Movie
Elite Squad
Tropa de Elite
2007 · Released · 118 min · Brazil · Portuguese
Elite Squad (Portuguese: Tropa de Elite, pronounced [ˈtɾɔpɐ dʒi eˈlitʃi] lit. '"Elite Corps"') is a 2007 Brazilian crime film based on the novel Elite da Tropa by Luiz Eduardo Soares, André Batista, and Rodrigo Pimentel. Directed by José Padilha (from a screenplay by Padilha, Bráulio Mantovani, and Pimentel), the film stars Wagner Moura, Caio Junqueira, and André Ramiro, and tells the story of Roberto Nascimento (Moura), a captain in the Battalion of Special Police Operations who leads a police crackdown on a series of Rio de Janeiro favelas in-preparation for the 1997 Brazilian state visit of Pope John Paul II.
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Also known as
- Español
- Tropa de élite
- Français
- Troupe d'élite
- Italiano
- Tropa de Elite - Gli squadroni della morte
- 日本語
- エリート・スクワッド
- 한국어
- 엘리트 스쿼드
- Polski
- Elitarni
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