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The Bureau

The Bureau

20158.25 Seasons50 EpisodesEnded

Overview

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.

Created by Alex Berger
NetworksCanal+

Top Cast

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

Themes & Keywords

spymiddle eastsecret identitymossadidentity crisisundercover agentespionageintelligence agencymoral ambiguityinfiltrationmolesurveillancegeopoliticsdgsecomplexrussian intelligence servicesfalse identitypsychological tensionfrench intelligenceiranian intelligence servicealgerian intelligence servicefrench intelligence agencyundercover operationsclandestine missionsloyalty vs betrayaltrust and deceptioncovert warfarepersonal sacrificeemotional isolationshadow lifelong-term infiltrationinternal politicshuman cost of espionageethical compromisefrench intelligence service

About The Bureau

The Bureau is a crime, drama series that first aired in 2015 exploring themes of spy, middle east, secret identity, mossad, identity crisis, undercover agent. Created by Alex Berger, it stars Mathieu Kassovitz, Sara Giraudeau, Stefan Crepon. 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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