Elite Squad (2007) Tropa de Elite (original title)

Director:

José Padilha

Writers:

José Padilha
Bráulio Mantovani
(more)

Release Date:

12 October 2007 (Brazil)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Military Police | Rio De Janeiro Brazil | Brazil | Favela

Awards:

30 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Wagner Moura	...	Capitão Nascimento
André Ramiro	...	Aspirante Matias
Caio Junqueira	...	Neto
Milhem Cortaz	...	Capitão Fábio
Fernanda Machado	...	Maria
Maria Ribeiro	...	Rosane
Paulo Vilela	...	Edu
Fernanda de Freitas	...	Roberta
André Felipe	...	Rodrigues (as André Mauro)
Fábio Lago	...	Claudio Mendes de Lima 'Baiano'
Erick Oliveira	...	Marcinho (as Erick Maximiano Oliveira)
Patrick Santos	...	Tinho
Rafael d'Avila	...	Xuxa
Roberta Santiago	...	Rose
Emerson Gomes	...	Xaveco
Bernardo Jablonski	...	Prof. Gusmão
Allan Guilherme	...	Romerito
Marcelo Escorel	...	Coronel Otávio
Marcelo Valle	...	Capitão Oliveira
Paulo Hamilton	...	Soldado Paulo
Thogun	...	Cabo Tião
Saulo Rodrigues	...	Capitão Cabral
Thelmo Fernandes	...	Sargento Alves
Pierre Santos	...	Motoqueiro Comandante
Ronaldo Reis	...	Subcomandante Estevão
Leandro Castilho	...	Soldado Machado
Márcio Fonseca	...	Cabo Bruno
Sandro Rocha	...	Sargenteante
Alexandre Neves	...	Motorista Patamo
Marcello Gonçalves	...	Soldado Patamo
Murilo Elbas	...	Soldado Patamo
Bruno d'Elia	...	Capitão Azevedo
Alexandre Mofatti	...	Subcomandante Carvalho
André Santinho	...	Tenente Renan
Rod Carvalho	...	Tenente Barcellos
Marcelo Cavalcanti	...	Sargento Gonçalo
Ricardo Sodré	...	Cabo Bocão
Juliano Cazarré	...	Soldado Tatu
Pablo Sobral	...	Fontes
Gabriel Teixeira	...	Soldado Ari
Cássio Nascimento	...	Soldado Moraes
Diego Santiago	...	Vitor Padilha
Augusto Madeira	...	Médico da Polícia
Suzana Pires	...	Psiquiatra da Polícia
Ana Paula Secco	...	Mãe de Romerito
Brian Amorim	...	Fogueteiro Beco 117
Rosana Barros	...	Mãe Fogueteiro Beco 117
Wendel Barros	...	Morador Turano
Álamo Facó	...	Encadernador
Nathalia Dill	...	Aluna & Moça 1 Festa
Daniel Lentini	...	Aluno & Rapaz 1 Festa
Michel Blois	...	Aluno & Rapaz 2 Festa
Bento Ribeiro	...	Aluno & Rapaz 3 Festa
Flávia Rubim	...	Patricinha
Cintia Rosa	...	Mulher do Baiano
Kauã Messias	...	Filho do Baiano
Márcio Costa	...	Fumaça
Cesar Calixto	...	Bill
Marcello Melo Junior	...	Lombada
Hugo Grativol	...	Jóia
Anderson Mello	...	Ademar Gerente Oficina
Xando Graça	...	Bira
Guilherme Guaral	...	Marimbondo
Alvaro Diniz Viegas	...	Apurador (as Álvaro Viégas)
Ivens Godinho	...	Deputado Altino Lima
Erick Burdon	...	Dono Lanchonete
Rafael Gnone	...	Repórter Fotográfico
Otto Jr.	...	Major Gouveia (as Otto Júnior)
Joana Medeiros	...	Dona Estela
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thiago Mendonça	...	(uncredited)
Alex Sander	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
José Padilha

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
André Batista		book "Elite da Tropa"
John Kaylin		adaptation
Bráulio Mantovani
José Padilha
Rodrigo Pimentel		book "Elite da Tropa"
Rodrigo Pimentel
Luiz Eduardo Soares		book "Elite da Tropa"

Produced by
Bia Castro	....	executive producer
Eduardo Costantini	....	executive producer
James D'Arcy	....	co-producer
José Padilha	....	producer
Marcos Prado	....	producer
Eliana Soárez	....	co-producer
Genna Terranova	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Pedro Bromfman

Cinematography by
Lula Carvalho

Film Editing by
Daniel Rezende

Production Design by
Tulé Peak

Set Decoration by
Odair Zani

Costume Design by
Cláudia Kopke

Makeup Department
Martín Macías Trujillo	....	makeup artist
Ignácio Posadas	....	key hair stylist
Sandro Valerio	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Robert Bella	....	post-production supervisor
Maria Clara Ferreira	....	production manager
Lili Nogueira	....	production manager
Edu Pacheco	....	production manager
Fernando Zagallo	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Laura Flaksman	....	third assistant director
Laura C. Grant	....	second assistant director: second unit
Daniel Lentini	....	third assistant director
Clara Linhart	....	second assistant director
Malu Miranda	....	first assistant director: action unit
Phil Neilson	....	second unit director
Pedro Peregrino	....	third assistant director
Rafael Salgado	....	first assistant director
Jim Shreim	....	second assistant director: action unit

Art Department
Cristina Cirne	....	art department coordinator
Dejair dos Santos	....	property master
Dany Espinelli	....	assistant art director
Tiago Marques Teixeira	....	set designer
Thiago Marques	....	set designer

Sound Department
João Caserta	....	assistant dialogue editor
Marcel Costa	....	boom operator
Lulu Farah	....	adr recordist
Roger Hands	....	foley artist
Juliana Lago	....	sound effects editor
Alessandro Laroca	....	supervising sound editor
Eduardo Virmond Lima	....	sound effects editor
Evandro Lima	....	boom operator
Leandro Lima	....	sound
Fernando Lobo	....	sound effects editor
Antonio Mac-Dowell	....	foley mixer
Adriano Machado	....	post-production sound
Débora Opolski	....	dialogue editor
Daniel Soares Pedroso	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Lucas Cesario Pereira	....	assistant foley editor
Paulo Henrique Servello	....	dolby mastering
Armando Torres Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Marc Banich	....	special effects technician
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects technician
Sergio Farjalla Jr.	....	special effects
Sergio Farjalla Jr.	....	weapons coordinator
Bruno Van Zeebroeck	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Fillipe Dias	....	co-stunt coordinator
Paulo Pacheco	....	stunts
Keith Woulard	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Pablo Baião	....	camera operator
Pablo Baião	....	first assistant camera
Lula Carvalho	....	camera operator
Lula Cerri	....	second assistant camera
Cristiano Conceição	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Luiz Gonzaga de Almeida	....	key grip (as 'Mineiro')
Eduardo de Andréa	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Eduardo 'Kito' de Andréa)
Wilson de Lima Martins	....	grip
Alice Flaksman	....	video assist operator: second unit
Gabriel Hoffmann	....	video assist operator
Pablo Hoffmann	....	first assistant camera
Ulisses Malta Jr.	....	gaffer
Renato Mineirinho	....	grip
Thiago Pereira	....	grip
David Prichard	....	still photographer
Pedro Von Krüger	....	camera loader

Casting Department
Luiz Montes	....	casting
Michael Laguens	....	casting: France (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alexandre Brolho	....	assistant costume designer
Alex Brollo	....	costume supervisor
Fernando Luis de Jesus	....	key costumer
Mariana Reginaldo	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Doug Delaney	....	digital intermediate colorist
Matthew W. Johnson	....	digital intermediate editor
Betsy Solorzano	....	digital intermediate producer
Kelley Whitis	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Pedro Bromfman	....	music producer

Other crew
Mariana Bentes	....	executive production assistant
Andrea F. Cannistraci	....	legal services
Fernanda Chasim	....	production assistant
Rogério Thadeu de Castro	....	set assistant (as Bulldog)
Nilson Dias	....	set assistant (as 'Nilsinho')
Pedro Dumans	....	set assistant
Laura C. Grant	....	assistant to director
Gabi Haber	....	production assistant
Rodrigo Lamounier	....	location manager
Malu Miranda	....	production supervisor: action unit
Perigoso	....	set manager
Olivia Rabacov	....	script supervisor
Maria Fatima Toledo	....	acting coach

Thanks
Carmem Levy	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Zazen Produções
• Posto 9
• Feijão Filmes
• Weinstein Company, The
• Estúdios Mega (co-production)
• Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas (co-production)
• Universal Pictures do Brasil (co-production)
• Costa Films (co-production)

Distributors

• Atlantic Film (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distributors (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Benelux Film Distributors (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Euforia Film (2008) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Senator Film (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures do Brasil (2007) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• AZ Gems (2008) (India) (all media)
• Atlantic Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Atlantic Film (2009) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• CN Entertainment (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• IFC Films (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Pan Vision Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2007) (Romania) (all media)
• Reel DVD (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Senator Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Tanweer Films (2007) (India) (all media)
• Transformer (2011) (Japan) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix

Also Known As:

"Tropa de Elite" - Brazil (original title)
"The Elite Squad" - Europe (English title) (festival title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and drug content

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

Brazil | Netherlands | USA | Argentina

Language:

Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | USA:R | UK:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Ireland:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | France:-16 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-15 | Italy:VM14 | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Company:

Zazen Produções

Trivia:

André Ramiro was called to audition after a friend of his suggested his name for the casting staff. His friend didn't got any part in the movie, but Ramiro went on to play a major part in it, even though he had not previous acting experience.

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!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Levels (2008)

Soundtrack:

Katia Flavia A Godiva Do Iraja

Holy mother of corruption and truculence!!!

"City of God" was just a perfect movie. "Elite Squad" goes beyond that; it's a WTF movie.

Brutal realism, terrific acting (Wagner Moura... wow), brilliant script and plot, precise edition, unforgettable quotes... This movie is just insanely good.

If you live in a developed country you'll probably think this is just another thriller. For anyone living in a 3rd country it's way more than that: it's a brutal picture of our degradation and corruption, a revelation that runs over you like a truck.

The most striking aspect about the movie is how clearly it shows how everyone is at the same time guilty and victim in the whole war against drugs: the do-gooders NGOs, the politicians, the corrupt police and the not-corrupt but truculent "Elite Squad". It shows it precisely but with sense of humor and very smartly. In this war, everyone that proclaim to have moral and values is actually hiding skeletons in the closet. It's all a story of gangsters against gangsters in a degraded society.