Elite Squad poster
Screenplay José Padilha, Bráulio Mantovani, Rodrigo Pimentel
Director José Padilha

Elite Squad

Original Title: Tropa de Elite

Tagline: On the streets of Rio only the elite survive

Release Date: 2007-10-12

Duration: 115 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Wagner Moura
    Capitão Nascimento
  • Nathalia Dill
  • Fábio Lago
    Baiano
  • André Ramiro
    André Matias
  • Fernanda de Freitas
    Roberta
  • Sandro Rocha
    Sgt. Rocha
  • Fernanda Machado
    Maria
  • Caio Junqueira
    Neto
  • Maria Ribeiro
    Rosane
  • Juliano Cazarré
    Soldado Tatu