Le Bureau des Legendes (2015) s03e04 Episode Script

I'm almost done, Mr.
Duflot.
Go ahead, I'll get some coffee.
- I finished.
- Thank you.
What is it? You look worried.
More than usual? There's a new wrinkle on your forehead.
You count my wrinkles? An X here means death is lurking.
What a surprise.
I guess botox won't help, right? No, but you can try to frown less.
Thanks Angela.
Have a good day.
Thank you for meeting me.
I'm listening.
This ISIS camp is of great interest to you.
Paul Lefebvre may be held there.
How do you know? Human intelligence.
It's the airbase for a very active ISIS combat unit.
Without it, they can't send backup to Raqqa when the fight to recover the city breaks out.
So I'm asking you: what do we do? You'll give us the camp's coordinates? No.
This concerns us too.
What are the options? To destroy, or not to destroy this camp.
What do we do? You can't if our agent's there.
I didn't say he was.
I said he might be.
Give me 48 hours.
They're ready to bomb the camp where Guillaume might be? They want our consent first.
You want mine, before giving yours? I don't want to agree! I don't know what to do.
It's simple.
Give the negotiation a chance.
It's not that simple.
You know it isn't.
Don't play dumb.
I see no other alternative.
You must remember, once upon a time, if one of us betrayed the agency, and we were forced, for whatever reason, not to punish him, one thing was certain.
We sent a clear message to the disloyal agent.
The day he needed us, if that ever occurred, there was no way we'd lift a finger for him.
I'll phrase it differently.
Would you sacrifice someone, to free Malotru? No.
One man's dead already.
Patrick Lagarde, Operations Directorate.
Imagine his family's face when we liberate Malotru? When we put him in jail for treason? No, it's not so simple.
What's simple is making the problem disappear.
We can't accept that.
Then make sure the negotiation works and also allows us to recruit the ISIS officer who contacted us.
Will Nadia el-Mansour do it? I don't know.
She has to.
No room for error.
It's complicated for her.
She may not play ball.
Break some legs.
She has to agree to go back, to receive ISIS's reply.
Shahanah is taking advantage, you know.
She's trapped.
I don't care! She can lose her career and reputation.
She can lose an arm.
I don't care! They're pressuring you.
I'm retiring in a few months.
One of my men will be killed if these talks aren't conclusive.
Call me weak, but yes, I call that pressure.
Not now.
You'll eat there.
There she is.
Your train is at 4.
30 pm.
- I'll order a car for after lunch.
- Yes.
3.
30 pm? Good.
I'll be right back.
Hello.
- Hello.
- Are you Prune? Prune Debailly? Yes.
I'm a friend of your father, Guillaume.
Paul.
We met in Syria.
- May I? - Sure.
But I'm waiting for someone.
Do you work with him? No, not at all.
How do you know him? Were you together? Yes.
He had been divorced for a while when I met him.
And you? I'm divorced now.
So you're together? No.
We had already split up when he was captured.
- How did you recognize me? - He showed me pictures of you.
Your name was Jeanne, at the time.
And then, back in France, he told me your real name.
How are you? I'm okay.
You have someone to talk to? Not my mother One of Dad's colleagues is cool.
She's the only one I can talk to.
Is she the person you're meeting? Yes.
She picked this place because she knew I'd be here.
I think you just worked for her without you knowing it.
Our little meeting is no coincidence.
Why? I don't know.
They want us to talk.
Why? No idea.
Will he come back? Is that possible? Some people have come back.
I believe he can.
See you soon, maybe.
You okay? Great.
That was my dad's ex.
Really? Hey.
What's up? I thought we were meeting.
And here I am.
Come on, I'll treat you to brunch.
You're not even paying for it.
$0? She was pissed off.
And? So nothing.
Brussels Belgium Proof of Acquisition For the Foundation Madam President Nadia el-Mansour The Foundation's office is currently closed.
Please leave a message.
Hello.
This is Nadia el-Mansour.
I've just made an important acquisition.
Please call me back to finalize the transaction.
Iraq ISIS-occupied zone Can't you spare me all this? No, I can't.
I know you're feeling better.
If I spare you, I blow my cover.
Don't worry, I have an idea.
I'm not worried at all.
Just cope with it.
It's coming soon.
When? Soon.
How? I'm waiting for an FSB signal.
When I get it, I will have to immediately take you somewhere, A 5-hour drive from here.
They'll come get you there.
What is the signal? Something unusual.
A leaflet drop, or a low-flying plane.
So, for the FSB, I'm worth more than you.
What do you mean? If you leave with me, you blow your cover.
They'd sacrifice your mission just to get me back? My mission is almost over.
You're just a bonus.
No, it's weird.
If you have a mole inside ISIS, you keep it.
It's precious.
Stop thinking so much.
Save your strength.
If I were your boss, I would give the camp's location to the French.
I wouldn't blow your cover.
But you're not my boss, okay? I'm the one who'll blow your cover, motherfucker! Keep calm, soldier.
You made the wrong choice.
I'll blow your cover and you'll get nothing from me.
You won't blow anything.
I'll put out your tongue.
We said we'd give you back to the French, but we didn't say in what condition.
Your turn.
I've prepped him for you.
Show me what you're made of.
I want to try psychological torture.
But first, we start with the basics.
Here's the text for your seminar.
Any mistakes? Not so far.
It looks good.
You have experts in the DGSE? Seismologists who work for us? Sure.
- French? Maybe I know them.
- I can't say.
Why aren't they going to Baku? They work for us.
It would leave a counterespionage trail.
You're clean.
You won't leave a trail.
And if I weren't? We'd get rid of the rough edges.
You'd give me a false identity? We wouldn't need to.
We'd erase what sticks out and add what's useful.
Why am I going to the seminar? For now, we just want you to speak at the seminar, and be ready to spend time in Baku, if needed.
Okay.
But what happens afterward? We're playing it by ear.
But again, there's no danger involved.
You won't do anything you don't want to do.
Okay.
Now, we have to discuss the salary the DGSE will pay you for this mission.
Okay.
We can't transfer money each month to your bank account.
- It might be under surveillance.
- Great.
It's important never to raise any flags for anyone.
I see.
At least, I think I do.
You'll open a new account, but not in France.
I'll explain everything.
In Switzerland? What? I haven't worked with a "virgin" in a long time.
That's the expression we use.
I'm accustomed to working with people who are a little Borderline? Experienced, shall we say.
Who have been practicing manipulation and duplicity for many years.
- See you soon.
- Goodbye.
National Health Center A standard tail.
He wasn't careful, because he thinks I'm a "virgin".
That's what they call me.
I read it on the bus.
Very professional.
I even learned things.
It's gibberish to me.
Can you explain it? It's about the link between seismology and internet.
How a global alert system could be created via internet.
We vetted the seminar attendees.
A few Iranians, some Turks, some Americans, and of course, Azerbaijanis.
Anyone I should talk to? No one important, from what I can tell.
There are experts on seismology, but nothing political.
No one of influence.
No big fish.
There's no one I know.
What's their goal? He said he was playing it by ear.
He's lying.
They know exactly what they want you to do.
He's not telling to avoid scaring you.
Will it be scary? Maybe for a seismologist.
Not for you.
Okay.
The conference is the honey pot.
Go through this, and tell me what kind of bees it will attract.
Understood.
Keep up the job hunting.
They said that too.
What else? They'll pay me 2500 euros a month, in an account they'll open.
- Where? - He didn't say.
They work just like us.
It's no fun.
Your next meeting? Tomorrow, in the park, as usual.
I'm to have read the text.
Very well.
Do you use children too? Paul's daughter isn't exactly a child.
Yes, she is.
How do you now she wasn't briefed? Maybe she agreed to it.
Because I've figured out how you work.
We use whatever works.
Your friend Shahanah gave you this, right? The exact same one.
It's a shame you don't wear it.
It's nice.
It's been pillaged, like all the rest.
Wear it when you work for him.
This one will record your conversations.
It could be useful, later on.
For instance, to prove you're not his accomplice, but that you were helping us put him away.
What will they say about me? That I was your informant? That you were protecting Syria's heritage.
We use what works.
Gaziantep Turkey I've had enough of you and your virtue, all of you.
It's easy to give yourself a clear conscience.
Where would Syria's heritage be, if people like me didn't buy its art? It would simply be destroyed.
Not a single piece would be left! So spare me your sermon.
You're a saint.
You like the bracelet? I love it.
Why did you do that? It was too tight.
I felt like someone was holding me by the wrist.
It was worth a fortune! You gave it to me, didn't you? That's where all your gifts will end up.
Watch out, Nadia.
The rest doesn't belong to you.
You'll have to take care of it.
If there's one scratch on the pieces I leave in the Foundation's care, you'll be in serious trouble.
Both you and your friend.
Your meeting is in E6.
Hello.
Where are we going? I'm going to sit down.
Are you pregnant? 6 months.
Open it later.
Wait.
Let's chat, like two women in a mall.
What's your name? Why? We've met twice.
Our roles are the same.
I'm Nadia.
I know.
I'm Lely.
Are you Syrian? Not any more, thank God.
Syria is Bashar and his regime.
They killed my entire family.
Do you have children? No.
What a shame! Why not? I haven't had time.
You're still young.
I don't want children anymore.
Why not? I want to do other things.
I don't understand that.
No one does, anywhere.
You can go now.
Is this good news? I don't know.
Good luck, Lely.
Good luck, Nadia.
Hi there.
May I? Sure.
You're from counter-terrorism? No.
And you? Not really.
The Syrian desk.
The Syrian desk That's almost the same thing.
It's not.
Night shift? You too, huh? I've never seen you.
There's 3000 of us.
Where do you work? Me? Yes, you.
Where do you work? The square building.
You're a shrink.
I see.
That's why I've never seen you.
I'm super stable.
Absolutely no psychological problems.
Shrinks work late too? Yes.
Blame the time zones.
For those who are far away.
And them They're in overdrive.
Besides, I guess you can lose it at any hour.
Is that Indian? From Guatemala.
I brought it back.
It's for stress.
You're stressed out? Okay almost no psychological problems.
Excuse me.
Package delivered I have to get back.
A gift for you! Thanks, but no thanks.
Thank you.
Here you go.
ISIS's reply.
Maybe the proof of life.
I haven't touched anything.
Hurry! Let's go.
I am Paul Lefebvre.
Today's date is the 17th of Muharram, 1438.
October 18th, 2016, for the disbelievers and hypocrites.
Yesterday, the PSG infidels beat Rennes, 3 goals to 1, in a celebration of perversion.
I hereby declare that Allah is the Greatest, the Unique, and that Allah and his messenger wield the power.
I'll make a copy.
There's There's a shrink in the cafeteria.
They work late too.
- Go analyze it.
- Yeah, I'll go do that.
Zoom on that.
Don't touch the screen.
There, the squares.
- What squares? - There I need what's written on top.
They're codes.
The resolution is shit.
You can't fix it? Wait a second.
There.
Right there.
- There! - Hang on! There you go.
Great.
Print it.
He's alive.
They want to negotiate.
Two excellent pieces of news.
Now we need to work out the plan.
Do we keep working with Rex? Do we have a choice? No Rex, no Shahanah.
No Shahanah, no negotiation.
Excuse me.
May I? In the village of Beyadi, in northern Syria, deserted by ISIS, Raymond Sisteron found a document.
It was clearly left out to be found.
It's a train switch diagram.
These diagrams were used as a code system by French resistants to communicate during the Occupation.
We believe someone intentionally left it in Beyadi.
The Kurds were about to take back the village, along with French special forces.
We took this person's code name: Cochise.
He's probably a high ranking ISIS officer.
A former Iraqi intelligence officer.
Why? Because in the 1980's, the DGSE used this kind of code to communicate with its sources in Saddam's intelligence teams.
We took advantage of the meeting between Rex and the "niqab woman", to pass on another coded switch diagram.
We threw a bottle out to sea.
We figured Cochise would see the diagram in Malotru's video and would realize we're trying to contact him.
Sorry for using this really corny expression which I never use, but "Bingo!" Continue.
Cochise didn't just see the video with the document.
He had access to the document before the video.
He gave Malotru a different one.
- Cochise has access to Malotru? - I don't know.
But he had access to the document.
I apologize again, but "double bingo"! In the video ISIS sent us, Malotru is holding a diagram, as asked.
But it's not the one I provided.
On the right is what I sent to Cochise.
On the left is the one Malotru's holding.
They look alike.
But they're not.
I asked a question in this one.
And here is the answer.
What was the question? "What do you want?" And the reply? "I want to quit.
" It also contains GPS coordinates for Jarabulus, near Beyadi.
And a date.
It looks like a request to meet.
Is Cochise proposing to join the Coalition? That gives me the creeps.
That resolves the issue of Rex.
She can no longer be an intermediary.
One of us will have to handle Malotru and Cochise simultaneously.
We need someone solid.
Don't destroy the camp.
What man among you, if he loses 1 out of 100 sheep, doesn't leave the 99 in the open pasture and go after the lost one, until he finds it? I'm not a Catholic.
Without a satisfactory strategy for what happens after the liberation, we'll have to act.
It will be a huge blunder.
Sometimes a blunder is better than a scandal.
You'll have the scandal as well.
I'll deliver your answer.
I wanted to tell you something.
What? Since we've been meeting, I feel I'm being followed.
It's normal for you to feel paranoid.
- Are you watching me? - Why would I do that? I don't know.
To be sure of me? Marina, you're French.
You went to the Polytechnic Institute.
I have no reason to doubt you.
- So you're not tailing me? - No.
You swear? If you don't trust me, I can't I swear.
It would be counterproductive.
True.
- Goodbye.
- Goodbye.
Hi, it's Simon.
Am I interrupting? No, I'm in bed.
Alone, or How are you? I'm okay.
What about you? Invite me over.
That's a bit complicated.
I need to talk to you.
You came empty-handed? It's cheap wine from the shop downstairs.
Here.
No one's watching.
The DGSE is talking about you.
Saying what? You've been recruited by foreigners on French soil.
Is this your place? More or less.
I've been offered your case, but I want to discuss it with you.
I don't want you not to know.
And besides If you don't agree, I'll refuse it.
What does taking "my case" mean? I'd know everything.
I'd liaise with your bosses.
I'd worry about you firsthand, not just indirectly.
You'd worry about me? Especially if I refuse the case.
I'm not sure I don't think it's a good idea.
That's why I'm asking.
No It's not my place to say, but I wouldn't like knowing you know everything.
If you wanted my case, you shouldn't have told me.
I'm sorry.
It's only normal.
I asked, you answered.
Totally normal.
When did you get back? I'll go.
Listen I'll ask someone else to take your case.
But if anything happens, if you're ever scared, if you have a hunch, or saw something that you can't tell them, I'll work out a way for you to alert me.
Me, no one else.
And? And I'll come.
The DGSI will come? No, me.
All alone.
I see.
Why? You still have a girlfriend? No.
Why you? You don't think I'm solid enough? Why go back into the field? You're retiring next month.
Actually, in a few days.
We need someone experienced, who knows the Iraqi secret service of the 1980's.
An old fart like me.
What do you want? A medal? I want to bring Malotru back.
I'm one of the only ones.
Anyone else will put recruiting Cochise ahead of negotiating.
- What's your plan? - I don't know.
I suggested to MAG that you replace me.
It's not an easy job.
But it's interesting, useful, and you'd be perfect.
Your dental mold.
It's old.
My teeth have since moved.
I have to make a new one.
Let's hope it'll never be needed.
It could be.
Sometimes they burn people alive, for fun.
No more DNA.
No more old fart.
You really want to go? I do.
Aren't you scared? No.
Will you be careful? - Will you replace me? - Yes.
Stay in touch with Nadia el-Mansour.
She'll help us convince Shahanah of our change of plans.
I wasn't about to leave her alone.
Are you leaving or Yes, I'm leaving.
I can come back.
No, go ahead.
Not too nervous? No, I learned the text.
I'll re-read it on the plane.
- Hi.
- Hello.
You have good reflexes.
Who is that? Security agents who check boarding passengers.
And? A seismologist and a salesman are boarding.
I have to call my mother before I fly.
I promised her.
You'll call your mother every day, to say hi.
I'll record the conversation and listen to it at night.
You'll either talk to her or leave her a message.
Mom, it's me.
Hi, honey.
How are you? Just fine.
When are you leaving? Have you already left? I'm at the airport with my colleague.
Each time, before you hang up, tell her you love her.
The day you don't tell her, it means you have a problem.
Is your tummy okay? Did you take medicine? I'm perfectly fine.
Let me know you've arrived.
I'll call you from there.
Okay? I'll know something's wrong and that I have to intervene.
Mom, I love you.
Mom, I love you.
Spring cleaning time.
Strip, against the wall.
When is it? Answer me.
Answer me! When is it? Against the wall.
- When is it? - When is what? - Answer me.
- Screw you.
When is it? You know your friend's a spy? He's a Russian agent, working for the FSB.
Look at him.
Look at his eyes.
Ask your bosses to investigate him.
You'll get a reward.
He can't move.
He doesn't want to kill me.
He's a traitor.
- A traitor! - Shut up! He's a traitor! He gave the camp's coordinates.
You'll all die because of him.
- Shut up! - You'll all die.
- Look, he can't kill me.
- Shut it! Shut it! I'll kill you.
You should.
Because I'll get you to kill every one of them.
Your mission is over.
I'll help you.
Thank you.
How many liters? At least 100.
Wait! Wait! It's a 2-hour drive from the village and checkpoints.
I could have released you after 15 minutes, but you got on my nerves.
It's beautiful, isn't it? Save your strength.
We have to drive through 2 countries at war.
You're worth 10 million dollars.
Every single Ahrar al-Sham fighter will be looking for you.
Adaptation: Holly Diener