Your mission is simple.
Find out what the others are hiding from us.
The others, enemies,
foreigners, allies...
Anyone who isn't one of us.
They don't tell us or show us everything.
And we want to know.
So we dig.
We sniff around.
We watch, we listen.
We recruit.
That's our line of work:
intelligence.
We're trained in the art of lying.
We lie to everyone.
That's why
loyalty
is the absolute value.
Without it, we're doomed
to destroy ourselves from within.
Last year,
we lost an undercover agent.
Cyclone.
He was taken hostage by ISIS in the Sahel.
This year,
another one of our agents, Phénomène,
was arrested in Iran for spying for the CIA.
I asked you all here today
in order to inform you
before anyone else
that I'm planning
to give my resignation
to the Director.
Don't worry about me.
I'm close to retirement anyway.
There will be some changes.
Change is good.
Finally...
we've fulfilled our disabled employee quota.
I was always taking flack for that.
There were no gimps on staff.
We fixed that.
How will we manage without your ties?
Here...
My gift to you.
On that note,
I'm going to give Moule à Gaufres the good news.
We can have a go-away party tonight, if you want.
Welcome home, Raymond.
I refuse your resignation.
You won't be the fall guy in this mess.
I want you to leave the Bureau,
temporarily.
During Operation Deep Blue,
while we neutralize Chevalier.
Malotru is a free agent, out in the field.
You know him well.
Do me this favor.
Is his escape serving the mission, or is it the other way around?
Either way,
it's better for us.
If he left to fix things, we have an agent on site.
We'' say he went rogue, if this goes public.
Will you accept?
So who's the fall guy?
Disloyalty is a fragmentation bomb.
It causes collateral damage,
long after its explosion.
Disloyalty is a cancer.
You never know if you'll survive.
You never know how far it's spread.
I've known
cases of disloyalty during the course of my career.
Serious cases,
memorable ones.
But this case...
will become a legend.
CEYLANPINAR TURKEY
Show me the note.
Hafiz Muhammad Hashmi did send you.
You're not what I was expecting.
Ceylanpinar is in Turkey, near the Syrian border.
It's a Kurdish town, controlled by the Peshmerga.
Guillaume felt it was safer bringing Fatiq the bomber there.
The red dot is Guillaume's phone. The blue one is Fatiq's.
What's the plan?
Guillaume talks to Fatiq, to try to motivate him.
I wanted to help.
But then I thought of my mother and brothers.
And you got scared?
The man to be interviewed is a hero of Islam.
He's important.
If I do this, my family will be punished.
I can't let that happen.
Give me your bag.
Give it to me.
Go kiss your mother.
Go, now.
Call Guillaume. Find out how it went.
Yes? - Hi, it's Chloé Depoid.
Did you see Fatiq?
Yes. He got scared.
He's backing out.
You couldn't convince him?
No.
Now what?
We have no cameraman.
But we have the camera.
Tell Schnabel to come find me here.
His new cameraman is waiting for him.
What do you mean?
He's doing it himself?
Call him back!
A French professor named Paul Lefebvre,
involved in the death of jihadist Toufik Boumaza.
Excuse me?
Nothing. Schnabel will call about the disappearance of his cameraman.
Tell him you're sending him one, there.
Unless Guillaume gives you other instructions.
What will he do? - Call me if anything happens.
It's Schnabel.
My cameraman took off! - What?
He left with all the gear. I can't do anything.
We'' send you someone from Istanbul.
I don't want to return to Istanbul!
It'' be near Raqqa.
You know where Ceylanpinar is?
Debailly should have lived in the 60's.
He's a master spy.
He'd have perfectly mastered the rules during the Cold War.
He charms you,
and gives you nothing in return.
You can never guess his intentions.
Even when you think you know, he makes you doubt.
I think that...
he can persuade people to do just about anything.
That's a dangerous weapon. Now it's pointed at us.
At what exact moment
did you suspect he worked for the CIA?
Part of me knew as soon as Nadia El-Mansour was released.
Another part of me...
refused to believe it. I just couldn't.
I have the right to know, damn it!
Come in.
We're going in 72 hours.
Take a seat.
The Americans will return Omidvar to the Iranians.
OK.
He's the secret financier
for all Iranian operations outside the country.
The Americans have had him for 2 years.
They'' trade him for Marina?
Exactly.
We're working the logistics with them.
It may take time for the details, but it should work.
Thank you.
If our president trades Hossein Omidvar for the French woman,
it will be a great political victory for him.
We can't let that happen.
Where is the French woman right now?
She's being transferred to Bandar Abbas.
She must disappear.
Your Excellence,
that may be difficult.
What if she tries to escape during the transfer?
I think she's going to try to escape.
Schnabel is on his way to Guillaume.
Can we listen in?
Schnabel has a satellite phone.
If he has a signal, the phone acts as a mike.
Engine sounds and his jacket against the phone.
Andreas Schnabel?
Hi, I'm Paul Lefebvre.
Chloé Depoid sent me.
You have your gear? Can I see it?
It's all here.
What happened to the other cameraman?
I think he lost his nerve.
It's becoming more and more difficult.
Soon, I'll have to do my interviews alone.
Why don't you?
To prove on screen that it's really me on location,
and not some poor guy I sent out there
to risk his life in my place.
You're a freelancer? - Yes.
Since when?
Only a few months.
And you're the one they sent?
I know my job.
I-Media knows me. I work for them often.
I was in Istanbul with them, when they called me for an urgent job.
How do I know you won't back out too?
I won't back out. It's a privilege to work with you.
I can absolutely not guarantee your safety.
I don't need you to.
Why not?
You have a death wish?
No, I just don't need guarantees.
Fine. Let's go.
No use hanging around here.
When he calls to say he found the cameraman,
ask to talk to Guillaume.
Ask him what he plans to do.
Excuse me.
We clearly know what he'' do. He's the bomber.
Guillaume is not a suicide bomber. He has a plan.
I don't see which one.
You're obviously not Guillaume.
From the moment we met, he was very helpful.
He gave me advice.
In a way, he trained me.
In fact, I was surprised he shared his experience with me.
He also made sure I was never in an uncomfortable position.
One day, I almost did something borderline...
Did he do something borderline?
What do you hold against him?
If you don't know, then you're not supposed to know.
You're investigating someone
who's taking enormous risks right now to protect us?
What are you talking about?
If you don't know, then you're not supposed to know.
Hi there.
I didn't know you were back.
I tried to tell you. You won't answer my calls.
Did it go well?
What did you talk about?
Guillaume.
You know why? - Nope.
He must have done something.
Well...
I won't hold you up.
Are you OK?
Sure, great.
That's impressive.
Yeah... I understand, you know.
Don't be uncomfortable.
If you were missing a foot... - That's not the issue.
I'm on a mission.
I understand. Forget it. - An external one.
No problem.
Can we get together?
I never felt manipulated.
The question is totally absurd.
In every job, company and institution,
personal and career interests play a part.
People often use their coworkers.
They play devil's advocate, orienting work in a certain direction.
What surprises me
is that your negative answers are so clear-cut.
Is that suspicious?
No.
Just surprising.
You're trying so hard to spare him.
The handler's role is to guide the undercover agent in the field.
Yes.
Have you never made an error in your judgement?
Sure I have. But we're not on our own.
We refer back to our superiors. We seek advice.
Henri Duflot, Guillaume Debailly.
Can there be a conflict
between an agent's perception of a situation
and the orders given by the handler?
Yeah.
Who has the final word?
Always the agent.
What if he's not allowed to decide?
The person taking the risk has to decide.
He has the final call.
So, is Malotru accused of manipulating an agent?
That's ridiculous.
Where are we going?
You're being transferred to the Bandar Abbas prison.
In the south, hundreds of kilometers away.
Is it far from here?
No.
Have you ever done this?
No.
Holy shit!
What's wrong? What are you doing?
There's a rockslide, you idiot!
Are you OK?
Come help us clear the road.
I'm leaving the door open.
Run.
Run for your life.
You won't make it to Bandar Abbas.
The Pasdaran...
OK, she's gone.
Shit!
It's all going to come down.
It stopped.
She's getting away.
I lost her.
We'' be dead if we don't find her.
Where can she go?
If she goes straight, she'' reach a village in 20 km.
We'' wait for her there.
I have to show you something.
That's an American drone, on a surveillance mission.
Airstrikes will probably follow.
It will be dangerous to move around for a few days.
You'' have to wait a little longer.
Chloé Depoid.
Are you with Paul Lefebvre?
Put him on please.
She wants to talk to you.
I don't.
Why not? - Nothing to say.
He's grumpy. He doesn't want to talk to you.
Put him on.
What did you do to him?
Did you sleep with him, or did you refuse to?
She's clingy.
Add to contacts
Chloé Depoid's boss, for you.
What are you trying to do?
Finish the job.
What are you doing, Guillaume?
You won't believe me, but...
I'm truly sorry.
You get caught up in a process that escapes you.
You start off by taking baby steps.
But you still end up very far from home.
I know, but now you can stop. You can backtrack.
Why stop?
In that case, you wouldn't have sent Schnabel to me.
What exactly are you doing? What's your plan?
You always think I have a plan, huh?
That's the good thing with me...
I can always be counted on to have a plan.
Not this time...
For the first time, Mr. Director, I have no plan.
I'm on my way, but I honestly don't know where.
What do you want?
Redemption?
I don't know.
What you did doesn't deserve a death sentence.
What then?
In front of me on a farm in Picardy.
That depresses me.
I read your note to Prune.
You say you won't commit suicide.
It's not suicide.
I'm cancelling the mission. Send Schnabel home.
He can keep the money. I'm calling it all off.
Hello, do you have a phone, please?
No.
Water?
There's the phone.
It doesn't work.
It's always breaking down.
Here, now it works.
Thank you.
Hello, is this the visa office? It's me.
Marina Loiseau.
Yes, I escaped, but they tried to kill me.
They'' find me. I'm on the road to Bandar Abbas.
I don't know.
It's a small gas station.
I don't know.
A tiny gas station.
By the way...
Do you often pick up unescorted women?
No.
Is she a tourist?
She has no luggage or handbag.
She was hungry.
Is she a hooker?
She says she's Canadian.
She got lost on a hike.
I don't want any trouble.
I'm alerting the police.
OK, thank you.
May I stay here for a little while?
Friends are coming to get me.
Have a seat. - Thank you.
We're on it.
Your attention, please.
That was the Tehran desk.
Phénomène escaped an assassination attempt.
She's hiding in a gas station
on the road leading to Bandar Abbas.
Approximately 3 hours from Tehran.
You have 3 minutes to find it and get me the number.
In 2 hours, someone will come for the girl.
Who are you? The police?
You'll receive two billion rials
if you wait quietly until we arrive.
You could call the police to come get the girl,
in which case
you'll get nothing.
I have some good news.
Hello. - Hello.
We're going to need the house.
You'' have to leave.
Can I help you pack?
No, I can do it. Where am I going?
Lamia will take you somewhere else.
Where are we going?
Elsewhere.
He asked me to give you this.
Get your things.
We're leaving.
Now.
I need your phones.
Hello.
Hi, Henri.
They're moving,
towards the Mosul area.
Their phones are off, but the battery GPS works.
That won't last long.
Do we have the drone feed?
No, but we'' have it soon.
I don't believe he'd blow himself up.
Me neither.
Drone feed coming up.
Toufik Al-Azraq Dakine will be here soon.
We speak in Arabic.
He says you don't need that.
What do you mean, we don't need it?
This is the best gear, bought directly in Dubai.
I'm not in the habit of working like this.
The rectangles are tents.
Probably stolen from the Red Cross.
A sports ground is over there.
That might be a school, on the left.
The location's well chosen.
Civilians everywhere, including children.
Any intervention would be a bloodbath.
Not to mention an airstrike.
I am Toufik Al-Azraq Dakine.
Aleykoum salam, I am Andreas Schnabel.
Thank you for granting us this interview.
How long do we have?
He's not your usual guy.
He was afraid to come here. Paul works with me in Europe.
Paul?
Paul Lefebvre.
You're not afraid?
I am...
But this is a great opportunity for me.
A great opportunity?
You might be a great opportunity for me.
You'' end up like the lawyer.
Is that what you want?
The lawyer?
Yes.
I don't understand.
You're a teacher?
I used to be, in Damascus.
In the French lycée?
Yes.
You must know Mr. Noel.
The history teacher.
Everyone knows that dog. He spits on the Muslims.
I don't know him.
You don't know Mr. Noel?
Toufik Al-Azraq Dakine...
Thank you for seeing us.
Can you confirm you beheaded the Western hostages?
I can confirm.
Should it be taking this long? It's been 2 hours.
I don't know.
The vehicles are still there.
A final question to conclude this exceptional interview.
Why don't you negotiate the hostages, instead of killing them?
We promised to execute them if our demands weren't met.
We always keep our promises.
I said you'd be safe, and I kept my promise.
Absolutely.
I think we're done.
Wait a minute!
Who plays chess?
This is competition-level equipment.
You compete?
At a very low level.
I was in Istanbul when Andreas called me.
The wise men of Islam say chess is haram.
I never play for money.
You play well?
I do OK.
I study gambits.
Such as?
Anderssen vs. Kieseritzky,
1851. - Yeah, I know it.
The King's Gambit.
He stays.
That wasn't what we agreed.
The agreement concerned you and your technician, not him.
One vehicle's leaving, isn't it?
Yes.
One phone's still there.
Pick.
White, you're my hostage.
I'm just kidding.
One game for now. Then we'' see.
Woe to the defeated!
Look.
How long am I staying?
A few months.
Don't worry. There's lots to do.
You can go fishing.
Shit!
Come look at this.
We, the brave soldiers of the Caliphate,
have been attacked by the enemies of Islam.
Our loss
will be avenged with the blood of thousands of infidels.
May Allah welcome Toufik Al-Azraq Dakine among the martyrs.
If the French government,
who dares to strike our brothers on Caliphate soil,
doesn't renounce in its repression of Muslims,
if it doesn't abolish the iniquitous law that forbids the hijab,
if the Caliphate's brave soldiers aren't released from French jails,
this dog will be beheaded, very slowly.
It wasn't comfortable.
It wasn't reasonable.
It wasn't moral.
It had no future.
But I'll treasure our relationship for the rest of my life.