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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
André Batista (book)
John Kaylin (adaptation)
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Contact:
View company contact information for Elite Squad on IMDbPro.
Release Date:
12 October 2007 (Brazil) more
Tagline:
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive.
Plot:
1997, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his occupation while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope comes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
28 wins & 10 nominations more
User Comments:
Amazingly good... and horrifying more (81 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Wagner Moura ... Capitão Nascimento
Caio Junqueira ... Neto
André Ramiro ... André Matias
Maria Ribeiro ... Rosane
Fernanda Machado ... Maria
Fernanda de Freitas ... Roberta
Paulo Vilela ... Edu
Milhem Cortaz ... Capitão Fábio
Marcelo Valle ... Capitão Oliveira
Fábio Lago ... Claudio Mendes de Lima 'Baiano'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruno Delia ... Capitão Azevedo
Marcelo Escorel ... Coronel Otávio
André Felipe ... Rodrigues (as André Mauro)
Thelmo Fernandes ... Sargento Alves
Emerson Gomes ... Xaveco
Paulo Hamilton ... Soldado Paulo
Bernardo Jablonski ... Law teacher
Daniel Lentini ... Rapaz 3 da Festa
Thiago Mendonça
Alexandre Mofatti ... Sub-Comandante Carvalho
Erick Oliveira ... Marcinho
Otto Jr. ... Major Gouveia
André Santinho ... Tenente Renan
Patrick Santos ... Tinho
Ana Paula Secco ... Mãe de Romerito (as Ana Paula Secco)
Ricardo Sodré ... Cabo Bocão
Thogun ... Cabo Tião
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Elite Squad (UK) (USA)
The Elite Squad (Europe: English title) (festival title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and drug content.
Runtime:
115 min | Germany:118 min (Berlin International Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
During the shooting of the film, a van with 90 firearms (30 real and 60 prop guns) was robbed in the hill of Chapéu Mangueira. Teams from the local police stormed the Favela Pavão-Pavãozinho, in Copacabana, to recover the guns, but the operation was only partially successful. more
Quotes:
Trainee officer: [during an information training session] Hey, Coordinator!
Capitão Nascimento: Yes, my sir?
Trainee officer: Soldier 05 is sleeping.
Capitão Nascimento: Hey Soldier 05!
[hands 05 a grenade, 05 takes the grendade]
André Matias: Yes, sir?
Capitão Nascimento: Please take this.
[removes the pin]
Capitão Nascimento: Hey 05, if you drop this granade you will make the whole place explode. You will blow up ALL of your colleagues, you will blow up all of my auxiliaries, and YOU will make myself explode. Will the sir fall asleep again?
André Matias: No sir!
[...]
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Movie Connections:
References E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) more
Soundtrack:
Morro do Dendê more

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99 out of 123 people found the following comment useful.
Amazingly good... and horrifying, 12 November 2007
10/10
Author: lurple from United States

Tropa de Elite is an amazingly good film; by turns brutally real and horrifyingly hilarious.

It claims to be based on a true story and I find that sadly believable. The main plot revolves around the captain of an elite police unit trying to find a replacement for himself, while dealing with the birth of his child and the horrendous stress of his job, and a mission to clear out a dangerously violent slum.

There are no wholly good people in the movie, and it's frighteningly easy to compare some of what goes on to things happening in the USA (and other places) today. That said, the system of government and policing portrayed comes across as so amazingly inept and awful that it's almost like something straight out of a nightmarish sci-fi dystopia.

If I had to compare it to other movies, it comes off as a cross between Brazil, Office Space, and Full Metal Jacket. Not for the weak of stomach, and you may find yourself greatly disagreeing with the ideals of various groups portrayed (which I believe is part of the point), but I would be enormously surprised if this movie doesn't make you think and give you something to talk about.

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