Basque Country. Author: Edgar Allan Poe. Translation: Iñaki Ziarrusta. Cast: Iñaki Ziarrusta. Scenography and attrezzo: Atx Teatroa. Sound atmosphere: Edu Zallio. Production: Atx Teatroa. Running time: 40 min
The arguments of the crazy man, the perfectionism psychopath, cold and calculating murderer. The most terrible crime, the meanest... kill a helpless old man, dismember and hide their remains. The police come to investigate. The murderer, proud of his perfectionism, invites agents inside, encourages them to seek the evidences and finally sit with them for a while to chat. In full tasting triumph, he begins to hear the heartbeat of old man, at first slightly but later they become unbearable. These mysterious beats, real or fictitious, get him on his nerves and lead him to confess his crime.