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Elite Squad
In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
2007 · Directed by José Padilha · 115 min · Drama · Action · Crime · 16 frames
Tagline
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
Crew
- Screenplay: José Padilha, Rodrigo Pimentel, Bráulio Mantovani
- Cinematography: Lula Carvalho
- Edited by: Daniel Rezende
- Music: Pedro Bromfman
- Production design: Tulé Peak
- Produced by: José Padilha, Marcos Prado
Cast
- Wagner Moura as Capitão Nascimento
- André Ramiro as André Matias
- Caio Junqueira as Neto
- Milhem Cortaz as Capitão Fabio
- Fernanda Machado as Maria
- Maria Ribeiro as Rosane
- Paulo Vilela as Edu
- Fernanda de Freitas as Roberta
- André Di Mauro as Pedro Rodrigues
- Fábio Lago as Baiano
Production
- Country: Brazil
- Language: Portuguese
- Studios: Universal Pictures do Brasil, The Weinstein Company, Zazen Produções, Estúdios Mega
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $14,759,148
- Themes: drug dealer, police brutality, slum, war on drugs, drug trafficking, rio de janeiro, moral conflict, torturing police, special forces, law enforcement
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