Elite Squad
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
José Padilha
Wagner Moura
Caio Junqueira
Milhem Cortaz
Maria Ribeiro
Andre Ramiro
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Captain Nascimento is a veteran member of BOPE, a meticulously trained and widely feared super-elite Rio de Janeiro police squad engaged in daily conflict with a legion of crooked cops and heavily armed drug traffickers. After being on the front lines of violence for his entire career, Nascimento is planning to retire from the force and spend time with his wife and soon-to-be-born baby. First though he needs to find a replacement. Concurrently, two childhood friends, Matias and Neto, become cadets in the military police. One is a straight arrow who aims to be a lawyer one day, and the other is a hot-headed idealist prone to violence. Over time, they have become dismayed about the endless sea of corruption that surrounds them. Eventually both Nascimento and the cadets' paths intersect, when Nascimento is chosen to lead a team of soldiers whose mission is to secure the Turano Favela, a hotbed of gang and drug-related violence. He knows that going in will ignite a war, and that he and his team may not survive. In Nascimento's eyes, Matias and Neto are his ideal replacements for him, but will they make it out of this extremely dangerous mission alive?
Director
José Padilha
Cast
Wagner Moura
Caio Junqueira
Milhem Cortaz
Maria Ribeiro
Andre Ramiro
Fernanda Machado
Fernanda De Freitas
Paulo Villa
Marcelo Valle
Marcello Escorel
Andre Mauro
Paulo Hamilton
Rafael D¿avila
Emerson Gomes
Patrick Santos
Erick Maximiano Oliveira
Bruno Delia
Andre Santinho
Ricardo Sodre
Fabio Lago
Roberta Santiago
Bernardo Jablonski
Allan Guilherme
Saulo Rodrigues
Thelmo Fernandes
Pierre Santos
Ronaldo Reis
Leandro Castilho
Marcio Fonseca
Sandro Rocha
Alexandre Neves
Marcello Goncalves
Murilo Elbas
Bruno D'elia
Alexandre Mofatti
Rod Carvalho
Marcelo Cavalcanti
Juliano Cazarré
Pablo Sobral
Gabriel Teixeira
Cássio Nascimento
Diego Santiago
Augusto Madeira
Suzana Pires
Ana Paula Secco
Brian Amorim
Rosana Barros
Wendel Barros
Álamo Facó
Nathalia Dill
Daniel Lentini
Michel Blois
Bento Ribeiro
Flávia Rubim
Cintia Rosa
Kauã Messias
Marcio Costa
Cesar Calixto
Marcello Melo
Hugo Grativol
Anderson Mello
Xando Graca
Guilherme Guaral
Álvaro Viégas
Ivens Godinho
Erik Burdon
Rafael Gnone
Otto Júnior
Joana Medeiros
Mc Leonardo
Dj Nill
Wanda Di Grandi
Expedito Barreira
Alberto Flaksman
Kid Tattoo
Milton Monteiro
Julio Ramalho
Carlos Clayton
Tatá Oliveira
Daniel Ramos
Chico Salgado
João Garrido
César Barcelos
Guilherme Belém
Jean Pierre
Jefferson Brasil
William Da Luz
Raoni Seixas
Bruno Mendes
Thiago Mendonca
Luísa Carvalho
Paolo Sampaio
Fábio Barcelos
Marcelo Biju
Jefferson Silva Fuzuê
Alcemar Vieira
Eduardo Tripa
Leonardo Melo Souza
Afonso Ribeiro De Almeida
Carlos Roberto Franco
Evaldo Rodrigues Paiva
Augusto César Gomes Chaló
Ailton Alves Dos Santos
Flávio Martins Coelho
Vitor Hugo De Navarro
Francisco Abreu Lima
Gabriel Dos Santos Figueiredo
Angela De Castro
Crew
Hugo Aldado
Aline Almeida
Alessandro Alves
Rodolfo Amaral
Bia Ambrogi
Roberto Guimarães Andreoli
Luis Augusto
Mário Augusto
Marcos Aurélio
Pablo Baião
Pablo Baião
Marc Banich
Julio Barcellos
Ronaldo Soares Bastos
Veruschka Bäuerle
Robert Bella
Renata Cardoso Benedicto
Mariana Bentes
Marco Bitencourt
Rogério Boechat
Luiz Felipe Cesário Bonard
Cláudia Bonita
João Borges
Osmar Borges
Luís Bourscheidt
Claudio Braga
João Brasil
Alex Brollo
Pedro Bromfman
Pedro Bromfman
Ana Cabral
Sidarta Cabral
Valdo Caetano
Márcia Cândido
Daniel Canela
Ivone Cardoso
Marcos Carelli
Sr. Carlos
Beth Carvalho
Lula Carvalho
Lula Carvalho
Joao Pedro Caserta
Bia Castro
Jovem Cerebral
Lula Cerri
Renata Russo Chamberlain
Milly Chan
Fernanda Chasim
Cristina Cirne
Bill Coffin
Sabrina Comar
Cris Conceicao
Ney Conceição
Adriana Copetti
Alexandre Corrêa
Alexandre Corrêa
Ricardo M Corte Real
Caio Costa
Manoel Costa
Marcel Costa
Marcel Costa
Ronaldo Costa
Eduardo Costantini
Zé Carlos Couto
Castro Criacoes
Bruno Cysne
James D'arcy
James D'arcy
Bruno D'elia
Marinaldo Da Silva
Moacir Honório Da Silva
Eron Cardoso De Aguiar
Eduardo De Andrea
Afonso De Melo Franco
Hélios Brito De Oliveira
Danilo Lourençone De Souza
Karina De Souza
Doug Delaney
Giancarlo Di Tommaso
Alvino Dias
André Azevedo Dias
Fillipe Dias
Nilson Dias
Bruno Diel
Samanta Do Amaral
Deja Dos Santos
Evandro Dos Santos
Cássio Duarte
Júlio César Duarte
Michel Dubret
Pedro Dumans
Mike Edmonson
Renato Endres
Danyelle Espinelli
Lauro Fabiano
Lulu Farah
Federico Farfan
Roberta Felipe
Junior Fernandes
João Ferraz
Olivio Ferraz
Fabiana Ferreira
Maria Clara Ferreira
Marcelino De Souza Filho
Carlos Firmino
Alice Flaksman
Laura Flaksman
Rodrigo Freitas
Thadeu Freitas
Márcio Gama
Chayanna Ferreira Gomes
Flavia Goncalves
Rodrigo Gonçalves
Leo Gonzaga
Luis Gonzaga
Ricardo Grandi
Laura Grant
Tracey Grimes
Adriano Guerra
Luz Guerra
Jal Guerreiro
Antônio Guimarães
Dr. Renato M Guimarães
Valdir Gurgita
Gabriela Haber
Roger Hampchayre
Roger Hands
Carolina Hermeto
Jony Hideki Hirakata Sugo
Gabriel Hoffmann
Pablo Hoffmann
José Horácio
Cláudio Iorio
Ron Ischovitch
Morris Israel
André Jardim
Fernando De Jesus
Matthew W Johnson
Dra Julia
Carlos B Klachquin
Pedro Koeler
Claudia Kopke
Pedro Von Krüger
Jefte Apolo Laet
Jefte Apolo Laet
Juliana Lago
Valter Lagoa
Felipe Lambert
Rodrigo Lamounier
Renata Laport
Alessandro Laroca
André Lavaquial
Luiz Robert Leal Da Silva
Francinaldo Lemos
Daniel Lentini
Silvia Levy
Alexandre Lima
Aurelio Lima
Eduardo Virmond Lima
Evandro Lima
Evandro Lima
Leandro Lima
Wilson Lima
Antônia Lindalva
Clara Linhart
Clara Linhart
Fernando Lobo
Robson Locilla
Heloisa Lopes
Marcelo Luciano
Fabio Lusvarghi
Antonio Macdowell
Antonio Macdowell
Ricardo Macedo
Renzo Machado
J R Malta
Junior Malta
Bruno Mancuso
Braulio Mantovani
Braulio Mantovani
Antônio Marcos
Viny Marinho
Anuar Marmo
Hebert Marmo
Luana Marquez
Scott Martin
Scott Martin
Aron Martins
Marcio Martins
Leila Melo
Ricardo Melo
Leonardo Melo Souza
Tio Menezes
Denise Miller
Ross Miltenberg
Malu Miranda
Malu Miranda
Gabriela Monnerat
Luis Monteiro
Milton Monteiro
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall September 19, 2008
Released in United States on Video October 28, 2008
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States February 2008
Released in United States June 2008
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.
Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Spotlight) April 23-May 4, 2008.
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 7-17, 2008.
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Gala) June 18-29, 2008.
Based on the true story of two young men who worked for the BOPE (Rio de Janeiro Military Police Special Unit) from 1986 to 1994 and of a former captain of BOPE who left the unit and majored in sociology.
Released in United States Fall September 19, 2008 (NY, LA)
Released in United States on Video October 28, 2008
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 22-June 15, 2008.)
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Tribeca Film Festival (Spotlight) April 23-May 4, 2008.)
Released in United States February 2008 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (Competition) February 7-17, 2008.)
Released in United States June 2008 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Gala) June 18-29, 2008.)
