Le Bureau des Legendes (2015) s02e07 Episode Script

THESE CHARACTERS AND SITUATIONS ARE FICTIONAL.
ANY RESEMBLANCE TO REAL LIFE IS ACCIDENTAL.
THE BUREAU Do I seem different? No.
I am different.
Now I know what anguish is.
I'm old and bitter.
I'm still in jail, even here.
You know why? When I heard you were backing AI-Roumi I think I understood.
That's why they let me out.
There were strings attached.
I had to be useful to them.
I'm backing him, betraying my country and my friends.
To keep me in line, they beat me up and threaten my family.
I can help you.
You must help me.
It's a duty, not a favour.
I know that.
I have to go on tour with AI-Roumi this week.
It's too much for me.
I can't do it, not anymore.
You have to get me out of this.
You won't be going.
I've already tried to get out of it.
They threaten me.
They're everywhere.
I'm afraid for my family.
I know.
Of course you know.
That's your job.
When I think of our afternoons in Damascus I feel sick.
I wonder how much more they're going to cost me.
I know.
Have you ever found yourself in a courtyard, thinking you'd be executed? Have you ever felt a gun in the back of your neck? No, you don't know anything.
Get me out of here.
This just arrived.
It's brand-new.
Can I have a word? Does the DGSE know about my meeting with Nadia? No.
When do you plan to tell them? I don't know.
Do you realise the mistake you've made? What? You organized a contact without informing anyone.
Was it a personal initiative? Do your superiors know? You know about it.
That's not enough.
It's not part of your mission here.
Report it to your superiors.
Say she wanted to see me, you informed me and I went.
I thought it would be good for both of you.
It's not up to you to decide alone.
There are rules to follow.
Do you understand? Even if your friend is in danger, abide by the rules.
They exist to protect the friend and you and the company.
OK.
Bring me some codeine.
My back's killing me.
Go ahead.
You know I sat in on Mrs El Mansour's DGSI debriefing? Yes.
She asked for a meeting with Guillaume Debailly.
I organized it.
She asked him for protection.
Against who? Nadim El Bachir, a high-ranking Syrian intelligence agent.
That bastards in Paris? TEHRAN, IRAN - Hello? - Hi, it's Shapur.
I'm working.
Can you come with me to Qatar next week? There's a great conference in Doha on water management, which also means a nice hotel, a jacuzzi and girls.
What's in it for me? You could listen to me whine about Daria leaving and about the cold jacuzzi and cold girls.
I don't need to go to Doha for that.
I already do that here.
If you agree, I'll call your boss and organize it.
I'm leaving on Tuesday.
Come in.
Quick, shut the door! You can't smell a thing outside.
We've perfected our technique.
Shapur is going to Qatar next week.
- For a water conference.
- We know.
We're going too.
OK.
Good for you.
Should Phénoméne go with him or not? - Absolutely not! - She shouldn't? No, she definitely shouldn't.
You plan to recruit him there, is that it? Thanks for telling me.
What would have happened if I'd told my agent to go too? - Are we working together or what? - Of course.
So why didn't you tell me? Don't you realise they see one another? - We were planning to - I have an agent in the field! Not in Qatar, in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
So, you go and have a ball, but don't put her at risk.
And keep me fully informed! Sorry.
We're in the thick of it here.
Things are pretty tense.
We should have told you immediately.
It's just business.
Shall we get together soon? Sure, only it's It's a bit tense because of the recruitment.
- I'll call you, OK? - OK.
See you.
I'm a piece of shit.
I'm good for nothing.
No, you're not.
You'll get there.
Just drive.
We still have a little time.
Yes.
It's not that difficult.
Youssef? Are you wavering? Have you lost confidence? No.
If you have doubts, you should tell me now.
No, I'm good.
See? You do know why you're doing this? So those Jewish dogs will wash away their children's blood with their tears? No.
You're doing it to praise Allah.
The Almighty created you to pay tribute to him.
They were preparing for last May's suicide attack in Jerusalem.
There was no attack last May in Jerusalem.
No, and for two reasons: Shin Bet was on the case and the kamikaze was nervous, unsure of himself.
He disappeared right after this film.
No bomber, no attack.
We need a good recruiter.
This one's OK, but to get an Islamist to blow himself up with another Islamist, we need a radical Islam professional.
An imam.
We can't recruit an imam! We can? Do we know any? You're not very talkative today, Guillaume.
Why not? Nothing left to say.
We're done, aren't we? Sometimes it's hard to start a session.
It's common.
It doesn't mean there's nothing to say.
My daughter needs a therapist.
Prune? How is she? She's fine.
But her boyfriend's not.
He's giving her a hard time.
I'm sorry to hear that.
He could use a good shrink.
For him.
I don't work with teenagers.
He's older than Prune.
He's uncontrollable.
He's seen therapists, on his parents' recommendation but to no avail.
He needs someone like you, with a different approach.
Can I give him your number? DO YOU HAVE ANY IMAMS WORKING FOR YOU? I NEED ONE.
I'll see what I can do.
Shall we begin? There's something I've never told you.
I've never told anyone.
It's preying on my mind.
I've been back for almost a year.
I've been in Paris for a year.
I still haven't told my father.
He thinks I'm still on a mission.
I've been back for a year and my father doesn't know.
Your daughter doesn't see him? She does, but I told her to lie.
You asked Prune to lie to your father? To lie by omission.
He lives in the south.
He's barely in touch with my ex-wife.
Prune only sees him over Christmas.
I know I shouldn't drag my daughter into this, but Why don't you want your father to know you're back? I don't want to see him.
A few months ago I told Henri Duflot I was visiting my father but it was a lie.
I couldn't go.
Why not? Because he hates me.
He's an army man.
High-ranking officers hate people in my line of work.
It's not just that.
He thinks I'm selfish, that I only think of myself, that I'm a coward and a liar.
He always said I ruined everything.
"You're not just a bastard, you're a messy one", he'd say.
One day I asked him why he was so convinced of this.
He replied, "You're ugly, "both morally and physically.
" Now do you see why I can't bring myself to see him? There are some time bombs.
Once they have been activated, they can't be switched off.
Resistance is futile.
There are three options: to fight pointlessly, to run away, or to wait until it catches up with you.
Wait quietly, and do your best with the time you have left.
Do what needs to be done.
Say what needs to be said.
MY DARLING PRUNE - Hello.
- Hi.
- Would you like some coffee? - Thanks.
The plumber's going to come by to fix the water damage.
Just drop your insurance papers into my letter box.
Good, thanks.
Can I talk to you? I answered too hastily the other day, about needing special technology to make a phone disappear.
I've done some reading and it could be a bug.
- A special bug.
- Really? To check, we'd have to look deep inside the phone.
If you have a loyalty issue with Debailly, just say so.
I don't, but I can't imagine stealing his phone.
You can't look around remotely? I could.
So'? Thank you.
Find that bug for me.
Between 500,000 and one million dollars? - What if he wants two million? - Then he's not motivated enough.
700,000, maximum.
Final payment upon successful completion.
OK.
How did you find this imam? You're very curious, for someone who didn't authorize this.
BENGHAZI, LIBYA - Hello? - Hello.
I'm calling on Abdallak's behalf.
Yes? I'd like to invite you to Algiers to discuss funding your mosque.
I hear wonderful things about it.
Very well.
The day after tomorrow, 6 pm in the botanical garden? If you're calling on Abdallak's behalf, you know what you'll need to say? Yes, I know.
Good.
He's fast.
Can they trace the call? No.
How did it go with Nadia El Mansour? She's justifiably worried.
She wants our protection.
Will we get Nadim El Bachir? We're working on it.
A Syrian intelligence defector would be invaluable.
I hope the plan's less costly than your imam.
We have to discredit him to the Syrians.
If the Syrians think Nadim El Bachir has requested asylum in France they'll think he used his Parisian mission with Nadia to set up his defection, Maybe he invented this mission just for that.
They'll want to kill him, He too will need protection.
We'll tell him he can turn to us.
How will the Syrians learn of his asylum request? Sometimes the DGSI warns certain opposition leaders in exile when someone defects to the opposite side.
Some of those leaders are tapped by the Syrian secret service.
You'd have been great during the Cold War.
Do you have everything? Phone? Passport? Yes.
Lots of good will? A loyal, confident smile? Where is the taxi? Stop being in a bad mood.
Rome, Berlin, London You get to travel and meet people.
Some people would love to be in your shoes.
I'll see you in London.
Where to? Charles de Gaulle Airport, please.
You're not turning off here? No.
- Where are we going? - Far away.
Somewhere safe.
I need your phone, Mrs El Mansour.
You'll get your phone and contacts back later.
OK.
This is it.
You'll have to keep yourself busy.
It's very quiet in these parts.
- Hello.
- Hi.
The heating should have been turned on.
- I'll show you around.
- That's OK.
You'll stay here for a while.
We'll take care of the people pressuring you.
Thank you.
Why are you doing this? I know his reasons.
But what does the DGSE have to gain? You must be gaining something.
Don't worry about all that.
Just get some rest.
What's going on? Hello, Mr AI-Roumi.
I'll be joining you tomorrow.
I don't mean you, I mean Nadia.
Where is she? She's not there? No, she's not with me.
This is very bad for you, for us, and particularly for her.
I'll take care of it.
Go back to the hotel.
Hello, this is Nadia El Mansour.
Please leave a message.
She hasn't returned to the hotel.
I'm to take you to the embassy.
Now? Why? Wait.
Why are you doing this? Do you think this is the right time? It would be best for you to come to the embassy.
This isn't the time.
Nadia El Mansour has disappeared.
I'll find her.
She must have freaked out.
She's a woman.
I'll bring her back.
If you don't want her, I'll take care of it.
- It's not about that.
- Then what is it about? We'll discuss it at the embassy.
We're waiting for you.
Get out.
I need the car.
Farouk? Pick up.
It's me, Nadim.
Can we meet? Why? Because I'm asking.
Meet me at the Palais de Tokyo.
No, where we met last time, on the lie Saint-Louis.
Tell Debailly.
Hello? He's panicking.
We're following him.
We're having fun today.
Good job.
What? Hussein's secretary told me.
What? She pretended to be shocked but I swear I could sense it.
She's like me.
She envies you! What are you talking about? Your request for political asylum! What request for political asylum? The one you submitted in France, the one that's about to be granted.
I never asked for political asylum.
What is this nonsense? Stop, Nadim.
I saw the file.
It's complete and well argued.
You've always been the smartest one.
That's why you organized this whole operation.
Isn't it? Nadia El Mansour, her recruitment, Paris, so you could come and request asylum.
Do you really believe that? You think I'm a turncoat, that I'd betray my country and run away? You know what we do to traitors.
Why didn't you involve me? You'll help me out once it's done, won't you? No, Farouk! I would never do that.
You, of all people, should know that! You can tell me.
I'm on your side, you know that.
Go away! RECEIPT FOR SUBMISSION OF ASYLUM APPLICATION ENTRY TO FRENCH TERRITORY GRANTED FOR ASYLUM PURPOSES CAR PARK, BOULEVARD HAUSSMANN Who is her family? Her mother is in Damascus.
Her aunt and two nieces are in Aleppo.
Minors.
Stop that.
Don't tug at my heart strings.
- Four people to get out? - As soon as possible.
She's a martyr of Bashar's regime.
A respected, uncompromised exile.
She refused to compromise herself.
She has the profile of a leader.
Within two years she'll be an important voice in Syria.
Maybe the most important one.
Don't we want to be close to her? I'll see to it.
What's going on? Nadim won't be stalking you anymore.
It's over.
They'll forget you.
Your family will be safe in a few days.
Are you sure? You must stay here until Syrian authorities stamp the file and drop the operation.
You're sure of what you're saying? I am.
I know them.
I know.
You're one of them.
You wanted to tell me yourself.
Am I supposed to thank you? There's food in the bags.
Let's go.
ALGIERS, ALGERIA Hold onto this.
You didn't make the mistake of bringing your phone? No phone, no microphone.
What do you want? A suicide bomber.
You westerners, you're always full of surprises.
Against a Muslim.
What kind of Muslim? An ISIS soldier.
You have drones, killer robots, and phones that explode remotely.
We've explored all the options.
I don't like ISIS.
You prefer AI-Qaeda? They spend less time on Twitter, more time reading the Koran.
So, yes.
My mosque needs renovating.
The faithful donate less, now that ISIS also asks them for money.
I have crumbling mosaics and water damage.
500 000.
- Euros? - Dollars.
- You're not American.
- True.
The Brunei account.
You can't trust Switzerland anymore.
10% now, 20% when you produce a viable candidate, and the rest after a successful operation.
20, 30, 50, regardless of the end result.
20, 20, 40 and another 20, if it's successful.
To the airport.
Well? I don't know if this is good or bad news.
Don't keep me hanging.
There's no bug.
I looked and found nothing.
Could it have been fixed? Unlikely.
Then it's bad news.
Sorry.
Go.
Come in.
Have a seat.
You've been here for almost two years now, haven't you? You've been assisting me for one year.
Yes.
You're meticulous and discreet.
Drink your tea.
Thank you.
I think you are ready.
Are you ready? Yes, I think so.
Then you will soon leave.
You'll have to be as meticulous as you've been here, with me.
Islam has many enemies.
And the enemy has many faces.
Not only miscreants and Zionists.
Sometimes the enemy is someone who fights our enemy badly and harms our cause.
Do you understand? I think so.
I am ready.
Please allow me to sacrifice myself.
I'll give it some thought.
I have to go and pray.
Rest today.
We'll see each other tomorrow.
Are you any good at chess, Fatiq? Something's up.
I need you.
Did you get it? Not yet.
This is Shapur Zamani.
We have to go back.
- Hello.
- Hi.
Clement's not here? He's not answering.
No, he's gone.
Gone where? With Caro.
They left last night.
To Doha? A few days abroad.
He didn't tell you? - You seem upset.
- I'm OK.
I've just been imagining things.
I know what that's like.
Maybe I do it on purpose.
I must enjoy getting screwed over.
If we didn't, we wouldn't be doing this job.
It's a bit like saying cops love crime, isn't it? How about a drink? - I could use one.
- I'll wait for you.
Another emergency? Why did he turn it down? "I'm a married man".
What on earth does that mean? He's working for someone else? Give me your bag.
Send that to the office.