lawana, get me Graeme Stanton on the telephone.
I'll take it in my office.
-Mr. Stanton, sir? -The editor of The Bangkok Post.
Mr. Stanton, every fact in there is wrong.
Well, of course they're wrong. They didn't have any of this.
[Stanton] She was one of ours.
We didn't even give her a name.
Her name was Stephane Parry.
She was murdered by this bastard Gautier.
I know that much, but I can't prove it.
[woman, in French] Madhu, don't run too far!
[woman, in French] Madhu, come here.
It's quite a risk, Mr. Knippenberg.
Thank you.
A fellow in your position, coming hugger-mugger to a fellow in mine.
Mr. Stanton, as long as Gautier is out there in the world,
people are in danger, people will die.
What is my risk, next to that?
What is your risk?
[Juliette, in French] Dad, come, let's go.
[father replies in French]
Newspaper stories are curious things.
You never know which ones are going to grip.
But when they do, they're like a virus.
Whatever brought you to this position...
you're about to kick a sealed door wide-open,
the kind of door that tends to swing back at you, and hard.
I'm done with knocking politely.
[Stephane] I was meant to meet him at his hotel, but he only left this.
Have you seen him? He has a lot of hair.
A moustache. He's hard to forget.
My husband will not be long.
Are you going to stay here?
No.
-We're going to live in Paris. -That's where I was born.
My daughter is there, actually, with my mother.
-Do you have children? -Not yet.
And you only have one?
Alain and I intend to have many.
Would you like more iced tea?
Yeah, thank you.
Alain, this is Stephane. She's looking for her friend.
Vitali.
-Who? -A Turkish man. He left me your card.
Yes, he came to a party here.
[Charles] But he didn't stay long.
This is his necklace.
Why do you have it?
He never took it off.
-It's okay. He gave it to me as a gift. -Then where is he?
Hey, be calm. Calm down.
Monique, bring her some tea. Please.
Sit down.
Ajay is sorry for the necklace, aren't you?
[Ajay] So very sorry.
Here.
Take it if you like.
You can give it to him when you find him.
[Charles] He told us about you. You and your beautiful little girl.
[zip fastener opening]
I want you to tell me what you did...
to the French woman...
and the Turk who loved her.
I asked you in Karachi, "Can you forget?"
And you told me you could. You did, Marie.
Were you lying?
No.
Charles...
If...
If I am to be a mother to our child...
I must know.
Well, you were there.
Why do you need me to tell you?
Where did you take her?
Like I said...
the same place I took him, the beach.
I left him there, and then I left her there.
-And that was all? -This has to stop...
-[in French] Swear it! -...now.
[in French] Swear you didn't make an orphan of that woman's child?
[in French] I swear it.
[in French] Swear it on your child.
[in French] Swear it on Madhu.
[in French] I swear it on the head of my daughter.
Forget all that now.
Concentrate on the deal.
[rooster crows in distance]
[footsteps approach]
[woman speaks Thai]
[knocking]
[in Thai] Hello. Is that The Bangkok Post?
May I speak to the editor's office? Mr. Stanton, please.
I'm calling from Interpol.
[overlapping chatter]
[speaks Thai]
Mr. Knippenberg?
May I have a moment, please?
Yes?
I'm Lieutenant Colonel Suthimai. Thai Interpol.
Do you have identification?
You seem suspicious, huh?
Experience teaches.
You've been busy.
And if you don't mind, I would like to inspect your materials.
Materials?
As I understand it from Mr. Stanton...
you have quite an assortment.
Let me be clear, Mr. Knippenberg,
it's not a request.
You knew? And you didn't try to stop him?
Have you met Herman?
Besides, it might work.
People can hardly brush it under the carpet now.
-And then what? -They catch him.
-And it's all over? -Yes.
Except that it won't be, Angela!
Not ever!
The stink will follow Herman his entire life.
Which means it will follow you too.
[in Dutch] Don't think that you'll achieve anything by doing this, Knippenberg.
Shaming the world into action? It'll get you nowhere.
This will haunt you for the rest of your career.
Every tennis club, every goddamn party the pair of you ever go to,
men will point at him and say,
"Did you hear about the mess he made in Bangkok?"
[Angela] It's only a news story.
You wanted to shoot him, remember?
Don't you want the man caught, Paul?
Well, sure, I want him caught,
but there are a thousand murderous little scumbags
in every city in the world.
-You can't catch them all. -We might catch this one.
You might, Angela. You might.
But at what cost...
to you?
-Monsieur Gautier. -Monsieur Boeder.
We're honored to meet you.
[Charles] The first parcel of sapphires I ever bought was in Kashmir,
the trip on which I met my wife.
Yes, but these are from Thailand.
Trust me, they lose nothing in comparison.
The sapphires are tranquille,
and the rubies, they are intense.
-[Charles] The certificates. -Thank you.
I must confess, Monsieur, when you walked in here, I was...
surprised.
A man of my color, you mean?
In this business, in this country?
It would be unwise of you to judge my goods the way you judge me...
Mr. Boeder.
The certificates are in order.
There is, however, a matter on which we'd appreciate some clarity.
You see, earlier today, a contact in Singapore
had a newspaper story from Thailand
transcribed and telexed for our attention.
Both of your names are mentioned there as suspects...
Alain Gautier and Monique Leclerc, sought by police.
I wondered if you might wish to comment?
Lies. Totally false.
An old story spread by the Chinese cartels in Hong Kong. Hippies?
Why would I murder hippies? For their beads?
But if you wish to lose the opportunity we offer
on the basis of false slander 5,000 miles away,
then there's nothing we can do.
And I will take back the sample I sent to you. Please.
Her father, who knew his stones, used to say,
"I would rather swallow a chopstick than trust a Chinaman."
The fair market value...
as agreed.
Why don't you keep this, mademoiselle?
So you know just what people are saying about you.
How can I forget if the world will not?
It's just The Bangkok Post, a rag from the other side of the world.
Even in Thailand they use it to clean the windows.
What do you think your mother meant about you being hard to love?
[sighs]
You didn't leave them at the beach...
did you?
-[waves lapping] -[insects chirping]
[Stephane groans]
I told you we'd show you where Vitali came.
And see? Here we are.
[groans]
[in French] The two of you are very much in love, aren't you?
But what is love?
It's just a fantasy for children.
For fools like you.
[in English] Because you believe you love him,
you want to know what happened to him.
-Please let me go. -Well, I shall tell you.
We bound him, drove him in this very car...
to a paddy field near here.
For a while, Ajay and I beat on him.
Then I put a rag in his mouth to stop him screaming
and took a razor to his long hair...
and peeled it from him.
-Let me go. -Then we poured gasoline on him
-and set him on fire. -[Stephane sobs]
[Ajay shushes]
Ajay, take the beads back,
and when you're done with her we'll go to Pattaya.
I'm hungry.
[Stephane sobs]
[Stephane] Let me go! [sobs]
Your work here is... extraordinary.
Those are the ones we could identify.
This Frenchwoman has been missing for months.
Her family couldn't make the French authorities take action.
Nadine and Remi, our friends...
they tried to make the embassy here listen, but--
She was involved with this guy.
His name was Vitali Hakim.
They were lovers.
He was a drug trafficker.
Miss Parry's child was left behind in Paris.
I was present at the morgue when her body was identified.
Nobody knows how she died.
Your work here changes that.
[Angela] Stephane Parry's mother has had him searching for her for months.
His case was our case too.
Please talk to him.
He's Interpol. It's different.
Nobody wants to forget about the whole thing more than I do.
But this man...
he stood before that...
that awful table...
and I finally believed that the whole thing might be over.
[kettle whistles]
[buzzing]
[lock buzzes]
[Remi] My God, is that Monique's dog?
It's her.
-[Sompol and Suda speak Thai] -[Nadine] That must be Suda.
And Frankie.
[both speak Thai]
Madame Gires?
-Inspector. -Hi.
I'm sorry, Mr. Knippenberg.
Of course, Colonel. No problem.
Please. Thank you for coming here today.
This way.
Have a seat, please.
[Phung] This is Charles's half-brother, Guy.
[Marie-Andrée] They could be the same person.
They could. They have been.
Guy is still in a Greek prison,
after Charles seduced him to take part in a robbery.
A very violent robbery.
Then why isn't Charles with him?
Charles was already a wanted man in Athens.
So he proposed with Guy that the two of them should swap identities.
Charles got away.
And his brother was tortured when the guards found out.
That's why you came here.
Correct?
To find out what he does to the people who are closest to him.
If this is true, how could you have him in your home?
He's the son I had by the man I loved more than any other.
I see Charles and I am with his father again.
To live in love is to live in God.
A priest told me that in Pakistan.
Then he never met Charles or Charles's father.
Loving such men is a curse.
For them, love is only a thing that other people feel.
They watch and learn expertly how to mimic it.
But it is only ever confection.
[in French] May I come in?
[in French] No, my father will be back soon.
[in French] No, he won't. I saw him leave with Madhu.
Our child.
And Madhu?
He loved that child and... he suffered.
She took her away from him.
-The child is better off. -"Better off"? Her mother is dead.
You do not hear a thing I say, do you? Are you stupid?
He lies. Charles lies always.
Let me tell you about Juliette Voclain.
[in French] What are you doing here, Charles?
[in French] I live in Paris.
I am a businessman now.
I'm even opening a bank account under my own name.
[in French] You don't understand.
You shouldn't be here.
[Marie-Andrée breathes heavily]
[in French] She looks like me.
[in French] I know.
I chose her because of it.
[in French] I'm married, Charles.
I'm happy. So is Madhu.
Please just go.
[in French] I am here because I never stopped loving you.
She is nothing.
She couldn't compare to you.
You, me and Madhu...
together.
That is what I see when I think about the future.
[in French] There is no future. Not for us. Not for you.
That poor girl.
She could have been me.
You need to go now.
[in French] Tell me you don't still love me.
Tell me.
[in French] Leave Paris...
while you still can.
[Sompol] Your daughter's remains will be repatriated tomorrow night, madam.
-Thank you, Colonel. -You're welcome.
What is the name of the Dutchman, the diplomat?
I hope you will pass on my thanks as well.
His name is Knippenberg. Goodbye, Madame Parry.
[knocking at door]
[in French] Hello, madam. Interpol.
We have been given this address for a certain Marie-Andrée Leclerc.
Do you know this woman?
She's my son's lover.
Is this your son? Alain Gautier?
Yes, that is my son.
But his name isn't Gautier.
His name is Sobhraj. Charles Sobhraj.
[Marie-Andrée, in French] It's all over the city.
My photo is all over the city.
Well, you always wanted to be on the cover of a magazine.
You're a liar.
It's not my lies they are now hunting us for.
[in French] Juliette. You told me she was dead.
Have you been to see my mother behind my back?
I was going to have your baby.
[in French] Do you really believe I would have a baby with you? Look at yourself.
[in French] What have you made me?
It says that I am a murderer!
[in French] You knew very well from the beginning.
You not only knew it, you were thrilled by it.
[in French] But it was you! It was you who killed them all!
We have located two more bodies.
The police had buried them. We exhumed them this morning.
[in French] It was Ajay who orphaned that child you pretend to care about.
It was him, also, who strangled her mother,
before breaking her neck when I asked him to.
They have identified the remains of Vitali Hakim.
[in French] The Turk? It was me who killed him.
And the American girl, the couple in Nepal.
Would you like me to go on?
And this is Teresa Knowlton.
The young woman that Gilbert Redland was looking for.
I remember her.
She came to a party, but she left with Alain and Ajay.
This is an international arrest warrant.
It will go to every law enforcement agency in the world.
Which means the whole world will now hunt him down.
[in French] Pack your bags.
[in French] I'm not going anywhere with you.
Then stay.
But when you're arrested, they won't be sending you back to Quebec.
They will be sending you back to Bangkok, where they have the death penalty.
Do you understand?
[in Thai] Go for it.
You are a killer too, Marie.
And the Thais will execute you.
[Charles, in French] Your suitcase!
If you had your time again, Herman,
knowing from the start what you know now...
would you let me shoot him?
That's a good question, Herman.
Well?
No.
Well, then, perhaps you have a career in the diplomatic service after all.
[overlapping international news reports]
[siren blares]
[reporter] ...but for all those urgently seeking
to put the murderous con man and thief behind bars,
the question still remains:
When and where will Sobhraj's rampage across the world end?
[in French] Listen...
I understand you're disappointed.
And I understand you're afraid.
But believe me, you and I will never end up in jail.
You hear me?
Nobody cages us.
Nobody.
[thunder rumbles]
[in French] No one hates it here as much as I do.
But we need to start playing the game again
and there's nowhere better to play it.
A few weeks, then we'll go wherever you want.
Come here before you drown.