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Elite Squad (Tropa d'Elite)

This compelling thriller is set in 1997 Rio de Janeiro, months before a visit from Pope John Paul II. The rundown housing schemes are mired in drugs, violence and police corruption. It is time for the city's ultra-violent BOPE, the city's militarily trained elite police squad to step up their game. Powerful, mature filmmaking styled with a brutal clarity.

  • Duration: 114
  • Certificate: 18
  • Director: José Padilha
  • Stars: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira
  • Year: 2007
  • Country of origin: Brazil
  • Website: www.tropadeeliteofilme.com.br
Elite Squad

Elite Squad

(4 stars)7 Aug 2008

THRILLER (18) 114min Between the wars the French anti-democrat, arch monarchist and writer Georges Bernanos wrote that: ‘The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.’ Foreseeing France’s defeat…

Elite Squad

Wagner Moura - Elite Squad

7 Aug 2008

Girls swoon when Wagner Moura wanders through his old haunts in Sao Paulo. The 32-year-old graduate in journalism with boyish good looks is in the process of going global thanks to his role as the captain of the shoot-first-ask-questions-later elite…

Elite Squad (Tropa D'Elite)

Elite Squad (Tropa D'Elite)

Edinburgh International Film Festival

(4 stars)19 Jun 2008

(José Padilha, Brazil) 118min Based on Luiz Eduardo Soares’ bestseller, Elite Squad is a favela thriller from the director of 2002 documentary Bus 174. It’s 1997 in Rio de Janeiro, months before a visit from Pope John Paul II. The rundown housing…

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