Elite Squad (Portuguese: Tropa de Elite) is a 2007 Brazilian film directed by Jose Padilha, following Captain Roberto Nascimento of Rio de Janeiro's BOPE special police unit as he prepares to secure the city's favelas ahead of a papal visit while training two rookie officers amid entrenched corruption and violence. The film won the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Elite Squad (Portuguese: Tropa de Elite) is a 2007 Brazilian film directed by Jose Padilha, following Captain Roberto Nascimento of Rio de Janeiro's BOPE special police unit as he prepares to secure the city's favelas ahead of a papal visit while training two rookie officers amid entrenched corruption and violence.
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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.
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Wikidata P166 (award received): Golden Bear.
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