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Elite Squad (2007)
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. (source: imdb.com)
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Capitão Nascimento -
Neto -
Rosane -
Maria -
Roberta -
Capitão Fábio -
Capitão Oliveira -
Estudante
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Release Date
17 August 2007
Budget
$4,000,000
Tagline
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive.
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BrazilNetherlandsUSA
Filming Locations
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The Elite Squad (Portuguese: , pronounced lit. "Elite Troop") is a 2007 Brazilian film directed by José Padilha. The film is a semi-fictional account of the BOPE (Portuguese: ), the Special Police Operations Battalion of the Rio de Janeiro Military Police. It is the second feature film and first fiction film of Padilha, who had previously directed the documentary Bus 174. The script was written by Bráulio Mantovani, based on the book Elite da Tropa by sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares and two former BOPE captains, André Batista and Rodrigo Pimentel.
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