Elite Squad (2007)

On the streets of Rio only the elite survive

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.

Director

José Padilha

Writers

Bráulio Mantovani, José Padilha, Rodrigo Pimentel

Themescorrupt officerscriminal factionscycle of violencedrug dealerdrug traffickingfavelaslaw enforcementmoral conflictpolice brutalitypower abuse