Project Author: Hakura
June 23, 2025
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
Universal Pictures do Brasil, The Weinstein Company, Zazen Produções, Estúdios Mega, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas, Costa Films, Posto 9, Feijão Filmes
Elite Squad
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
Genre:
Drama, Action, Crime
Runtime:
115
Released:
2007
Rating:
8.056
Budget:
Box Office:
WRITERS
Luiz Eduardo Soares, José Padilha, André Batista, Rodrigo Pimentel, Bráulio Mantovani
FILM OVERVIEW
Elite Squad
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.
DIRECTOR
José Padilha
GALLERY
PRODUCTION TEAM
Luiz Eduardo Soares (Novel)
Daniel Rezende (Editor)
José Padilha (Screenplay)
Lula Carvalho (Director of Photography)
José Padilha (Producer)
Pedro Bromfman (Original Music Composer)
André Batista (Novel)
Rodrigo Pimentel (Screenplay)
José Padilha (Director)
Bráulio Mantovani (Screenplay)
CAST MEMBERS
Wagner Moura
André Ramiro
Caio Junqueira
Milhem Cortaz
Fernanda Machado
Maria Ribeiro
Fábio Lago
Erick Oliveira
Marcello Escorel
Roberta Santiago
MORE PRODUCTION
Marcos Prado (Producer), Ignácio Posadas (Hairstylist), Pablo Baião (Camera Operator), David Prichard (Still Photographer), Eduardo Virmond Lima (Sound Effects Editor), Tulé Peak (Production Design), Odair Zani (Set Decoration), Alex Brollo (Costume Supervisor), Lula Carvalho (Camera Operator), Betsy Solorzano (Digital Intermediate), Luiz Montes (Casting), Dejair dos Santos (Property Master), Débora Opolski (Dialogue Editor), Thiago Marques (Set Designer), Armando Torres Jr. (Sound Re-Recording Mixer), Keith Woulard (Stunt Coordinator), Sandro Valerio (Makeup Artist), Fernando Lobo (Sound Effects Editor), Matthew W. Johnson (Digital Intermediate), Cláudia Kopke (Costume Design), Ulisses Malta Jr. (Gaffer), Tiago Marques Teixeira (Set Designer), Roger Hands (Foley), Juliana Lago (Sound Effects Editor), Bruno Van Zeebroeck (Special Effects Coordinator), Rodrigo Lamounier (Location Manager), Cristina Cirne (Art Department Coordinator), Fillipe Dias (Stunt Coordinator), Dany Espinelli (Assistant Art Director), Olivia Rabacov (Script Supervisor), Martín Macías Trujillo (Makeup Artist)
MORE CAST
Fernanda de Freitas, Paulo Vilela, Juliano Cazarré, Guilherme Guaral, André Di Mauro, Thelmo Fernandes, Paulo Hamilton, Sandro Rocha, Thiago Mendonça, Nathalia Dill, Álamo Facó, Otto Jr., Jack Berraquero, Emerson Gomes, Rafael d’Avila, Bento Ribeiro
