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COLLECTION · Series · 2015

The Bureau

Le Bureau des légendes

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.

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* 8.2 (231)CrimeDramaFrance
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Creators
Éric Rochant
Countries
France
Studios
Canal+ · TOP - The Oligarchs Productions · H Films · Federation Entertainment
Runtime
55 min/ep
Age rating
TV-MA
Release
27/04/2015
Score
8.2 / 10 (231)

Awards and nominations

  • Series Mania Festival 2015: International Press Jury Award - Best Male Actor ( Mathieu Kassovitz )
  • French Syndicate of Cinema Critics Award: Best Series
  • French TV Critics Association Awards (A.C.S.): Best Male Actor (Mathieu Kassovitz) (2015)
  • COLCOA French Film Festival : TV Series Jury Special Prize
  • TV Series Audience Award
  • French TV Critics Association Awards (A.C.S.): Best Production (2016)
  • French TV Critics Association Awards (A.C.S.): Best Female Actor ( Sara Giraudeau ) (2016)
  • Le Parisien : Best French Series (2016)
  • Globes de Cristal Award : Best French Series (2016)
  • French TV Critics Association Awards (A.C.S.): Best Series (2017)
  • French TV Critics Association Awards (A.C.S.): Best Writing (2017)
  • TV France International: Export Fiction Award 2020
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
Season 1
10 episodes · 2015
Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2015-04-27 · 54 min

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…

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2015-04-27 · 54 min

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…

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2015-05-04 · 55 min

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.…

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2015-05-04 · 55 min

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…

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2015-05-11 · 54 min

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…

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2015-05-11 · 51 min

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…

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2015-05-18 · 55 min

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…

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2015-05-18 · 55 min

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…

Episode 9
Episode 9. Episode 9
2015-05-25 · 55 min

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;…

Episode 10
Episode 10. Episode 10
2015-05-25 · 54 min

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…

Season 2
Season 2
10 episodes · 2016
Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2016-05-09 · 55 min

Marina begins to socialise with young Iranians, including Zamani, the son of a well-connected minister. She finds adapting to the internal politics a challenge. The Americans fail to rescue Nadia in an ambush in Lebanon. Debailly…

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2016-05-09 · 54 min

Debailly recalls when he first met Nadia, and continues to agonise about her fate. The CIA confirms its interest in Zamani, but Debailly and Marie-Jeanne fall out over Marina's mission; Debailly persuades Deflot to replace her with him as…

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2016-05-16 · 52 min

The DGSE recruits the jihadist's sister, planning to trap and kill Boumaza. Meanwhile the Iranian secret police continues to investigate Marina, and DGSE discovers this from a source. Marina is recalled to Paris, but leaves on an…

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2016-05-16 · 53 min

DGSE receives a report that Nadia has been executed in Syria, but the CIA has warned Debailly to anticipate false reports, and agrees to work with him in return for his Iranian source. Marina is interrogated by the Pasdaran, then…

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2016-05-23 · 54 min

Duflot discovers that Debailly disregarded his order to Marina not to contact Zamani, dismisses him for misconduct, and reinstates Marie-Jeanne as handler. But Duflot's boss decides Marina should continue cultivating Zamani. Debailly…

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2016-05-23 · 53 min

Boumaza takes Sisteron into Syria. DGSE decides not to attack, to protect its local agents. He hears that Turkish forces have his sister, and exchanges Sisteron for her, after cutting off his foot. DGSE ask Debailly back unofficially to…

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2016-05-30 · 55 min

Continuing her meeting with Debailly, Nadia insists that DGSE help her escape from her forced role as figurehead for the Syrian rebels. Debailly decides to compromise Nadim by forging his application for asylum; he defects, and Nadia is…

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2016-05-30 · 51 min

Dulfot goes to interview Marina personally about how the CIA managed to recruit Zamani. Marie-Jeanne wants to exfiltrate Marina, but she is overruled. Zamani gets caught texting his handler from an Iranian government meeting; his arrest…

Episode 9
Episode 9. Episode 9
2016-06-06 · 54 min

The suicide bomber pulls out of the mission against Boumaza, and Debailly steps into the operation, travelling to Syria but swearing his team to secrecy. He finishes his letter to Prune. DGSE hears that Marina is being interrogated by the…

Episode 10
Episode 10. Episode 10
2016-06-06 · 57 min

Duflot lectures his team about loyalty, then offers to resign, but his boss refuses to accept. The DGSE investigates Debailly's disloyalty and interviews his colleagues. Debailly takes the suicide bomber's place as cameraman for the…

Season 3
Season 3
10 episodes · 2017
Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2017-05-22 · 53 min

Debailly is prisoner of IS in Iraq. DGSE asks Nadia to negotiate his release through an intermediary Shahanah, a corrupt art dealer, and promises her an EU Deputy Commissioner position in return for her help. Sisteron is sent to Iraq to…

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2017-05-22 · 53 min

One of Debailly's jailers is a Russian FSB mole and offers to help him. Meanwhile, Duflot tries to help Marina overcome her trauma. Shahanah takes Nadia to meet Lely, a female intermediary for IS. Sisteron and Kurdish fighter Esrin are…

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2017-05-29 · 52 min

Debailly loses hope after his FSB helper is wounded, and stops eating. Marina is approached by Phillipe, a Mossad agent who is posing as DGSE and wanting to recruit her. DGSE advises her to accept the offer, and report everything back to…

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2017-05-29 · 53 min

The CIA wants to bomb the camp where Debailly might be held, but DGSE insists they wait. Duflot wants to get Debailly released before he retires, but MAG reminds him that the agency doesn't normally make much effort to rescue disloyal…

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2017-06-05 · 55 min

Shahanah is murdered by the Iranians. DGSE sets up a secret meeting between Duflot and Cochise near Jarabulus, and Duflot prepares for his mission. Lely asks to meet Nadia again, and DGSE suspects IS may have lost Debailly; their agents…

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2017-06-05 · 54 min

Debailly manages to escape into the hills, and seeks help from a farmer who betrays him to IS, and he is recaptured. French agents identify the area where he escaped, but arrive too late. In Baku Marina gives her presentation to the…

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2017-06-12 · 53 min

Cochise refuses to spy for DGSE within IS, wanting exfiltration. Duflot agrees, if Cochise can free Debailly. Before he can return, Duflot is shot by one of Cochise's men; he is taken to hospital but later dies. Cochise obtains custody of…

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2017-06-12 · 54 min

DGSE mourns the loss of Duflot. Meanwhile, Mossad gives Marina the memory stick with the virus, which DGSE manages to copy before Marina successfully introduces it into the system. In Iraq, Cochise and his IS fighters take Debailly toward…

Episode 9
Episode 9. Episode 9
2017-06-19 · 53 min

DGSE discovers that Debailly is using the stolen IDs of former agents to travel back to France. Nadia hears from her assistant's Iranian contact that Debailly is free, but DGSE refuses to tell her anything; they use Prune to tempt…

Episode 10
Episode 10. Episode 10
2017-06-19 · 59 min

DGSE tracks Debailly's attempts to contact Nadia. Dr Balmes meets her, and explains how Debailly got her released from captivity. Debailly sets up a plan to meet Nadia in a hotel, contacting her via her assistant's mobile, which DGSE is…

Season 4
Season 4
10 episodes · 2018

In the fourth season, chased by the D.G.S.E. and the C.I.A. all the way to Moscow, intelligence officer Malotru (Mathieu Kassovitz) tries to negotiate his return to France. The D.G.S.E.’s new head of Internal Security, JJA, initiates a full-spectrum audit of The Bureau and its new chief Marie-Jeanne, with the clear-cut intention of severing a few heads in…

Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2018-10-22 · 50 min

Chased by the DGSE and the CIA all the way to Moscow, Malotru tries to negotiate his return to France. The DGSE’s new head of Internal Security, JJA, initiates a full-spectrum audit of The Bureau and its new chief Marie-Jeanne, with the…

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2018-10-22 · 54 min

Dumped by the DGSE, Malotru comes out of hiding and is quickly located by the Russian secret services. At the DGSE, Liz manipulates Sisteron to cause distrust between he and Marie-Jeanne. Meanwhile, Jonas begins to suspect that his…

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2018-10-29 · 53 min

Arrested for Espionage by the Russian secret services, Malotru is tossed aside and left to the mercy of other inmates. Back in France, the DGSE is striving to understand his motives before making a move. Marina’s phone has been hacked and…

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2018-10-29 · 52 min

While under intense pressure from the FSB to cooperate, Malotru is considering how to approach a cyber operations officer. Back in France, Marie-Jeanne seeks Mag’s advice, only to find out that JJA had coerced him to resign and that she…

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2018-11-05 · 51 min

Just as Karlov is beginning to lose patience, Malotru suggests recruiting Ellenstein. Back at the DGSE, Marie-Jeanne is monitoring a cyberattack, hoping to track down the person responsible for hacking Marina’s phone. Meanwhile in Mosul,…

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2018-11-05 · 55 min

Under Karlov’s watchful gaze, Malotru initiates Ellenstein’s recruitment. At the DGSE, Sisteron suspects that Cesar is not ready to go on a mission and will not be able to hold his legend undercover. Back in Raqqa, still under Daesh’s…

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2018-11-12 · 51 min

In Moscow, Malotru welcomes César, who has taken Ellenstein’s identity. Back in Damascus, the Syrian authorities refuse to let either Jonas or Jean-Paul access the morgue, where Iode 3’s body most likely lies.

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2018-11-12 · 54 min

Karlov asks Malotru to join the FSB in Moscow. In Paris, Sisteron and the entire Bureau must answer to an inquiry questionnaire on Marie-Jeanne, which JJA intends to use against her during the next board meeting. Meanwhile, Marina is…

Episode 9
Episode 9. Episode 9
2018-11-19 · 52 min

Sisteron warns Marina that her cover has been blown, but that her arrest could help on another crucial assignment. Meanwhile, Malotru parts ways with Samara and comes back to France, where he is to be held in solitary confinement. Back in…

Episode 10
Episode 10. Episode 10
2018-11-19 · 53 min

In Ukraine, Malotru arrives at the exchange location to get Marina. But on the way back, their convoy deviates from the route initially agreed upon by the DGSE, forcing him to warn Sisteron. Back in Paris, Marie-Jeanne quickly understands…

Season 5
Season 5
10 episodes · 2020
Episode 1
Episode 1. Episode 1
2020-04-06 · 52 min

JJA, the director of Dsec, has taken over the leadership of Le Bureau, while Marie-Jeanne has moved to Egypt. A newspaper article on the events in Ukraine emerge. The agency fears they have a leak.

Episode 2
Episode 2. Episode 2
2020-04-06 · 53 min

On his way to Riga, Sylvain disappears at Moscow airport. Marie-Jeanne is in the Sinai desert. She must work alongside the Egyptian agent Ramsès.

Episode 3
Episode 3. Episode 3
2020-04-13 · 55 min

Malotru is in place in the Russian agency FSB as "Pavel Lebedev". Sisteron is sent in the greatest secrecy to Cairo. Meanwhile, Jules announces to JJA that he has located Sylvain's phone. Digital tracing indicates that Sylvain is in Phnom…

Episode 4
Episode 4. Episode 4
2020-04-13 · 51 min

Liz Bernstein and La Mule are quietly continuing their investigations to identify the mole in the service. After a few weeks of rest in Sologne, Marina finds her post in Paris. Sisteron is responsible for training Andrea on the computer…

Episode 5
Episode 5. Episode 5
2020-04-20 · 50 min

A meeting between the different chiefs of the Sinai tribes is to be held at the Nile Sorman hotel where Marie-Jeanne is working undercover. Fouad, the Egyptian security officer, travels to Paris for a meeting with the Bureau. Marina joins…

Episode 6
Episode 6. Episode 6
2020-04-20 · 51 min

At the DGSE, the work of JJA is carefully examined. Dsec is particularly interested in the way he manages Pacemaker, who is on a mission in Cambodia. In Cairo, Marie-Jeanne discovers that her hotel room has been bugged. Pacemaker is…

Episode 7
Episode 7. Episode 7
2020-04-27 · 54 min

JJA is told to go ahead and recruit Mikhail. He contacts Pavel in Moscow to develop a strategy. Sylvain is sent to Seoul by the Russians to enlist Yellow Joon, a genius hacker. In Paris, Sisteron admits having lost confidence in JJA. In…

Episode 8
Episode 8. Episode 8
2020-04-27 · 59 min

Mikhaïl Karlov receives a parcel with the USB key which Sylvain uses at work. Both surprised and worried, he tries to reach the young hacker and learns that the young man is on a mission in Seoul. Meanwhile, Alexis Bakatine, the head of…

Episode 9
Episode 9. Episode 9
2020-05-04 · 51 min

Marie-Jeanne is back at the Bureau. Sisteron processes information from Karlov. Mikhail must explain to his wife and son the difficult situation they are in. Jonas discovers that the young woman with whom he has had an affair for several…

Episode 10
Episode 10. Episode 10
2020-05-04 · 49 min

Marie-Jeanne presents her candidacy to succeed Michel Ponte as director of the service. An Uzbek tourist in Paris finds a weapon. Is he part of Mikhail's revenge?

Cast by season
Léa Drucker
Léa Drucker
Docteur Balmes
Jonathan Zaccaï
Jonathan Zaccaï
Raymond Sisteron
Jules Sagot
Jules Sagot
Sylvain Ellenstein
Irina Muluile
Irina Muluile
"La Mule"
Alexandre Brasseur
Alexandre Brasseur
"Pépé"
Michaël Abiteboul
Michaël Abiteboul
"Mémé"
Hacène Benzerari
Hacène Benzerari
Alba Gaïa Bellugi
Alba Gaïa Bellugi
Prune Debailly
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