Ángel, my son.
I want an explanation, Ángela.
Did Ángel kill my father? -No, he didn't kill him.
Appearances suggest otherwise.
Where can I go? I have no money. -I'll get you money.
Agents, I heard a scream on the second floor, near doña Sofía's room.
Your sister's situation is very grave. -You don't believe the gold-knife killer.
It's not a matter of proving her guilt, as would be fair, but her innocence.
There should be six, but there are seven.
That means the killer brought the knife from somewhere else.
It's too much of a coincidence that you start asking questions...
and within a few hours someone turns up dead.
Who did you tell about the gold knives? -Don Benjamín.
What do you need?
Don't think I'll come back to you. I have another woman now.
She loves me. -Good.
Much more than you ever did. -If only you loved her as much as me.
If this doesn't go well, who will pay? -It will go well.
We'll both get our revenge.
We'll get the document, don't worry. Belén knows the hotel well.
Are you going to sleep with him? Belén, I don't want you to go that far.
Remember, you're mine.
I told you I'd destroy the title deed to the mines. How I do so is my business.
Grand Hotel
Neither the governor, Judge Barrera...
nor the secretary of industry can help Sofía, or so they say.
For all that I know about them... -We mustn't antagonize those people.
The best lawyer in Spain will be here tomorrow.
Sofía is innocent. When the real killer strikes again, they'll have to let her go.
I don't want to be premature, but I think Sofía will soon be free.
Am I right, Mother?
I hope so. But one shouldn't rejoice too soon, son.
You seem very sure, Alfredo.
Mother, if you'll excuse me, I'd like to talk to Benjamín.
Shall I go with you? -No, don't worry. Finish your meal.
Thank you.
Don Benjamín.
Next Friday we're receiving the consul of Montenegro.
I'd like to fill you in on the details. -As you wish, madam.
Is that why you came, Mother? To ensure Sofía wouldn't come back?
Should a mother be ashamed of protecting her son?
That woman has turned your life into a succession of lies and misfortunes.
And you'd let her go to the gallows to separate her from me.
Fortunately I've taken precautions.
You put me to the test?
I want you to leave the hotel right away and never come back.
You can't throw your mother out. -I'm not speaking as your son, madam.
But as director of this hotel.
Espinosa, did you see anyone enter my room?
No, why? -Someone left a gold knife there.
Any idea who might have done such a thing?
No, sir.
We'll have to change the lock.
I'm afraid anyone can open it and take one of the knives.
Doña Alicia was having tea in the lounge.
And have you seen Julio? -No.
I saw him with Andrés. Shall I call him? -No, thank you.
There's no one here now, but you'll have to be quick.
Thank you, Mother.
Julio, doña Angela just asked for you. -Did she want to see me?
On the contrary, I believe. -Where was she?
In the hallway, near room 28. -28?
More or less.
My mother's been acting strange since Belén's here.
She's not the only one.
Are you sure it was Yanes?
Yes, he was fleeing the hotel. He was here. That means Ángela lied.
She has no control over him. I'm going to tell Ayala.
No, I gave Ángela my word.
If not for her, do it for me.
Grand Hotel Cantaloa. -This is agent Ayala.
I need to speak to doña Alicia Alarcón. -Shall I give her a message?
Yes.
Say that we're on the right track. -Yes.
Women have disappeared in Sacedilla. And tell her to be very careful.
I won't let Andrés or you run any risk again. I'll go to Ayala.
Benjamín is more important now. -I followed him.
What did he do? -He put the knife back in the case.
Maybe we were wrong about him. I'll tell Ayala that as well.
Have you seen doña Alicia? -I just saw her. What's the matter?
Agent Ayala sent her a message. Urgent and a bit odd.
Don't worry, Mateo. I'll give it to her. -Thank you, don Benjamín.
Please, don't go.
I have to do this.
Leave it. I'll take care of it. -As you wish, don Benjamín.
Here it is. It just came in from the Ministry of War.
Sign it and you'll be part of that great brotherhood called the army.
Mother?
It's your decision, son.
Here you go, Colonel. -Congratulations, don Javier.
You've taken a major decision.
Madam, the desert sands will turn your son into a real man.
I don't believe in miracles, Colonel.
If they sent me to Africa. You never know.
Oh, absolutely.
You won't believe it, but they've even called up the Royal Guard.
Such infamy.
But don't worry, I've called the secretary of the ministry...
and he's assured me you'll come with me to Uadi Tameda,
Uadi Tameda? From the ear?
That's right, from the ear. See you later.
What are you doing? -I've come to bring some towels.
This is not just my room anymore. -Don't worry, your wife won't come.
What do you want? -Now I have everything you like.
The looks of a lady and the manners of a maid.
Or have you forgotten the good times we had?
Are you going to tell me what you've really come for?
Are you going to tell me, Belén? -Let go of me.
You tortured me while I was in labour, made me lose my child...
and got the villagers to shun me. I'd never sleep with you.
Come on, woman, calm down.
What are you and your new fiancé Gonzalo looking for?
You think I'd tell you?
Whatever Gonzalo promised you, he can't give you what you most want.
Your son.
And you can?
Of course I can. -Why would I believe you?
Because I want to.
Besides, Alfredo has robbed me of the directorship.
What's bad for him is good for me. Losing his little marquis will kill him.
That's why, Belén.
Tell me.
There's a document he tried to obtain the last time he was here.
He wants to blackmail you by threatening with a scandal.
The mines again.
And you'd planned to recover the document by seducing me?
Was that your plan? -I've told you what you wanted to know.
Is this it? -I don't know. I suppose so.
Tear it up and you'll be rid of Gonzalo.
Do you really believe I'd fall for such a cheap trap?
Gonzalo doesn't want to blackmail us.
He found something in the mines. That's why Quiroga is with you.
To invest his money. And you want to destroy this document...
because it proves that the mines belong to don Carlos's family.
To us.
To my family.
You thought you did it, didn't you? That I'd fallen into your trap.
How could you be so stupid?
You really believed I was going to make you rich...
and on top of that, get you back your son?
You should be more careful about what you drink.
What did you put in my glass?
It's only a narcotic. You won't die.
And yes, you were right, the mines contain a lot of something valuable.
And it will make me rich. Thank you for realizing my wishes.
You'll never get your son back. -Money makes everything possible.
And you're going to grant me one last wish.
What are you going to do?
Are you going to kill me?
I'm going to give you something much worse.
To doña Alicia Alarcón.
Come and see me urgently in the kitchen area of the Grand Hotel.
Signed: Agent Ayala.
A message from agent Ayala for doña Alicia. Bring it to her right away
As you wish, don Benjamín.
I have to talk to you about Yanes. -Yanes is less important right now.
Did doña Alicia get my message? -What message?
Don Benjamín's brother confirmed that he stayed with him in Sacedilla.
And various women disappeared there. One every month, at full moon.
Come with me.
Madam, a message from agent Ayala. -Thank you, Irene.
Julio, how dare you come in this way?
You've seen don Benjamín and Alicia? -No, why?
Always sticking your nose where you shouldn't.
You didn't expect to see me, did you?
You expected to see agent Ayala.
This time, madam, the full moon is only a coincidence.
Alicia.
Did you see anything? -Nothing.
I'll guard this door. I have men at the main entrance.
Join Ayala and search the hotel.
I'm going to remove my hand. If you do anything, I'll kill you.
I can help you.
I know a place where you'll be safe.
Good evening, doña Alicia. -Good evening, don Gerardo.
Doña Alicia, is anything wrong? You look worried.
No, I'm just a bit tired, but I'm about to go to bed.
Very well. Good night. -Thank you.
You, to the servants' floor. Olmedo, come with me.
Hurry up.
If you want my help, I need you to let go of me.
My father had this room built.
I guess I'm not the only one with secrets at this hotel.
Mr Murquía?
Mr Murquía, please open the door.
Mr Murquía, wake up. Wake up, for the love of God.
Don Benjamín is the gold-knife killer. He has taken your wife hostage.
I'll wait outside.
Please, be discreet. We don't want to alarm the guests.
No more excuses. That whore should have been back by now.
What's going on? -Don't call her that.
Are you becoming sensitive now? It's what she is.
How else will she get the document? By sleeping with him, of course.
She swore to me she wouldn't. -Let her do what she does best.
To be honest, it was her contribution that made me agree upon this venture.
Forget her. We'll destroy the deed and go to the mines. You as owner...
and I'll manage the exploitation. And that floozy will learn her lesson.
I promised to help her take vengeance on the Alarcóns.
My father was a very simple man, but no idiot when it came to details.
He made a fortune while others lost money.
And he gave me a piece of advice which has always proven to be right:
Never fall in love with a woman who deceives another man.
What you've promised Belén shouldn't hold you back.
You want another one?
He gave me another piece of advice: stay away from white spirits.
Let's have some whisky.
Did they find him?
You can be proud. Your girl did a good job.
But she forgot this.
You'll be very happy together.
Did you see anything? -No.
Hernando saw a man climb out a window. He went towards the woods.
They're gone.
You can flee now.
Take the path along the cliff. They won't look for you there.
You'll come with me, in case there's a problem.
When we're far away from here, I'll let you go back.
Why should I believe you? -Because you have no other option.
Espinosa, what are you doing here?
Let go of her.
Don't come any closer.
Put the pistol on the floor.
Let go of her.
Julio, do as he says. Please.
Alright.
Let us go.
Or I'll kill you both.
Grab him.
Help them.
The handcuffs.
Was the pistol... -Unloaded, yes.
You scared me to death. -Well done.
I believe this is yours.
Don Benjamín Nieto, you're under arrest for the murder...
of twelve women in Cantaloa and Sacedilla.
Let's go.
Are you alright? -Yes.
Alicia, my love.
For a moment I thought I might lose you.
Come.
Do you have the document?
No.
Why did you take so long?
The police has arrested the old maître. They were searching all the rooms.
Gonzalo, I didn't sleep with him.
If you say so.
And what have you been doing? -Waiting for you, right here.
Alone? -Yes.
And Quiroga? -I haven't seen him. Why?
I know he doesn't like me.
Nonsense. He's enchanted with both of us.
If you say so.
How did doña Teresa take the loss of the mines? Did she fire you already?
You haven't told her yet? She doesn't know you let yourself be robbed?
I'll find a way to ruin your life, Belén.
Yours and that of your friend Gonzalo.
I don't care what you do to Gonzalo, but you'd better treat me well.
I can still give you back the document.
Are you saying you haven't destroyed it yet?
What is it you want?
I don't talk to subordinates.
Tell doña Teresa I'll come to talk business with her this afternoon.
Was it you? -As you see, Marquise...
despite all our efforts, in the end we must pay for our crimes.
As some of you already know, last night the police searched the hotel...
and arrested don Benjamín.
In order to avoid speculations, I want you to know why.
They accuse him of being the gold-knife killer.
It seems this hotel has no luck with maîtres.
I'm doing all I can to keep the press from linking his crimes to this hotel.
You have to keep absolutely quiet about this subject.
If I hear any comments about it, the person responsible will be fired.
For all of us it will be as if Benjamín never existed.
I pursued you for months and was demoted to deputy because of you.
And you almost managed to get someone else to pay for your crimes.
You're an intelligent man.
I was doing fine until you showed up in Cantaloa.
You were close various times, and now you've finally caught me.
That puts you in a good position. -I know.
We'll have time to talk about why and how you did it.
But one thing puzzles me. Why did you want to pin it on doña Sofía Alarcón?
Why did you usurp her identity by means of such a messy cut?
Why did you leave the gold knife next to the victim without cutting off a lock?
A shoddy job, yes.
I paid her back in kind. She pinned her crime on me, and I pinned mine on her.
Do you have evidence that doña Sofía Alarcón killed doña Beatriz?
I left many. -All false ones.
Then you'll have to find genuine evidence.
Sister.
Doña Sofía, I'm glad it ended well. -Thank you.
If you don't mind, I'd like to take your brother along for some target practice.
Let's go and shoot a little. -Here.
In Wadi Tameda shooting skills are essential. If you miss, well, you know...
I need you to help me. -To do what?
To bring my things back to your room.
I see you and Alfredo are living together again. I congratulate you.
You could have called to do so.
I come for another reason, doña Sofía. -Tell me.
I never believed you were the gold-knife killer.
But I still think doña Beatriz wasn't killed...
by the same person who killed the other women.
What's more, I'm convinced that it was you who killed her.
Get out.
That's a very grave accusation.
Can you prove it? -Don't doubt that I will find proof.
Let's review step by step what you did the night doña Beatriz was killed.
Who could tell? Don Benjamín seemed so normal.
Well, normal... -Haven't you heard doña Teresa?
Don Benjamín killed one of us. -I understand your concern.
But doña Teresa won't be so understanding. Be careful.
What's the matter?