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Continuity mistake: After speaking with the plumber at the Homicide Decision, the investigator and a colleague begin walking down a hallway and the colleague puts his hand on the investigator's arm. When this happens, the investigator has a small cup of espresso raised up to his face. When the camera changes angles, the small cup of espresso is suddenly lowered away from his face. (01:23:15)

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Continuity mistake: When the investigator begins confessing to the other police officers, one of them has him eat a handful of salt. After eating the salt, tiny salt grains can be seen on his lip, and can be seen on his lip for the following minute whilst he is trying to convince them he was the killer. When he says "But I left fingerprints all over her apartment", a larger amount of salt can be seen on his upper chin that wasn't there a minute earlier. (01:45:52 - 01:46:57)

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Visible crew/equipment: When the police investigator is looking for Augusta on the beach, he walks up to the shower stall area, says "Augusta", then looks back at the beach. Whilst he is looking at the beach, the reflection of the camera crew can be seen reflected in his sunglasses. (01:16:15)

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Visible crew/equipment: After telling the plumber to go the police station, the police investigator is inside his car, undoing his tie. There is a moment where he turns his head around to look out the back window. Here, the reflections of two people sitting in the back seat, one being the cameraman, the other, most likely the director, can be seen reflected in his sunglasses. (01:12:24)

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Visible crew/equipment: When the police investigator is speaking with the man standing outside the store window and asks him if he would buy every tie in the store, in every close-up shot of the investigator, the reflection of the cameraman kneeling on the ground can be seen in his sunglasses. (01:08:25)

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Visible crew/equipment: In his car, the police investigator briefly stops in the middle of the road to put on a tie. There is a close-up shot where he begins to place the tie around his neck. In the shot, the reflection of a crew member sitting in the passenger seat can be seen reflected in the sunglasses that he is wearing. (01:12:29)

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Continuity mistake: When the police investigator is speaking with the reporter after leaving the victim's apartment before getting in his car, just as he says "No undergarments were found in the apartment", the reporter is shown lowering the notepad in his left hand and has his right hand with a pen in it, placed on top of the car. In the next shot, the reporter's left hand and his notepad are suddenly placed on top of the car, writing in the notepad with his pen. The shot after that, only the right hand is placed on top of the car and the left hand is at his side. (00:25:48)

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Revealing mistake: After the flashback where the police investigator tells Augusta he could murder her, and she asks him who'd solve the crime, it cuts to a man outside a store window looking into the store, whilst the investigator watches him from across the street. When this happens, two extras walk into the shot, and the extra wearing glasses can be seen looking at the camera when he walks by. (01:07:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Killian and Basila are attempting to make their way through the crowd at the port, there is a shot from behind the two where they are shown side-by-side. When the camera cuts to an angle in front of them, Killian has suddenly rotated 90° in between shots. (02:24:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Simon is about to take a photo of Killian, Basila, Iniko and Laha, in the shot where Simon says "Let's take a photo", the camera is lowered slightly away from his face. When the shot cuts to a different angle, the camera is raised to be level with his face. (02:32:07)

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Continuity mistake: When Bisila is consoling the dead body in the hospital, at the end of one shot, she places her right hand on the man's face. When it cuts to a wider shot of the room, her right hand is on his chest. (02:11:31)

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Continuity mistake: When Simon is trying to stop Killian from getting buried, in the shot where he says "This man is innocent", Simon's left hand is grasping the lower arm of the man holding the torch. When the camera changes angles, Simon's left hand is suddenly grasping the man's shoulder. (02:18:37)

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Continuity mistake: When Julia is about to leave her home, as she says "This is my home", Killian places his hand on her shoulder. When the camera changes angles, his hand has suddenly moved to her upper back. (02:21:24)

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Continuity mistake: When Jacobo returns to the plantation in April 1964, Basila begins to walk back into the hospital. When she does this, Julia is touching both her hands. In the next shot, one of her hands is at her side. Then in the shot after that, she is touching both her hands again. (01:50:43)

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Continuity mistake: Killian walks into a club and is greeted by a woman he knows. In the shot of the woman saying "On the other hand, you are a one-woman man", she is rubbing his shoulder with her right hand. In the next shot, her right hand is on his upper arm. (01:27:53)

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Continuity mistake: In December 1963, whilst Julia and Manuel are talking, Killian is shown in the foreground of shot playing with the kid. When Julia is saying "With Gustavo in the council, we have a friend in the new party", Killian has his hand raised a foot or two above the ground whilst the kid drops some stuff into his hand. In the next shot, Killian's hand is much lower down to the ground. (01:46:20)

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Continuity mistake: When the group of men leave the barn after threatening Clarence, Iniko is shown standing beside Clarence on her right. When the shot cuts, Iniko is suddenly standing on the opposite side of her. (01:21:18)

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Continuity mistake: When Killian and Ose reunite in 1957, Ose says "Come meet him" and proceeds to take Killian to meet Bisila's baby. In this shot, Killian has his hand placed on Ose's right shoulder, and Ose has his hand placed on Killian's back. In the next shot, Killian's hand is now placed on Ose's upper back, and Ose's hand is at his side. (01:26:16)

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Continuity mistake: When Killian and Jacobo reunite in the club in 1957, gunshots are heard prompting everyone to duck. In the shot of Killian ducking, he is shown exiting the frame whilst the camera focuses on Jacobo. In the shot, we can see Jacobo's entire torso in frame, with no sign of Killian. The next shot, we can see Killian's head is level with Jacobo's chest, even though he wasn't standing that high up in the previous shot. (01:28:56)

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Continuity mistake: When Iniko takes Clarence into the barn, and he talks with Simon, Clarence begins putting some photographs back into her bag. In this shot, some of her ponytail can be seen going over the front of her right shoulder. Simon begins walking over to her and none of the ponytail can be seen over her shoulder. Simon attempts to talk to her and her ponytail is suddenly over her right shoulder again. (01:20:50)

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