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Synopsis
For decades, the South American metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has clocked in as swaggeringly lethal. Its violence-scarred and blood-strewn ghettoes (or favelas) are regularly patrolled by crazed drug gangs whose open-fire battles with police often spread out onto the main thoroughfares and turn ordinary civilians into casualties. In response, the Brazilian government formed a crack paramilitary force known as the BOPE (Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais, or Special Police Operations Battalion) to take matters into its own hands. Now, director Jose Padilha's social-consciousness drama Tropa de Elite carries viewers inside of BOPE for a scathing indictment of the violence cycle that permeates Brazilian society, scripted by 12 year+ BOPE veteran Rodrigo Pimentel. Wagner Moura (Hector Babenco's Carandiru) stars as Captain Nascimento, the leader of a BOPE unit who is seriously considering retirement in the face of his impending fatherhood. In an effort to pick his successor, he looks to two younger recruits, part-time law student André Matias (André Ramiro) and the bellicose hood Neto (Caio Junqueira) - but soon recognizes that these naïve men will need to seriously mature before one can take the reins. Inevitably, the events that each encounters on the roughshod Brazilian streets - particularly a trip to clean up some of the neighborhoods in anticipation of the pope's visit - begin to shape and redefine them in ways that neither can even begin to anticipate. Meanwhile, BOPE grapples with its own internal problems - particularly the extreme corruption and underhandedness of each squad leader, whose sideline activities range from resupplying weapons to gangs to the racketeering of strip clubs. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide


Production Crew

Fatima Toledo Casting
Lula Carvalho Cinematographer
Eliana Soarez Co-producer
James D'Arcy Co-producer
Pedro Bromfman Composer (Music Score)
Claudia Kopke Costume Designer
José Padilha Director
Daniel Rezende Editor
Bia Castro Executive Producer
Eduardo Costantini Executive Producer
Genna Terranova Executive Producer
Maria Clara Ferreira Executive Producer
Scott Martin Executive Producer
Rafael Salgado First Assistant Director
José Padilha Producer
Marcos Prado Producer
Tule Peake Production Designer
Braulio Mantovani Screenwriter
José Padilha Screenwriter
Rodrigo Pimentel Screenwriter
Leandro Lima Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 2008
Runtime: 114
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: NR
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Sound
Dolby Digital

Produced by
Feijao Filmes
Posto 9
Universal Pictures Brazil
Zazen Producoes

Release
January 22, 2008 (USA - Limited)
by IFC Films (USA)
The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company (USA)
Weinstein Co.