Set in the world of drug trafficking,
Zero establishes its intimate style and vast scope in the absorbing opening episode. We travel to New Orleans, Mexico’s Monterrey and a small village in the Italian region of Calabria, as we meet the buyers, the sellers and the brokers of a large cocaine deal (as well as the authorities who surveil them). To Don Damiano Minu La Piana (Adriano Chiaramida), the 5000 kilos he’s ordered represent a second chance, a way to set things back in motion. Reduced to hiding out in a bunker in the middle of nowhere, he’s keen for redemption in the eyes of local families. “Disappointment has no place for mercy,” he laments, as he details his investment – and comeback.