: Won the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival.
(released internationally as Elite Squad ) is a gritty, high-octane 2007 Brazilian crime thriller directed by José Padilha . It offers a brutal, semi-fictionalized look at the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) —Rio de Janeiro's elite military police unit—and their violent crusade against drug traffickers in the city's favelas during the late 1990s. 🎬 Key Story & Characters Tropa de Elite
“Elite Squad”: Guilty or Innocent? By Marcelo Janot - fipresci.org : Won the Golden Bear for Best Film
: Wagner Moura stars as Captain Nascimento , a hardened BOPE officer seeking a successor so he can leave the force before his first child is born. 🎬 Key Story & Characters “Elite Squad”: Guilty
: The screenplay was adapted from the book Elite da Tropa , co-authored by former BOPE officers and a sociologist.
: It became the most watched film in Brazil's history, partly due to massive piracy before its theatrical release.
The surrounding the film's portrayal of police tactics.