French cop-thriller “BRAQUO” box set confirmed for April 30th
aaamusic | On 18, Mar 2012
Arrow Films have today confirmed that the Season 1 DVD box set of critically acclaimed French cop-thriller ‘BRAQUO’ will be released on April 30th 2012.
Hailed as France’s answer to The Wire, the season 1 box-set will coincide with the arrival of the show’s 2nd series, which will air on the FX channel. Season 1 mesmerised UK viewers with its dark, violent and gritty storylines. One of the most gripping and brutal police series of the last decade, fans of The Killing and The Shield can’t get enough of BRAQUO.
Directed by filmmaker and former police officer Olivier Marchal, and starring Jean-Hugues Anglade (Betty Blue, Nikita), BRAQUO (French slang for ‘Heist’) follows a squad of Parisian police officers who exist in the blurred boundaries at the very edge of the law, often using violence and intimidation in order to get the job done.
The lives of the officers radically change when their leader, falsely accused of corruption, commits suicide. Determined to clear his name, they plan an investigation of their own, only to find that the police department is standing in their way. Driven by adrenaline and a thirst for justice, if they are to uncover the truth, the remaining officers must turn their back on the laws they swore to enforce.
