One of the most notorious releases in the history of Brazilian cinema, Jose Padilha's Elite Squad exposes the rampant corruption plaguing Rio de Janeiro from a policeman's point of view. The only problem is that, in Rio, the police are as corrupt as the criminals themselves, creating a ferociously violent atmosphere. Even the BOPE squad, an elite police force called in when the regular units are out of their league, resort to tactics that border on fascist procedures.
Elite Squad follows the lives of a BOPE captain, Nascimento, and two potential BOPE officers and childhood friends, Neto Gouveia and André Matias, and their experiences revolving the visit of the Pope John Paul II to Rio de Janeiro. Based on the book Tropa de Elite by sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares, André Batista, and co-screenwriter Rodrigo Pimentel, Padilha's controversial glimpse into Rio's nightmarish criminal world will challenge and disturb viewers. The film won the Golden Bear at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival.
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