Overview
- Arte airs The Deal at 20:55 tonight, following its release on Arte.tv last week.
- Set in a claustrophobic Geneva hotel, the drama reconstructs the 2015 negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program as a diplomatic thriller.
- The narrative follows Alexandra Weiss, the Swiss mission chief played by Veerle Baetens, with Juliet Stevenson and Anthony Azizi among the cast.
- Winocour and Bron lead the project, with Bron directing the six-part story and production credits to Bande à Part Films, Les Films Pelléas and Gaumont Télévision.
- Early reviews commend meticulous writing and sustained tension developed over seven years, while listings differ on format between three 50-minute parts and six 45-minute episodes.