Characters and events from the movie are fictional.
Similarities with people or events are random.
The Bureau
More to this great day?
Yes.
Is Russia home?
Pavel.
It was Paul before and now you're Pavel.
Maybe a moment to stop.
Ah.
I present myself to destiny.
Me too.
I tried to work for Syria without Bashar and Bashar is still there.
Syria is everything.
I've to get back to work.
To a foundation of convenience?
Center for Studies of Data Analysis and Geopolitics.
- Russian? - Russian.
What are you giving them?
Can you imagine?
This peace?
They pose simple questions and I answer.
I bring in thought that I know would please them...
No, but not to please yourself.
What do see you in the end?
In the end?
A megaphone.
To...meet people.
- People? - Hmm.
Russians only talk about it if you do something for their country.
To a woman and a child.
Yes. Pavel Lebedev.
- You good? - Yes. Thank you.
Hello, Pacha.
Why are you so thoughtful?
Don't tell me you're homesick for France.
I'm not telling you.
I have good news for you.
Nadia El-Mansour is in Moscow.
I know.
I know that you know.
I know you always watch.
When someone drops a package for you here,
we get information.
It's normal, isn't it?
Yes.
How did that happen?
What makes you ask that?
My curious mind.
How is it that we see this woman
who betrayed you three times
and made you suffer two detentions?
Are you going to see each other again? How long will she stay?
I don't know. A few days.
Do you like paintings?
Yes.
If you want, I can have a very beautiful private collection open.
Why are you doing all this?
I just want you to feel comfortable here.
Like if it were your place.
Thanks to you,
I received the highest reward of my career.
Mikhail Dimitrievich Karlov.
Officer in the Second Directorate of the FSB.
Responsible for around thirty recruitment within European services,
in charge of defectors between 2001 and 2005,
Entered the FSB at the age of 22,
he climbed up the echelon
and can claim to take one of the major Directorates of the FSB in the next two years.
He is respected and feared,
he has networks within the services which makes him invulnerable,
to the point of being able to afford today a humanity that he has spent all his life putting aside.
Decorated with the great medal of merit,
he is at the mercy of a thunderclap:
Of being faced with the two biggest mistakes of his career
with the FSB's reputation on the two biggest defectors in ten years,
to know:
that Pacemaker and I are French agents introduced through his fault.
The disgrace that would result in destroying him.
Hello, sir.
- Hello. - Bernard Batch. Pleased to meet you.
Hossam Fouad.
My colleague will soon arrive.
Do you have a good flight?
Excellent.
Air France?
No. Schedules are impossible.
Eh yes.
EgyptAir leaves us crumbs for schedules.
Crumbs are always better than nothing.
Here is my colleague.
I present you Brice Albrecht.
- How was your trip? - Excellent, thank you.
Sorman's management informed us of an
upcoming inter-tribal meeting
at the Nile Sorman Hotel in Cairo.
I'm aware of that.
The hotel security manager met with Sheikh Al-Ergani
from the Tarabin tribe.
You were there I think?
That's right.
From the report the hotel sent us
we gather that Sheikh Al-Ergani
would be a good source of information
of Islamic States present in the Sinai.
Yes, I think so too.
We're proposing that
we handle the source and share information with you.
You handle the source?
Yes.
The Bedouins are not exactly wild about the Egyptians
am I right?
They're only wild about people who bring them businesses.
What are you bringing them?
Weapons?
Water pistols.
We're helping them in getting some of their land.
You should watch out from the Bedouins you know.
Sometimes they're against the terrorists,
sometimes they're with them.
Okay.
There, that's the end of your trial period.
Welcome to Sorman.
This is the first contract I signed. Thank you.
It's a 6 month internship.
Then we'll see.
Well I really love working here, it's great.
I would like to continue.
I can't guarantee you anything.
It's tough in the travel business right now.
And the hotel industry has a very strict hierarchy.
You have to work your way up, step by step.
And now...
The legion of honor.
Now you won't get stuck at the door anymore.
Thanks.
You want one? They're the best in town.
It's sweet of you but I have a lunch.
Okay.
Yeah. Hello, it's Amelie.
What's the special today?
Okay.
I'll have a burger with fries.
Oh shit!
Jordan
Salaam Ailekum, what's going on?
The engine died.
I'm waiting for a spare vehicle.
But I have a tourist who has to go to the airport,
she will miss her plane.
Can you drive her to a taxi?
Of course.
Thank you, my brother.
Hello.
Thank you very much. It's very nice of you. I can't miss my flight.
No problem. It's a pleasure.
Thank you.
Tell Al-Touf that Yosuf Ahmed is selling one these samples.
You will tell him he has ordered 50 the second time.
What is it?
These new ones are the same the market used to replace the old ones.
This measures the uranium enrichment rate.
In the market?
You read this. I'm here to answer the questions you ask. I can drive.
Why is the pipeline attached to the gas lines.
The Iranians mainly use a method of enriching uranium gas diffusion.
With the internal computer we install?
Yes.
It processes the data sent by the encryption.
It functions with four algorithms which, from raw data,
provides the uranium enrichment rate in the pipeline.
The Iranians can modify the algorithms?
Yes. They did it twice to re-program the internal computer so that
Tehran shows a time lower than the standards accepted elsewhere.
Are you fine?
Yes.
Did you read this thoroughly?
I play with stuff. Doesn't matter if you are a specialist.
Fine.
Are you of Italian origin?
My parents are French.
I spent part of my childhood in Italy.
My father worked for the DGSE so he wanted me to speak Italian like an Italian.
To serve France better.
What?
Italian raised as an agent?
I was twelve years old.
Took me in his car.
Sundays to the worst places.
It was a a nasty stash.
Said that if I wanted to become a spy for the common good of France...
I should be able to pass off as an Italian...
to make a living.
Perfectly raised.
And you? How did you get to DGSE?
I was at the polytechnic...for Seismology.
I was propositioned to enter DGSE. And I said, "Yes".
Government and their elements.
A father's story.
Like mine.
But I speak of the wind and sea.
No wonder.
The morning will calm it?
Yes.
This sea has an upper level.
Moscow
As you may have noticed
this collection wasn't acquired randomly.
There is a common thread running flow outwards.
And that thread is the collective personality.
Every collection is a work of art in itself.
As with each piece, there's one that lies on the surface...
Unbelievable!
...and what lies deeper down.
Secrets of time?
He is my boss.
You boss collected it?
Boss collected it by patrolling camps.
What does he do?
Well...
...numbers, you are seeing abstract Abyss in the sky.
In a losing battle against the world
an Ahab shipwreck is turning itself into a luminous celebration.
All that you're going to see from the world now, are two black poles,
like wings supporting the Achab torso
As Melville himself will say in Moby Dick:
Better than so,
in the heart of the Atlantic hurricane from my being...
Mikhail Karlov, thank you.
We dreamt in Pacemaker another Kennedy working for us.
This is much a catastrophe for him that he may want to hide from this direction to be exact.
Exactly.
The purpose is to co-operate in exchange for silence.
Yes.
What are the odds?
That you hope the chances don't fall apart.
Hmm?
Knock out Malotru.
Kennedy introduced two of our agents to the FSB.
If this is done he is humiliated he dishonored.
And he will end his life in prison because he will be suspected of
having done so with full knowledge of the facts.
Very well.
The hour calls for Pacemaker's mission to shelter him, yes?
Yes.
And it's too early.
The Pacemaker's mission is a thin layer of glass that can break at any time.
Pacemaker is not reliable. He is fragile.
Has not been sufficiently trained. It's a miracle that he's still in place.
A miracle that has been going on for several months.
You have to know how to take music.
What is important is not lose everything.
What?
Everyone knows of high Russian sensitivity.
Yes.
I understand but insist...
I don't want to insist this is not a personal matter.
My proposal is to recruit a future Director of the FSB, is not a personal matter.
Historic turn in Kennedy.
Exactly.
Opinions may think this is shadowing my judgment.
Think of it 16 years ago when I was appointed to DSEC and now at The Bureau.
We have an agent at the heart of the system targeting the FSB thanks to him.
We're very closely following a huge political destabilization operation and preparing for the process.
We cannot end Pacemaker's mission.
Find another angle.
There isn't any.
Kennedy is a rock.
There is no room for it.
Disavow?
Don't pick Kennedy over Pacemaker.
Okay, I can confirm vagal discomfort.
Something you ate while stressed. That's my opinion.
Probably.
In any case it's not the heart.
Take this.
Thank you.
Thanks José.
You okay?
Yes.
We were ashamed while waiting in the group.
I know.
You will want to assure them.
Okay.
I know.
The mediator refused your Kennedy?
A real mistake.
I introduced Molatru in the heart of FSB.
He delivers us a treasure and we decline an implant
because this will snap between our fingers anyway.
Could you make me a collection of all of Pacemaker's reports, please?
Source files too.
Okay.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Excuse me.
I am sorry.
We have all night, my angel.
Drop it.
I don't know what I have.
You work too much, you must be tired.
- This is the first time that... - It doesn't matter.
It can happen to anyone.
To anyone?
To boys, yes.
Did it happen to you?
That a boy cannot?
Yes.
Often?
Often, no.
It would be too sad.
How many times?
Two, three, four?
What do you want to know?
Nothing.
I just want to know the seriousness of my case.
Do I have to worry or not?
You are completely normal, Sylvain.
My girlfriend Sveta moved into my home.
I would love to speak with Laurant, the person you sent me...
Did I make a mistake to get her to come?
Sylvain!
I present to you Alexandre Soudakov
who happened by few days back.
And will takes care of the security of our operations,
during Vlad's recovery.
Nice to meet you.
Where do you come from?
From Moscow.
It must be weird.
Here everything is different.
Yes. But for security, it doesn't change anything.
I mistrust everyone anyway.
Of course.
What is this grotesque drive?
It's to boot an ultra robust OS
that I did myself.
In case of problem.
What type of problem?
If the CRC ever breaks down,
I can patch it directly with my phone
using the Bluetooth functions of the emergency system.
Very clever.
He is very good.
- And very French. - Yes.
Adorable accent, huh?
Foreign accents don't have the same charm on me.
But I believe you.
Patch CRC with your phone.
Never heard such a stupid thing.
I just wanted to check if he didn't know anything about it.
He doesn't know anything about IT,
but he's a security prodigy.
Be careful.
You pay attention.
I'll send the latest pacemaker report.
Thank you very much.
You okay?
Yes. You can leave alone.
I'm sorry.
My girlfriend Sveta moved into my home.
Did I make a mistake to get her to come?
I would love to speak with Laurent the person you sent me.
Is it possible to see him again?
Cairo
I was told you want to see me.
Am I your type?
I don't want to answer that question.
You're doing it on purpose to put me off guard.
No, I'm really asking.
Sometimes, people get attracted...
by things that disgust them.
We're being filmed, you know?
One false move and I press charges.
What do you want to see me about?
Come with me.
Where are we going?
To my room.
We're not being filmed here.
But you are being listened.
There's another one in the bathroom.
You're real amateurs.
It's very hard to find good services these days.
Good.
That way, you are less dangerous.
You need to finish your training.
Someone planted microphones on the French.
It's not us.
I want to know who it is.
What does that mean, ST?
- Intern. - Ah, you bring the coffee then?
With that, I can go everywhere.
Do you have what I asked you?
Is it the pass?
Yes.
- They work on the parking lot? - Yes, them too.
Here.
What is that?
If necessary,
it will be you who will execute the French.
Phenom Penh, Cambodia
Excuse me, do you want a tea?
Laurent?
Hi.
How are you?
Hi.
- What did you just say? - What?
Whatever. I was looking for you.
They told me that you were here.
I've told nobody where I am.
Yes you have.
Your phone.
I know nothing about IT, but I'm great with tracking chips.
Doesn't massage make you feel good?
Yes.
I heard you were disturbed a bit lately.
You have been asked to have your girlfriend brought in.
Is it going better now?
Yes.
How is the fucking?
Usually when the fuck's good, the work's good.
It's fine.
It's fine? That's all.
I don't feel like talking about it.
Do you think Sveta will feel like talking about it?
It would be better to leave her alone.
The fucking is not good, I can tell.
I got a nose for these things.
We can fix the problem if you want.
I met some German tourists yesterday. I could introduce you.
No thanks.
They will love the frog's legs.
No.
As you like.
Have a good massage.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Andre!
- How was your trip? - Fabulous.
Take a seat.
What would you like to drink?
A Coca-Cola.
Abdu,
a Coca-Cola.
- Excuse me, it's the championship semi-finals. - Hmm.
Al-Nasr has to lose today.
Thank you.
You don't like it?
I do, but it's not what I was expecting.
Yeah. There are my friends, here.
Well...
I like your friends a lot.
Super.
So, tell me?
He gave me this sample.
What did he tell you about this thing?
He wants 50 of them.
- 50? - Yes.
Alright this match sucks.
Abdu,
change the channel, it drives me crazy.
Abdu, put the match back on.
You know what it is?
It's an OLEM probe.
A new OLEM probe.
Yes.
The Iranians are behind your client.
Those motherfuckers are doctoring the probes to fool the AIEA inspectors.
Like the diesel engines in Germany.
Get it?
Yes.
Good work.
It's my cousin's daughter, Marhoussia.
Her father, my cousin Maher, just passed away.
Now, I'm her father.
I'm sorry.
Was he sick?
Yeah, sick.
An overdose of loyalty.
Al-Taouf. Cousin of Muhammad Taouf.
He was one of the members of the commando that assassinated the journalist Jamel Kashoggi.
Along with four other members of the commando is accused by
the Saudi authorities of having acted on their own.
He was judged to be executed.
I had Mille Sabords occupied to get to know him.
What about me?
Someone solemn. Very beautiful.
Thank you.
Isn't he beautiful?
Mille Sabords? Yes.
If JJA ever found out.
JJA works in the field.
JJA was familiar with the field implant.
Besides working at DSEC?
Among others.
And the report on Molutru?
Why do you want to know?
I don't know.
Since he works in security.
On the contrary, investigate him if he was interested at DSEC.
I don't now.
Later.
- Is it rolling? - Yes.
My dear. I'm well as you can see.
Hope you are well too...
The person holding the phone making the film has new news from me.
Today I can talk on video.
But soon we can meet, I promise.
Papa is not in France as you know...
Should I stop?
I can do this. I can manage.
...as soon as possible...
not immediately, towards the end of the year.
Will you visit?
My prayers. I would like to.
Show her the apartment and the living room.
You visiting France anytime?
No.
Do you have a fiance?
I met someone...her name is Samara and is wonderful...
has two children. Divorced and...
works in a convenience store.
She is brave like you.
And you?
Are you seeing someone?
Yes. At the University. Steven.
And?
I don't know. I just met him.
In a class?
Perhaps.
Does he have children?
No.
Would you?
On that sub...subject I don't imagine that I will.
My taxi is waiting.
I have my mother I think by.
I've to go.
It was good we saw each other.
Yes.
The question is will we see each other again?
The answer is yes.
Wish you could be here with me in Moscow in January away from work.
Hmm.
I like Moscow.
- Have a nice trip. - Goodbye.
Come in.
What did you want me to see about?
I would like to make inquiries about your last boss.
Inquire my last boss?
JJA, yes.
Did you know about this?
I don't.
What are we looking for?
We will be listening to a wiretap and intend to do nothing but observe.
And listen to "shocked" indoors.
And that would be?
We intervene.
Send me an evaluation report on Pacemaker.
See through this Pacemaker.
A report written by Laurent Brenner posted at Phnom Penh.
Laurent Brenner has been a close collaborator for a very long time to Jean-Jacques.
It's annoying that I tell myself that perhaps this report is not be entirely honest.
Your reasons for that?
I have an instinct.
I expect a "No" confirmation.
This is a DSEC high priority.
Okay.
His plans may be straining me.
Don't let Kennedy get into you.
Moscow
It's good, the little film you made for your daughter.
Listen.
We are in Russia.
We know how to hack a Syrian woman's phone.
Did you erase it?
No.
Can she come?
Yes.
Over time, we will bring her over.
Paul Lefebvre...
Pavel Lebedev...
All this will no longer matter.
To thank you.
What is that?
There is one detail that is wrong.
A lie that you told us in your interrogations?
Yes. We call it "Blue Methylene".
And there is in the article?
Yes.
It designates us...
They will know it's you.
So what?
That change anything?
No.
To Franco-Russian friendship.