Elite Squad
"On the streets of Rio only the elite survive"
2007-10-05
8.06
pt 115mDramaActionCrime
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.
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José Padilha
Director
José Padilha
Novel
Luiz Eduardo Soares
Screenplay
Bráulio Mantovani
Screenplay
Rodrigo Pimentel
Director of Photography
Lula Carvalho
drug dealer police brutality slum war on drugs drug trafficking rio de janeiro torturing police special forces law enforcement
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$14,759,148Budget
$4,000,000Countries
- Brazil
Companies
- Universal Pictures do Brasil
- The Weinstein Company
- Zazen Produções
- Estúdios Mega
