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The Bureau

The Bureau
★ 8.2/10•2015•55m•TV-MA•Crime•Drama
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Within the DGSE (General Directorate for External Security), a department called the Office Of Legends (BDL) forms and remote pilot the most important agents of the French intelligence services: Clandestine. Immersion in hostile country, their mission is to identify individuals who may be recruited as sources of information. Operating "under caption", that is to say in a fabricated identity from scratch, they live for many years in a permanent duplicity. Our hero just returned from a clandestine mission six years in Damascus. But contrary to what is required by safety rules, he does not abandon his legend and the identity under which he lived in Syria, thus putting in danger the whole system.

StatusEnded
Runtime55m
LanguageFR
First Air DateApr 27, 2015

Episodes

Episode 1 - Episode 1E154m

Episode 1

Agent Malotru (Debailly) is recalled to Paris after six years undercover in Damascus, and ends his affair with Nadia El Mansour. In Algiers, agent Cyclone is arrested, drunk, despite being avowedly teetotal. Debailly struggles to forget Nadia and to return to a more normal working life. He is assigned to train Marina Loiseau, who will work undercover in Iran. Debailly discovers that Nadia is in Paris and resumes contact with her. Meanwhile, agent Cyclone has gone missing in Algeria.

Apr 27, 2015

Episode 2 - Episode 2E254m

Episode 2

Debailly is still under routine surveillance, whilst resuming his affair with Nadia under his cover identity Paul Lefevbre. He starts to question Nadia's reason for being in Paris. Meanwhile, the DGSE hires psychologist Dr Balmes, and asks her to review his state of mind. Agent Gherbi is exfiltrated from Algiers after hearing about Cyclone, and Marina continues preparing for her mission. The episode closes with a brief scene of Debailly recounting his story while connected to a polygraph.

Apr 27, 2015

Episode 3 - Episode 3E355m

Episode 3

Marina starts work at the Institute of Earth Physics. A brief scene shows Debailly, connected to a polygraph, continuing to recount his story. The DGSE interrogates Gherbi to confirm he is not also working for Algerian intelligence. Duflot's brother-in-law works undercover in the Sahara Desert. Meanwhile, Nadia's visits to Lefevbre arouse the suspicion of Syrian agent Nadim. Debailly digs into Nadia's background, and confronts her as to why she is really in Paris.

May 4, 2015

Episode 4 - Episode 4E455m

Episode 4

The episode starts with a flashforward of Debailly continuing to explain his story. Nadim investigates Paul Lefevbre, and tells Nadia not to see him again. But he finds them having dinner, and interrogates Lefevbre. Nadia confesses her true reason for being in Paris, and Debailly realises that their relationship puts her in danger. Meanwhile, Reza starts to flirt with Marina, and she has to rebuff his advances. DGSE tries to find out if the Algerians are holding Cyclone, and must stop his mother travelling there to search for him.

May 4, 2015

Episode 5 - Episode 5E554m

Episode 5

DGSE makes contact with Algerians holding Cyclone, and Sisteron goes to Algeria. The Syrians continue to investigate Paul Lefevbre, testing him by mugging him in the street. They also seek help from the Russians. Meanwhile, DGSE puts Marina through a surprise mock interrogation. DGSE is also concerned that Cyclone's capture could have compromised the Sahara Desert operation, in which the Americans are involved. In flashforward, Debailly continues to recount his story to the Americans.

May 11, 2015

Episode 6 - Episode 6E651m

Episode 6

Debailly continues to investigate the leads on Cyclone. Nadim traces Debailly's daughter Prune and starts asking about him. Marina and another agent force a colleague at the Institute to refuse the secondment to Iran. Debailly realises that the Syrians and Russians are tailing him, and finally tells Duflot about Nadia and her involvement with the Syria talks. Meanwhile, the DGSE identifies who is holding Cyclone for ransom in Algeria.

May 11, 2015

Episode 7 - Episode 7E755m

Episode 7

Debailly continues to be tailed by the Russians. The DGSE meet an Algerian with information about Cyclone. They decide to recruit Nadia; Marie-Jeanne realises that Debailly has not told her the full truth, and confronts him. She also helps Marina compel a second colleague to refuse the Iran secondment, and teaches Marina a lesson about not getting close to her contacts. Debailly continues to be interrogated by the CIA in flashforward; it is revealed that Dr Balmes works for the Americans.

May 18, 2015

Episode 8 - Episode 8E855m

Episode 8

Nadia refuses to betray her country, and is angry at Lefevbre's revelations. Ill from the stress of her situation, she confesses to Nadim, and is flown back to Syria. The Russian FSB confronts DGSE and buys its silence. In Algeria, DGSE fails to plant a bug on the General holding Cyclone; Cyclone is handed over to ISIS. Marina is trained to deal with interrogation by Marie-Jeanne, tested by an Iranian agent pretending to be Reza's wife, and offered the Iran secondment. In flashforward, Debailly continues to talk to the CIA; the Americans do not fully believe his story.

May 18, 2015

Episode 9 - Episode 9E955m

Episode 9

ISIS threatens to execute Cyclone; Debailly is asked to work on his rescue. Nadim tries to blackmail him with Nadia's life, wanting him to betray Syrian sources; Debailly refuses to do so. The Americans pull out of the Sahara operation; DGSE suspects they may have a mole. Marina is further tested before leaving for Iran. Debailly shares details of the rescue plan for Cyclone with his colleagues.

May 25, 2015

Episode 10 - Episode 10E1054m

Episode 10

Debailly asks DGSE to help Nadia, but is refused. He attracts the CIA by approaching the Syrians, purporting to represent the Americans, and takes time off to meet the CIA (revealed as the flashforwards shown from Episode Two). Dr Balmes suggests his motivation is not love for Nadia, but craving for the double life he experienced undercover. He agrees to return to the DGSE as a CIA double agent. Meanwhile, Marina disappears in Tbilisi en route to Iran, kidnapped by the Georgian secret service to see from where she seeks help. Cyclone is rescued in an ambush near the border with Mali.

May 25, 2015

Actors

Mathieu Kassovitz

Mathieu Kassovitz

Guillaume Debailly

Sara Giraudeau

Sara Giraudeau

Marina Loiseau

Stefan Crepon

Stefan Crepon

César dit « Pacemaker »

Zineb Triki

Zineb Triki

Nadia El Mansour

Florence Loiret Caille

Florence Loiret Caille

Marie-Jeanne Duthilleul

Jonathan Zaccaï

Jonathan Zaccaï

Raymond Sisteron

Oleksiy Horbunov

Oleksiy Horbunov

Mikhaël Kharlov

Mathieu Amalric

Mathieu Amalric

Jean-Jacques, dit « JJA »

Louis Garrel

Louis Garrel

Andrea Tassone dit « Mille Sabords »

Jules Sagot

Jules Sagot

Sylvain Ellenstein

Anne Azoulay

Anne Azoulay

Liz Bernstein

Irina Muluile

Irina Muluile

"La Mule"

Alexandre Brasseur

Alexandre Brasseur

"Pépé"

Ziad Bakri

Ziad Bakri

Nadim El Bachir

Hacène Benzerari

Hacène Benzerari

Alba Gaïa Bellugi

Alba Gaïa Bellugi

Prune Debailly

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