Director: Guillaume de Fontenay
Cast: Marine Vacth, Niels Schneider, Emmanuelle Bercot, Slimane Dazi, Grégoire Colin
Agent Zero is a 2025 French action-thriller directed by Guillaume de Fontenay, running 84 minutes, following an intelligence operative whose assignment forces a reckoning between loyalty, survival, and the shadow world of state espionage. It stars Marine Vacth and Niels Schneider in the lead roles.
What is Agent Zero about?
A seasoned field operative receives orders for what appears to be a routine surveillance mission deep inside a hostile network. As the operation unfolds, she discovers that the target is not who she was briefed on, and that her own handlers may have withheld critical intelligence. Trapped between conflicting directives and a rapidly deteriorating situation on the ground, she must decide how far she is willing to go — and who she can still trust — before the mission consumes her completely. The film builds tension through close-quarter encounters and moral ambiguity rather than spectacle, grounding its thriller mechanics in the psychological toll of covert work.
Cast & crew
Marine Vacth, best known for her work in François Ozon's films, brings a cool intensity to the lead role, conveying watchfulness without telegraphing emotion. Niels Schneider plays her counterpart with restrained menace. The supporting cast includes Emmanuelle Bercot, Slimane Dazi, Grégoire Colin, and Salim Kéchiouche — French cinema regulars who give the espionage world its lived-in texture.
Context & significance
French spy thrillers occupy a distinct lane from their Hollywood counterparts — leaner budgets, quieter violence, and an emphasis on institutional betrayal over gadgetry. Agent Zero fits squarely in that tradition, making it an appealing watch for Persian-speaking audiences who enjoy the genre without the blockbuster excess. The film is available with a full Persian dub, so viewers can follow every plot turn without reading subtitles, and it also carries Persian subtitles for those who prefer the original French audio. For diaspora viewers who grew up watching dubbed European films on satellite TV, this title should feel immediately familiar in format and pacing.
Where & how to watch
Agent Zero is available on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles — choose whichever suits you. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone with no VPN needed and no geo-blocking. Subscribe and cancel anytime.