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The French have spied on us.

His French embassy boyfriend
has taken pictures of his computer.

We need the offer by next week.

All counteroffers need to be
clarified by then.

You're accusing me, but you're
the one going through my stuff.

It's over.
We're done here.

THE AMBASSADOR

Before you jump, think of all
the paperwork it would entail.

-Why would I jump?
-I don't know.

I heard that you broke up
with the Frenchman.

No. No, I haven't.

It's Thomas who's taken over my life

and ended it. Not me.

Wow. Imagine if there was a medal
for everyone

who won't take responsibility
for their own lives.

-You may have been awarded one.
-Of course I'm responsible.

I just haven't accepted it until now.

I'm a new person.

You can ridicule me all you like.
This new person doesn't care.

-Do you know where Thomas is?
-No idea.

Can't you ask your old self?
He was on the ball.

He's at the terrace.

Not sure. If I'm opposite the Foreign
Minister there's eye contact.

It's easier to talk with her next to
me. Will she get my face or my brain?

Face, brain, whatever.

Ronja, let me explain
one of diplomacy's basic rules.

Nothing is ever in any way
"whatever".

It will be the face.

-What does that mean?
-That she will get access to

a smorgasbord of
colourful impressions.

-The Foreign Minister has landed.
-Thank you.

-You'll have to resend it.
-I have sent it.

-No, you haven't.
-You've asked for it once before.

I've refreshed several times.
It's not there.

Please, it would be super
if you could...

-Jeanette, would you...?
-Shut it!

Gracias , Jeanette. Everybody, todos!

We're close now. Really close.

After hundreds, or thousands of hours
of hard grind

we, as a family,
have the finishing line in sight.

The day is here, when I can
hand over... The offer! La offerta.

-Yes?
-You mean the Foreign Minister

-will hand over the offer.
-I hadn't finished.

The day when I hand over the offer
to the Foreign Minister!

Sorry, but the offer is going in
tomorrow. Is that the offer?

Because then I don't understand
what our last minute work is about.

This is a practise prototype,
while the real offer is finalised.

What are we practising?
The printed offer is just symbolic.

The real offer
is submitted digitally.

Okay. This pile of documents
is not the real pile,

which is not the real offer,
because it's digital.

-Happy?
-Yes.

I just wanted to feel some team
spirit before the Minister arrives,

but that was apparently
too big an ask.

Thomas, we're here for you.

Together. Like a family.

-Yes...
-Right.

Just like we're all citizens

of the place we call the world.

Thank you, thank you, Ronja.
That was lovely.

IRAN'S NEW NUCLEAR MESSAGE

IRAN'S NEW NUCLEAR MESSAGE

I'm incredibly proud of
your achievement

and your incredible focus...

which apparently has been
different to what it's like now.

What the hell's going on?

The Minister is not coming.
What am I doing wrong?

Wow. You manage to get Iran's threat
to start it's nuclear programme

to become a dialogue between you
and God. With the focus on you.

But she was here. She'd landed.

-She landed, but went back.
-I know, but why?

No offence,
but could a nuclear threat

from a conflict ridden part of the
world be slightly more important?

Slightly?
Are you questioning our work?

-It's his new self.
-His new...

Self. And no,
I don't question our work.

I'm just seeing it
from a different perspective.

The Foreign Minister had more
important business than us.

-I can hear you.
-Well...

Who's going to hand over the offer?

If she's not here,
then someone else will have to do it.

Me! This is fantastic.

Thanks for offering your perspective,
Andreas.

It was as far from mine
as you could possibly get.

And such publicity!

For the embassy, I mean.
Iran...

They've arrived.

-But it was cancelled.
-The Minister cancelled,

but the others don't want to
miss the opportunity

to take in the atmosphere
of the world's most polluted city.

EMBASSY OF SWEDEN

Welcome to Sweden, Pål.

I think this is unfortunate.

With the Foreign Minister.

A joke? Clever. And so suitable
at this difficult time.

A sense of humour goes a long way.
You should try it.

I do, in private.
That's more appropriate,

as the highest representative
of the country.

Highest? It's maybe not that hard
to be someone in Mexico, is it?

Hi, Thomas.

Malin?

Being someone in Mexico?
Joking aside...

We'll resolve this internally. I'll
hand over the offer to the Mexicans.

Yes, joking aside...

The Foreign Minister asked me, as
Under Secretary of state, to do it.

Personally, actually.
So all's dandy.

Apart from in the Middle East.

"The Minister asked me personally"?
Is he really from the Ministry?

I've never seen him before
and not her either. But you have?

"The Minister asked me personally."
He happened to be there.

Yes, just like that Malin happens
to be here. Whoever she is.

There you are! Quick, quick
on to the next meet and mingle.

I heard the Foreign Minister has
gone home. What about the offer?

I thought about what you said.
About other people's perspective.

-I already regret I said it.
-Please call the Ministry

to ask who ought to
hand over the offer.

-We're doing things by the book.
-Exactly.

Maybe someone from Business Sweden
is most suitable,

-since it's our work.
-You talk a lot.

I'm not calling the Foreign Ministry.
It's not my job.

This time I mean it. No.

Yes, I see that,
but there must be set routines

for a submission
in the Foreign Minister's absence?

Shouldn't your boss hand it over
in that case?

Yes, if she wasn't ill.

So you're hanging around
like a bad smell.

A bad smell, taking responsibility
for her country.

Of course.
The ambassador will manage this.

You have my word. Yes. Bye.

-It falls on the Under Secretary.
-What the...

What did you promise the Foreign
Ministry I would take care of?

They want to see our expenses
for last month.

They told me to pass on
that you're sloppy.

And a few other words.

-Thomas! There you are.
-Yes?

You've really adapted
to your new country.

-You mean having tapas?
-No, I mean your siesta.

I just didn't know
it was before lunch.

Is it okay if I sit here?

Just sit wherever you like.

Is it difficult to face me?

We're professional diplomats.

I didn't realise you still work
for the Foreign Ministry.

Well, I don't...

I'm a consultant
to the Under Secretary.

I see. Consultant.

Are you nervous? Just go and ask.

She was just on the list
as a consultant. No name.

Why don't you go and ask
if you're curious?

I'm not curious,
I'm just doing my job.

What are you laughing at?
Is it your new self again?

My new self worked for five minutes.

Then Thomas asks me to do something,
and how could I refuse?

I suspect it was you.

I also suspect you just did your job.

Yes, what is my job, actually?

You head first
into a swamp of degradation.

-Cheers to that.
-Cheers to degradation.

-So you're still in Sweden?
-Yes.

Sweden. Funny, I hardly remember
anything from my life there.

It can't have been very important.

If you're wondering
if I'm still with him...

What?

The answer is no.

I'm not wondering anything.

Especially not about that
talentless yes-man.

-It seems to be your type.
-Sorry, we were never introduced.

Your name is not on the list.

Birgitta Kjell, First Secretary.

-Malin Hofwander.
-Hofwander? You're siblings?

No, no, he kept my name
when we divorced.

Well, I kept it because it was
such a hassle to change.

He always thought it gave him
more status than Karlsson.

And for once,
I actually agree with him.

It's engaged.

Believe it or not,
but it's still engaged.

Come on out and let's resolve this
like diplomats.

-Although you're just a consultant.
-You're obviously still angry.

Let it all out. Shout at me!
We need to resolve this.

It's been five and a half years,
don't you think I'm over it?

You haven't answered my messages
for five and a half years.

So no, I don't believe you.

I'm not angry. I'm just perplexed
as to the choices you've made.

-That I had an affair?
-But there we are!

I was mainly to blame for that.
I can't quite remember...

I remember that we made a promise
"for better, for worse",

but not the clause about
sleeping around if we wanted to.

I know it was my fault
and I want you to know why!

Thanks. I cannot begin to explain
how grateful I am to hear why

you stabbed me in the back.
Please, explain.

Okay.

It was because...

I was always less important
than everything else.

Look at me.

I was less important than your work.

Less important than your career.

Less important
than your long term plan...

towards Washington.

You had your own agenda.

What is the best way
of breaking Thomas?

Yes! I'll sleep with Sweden's
ambassador to Washington.

That will crush him totally.

Okay, I'm ashamed, but don't you
realise it could have been anyone?

-We drifted apart.
-Speak for yourself and your legs.

You just don't get it.

I've got a headache. I don't want you
to think I'm going to kill myself.

Good. I think jumping from the window

would offer a more definitive
solution. Minus the paperwork.

Thanks, but I have to finish this.

Then I'm going back
to my empty flat.

-You don't have to do that.
-Do you want me to stay?

I can stay, if you want to
hang out for a bit...

You don't need to submerge yourself
in that swamp.

Okay, I'll delete that from my CV.

Thanks for caring about me.

I don't.

The delegation is on its way
to the hotel to get some rest.

Birgitta...

Do you think I...

Find it difficult
to get to the point?

Do you think I'm self-centred?

Is that what you think?

I know that I can
get absorbed by work and maybe...

I don't know.
Maybe I'm not that easy to be around.

But I believe in what we're doing
here. That we're making a difference.

That we can spread
what's best about Sweden

and do what's best for Sweden.

I'm living with my mission around
the clock, but that doesn't mean

that I don't see those close to me.

It's not part of my job
to say this, but...

Maybe you ought to say that
to those close to you.

Don't you think I've tried?

Maybe he needs to hear it again?

He? What are you talking about?

I don't know. No idea.

Sorry, I'll call the hotel

and make sure the Under Secretary
gets double wake up calls.

I've never met anyone more nervous
about missing a meeting.

What did you say?

Ingenious idea.

Where's Andreas?

-No, I won't do it.
-I'll do it.

You just need to
divert their attention.

No! I won't do anything
to divert their attention.

PLEASE PRINT OUT
A NEW COPY OF THE OFFER

-No, okay.
-Okay.

I won't force you to do something
you don't want to do.

No. Right... I'm going home.

-If that's where you were heading.
-Yes.

Here it is. The holy grail.

Well, this isn't the holy grail.

It's not even the real offer,
since that's submitted digitally.

You could say that this is just
a pile of paper.

Which I, the Swedish Ambassador,
now hand over to you.

To the Under Secretary
and representative of Sweden.

-To you, Pål.
-I think I've got it now.

I'd like to say a few words about
the hard work behind the offer.

And about how our willingness
to do everything for Sweden

puts almost inhumane demands
on our relationships.

Professionally... and privately.

-The cars leave in five minutes.
-I haven't finished.

Okay, carry on.
But you'll be late.

-Malin.
-Yes?

-Those last words were aimed at you.
-The digital version of the offer?

No, what I said about
what we sacrifice for our work.

Well not this particular job.
We're divorced, so...

We're in a hurry. This is not the
time to throw random words around.

I just wanted to say
that you were right.

It wasn't just your fault.

I'm sorry.

The cars leave in three minutes.

-Ronja, let me take that.
-I'm okay to carry it.

-Malin.
-I don't doubt your strength

but you're in the car
with the Under Secretary.

No, we decided
that I'm going with you.

The delegation mustn't get lost.
Make sure to follow my map.

But... It's the wrong way.

Not at all.

-It's Naoli.
-Naoli?

Women and Climate and Peace.

-But you're going now.
-You go.

Hello, Naoli. Hello.

-No.
-Yes.

-No, no, no.
-Yes, yes, yes.

-No!
-Yes!

-You said I didn't have to do it.
-But now, I'm telling you

that you have to do it.

Hi, I was told to join you

so that we end up where we end up.
Where we're going.

I'm your guide, you could say.

Sorry, I had to...
Hang on, I was going with Pål.

I thought so too.

But please...

José, you can go left here.
Turn left.

By "turn left", of course you mean
"turn right". Derecha.

-Izquierda.
-Derecha.

No, izquierda.

We're diplomats,
so we'll have to compromise.

-Go straight ahead.
-Left.

-Derecha!
-Izquierda!

-Which way are they going?
-A different route.

Straight "aheado"!

Straight "aheado"...

There are many routes in Mexico City
leading to the same place.

There's something
that I need to tell you.

Remember that phone call
before we left?

I called someone
who is close to the Foreign Minister.

They agreed with me that you ought
to hand over the offer.

-Really?
-Great, isn't it?

That was... That was unexpected.

-Why?
-I was very, very happy

to see that people can change.

Yes, that sounds incredible.

I'll just call to make sure
they're on their way.

Hi, Andreas! I just wanted to check
that all is going to plan.

The answer is yes.
We were just a bit unfortunate.

We missed a turn earlier.

-José...
-Sorry?

-got a feeling...
-I don't want to interrupt...

-No, you're not.
-I said I didn't want to interrupt.

But you're talking the whole time,
so I have to interrupt.

-What?
-Exactly.

I see.

-Malin.
-Yes?

I hope the next few minutes
won't affect

the minutes we've just had.

Sorry, but which minutes?

Those minutes that felt like
a very happy time a long time ago.

It looks like the other car
won't get there.

What are you doing?

Have you got the offer?

-What?
-It is one offer.

In case the Under Secretary
would get lost.

Oh my God...

EMBASSY OF SWEDEN

Gracias! Well done!

Well done, for handing over
the pile which is not the real offer.

As many guises as the king's pastry

created to commemorate his birthday
6 November 1632.

-The King, that is.
-Thank you.

-Congratulations, Thomas.
-Thank you, thank you.

Excuse me a moment,
but you deserve to celebrate.

Where is Malin?

She went to the airport.
I'll be in the office.

-You haven't heard from Andreas?
-No.

No. Cheers, everyone!

-Cheers!
-Cheers!

Have fun!

-Where are you?
-At the bottom of the swamp.

That's where I am. The Under
Secretary threw me and Isabelle out.

He was catching a plane.
It was important.

Isabelle got picked up straight away.
I obviously looked too stressed.

It's not that odd
that I look stressed, is it?

What, as I'm walking
along a busy road?

I could get robbed, murdered,
run over, or all at once.

What do you want me to do about this?

First of all, you could send a car
to pick me up. That would be nice.

And...secondly...

You'll have to help me
write my resignation letter.

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