Ettore drinks with comrades and tries to forget his father’s disapproval and Fucelli’s atrocities. They call him Foto, and he pretends to shoot them with his camera, inhabiting his role as perpetrator.

Tariku hangs from the tree, his neck twisted and spine distended.

Ettore documents the hanged body’s deterioration. Fifi, who doubles as the spy Ferres, arrives with Aster’s old cook in tow. She assumes the role of Fucelli’s prize, but her eyes are fixed on Tariku.