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Elite Squad, originally titled Tropa de Elite, is a 2007 Brazilian crime drama directed by José Padilha and written by Bráulio Mantovani. Produced by James D'Arcy and Padilha, with Bob Weinstein as executive producer, edited by Daniel Rezende, and scored by Pedro Bromfman, it is set and filmed in Rio de Janeiro, concerning the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais, and stars Wagner Moura and Fernanda Machado.
The film received the Golden Bear and was followed by Elite Squad: The Enemy Within. Running 115 minutes, it had a budget of 4,000,000 and revenue of 14,759,148, distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
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8.1In 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.
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
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Golden Bear
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Brazil
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Followed by
- Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
- Based on
- Elite da Tropa
- Main subject
- Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais
- Director
- José Padilha
- Screenwriter
- Bráulio Mantovani
- Composer
- Pedro Bromfman
- Producer
- José Padilha
- Narrative location
- Rio de Janeiro
- Filming location
- Rio de Janeiro
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 928477
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.tropadeeliteofilme.com.br
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- publication date
- 2009-08-06
- film editor
- Daniel Rezende
- title
- Tropa de Elite
- distributed by
- Netflix
- executive producer
- Bob Weinstein
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- capital cost
- 11000000
- box office
- 14067078
- review score
- 51%
- described by source
- Abraccine Top 100 Brazilian films
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