Elite Squad
On the streets of Rio only the elite survive
DramaActionCrimedrug dealerpolice brutalityslumwar on drugsdrug traffickingrio de janeiromoral conflicttorturing policespecial forceslaw enforcementpower abusefavelas
A brutal, morally murky portrait of police corruption and systemic violence in Rio's favelas, where the line between law enforcement and criminality dissolves.
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.
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