The Bureau (Le Bureau des légendes)

Brussels - Belgium.

Immigrant reception center.

Next question.

France offered you asylum after your detention in Syria.

Now you work with Syrian refugees, for the European Commission.

What's your opinion of those who accuse Europe of hypocrisy?

They're right.

But who are the people making those accusations?

Where are they?

Who do they talk to? Who do they negotiate with?

The people we welcome here aren't hypocrites.

Last question.

What's the future of Syria, your country?

I'm working to make its future brighter.

Thank you.

Good bye.

- We're late. - I know.

I emailed your boarding card. Your bag is in the taxi.

Thank you.

"Rex" is at the airport.

Rex is boarding the plane.

Okay.

Rex is on the plane.

How long from Brussels to Istanbul?

3 hours and 30 minutes.

I'll be back late afternoon.

Rex is on her way.

When does she meet Shahanah?

Tomorrow or the next day. He's only there a few hours a week.

Are you planning to tell me who I'm meeting?

We wanted to avoid any leaks.

We can't negotiate Paul's release without total secrecy.

Shahanah?

He's in direct contact with ISIS.

He buys works of art plundered in the field.

He's the biggest art smuggler around.

He was the curator of the Damascus Museum.

I guess he didn't make enough money.

We knew each other when I taught at the university.

That's why we contacted you.

Shahanah is very cautious. But he might agree to see you.

Why would he help us with Paul?

For the money.

To buy himself protection, once ISIS is defeated.

Your attention please.

Please keep your seat belt fastened. We are in a turbulence area.

Thank you.

To avoid a crisis between France and the US,

we gave you the name of your agent

who offered us his services.

Paul Lefebvre.

Some of us are wondering what will happen

once Paul Lefebvre is freed,

as we all hope he will be.

But it will be very difficult

to keep the media away.

What will you do with him?

How will you punish him without it going public?

We plan to do as you usually do:

we'll act first and think later.

According to our stats, a Western hostage held by ISIS

has a 25% chance of getting out alive.

And if the hostage is an agent?

Zero chance.

If Paul Lefebvre makes it back to France,

it'll be a miracle.

The question is: Do we believe in miracles?

Never before has anyone suggested abandoning an agent in the field.

I'm not surprised. He's not their agent.

The Americans would love Malotru to be executed by ISIS.

They would be spared a scandal. Problem solved.

Ours too.

Once we've freed Malotru, what then?

- We drink champagne. - Then what?

We think.

If we don't get him out soon, the Americans will bury him there.

Hello?

What are you doing?

I'm returning to Brussels.

What's wrong?

As it turns out, I too have my price.

To help Paul?

To take the risk of meeting a dangerous smuggler.

Okay, we'll discuss it tonight.

No.

You always trap me at the last minute.

No more of that.

No more of what?

You want me to meet your guy? Do what I ask.

It's that simple.

What do you want?

Once it's done, we'll resume our trip.

European Commission Organizational Chart.

Organization of the Commission Autumn 2016.

She wants this job?

"Deputy Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid".

Why?

The Commissioner, Amir Mamoun,

is positioned to run Syria's future transitional government.

She wants to be near him?

- Pretty ambitious. - Very.

Who says she'll get the job, if the current Deputy is fired?

She's a woman.

The new quota policies are on her side.

She's Syrian...

Why must we get Malotru back at all cost?

He's one of us.

He's a mole.

So we should let him be judged by ISIS?

Some people think so.

Moule á Gaufres?

Amongst others.

What about you?

I thought he'd play suicide bomber over there.

Either he wanted to die and failed,

or he wanted to give himself a chance.

If he wanted to die,

he wouldn't have used a directional explosive.

So he wanted to give himself a chance.

A chance to do what?

Put himself through utter hell?

In English.

Who are you?

A hostage. French.

You?

A hostage. Italian.

In a box.

Same here.

Transfer.

Where?

We had no choice.

We should have turned left sooner.

Bring her to me!

Vienna - Austria.

As you know, the Indian Ocean

has recently been the focus of a tremendous scientific effort:

the international Indian Ocean Expedition Two.

For 5 years,

under the auspices of UNESCO's Oceanographic Commission,

this expedition has been gathering oceanographic fleets...

Did you see them?

The private sector has also supported this effort

by providing cutting-edge technology and expertise

in deep seismic data acquisition.

They're going to look at a huge data set...

Yes, I recognize 2 of them

collected over the only subduction zone in the Indian Ocean,

the Sunda Trench.

This is where many major disasters...

Do we attempt it?

Originated in recent years.

Our work allows imaging the subducting plate

as deep as 60 kilometers.

By doing so, we are able to understand the subduction process.

Any questions?

Marina Loiseau, seismologist.

I've been working for the Paris IPGP

and the IISR in Tehran.

It seems to me that the Makran subduction

south of Iran and Pakistan also bounds the Indian Ocean

and shows a large accretionary prism.

Could we use the methods to develop

and to understand the transition between subduction and collision?

Or are they tailored for pure marine seismic data?

That's a very good question.

You're right. The Makran area is

a short subduction zone in the wider zone

of the Eurasian and Arabian plates.

What are you doing? They're here.

Something's strange...

One of the Russians isn't on our list.

They've started downstairs.

Could he be new? Or an intern?

We should have something on him.

How do you know he's Russian, or works at the Bulgakov Institute?

You're right.

Over here?

Interesting question.

Sorry?

You're the one who worked in Tehran?

Yes.

I studied on the Caspian Sea.

How nice.

Let me introduce Claudia Senik, from the IPGP.

Hello.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Dimitri.

And my colleagues,

Vlad and Igor.

We're all from the Bulgakov Institute.

That explains the Caspian Sea.

Yes.

Marine seismology is our specialty.

Would you like to join us?

Thank you.

- This hotel is nice, isn't it? - Yes.

Apparently the restaurant is good.

You should try the shellfish.

- How come you speak Russian? - My grandmother was Russian.

Excuse me.

Marina, are you in there?