Film · Drama
Elite Squad
“On the streets of Rio only the elite survive”
20071h 55mDir José Padilha8.1TMDB
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.
Top Cast
73 total
Wagner Moura
as Capitão Nascimento
André Ramiro
as André Matias
Caio Junqueira
as Neto
Milhem Cortaz
as Capitão Fabio
Fernanda Machado
as Maria
Maria Ribeiro
as Rosane
Paulo Vilela
as Edu
Fernanda de Freitas
as Roberta
The scene we cut
Hillside
BOPE on the hillside above Rio and the rules are different up here.
It was pirated so widely before release that 11 million Brazilians had seen it by the time it hit cinemas. It won the Golden Bear anyway.
All the scenes we have cutIf you like this
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