"ABSOLUTE CONVICTIONS" "I thought you weren't coming." "And miss Chairman Mickelson's speech?" "You're kidding!" " It's Mickel-SEN." " Excuse me..." "Thanks." "Our customers have dreams." "We make them come true." "That's why I also believe in Santa Claus." "It's funny." "I find it hard to picture you working here." "But enough of the fine speeches..." "Won't you show me your office?" "Let's celebrate." "Merry Christmas, everybody!" " Can you picture me here now?" " Yes, much better." "Good." "We've logged on." " OK, go to their e-mail." " Just a moment." "I'll scramble our IP address so it isn't traced back to us." " What's new on the Charpentiers?" " The file was closed a month ago." "You'd know if you were interested in anything other than the Mickelsen case." "OK, I'm in." "OK, search for a key word." "Ibrahimi." "Don't touch anything." "We've had an anonymous call." " A hacker has got into our system." " What has it got to do with me?" "Your guest, last night." "ROCHE  SON PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY" "CID." "We're looking for Mr Philippe Roche." "What the hell's he done now?" "It's OK, I'm one of you." "At least I was, Murder Squad." "Mr Roche, please!" "Detectives, it's this way!" " Philippe, someone to see you." " Search everywhere." "We're taking you in for infiltrating a data system, receiving stolen goods, theft, criminal damage and industrial espionage." "You know, we deal with runaways, divorce, detective work in matters of the heart." "That's right, isn't it?" "OK, let's go." "My first sex tape." "Is it legal to film the staff?" "If they're warned by their employers." "That's the case here." "My USB stick." "I've been looking for it everywhere." "That's nice, but you could have posted it to me." "We analysed it." "It has a virus." "Really?" "I'm glad I didn't use it in the office." "Imagine, all my files..." "You left this on the desk on purpose to hack into Mickelsen's system." "Yeah, but if I had hacked into the system, you'd have found evidence on our computers, wouldn't you?" "But you have nothing, apart from a certain tendency for voyeurism." "And far too much spare time." "Enjoy the rest of the day." "She's just killed herself." "Your sex tape." "Sleeping pills, vodka." " What is this bullshit?" " A really lonely woman." "Thought she'd found her Prince Charming, but you using her was too much to take." "She didn't kill herself." "You're an expert on human behaviour now?" " There's another reason." " What?" "They saw us and thought she'd given me sensitive information." "I imagine the Ibrahimi case means nothing to you." "May I?" "Malik Ibrahimi, 25, who died at the EPR plant in Normandy." "He worked for a welding subcontractor, a subsidiary of the Mickelsen group." "He fell 100 feet." "The company say it was an accident, but not his parents." "Malik told us that there were safety issues at the plant." "Shoddy work practices." "He spoke to his foreman, but he didn't want to know." "Accidents are very common on this type of site." "It's always difficult to prove that the employer is to blame." "You think this is all about money?" "Mickelsen can keep his billions." "All we want is the truth." "There wasn't even an inquiry." "Accident - case closed." "A worker dies at a power plant - that's quite normal." "Nobody gives a damn." "Come on, let's go." " Come on." " Do you have children, Mr Roche?" " Two." " Come on." "Come on, let's go." "All we want is an inquiry to find out why our son died." "That's all." "Is that too much to ask?" "Any proof that it wasn't an accident?" "None, apart from his parents' absolute conviction." "I see." "How much do you charge for his parents' absolute conviction?" "Read it over, sign it and you'll get a court summons." "You can't go anywhere near Mickelsen or his staff." " And what about Sophie?" " Who?" "Oh, the suicide?" "I promise to carry out a thorough investigation." "Will you sign?" "I didn't expect to see you here." "Piss off!" "Merry Christmas, all the same." "Oh, congratulations to your boss." "The suicide stunt." "Disgusting, indefensible, but brilliant." "The knives go to the right." "Here, let me do it." " I know how to set a table." " No, go and take care of the tree." "I've also been thinking about the agency." "Don't start going on about business intelligence again." "That's not the job we do." "It may not be the job we do, but nowadays, a detective agency not involved in business intelligence is destined to fail." "And my dear Philippe, I have an idea." " Who's that?" " My idea." "After you, miss." "OK, let me introduce you to Nora Abadie." " Alison, my wife." " Thank you." "Isabelle, my daughter. 120 euros for a session on the couch." "Marc, my son-in-law, our man in the field." " Pleased to meet you." " My grandchildren, Hugo and Xenia." "And Philippe, as in Marlowe." "Nora has set up an agency that we're going to join forces with." "I'm sorry?" "You didn't tell anybody?" "Where would the magic of Christmas be without surprises?" "Come with me." "Can I talk to you for a moment?" "Of course." "What's all this bullshit?" "Am I not meant to run this agency?" "You make a decision like that without telling me?" "I tried, but each time, you refused to discuss it." "So as major shareholder, I assumed responsibility." "See it as a victory for capitalism over the workers." "Not bad for a former trade unionist." "I married an heiress." "Money spoils everything." "Philippe..." "You're an excellent detective." "A lot better than me." "For you, it's not a job, it's a passion." "So see this merger as a way to preserve that and to secure the future of the agency." "Come on, Philippe, the turkey is waiting for us." "Nora, is it?" "Don't be negative, Philippe." "Wow, that looks great!" "Thank you." " How long does it take?" " Two or three days." "Are you going to marry my dad?" "No, we're just colleagues." " Do you want to put this on?" " No, thanks." "Go on, just for me." " Is that OK?" " It's better like that." "Great, great..." "Don't injure yourself." "Be careful." "Not too much, huh?" "Serve Mum first." " I have a feeling we've met before." " It must be the hat." "So what's your story then?" "I left the intelligence services two years ago to set up my own agency." "Thanks." "I've worked on my own up until now." "Occasionally, I've called on others for help, but now I need a stable partnership with proper, recognised professionals." "Why did you leave the intelligence services?" "Tired of being a mole?" "Did a colleague die during an extremely dangerous mission?" "Well, really!" "Yes, my husband." "You're not the only ones to work together as a family." "I'm sorry." "Was she joking?" "ROCHE  SON PRIVATE DETECTIVE AGENCY" "Be careful!" "You said it was just files." "1959." "My first cases, with Blanchet." "It deserves respect, doesn't it?" "Look at this - a collector's piece." "The first camera to point sideways." "It looks like it's pointing that way but the subject is to the side." "They don't realise they're being photographed." " Is the detective agency here?" " It was." "It's moving office." " Can I help you?" " I wanted to talk to a detective." "You're talking to one." "Maxime Roche, founder of the agency." "Emilie Lasalle." "Could you help me with my problem?" "I'm listening." "Well, I..." "I think someone's following me." "I went to the police, but they said they needed more concrete evidence." "Don't worry." "We'll investigate even without concrete evidence." "Welcome to our office." "Let me introduce Santo, my..." "I mean our assistant." "Writes reports, manages the mail, monitors equipment and software, excellent typing speed." " 130 words per minute." " 125." "Soon to be 130." "And he's a human being as well, I expect?" "As you see, you have all this space to make yourselves at home." "And our desks, our chairs, our filing cabinets?" "Table football?" "In storage." "Your clients are private individuals." "Mine are businesses, organisations, political parties." "They expect a certain standard." "And so what is it you do exactly?" "Apart from spending money on rent." "Competitor profiling, investigating business partners, protecting sensitive data." "Merry Christmas, everybody." "You were the police witness?" "Mickelsen is my client." "I'm in charge of their security." "Did my father know?" "I did what I had to do for the sake of our partnership and my client." "Is it just me or are things a bit tense?" "That's excellent news." "I don't have access to Mickelsen now, but you do." "I thought we agreed." "You'll drop the Ibrahimi case." "Why?" "Because he pays less than your client?" " Spare me the moral lecture." " You're right." "I'm glad we're using all our energy to help a big company like Mickelsen overcome their evil competitors and not give a damn about people!" "I won't have done much with my life, but I'll have helped Martin Mickelsen make lots more money." "It must have been tedious for your wife, this whiter than white side to your character." "Is that why she left?" "Do you want to talk about Nairobi?" "It was a young aid worker." "Not your husband, but all the same, it must have been hard." "I've done my homework too." "Shall I go on?" "Mr Roche?" "Mr Roche?" "Mr and Mrs Ibrahimi." "Shall I show them to the conference room?" "What the hell are they doing here?" "I can receive my clients here, can't I?" "I understand your frustration, but I can assure you, we are making progress." "We did as you asked and looked through his things." "We found this." "Your son was an environmental activist?" "We didn't know about it." "No." "An ecologist at a nuclear plant, isn't that a conflict of interest?" "What do you mean?" "It's not going to please Mickelsen." "And you think Mickelsen knew about it?" "And that's why they killed him?" "Listen, we'd need to confirm the link between Eco-Citizens and Malik and see if he told them as well about shoddy practices at the plant." "I'll be over there." "If anyone follows you, I'll know right away." "Yes, hello...?" "Yes, darling." "You didn't forget anything before you left, Max?" "No, I don't think so." "Yes, to say how much I love you." "The shopping list." "Yes, that's right." "I'm almost there now." "I can remember the main essentials." "Shit!" " What?" " No, nothing, nothing." "Max, don't tell me you've taken on another case!" "You promised me that it was over." "Don't go imagining things again!" "Christ!" "Where did you get to?" "We'll discuss it next week." "Hamburg, big contract, I'll explain it all." " Of course." " Miss Abadie, how are you?" "Mr Mickelsen." "Miss Abadie is in charge of our data protection." " Pleased to meet you." " Pleased to meet you." "Lucas Nivaggioni runs our Franco Soudure subsidiary which sends teams of welders to our plants." " Yes, the welders." "Your offices...?" " Third floor." "We're going to lunch." "I'll review things with you this afternoon." "Lucas?" "Who else have you told that you were being followed?" "Your parents?" " I don't want to worry them." " Where do they live?" "In the south." "They're in Vienna for their 25th anniversary." " That's a lovely idea!" " What the hell are you doing?" " How did you find us?" " Mum said you were shopping." " And who's this?" " Emilie." "From the Roche  Son family, let me introduce the son, Philippe." "Philippe, Emilie has asked for our help." "He's retired." "You can play at being the all-powerful shareholder, but the detective work is over." "What did your doctor say?" "To hell with him!" "Your mother spends her life with your children, goes to exhibitions, while I'm stuck at home!" "I'm right, aren't I?" " I'll leave you to it." " No!" "Let's pay while you explain it to me." "Shredded coconut for my dessert." "Perfect!" "How are you getting on with Nora?" "Great." "I love her." "I never thought I could be so blissfully happy." "Seriously!" "Seriously, Dad, we've always been a family business." "Obviously..." "Yes." "A family either gets bigger or it dies out." "Or disappears to the other side of the world with a humanitarian doctor." "She left you two lovely gifts." "I can understand her leaving me, but not the children." "You're a wonderful father." "But a terrible mother." "I think it's time we relaxed a bit together, your mother and I." "A weekend in Lyon." "Good food, good wine." "Is this a weekend for you or for both of you?" "OK, we'll go to Venice." "I'll let you take care of the girl." "A real lost little puppy." "I'm not sure she's being followed, but keep an eye on her." "Hello, Marc...?" "Can you write this down?" "A blue car..." "Lean a bit to your left." "That's it." "Your back, your head, your arm." "And one..." "Shit, shit." "Oh, shit!" "Shit!" "The car belongs to Florence Aubrac, a temporary secretary." "Florence Aubrac?" "That name rings a bell." "She was sentenced with her boyfriend in 1989 for the triple murder of a lorry driver and two policemen." "One of the policemen was one of my classmates." "No, Isa, it's important!" " Your father needs me." " I need you too!" "A middle-class couple, at odds with society, they held a lorry driver to ransom, but it got out of hand..." "Stop it!" "You were ice-cold." "One phone call and you're like a volcanic eruption!" "OK, be the perfect son-in-law." "He loves that." "I'm not!" "You really get on my nerves!" " That's enough, yeah?" " Maxime, sorry." "Yes." "The lorry driver who was taken hostage and murdered was married, father of a new-born baby." "Florence Aubrac was released four years ago after 15 years in prison." "What the hell is that doing here?" "It was there when I got here." "Come here." "I want you to take photos of all this mess." "Why?" "So that when we put back what we unpack, it's all in the right place." "Remind me why, out of all the candidates I saw, I chose you?" "My metrosexual side is non-confrontational for male clients and reassuring for female clients, and I make good coffee." "Looking for anything in particular?" "I popped over to Franco Soudure, the Mickelsen subsidiary Ibrahimi worked for." "Ibrahimi, as in...?" "Ibrahimi." "I found an unsigned document." "It was given a level of security higher than all the others." "They found out that one of their welders at their nuclear plant had links to an environmentalist group." "And I also found this photo of Ibrahimi with this unknown man." "But if Ibrahimi was a mole, his death may be suspicious." " You think that Mickelsen..." " No idea, but we have to find out." "If Mickelsen is implicated, I don't want us to take any flak." "Are you married?" "Let's just say I have a wife somewhere." "It must work well with your female clients, this protective side, attending to all their needs?" "Thankfully, given how much hard work it is for me." "Excuse me." "I'll be back in a moment..." "Hello?" "Try to find out what connects Emilie to a certain Florence Aubrac." "Florence Aubrac, OK." "Tell me..." "What do you think about Prague?" "It's pretty, isn't it?" "Less conventional?" "Yes, it's less conventional." "I'll call you back." "Shall I take you home?" "You never mix work with pleasure?" "Yes, I do." "But I never kiss on the first night." "Not this time?" "No, that's true." "Look." "ECO-CITIZENS" "Idiots!" "I'll get the vacuum cleaner." "When they see there's no confetti in the box, what will they think?" "You'll pick them up one by one and put them back." "I've never seen nor heard of her." "You really think she's the one that's following me?" "We've seen her in the same place as you twice within 12 hours." "What do I do?" "She's a murderer." "Now I'm scared." "She's a criminal who has done her time." "And for the moment, we lack any proof to justify an arrest or a complaint about harassment." "No remorse at the trial, even when the driver's wife kills herself." "Four deaths in total." "But it really doesn't ring any bells at all?" "No." "No." "Well, I..." "Ah!" "Excuse me." "My parents are back." "I must see them before they go back down south." "I have to call them back." "Excuse me." "This place is huge." "Is it all yours?" "No." "I have partners." "Hello." "How are you?" "Yeah, yeah." "You got back OK?" "And they're also a bit careless." "OK, did you do what I asked?" "Eco-Citizens ID, laminated." "But really, I don't see how they'll let you in." "It's just a colour photocopy without a magnetic strip." "A secret agent's trick?" "When you're in the field, you mustn't be afraid of getting wet." "Files." "Come on!" "Excuse me." "Could you get my ID tag and open the door for me, please?" "Hang on, I'll open it for you." "Thanks!" "Have a nice day." "Excuse me, is this the PR section?" "No, this is Membership." "PR is at the end of the corridor." " Oh, damn!" "May I?" " Of course, go ahead." " It's heavy." " Yeah." "OK, here goes." "I'm off again!" "What a surprise!" "You're concerned about the polar bears as well?" " What are you doing here?" " I'm here to see my friend Lars." "He and I dream of changing the world." " You forgot this." " No." "My trainee." "The access code for the employee file." "But you didn't get it from me." " No, don't worry." " And you're sure about Mari-Lou?" "I'm sure." "She only thinks of you." "She loves you." "Are you coming?" "Thanks." "I'm glad to see Ibrahimi's charms worked on you." "You take that." "I have some shopping to do." "See you back at the office." "The wet T-shirt's very nice." "Marc, Nora is heading back to the agency." "Keep a close eye on her." "I'll take care of Florence Aubrac." "No, I'd rather you stayed with Nora." "No, it's not an order." "It's just..." "You're a right pain!" "OK, it's an order." "Is that better?" "That's what investigations are about these days." "The tiniest strand of hair, the tiniest trace of DNA, the tiniest piece of confetti and you're nicked!" "Is this the family sense of humour?" "No, you're the in-law." "Can you stop that for two minutes?" "Hasn't he got school today?" "He's always at the agency on a Wednesday." " Can't find anything on Ibrahimi." " Widen the search." "Trainee, volunteer, activist, past or present." "Here, I do "control-click"." "It's faster." "You see?" "Stop." "Is that not the guy in the photo?" "Check it." "Richard Katz, 37." "In charge of a special operation since 2001." "Off sick for three months." "What?" "I can't do that either?" "I could easily have come on my own." "What?" "We're a team now, aren't we?" "Mr Katz!" "Hello." "We are Nora Abadie and Marc Duchene from the Abadie-Roche  Son Agency." "We're investigating what happened to Malik Ibrahimi." " I don't know him." "Now go away." " We know you met him." "In connection with the EPR plant." "Mickelsen did Ibrahimi in." "Do you want to be an accomplice or a witness?" " There's not much I can tell you." " Just say what you know!" "Malik was working at the EPR plant." "He noticed severe breaches of nuclear safety standards." "In the welding work that was meant to make the cooling system secure." "He carried out his own investigation and took photos." "Searched the offices, then contacted me to give me the documents." "Then what?" "He was dead." "Do you have these documents?" "I still have police contacts." "We can protect you." "Malik was a great guy, you know?" "I've got the documents at home, but you didn't get them from me, OK?" "Give me the document." "It's not yours." "Don't be so childish." " I want Philippe to see them first." " He gave them to me!" "I leave you for two hours and you start squabbling!" "Look at this." "A confidential document from Franco Soudure." "Malik Ibrahimi was right." "There was some shoddy welding work done at the EPR plant." "Very interesting." "Good work, dear partner." "This document belongs to Mickelsen." ""Minute cracks in several pipes connected to the steam generators."" "That seems quite dangerous." "Yes, that's why we have to tell Mickelsen." "He'll destroy any proof we may find." "Franco Soudure might have acted without the parent company knowing." "You want a war?" "You need to know who your allies and your enemies are." "And what are you?" "Your only way of getting into Mickelsen's office." "Whether you like it or not." "Always the same." "You'd have to contact PR because there isn't any..." " But what's this..." " Surprise!" "Mr Mickelsen, let me introduce Philippe Roche, your Christmas spy." "I don't understand." "I thought that..." "Mr Roche is helping me carry out the security audit that you entrusted to me, a sort of test that has enabled us to spot some technical and human failings." "He is now a member of the team fully committed to your company." "Oh, that's...a surprise." "Yes, that's the idea." "During this operation we found out some information about a subsidiary of yours and we'd like to talk to you in private." "This information must not leave this office." "You can count on us." "Sanctions will be taken." "Those responsible will be sacked." "We will make sure that this shoddy work is put right." "You will carry out an internal inquiry to find out who knew about it and who covered up this negligence." "You may question any of our employees or subsidiaries." "Or yourself?" "Indeed." "I've got nothing to hide." "The Mickelsen group includes 68 subsidiaries." "I'm afraid I can't keep an eye on everyone." "To show my good faith, I will grant you access to any documents you wish to see." "Is that OK with you?" "Yippee." " Oh, one last thing." " Yes?" "Withdraw the charges against my partner." "I guess I should say "thank you"." "A partner currently facing charges is no use to me." "You're not naive enough to think that Mickelsen will really give us full access?" "I'm responsible for their data security." "If anyone knows their information system intimately, it's me." "If anything is being concealed, I'll find it." "And why are you speaking like that?" "There are no microphones in here, but plenty of cameras and people who can lip-read." " Your dad seems cool." " Not as cool as your boss." " How did you end up here?" " Usual thing." "No interest in studying, no job, just casual work with no prospects." "I met Nora." "She asked me if I liked Columbo." "I said "yes"." "She asked if I wanted to be Columbo's dog, open-ended contract." "I said "yes"." "And you?" "It can't be easy working with your dad." "No, working with him is fine." "It's living with him that's difficult sometimes." "Miss Aubrac?" "Hello." "I'm a private detective." "What were you doing yesterday in Necker Square and at the Sorbonne?" "Piss off!" "Excuse me." "I'm no mechanic, but I think it's the battery." "The cables come apart sometimes." "OK, I did a stupid thing." "I should never have followed her." "I promise not to do it again." "OK?" "No." "And if I explain it all to you, you won't say anything to Emilie?" "I can't promise that." "She's due an explanation." "I ran away with my boyfriend." "Middle-class like me in an anarchist group." "When I found out I was pregnant," "I was afraid of telling him, I was afraid he'd dump me." "I managed to hide it from him." "I went to the hospital on my own to have the baby in secret." "Then I went back to him." "Years later, I met the child-minder again who had helped me then." "She had followed Emilie's progress in case I ever wanted to know." "You have to understand, I needed time to come to terms with it." "I have so many regrets." "But what's the point in saying that now?" "I feel I'm ready to meet my daughter, but what about her?" "Her mother is a murderer and her father died trying to escape." "Hello?" "Good evening." "This is Philippe Roche, a private detective." "I've been contacted by a woman who gave up her baby in '89." "She asked me to look for her child." "Yes, and what is it you want exactly?" "I'm just trying to understand." "Does Emilie know she was adopted?" "Emilie has always known she was adopted." "We started telling her about it when she was three." "She didn't really react." "It was like she was pretending not to hear." " And you did nothing?" " We sent her to a psychologist." "It didn't solve anything." "She didn't want to go." "Gradually, we let things pass." "For ages now we've lived our lives without ever talking about it." "But I'm sorry, I don't understand." "What is it you want exactly?" "Me?" "Nothing." "But I think she's ready to talk about it again." "Do you have any news?" "About Florence Aubrac?" "She's my mother, isn't she?" "When you showed me the photos, I thought, well..." "The penny dropped." "One day I'll go and see her." "Maybe." "Thanks." "We're making progress, Mr Ibrahimi." "We need to have proof before we can ask for an inquiry." "We can't make the slightest mistake." "OK." "I'll keep you posted, I promise." "Goodbye." " All sweetness and light with Nora?" " What's it to you?" "Dad, you know you can do what you want." "You're a big boy now." "I know, I know." " But you and Santo, it's a no-no." " How come?" "It won't work." "I'm not interested." "You would have told me if I'd been adopted?" "You were adopted." "You're a pain in the arse when you do that!" "Oh, Xenia, I'm joking!" "How could you not be my daughter with that friendly, cheerful nature?" "Alison!" "Alison!" "SUBTITLES:" "RED BEE MEDIA FRANCE"