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Elite Squad (2007)
Directed by José Padilha
“On the streets of Rio only the elite survive”
Drama, Action, Crime · 1h 55m
In 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
André Ramiro
Caio Junqueira
Milhem Cortaz
Fernanda Machado
Maria Ribeiro
Paulo Vilela
Fernanda de Freitas
André Di Mauro
Fábio Lago
Erick Oliveira
Crew
- Director
- José Padilha
- Screenplay
- José Padilha, Rodrigo Pimentel, Bráulio Mantovani
- Novel
- Luiz Eduardo Soares, André Batista
- Director of Photography
- Lula Carvalho
- Original Music Composer
- Pedro Bromfman
- Editor
- Daniel Rezende
- Producer
- José Padilha, Marcos Prado
Details
- Original title
- Tropa de Elite
- Release date
- 2007-10-05
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Crime
- Original language
- PT
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil
- Production
- Universal Pictures do Brasil, The Weinstein Company, Zazen Produções, Estúdios Mega, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas, Costa Films, Posto 9, Feijão Filmes, Petrobras
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $14,759,148