Spiral

/ Engrenages

Fri 20 Jan, 4.45pm | £5, conc. £3

France | 2009 | season 3 | episode 1 | 52 mins screenwriters Anne Landois and Eric de Barahir; dir.s. Manuel Boursinhac, Jean-Marc Brondolo; with Caroline Proust, Gregory Fitoussi, Philippe Duclos, Audrey Fleurot | cert.18 | in French with English subtitles

Every season plunges into a tortured world: prostitution, drug dealing, serial killers, the dark side of modern society. An intelligent blend for this hard-hitting, realistic cop show set within the tangled web of the law and order system.

Followed by a Q&A with the screenwriters Anne Landois and Eric de Barahir, chaired by Gabriel Tate, TV editor of Time Out.