Director: Jean-Stéphane Bron
Cast: Veerle Baetens, Arash Marandi, Juliet Stevenson, Anthony Azizi, Alexander Behrang Keshtkar
The Deal is a 2025 European crime thriller series directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron, produced across Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, and Belgium. It follows a high-stakes international negotiation entangled with crime, deception, and moral compromise, unfolding in sharp episodes of roughly 40 minutes each.
What is The Deal about?
When a complex criminal arrangement surfaces across European borders, a group of unlikely players find themselves drawn into a web of conflicting loyalties and dangerous secrets. At the center is a negotiation that no single party fully controls — each side holds leverage over the others, and one miscalculation could unravel everything. The series builds its tension through procedural precision and character psychology rather than explosive action, letting its ensemble cast expose the human cost of calculated risk. Alliances shift without warning, and the title's promise — a deal — grows more fragile with every episode.
Cast & crew
Jean-Stéphane Bron, the Swiss documentary and fiction filmmaker, brings a measured, observational eye to the thriller format. The ensemble features Veerle Baetens, the acclaimed Belgian actress known for morally complex roles, alongside Juliet Stevenson in a commanding supporting presence. Iranian-born actor Arash Marandi and Anthony Azizi give the series a distinctly multicultural European texture, and Alexander Behrang Keshtkar rounds out the cast with quiet precision.
Context & significance
The Deal lands at a moment when European prestige television has firmly established itself as a destination for sophisticated crime storytelling — and this series draws on the tradition of Scandi-noir procedurals while rooting itself in a Central European, multilingual world. For Persian-speaking diaspora viewers, the presence of Arash Marandi and Anthony Azizi — actors of Iranian background working prominently in Western productions — gives the series a personal resonance that goes beyond language. The show is available with Persian subtitles on K-Time, making it fully accessible to viewers who want to follow the dialogue closely without missing nuance.
Where & how to watch
The Deal is available on K-Time with Persian subtitles. Watch instantly on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN needed and no geo-blocking applies. Subscribers can access every episode on demand. Cancel anytime.