Underplayed Gems

Nero (2025)

Nero poster
Original title
Néro
Country
France
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 73 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An assassin-spy works for a powerful master in a fantastical city-state. The story follows their missions and a chase across the land. Elements of witchcraft and political intrigue shape the adventure.

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What happens

Néro the Assassin (French: Néro) is a French adventure fantasy television series created by Allan Mauduit, Jean-Patrick Benes, Martin Douaire and Nicolas Digard, and starring Pio Marmaï. The series was released on Netflix on October 8, 2025. The project started as an adaptation of Jean-Philippe Jaworski's first speculative fiction fantasy novel Gagner la guerre (To the Victor go the Spoils). Similarities in stories include the assassin-spy and his high-ranked master, the road movie and chase theme, and the city-state of Lamartine and its analog in the novel of the Republic of Ciudalia as well as the witchcraft elements. However the series creators departed so much from the original that they agreed with the author that the final product was too different to be considered an adaptation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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