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Elite Squad
2007 1h 55m José Padilha

Elite Squad

★ 8.0 IMDb
Drama Action & Adventure Crime Mystery & Thriller
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.
Writer Bráulio Mantovani
Cast Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz
DP Lula Carvalho
Music Pedro Bromfman
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"Elite Squad": Guilty or Innocent? By Marcelo Janot by Marcelo Janot, FIPRESCI
On José Padilha
José Padilha In the Berlinale again By Myrna Silveira Brandão by Myrna Silveira Brandão, FIPRESCI
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