Elite Squad
North American Premiere

Elite Squad

Spotlight
| Brazil | 101 MINUTES | Portuguese
Crime, Thriller

Captain Nascimento (Wagner Moura) is in charge of an elite police squad in Rio De Janeiro, and he's facing a crisis: He must lead a life-threatening mission deep within the violent Turano slums at the same time he is about to become a father. After years on the force, he has reached his threshold and must get out, but in order to leave the unforgiving front lines, he needs a worthy replacement. Two of the force's newest recruits, Neto (Caio Junqueira) and Matias (André Ramiro), are childhood friends. One is quick on the trigger and the other is too idealistic. Together they are the perfect replacement, but which one will have what it takes to survive the drug-infested slums? Directed by José Padilha, (Bus 174) and written by Padilha, Academy Award®- nominated writer Bráulio Mantovani (City of God), and Rodrigo Pimentel, Elite Squad is a visually saturated and incendiary film. Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, it has sparked social debate since its Brazilian premiere. Based on the true accounts from Pimentel's 19 years as a military police officer and captain, the film is an uncompromising and visceral journey behind one of Rio's most controversial jobs. Padilha's solid direction and intelligent commentary on the cycle of violence has one question: What price is paid to keep order in a domestic war that rages only feet from the tranquil beaches of one of the world's most famous cities?


Cast & Credits
Directed by
José Padilha

José Padilha (b. 1967, Rio de Janeiro) wrote and produced The Charcoal People, which had its US premiere at Sundance in 2000, and produced and directed Pantanal Cowboys and Facing the Jaguar for National Geographic. His 2002 feature directorial debut, Bus 174, received honors from the DGA, the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, the São Paulo International Film Festival, the Rotterdam Film Festival, and the Emmy Awards. In 2007, he also produced and directed the short documentary Charcoal for Live Earth. He is currently in postproduction on the documentaries Fierce People and Hunger.

Principal Cast
Wagner Moura, Andre Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Maria Ribeiro
Editor
Daniel Rezende
Director of Photography
Lula Carvalho
Sound Design
Leandro Lima
Screenwriters
José Padilha, Braulio Montovani, Rodrigo Pimentel
Producer
Marcos Prado, Jose Padilha
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