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Thank you.

I need a signature.

Dad!

Dad!

Dad, a package for you.

- I'm going out. OK? - Go ahead, son.

Hello ?

I'd like to speak to Sylvain Ellenstein.

He'll call you straight back.

He's not there?

I have no idea.

It's just a bootable key.

What is it used for?

If the operating system is dead,

you can still boot up the PC with this kind of key

and access its contents.

There's nothing else on the key?

N0. It's a homemade system.

A good one.

It has no other purpose?

Not for a normal person.

But here, we all use keys like that.

This too is a bootable key.

We use it when we want to work on a PC without leaving a trace.

Stop.

You've just told me

that there's nothing on this key.

No.

Everything is stored elsewhere.

On a server, for example.

I just use this to boot up the PC.

I do what I need to do. When I remove the key,

it's like I never touched the computer.

Call Vera Chupak, please.

Vera.

It's Mikhail.

I had a message for Sylvain but I can't reach him.

Is he with you?

He left for Seoul two days ago.

Hello ?

On his own initiative?

No. He went to buy supplies for us.

Isn't he answering his phone?

He is. Why?

When is he coming back?

When he has made his purchases.

I'll call you back.

Shit.

How do you know where I work?

- I'm like a father to Sylvain. - But you don't know where he is?

Why would I answer you?

You know Sylvain works in a sensitive field.

Sensitive and security go hand in hand.

What does that mean?

It means you need to answer my questions.

He's in Phnom Penh.

- I know. - That's all I know.

He's not answering his phone.

Sorry, I can't help you. We've broken up.

Was he OK when you were there?

I'm not sure what that means, for him.

He's a bit strange, as you know.

Did he tell you he needed to travel somewhere?

He never told me anything.

If he happens to call you...

I don't want to answer him. Do I have to?

No.

It's me.

Get me a seat on the next flight to Phnom Penh.

To Phnom Penh!

He took the 6:12 AM flight.

He lands in Phnom Penh around 9 PM.

It's begun.

Mina?

Hi, it's Pavel. How are you doing?

Good, thanks.

They're doing work on the fourth floor again. It's so noisy.

Will you be here soon?

I'm going to the hospital today, remember?

Yes. Are you having surge/y?

Yes.

How long will you be absent?

Three days.

Nothing serious, l hope?

No.

Don't worry.

Take care.

Bye, Pavel. Good luck.

Black September.

Black September is a channel under our control.

If the French know this,

they may have used this channel to fool us.

I want us to search carefully through all the files

for any intel that had a negative impact on us.

If we discover that we were tricked once or twice,

Pavel Lebedev may be a double agent.

There's a lot here.

All the more reason to get started.

European Medical Center

Malotru left the medical center.

So far so good.

What happens if someone calls the clinic?

Reception will say he's in his room.

The call will be transferred to his new phone.

I want to make sure.

European Medical Center, how may I help you?

Excuse me, I have a question.

Is Pavel Lebedev staying in your clinic?

Please hold.

Pavel Lebedev, yes.

May I speak with him?

If he isn't already in surge/y, I'll try to put you through.

He's not supposed to answer until he's in the hideout.

Unknown

I'm sorry, he's not answering. Would you like to leave a message?

No, thank you.

We're good.

Hey.

When did he leave?

Three hours ago.

How long is the flight?

He stops in Hanoi. He'll be in Phnom Penh in eight hours.

We have at least 24 hours ahead of us.

What are you doing?

I have to let someone know.

Something wrong?

Afraid I'll call my Russian buddies?

For that, I don't need a new phone.

Hello ?

It's Pavel.

Hi.

I want to make love to you.

Me too.

Room 12 Syria - Russia 2025

- Yes? - I'm on my way.

OK.

Paul...

I need to know who you were talking to.

Someone I'm sending to safety.

I though Samara Semionova was the only one.

There is also someone else.

Who?

You may be compromising the mission.

- What am I doing? - Something that wasn't planned.

I had nothing to do with what happened to you.

How is it?

It's OK.

Don't worry about the mission.

12:55 Casablanca

Oh no!

- Hello? - My flight's cancelled.

The next one is...

There may not be one before tomorrow.

- Maybe they had it cancelled. - No.

They wouldn't do that if they knew where you were.

When does your meeting end?

In a little over an hour.

Get a seat on the next flight, going anywhere.

OK.

It'll be OK.

Hello.

I'd like to change my ticket.

Here.

I'd like a seat on the next flight to Helsinki.

The 1:15 flight?

Yes.

One minute, please.

I think there's a problem with your ticket.

Hello?

I left the airport because I didn't feel safe.

I'm in a taxi.

OK...

Can you call your think tank from a Iandline?

I can call the secretary.

Try to reach your colleague Sylvia in the meeting.

Tell her you have a personal problem and can't make the meeting.

Ask her to meet you at La Taverne Café.

It's on Shmitovskiy Street. Sit outside.

What's my personal problem?

Your boyfriend dumped you and you need to talk.

- OK. - I'll call you back.

You have to tell me what's going on.

I need to go out for a while.

You know that's impossible.

I'll be back in about two hours.

I can't leave you.

- Come with me. - Where?

To do what? Who were you speaking French to?

Nadia EI-Mansour.

Go with him.

Do you know

of any mission involving Guillaume Debailly

that failed?

No.

She'll be arrested.

The entire mission will fall apart.

Let's go.

What do you see?

A woman who is crying.

Why?

I don't know. Maybe someone died.

And the other one?

A friend who came to console her.

I'll check out the cars and go over there.

If I don't see anyone in the cars, I'll cross my legs.

We'll send her that way.

OK.

I'm the friend you called before her. Speak to me in English.

Are you OK?

I'm asking if you're alone. You're not, and you're feeling better.

But I still want to see you.

Apologize to her. Tell her I insist you come meet me.

You see the street off to the right?

That's the one.

Walk in that direction.

Don't hang up, just pretend to. Put the phone in your bag.

Pull iz' out in twenty yards.

Understand?

I'm here if you need rne, my dear. Call rne, OK?

OK, thanks.

Don't walk too fast.

A car's coming

Nadia, stop walking.

Pretend to rummage through your bag.

A man in a grey suit is following you.

Look at him.

Did he look at you?

He smiled at me.

He wouldn't have if he were following you,

At the end of the street, there's a bus stop.

Take the 104.

Get off at Petrovin Street.

Walk up the street.

You'll see a car rental agency.

There's a booking in your name. You'll be taken care of.

ls everything clear?

Yes.

Will we see each other again?

Phnom Penh Cambodia

They told me you were here.

I wanted to see how my protégé was doing.

And how is he doing?

I saw his girlfriend in Moscow.

Not exactly reassuring.

In what sense?

She described someone unstable,

unlike the person I saw here.

I believe he is very organized.

Any news from him?

No.

He's in Seoul. That's all I know.

Someone accompanied him.

How many passports does he have?

Only one. His own.

OK.

S0 I came for nothing?

I can't answer that.

I don't know why you came.

Kennedy - Forwarded Call

Raymond!

Pavel?

Yes.

You know where I am?

Phnom Penh.

We need to meet.

I'll text you my address.

I know your address.

Not this one.

Fifty-fifty.

Fifty-fifty, I agree.

Either he comes alone, and we make him an offer,

or he's pulled the alarm. They'll come and arrest everyone there.

You need to come back now.

You're going to wish me luck, right?

You have no reason to stay.

Grandpa is here to protect me. He wasn't here last time.

That's why it didn't go so well.

It'll be fine this time.

Thanks.

Find something?

I think so.

"On December 7, 2017, the Americans used Black September

to inform the French that on December 9,

they were planning to launch a commando operation

against a chemical weapons warehouse outside of Aleppo."

Isn't that where they caught us emptying a warehouse?

I think so.

We moved our stock of chemical weapons on December 8, 2017.

We had a surprise visit from UN inspectors,

who had planned an inspection that very day.

The commando operation was a fake.

Is that enough?

No.

It could be a coincidence.

Keep looking.

If we find something else, it means we're right.

I don't have time to stop home?

You know what it's about?

- Yes, it's really huge. - It is?

OK... you don't have a clue.

Exactly.

Yes?

Come in, Raymond.

Sorry to grab you right off the plane.

No problem.

Where are we at? Any news?

Kennedy will land in a few hours.

- Are Grandpa and his team with Guillaume? - Yes.

Michel, why are we here?

Because I have two things to tell you.

Me?

Yes.

I wanted Raymond here.

One: Mille Sabords stays in the field.

He's in free-fall.

He's asking a lot of questions about Malotru.

It's getting in the way of his work.

Two: we told him the truth about Malotru.

The Kennedy mission has been launched.

Whatever happens now, Kennedy will know

we never believed in Paul Lefebvre's "death".

OK.

I understand how you may have felt about Mille Sabords and Pacemaker.

They were both troubled by the revelations in the media.

Their behavior was worthy of concern.

We can't work with people we have even the slightest doubt about.

Are you stopping home?

Yes, unless...

Come to my office a minute.

Thanks.

This is the first time in 25 years I've been so totally overruled.

It was bound to happen. An experience I was lacking.

You're a strange bird, Raymond.

I'm one of those who never underestimated you.

- One of the few. - Don't say that.

You're extremely reliable,

despite the little pranks people seem to enjoy.

You're rigorous and fiercely loyal.

Rare qualities in this department.

This is why

I'll recommend you be named to run the Bureau when I leave.

Either tomorrow or the next day.

You're leaving?

Michel dismissed me.

"Terminated", as they say.

Can you imagine?

That's not how I'd put it.

How, then?

He thinks I'm crazy.

It was useful for a while,

but lately, I've probably gone too far.

At least you recognize it...

That means it's time to quit while I'm ahead.

Whatever the outcome of the Kennedy mission,

it's over for me.

Either I end on a high note,

a true success.

If Kennedy is recruited, it'll go down in history.

Or I leave on a failure,

like many others, who tried and failed.

But, I've lost much more than the others.

I made quite a few sacrifices for this operation.

My integrity, in particular.

Put me through to Alexis Bakatine in security.

It's Mikhail Karlov.

Bakatine.

I need to talk to you.

Your timing's good.

lneed to talk to you too.

I'll be in your office in an hour.

She left at 10:15AM.

She was on her way to her work meeting.

The phone remained in the building for several hours.

Then, it moved to La Taverne Café.

We searched the phone. She received two messages at 10:22 AM.

Yesterday's conversation made me realize

our relationship is going nowhere.

I'd rather call it quits now.

Who sent these?

The texts are from the phone of a certain Pavel Lebedev.

Where is she now?

We don't know.

You don't know?

No.

She took a bus, rented a car and took off.

What about her phone?

We found it at the car rental agency.

Thanks.

I don't know.

He was admitted yesterday.

Thank you.

Hi, Mikhail.

Excuse me.

He is having surgery right now?

For what?

Is it serious?

Thank you.

Did you know Petrossian was in the hospital?

No.

And that his girlfriend has disappeared?

Did you know Sylvain Ellenstein was depressed and in Seoul?

- I didn't... - Why were you in Phnom Penh?

Were you sent there to sabotage their work?

The French know that Black September works for us.

What makes you say that?

We've found one likely example of disinformation

delivered through that channel.

One example?

Likely?

That's it?

For now.

Do you know who recruited Black September?

No.

Yuri Thikonov.

You really want to lock horns with the head of the Second Directorate?

Continue, and you'll be crushed.

Let it go, and you'll prove you know how to rein in your ambitions.

That is the best way to move up the ladder.

We haven't changed since the days of the USSR.

In order to be successful,

don't be brilliant

or useless.

Be grey and mediocre.

Which do you prefer?

Look for the real moles.

Don't invent ones to make yourself look good.

I'll think about it.

You'll think about it in Kabul.

You've just been promoted

by your director.

Yuri Thikonov convinced him of your qualities.

You'll be in charge of security at our embassy in Afghanistan.

In the meantime, we'll be moving your office.

Another team will be taking over your active files.

Yuri?

- Is it' done? - Yes.

What did he find? ls it serious?

A case of so-called disinformation spread via Black September.

Nothing on Petrossian.

Except that he's undergoing surgery for a hernia as we speak.

Mikhail?

Yes?

Can you guarantee that Bugsy Malone and Petrossian are reliable?

I'd be the first to react, if I had the slightest doubt.

Can you guarantee that Bugsy Malone and Petrossian are reliable?

I guarantee it.

Very good.

Beta speaking.

He is alone.

He's entering.

He's here. He's alone.

Epsilon speaking. No movement around.

There's something I need to understand.

The French really did try to kill you, didn't they?

Yes.

Did they miss?

I don't know.

But you still agreed to work for them again?

Yes.

I don't think I'd have done the same.

When I was little, my father beat rne.

But I still wanted him to love me.

Now, the French love you?

That depends on you.

What are you offering?

That much I know.

They'll arrest me.

They'll assume I brought you both in intentionally.

They'll interrogate Katya and Anton.

They'll put pressure on them

to make me confess.

I'll confess, and I'll be executed.

You can do that?

How long would I have to work for you?

Anton has always dreamed of going to France.

Very well.

I'll call you with my decision.

Do you have a choice?

One always has a choice.

Congratulations.

Here she is.

I'll leave you with Sylvie, who will tell you more

about undercover operatives.

- Hi, Sylvie. - Hi, Michel.

Hello everyone.

I see you all have a form to fill out.

Here, we call that the "burial form".

There's a question in the form:

"Do you want to become an undercover agent."

Next to it, there's a box to tick.

Ticking that box means

that you'll spend at least the next 12 to 18 months here at HQ.

If you hope to be undercover one day,

you can't be visible during the down time between missions.

You can't travel or be in the field. We keep you here, nice and warm.

While others run around the world, living exciting experiences,

we do our utmost to protect your virginity.

Basically, we bury you.

S0 that one day, you may become the DGSE's pilot fish.

Those whose mission will be

to spot potential traitors abroad.

Being an undercover agent means spending several years abroad

under an "Fl", a fake identity.

We also use the term "Iegend".

You go abroad, to practice your profession:

literature professor, seismologist, IT equipment smuggler...

But your real job is to observe.

To search for weaknesses, flaws and angles of attack

so that the desk officers can recruit those we call "sources".

Most of the time, they too are using an Fl,

so the sources never really know who they're dealing with.

Your real job will be to destroy the lives of people

who aren't necessarily bad.

They're just foreigners in the service of their country,

and who have access to intel that is crucial to our safety.

People we call "bastards",

just because they live across the border,

and are aware of things their government is obsessed with hiding from us.

Goodbye.