Tropa de Elite (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.0/10   

Director:

José Padilha

Escritores:

André Batista (book)
John Kaylin (adaptation)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 octubre 2007 (Brazil)

Género:

Acción | Crimen | Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

On the streets of Rio only the elite survive.

Plot:

1997, Captain Nascimento has to find a substitute for his occupation while trying to take down drug dealers and criminals before the Pope comes to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Favela | Slum | Brazil | Maconha

Premios:

22 wins & 10 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Amazingly good... and horrifying

Reparto

Wagner Moura	...	Capitão Nascimento
Caio Junqueira	...	Neto
André Ramiro	...	André Matias
Maria Ribeiro	...	Rosane
Fernanda Machado	...	Maria
Fernanda de Freitas	...	Roberta
Paulo Vilela	...	Edu
Milhem Cortaz	...	Capitão Fábio
Marcelo Valle	...	Capitão Oliveira
Fábio Lago	...	Claudio Mendes de Lima 'Baiano'
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Bruno Delia	...	Capitão Azevedo
Marcelo Escorel	...	Coronel Otávio
André Felipe	...	Rodrigues (as André Mauro)
Thelmo Fernandes	...	Sargento Alves
Emerson Gomes	...	Xaveco
Paulo Hamilton	...	Soldado Paulo
Bernardo Jablonski	...	Law teacher
Daniel Lentini	...	Rapaz 3 da Festa
Thiago Mendonça
Alexandre Mofatti	...	Sub-Comandante Carvalho
Erick Oliveira	...	Marcinho
Otto Jr.	...	Major Gouveia
André Santinho	...	Tenente Renan
Patrick Santos	...	Tinho
Ricardo Sodré	...	Cabo Bocão
Thogun	...	Cabo Tião

También conocida como:

Elite Squad (UK) (USA)
The Elite Squad (Europe: English title) (festival title)
Tropa de elite (Argentina) (Venezuela) [es]
Tropa de élite (Peru) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, pervasive language and drug content.

Duración:

115 min | Germany:118 min (Berlin International Film Festival)

País:

Brazil | Netherlands | USA

Idioma:

Portugués

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | USA:R | UK:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Ireland:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA (2009)

Locaciones de Filmación:

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Compañía:

Zazen Produções

Trivialidades:

During the shooting of the film, a van with 90 firearms (30 real and 60 prop guns) was robbed in the hill of Chapéu Mangueira. Teams from the local police stormed the Favela Pavão-Pavãozinho, in Copacabana, to recover the guns, but the operation was only partially successful.

Citas:

Capitão Nascimento: [to Neto] Take off this black uniform because you don't deserve it! Take it off!
[slaps him]
Capitão Nascimento: You're not a "skull", you're a kid!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Levels (2008)

Banda de Sonido:

Morro do Dendê

Amazingly good... and horrifying

Tropa de Elite is an amazingly good film; by turns brutally real and horrifyingly hilarious.

It claims to be based on a true story and I find that sadly believable. The main plot revolves around the captain of an elite police unit trying to find a replacement for himself, while dealing with the birth of his child and the horrendous stress of his job, and a mission to clear out a dangerously violent slum.

There are no wholly good people in the movie, and it's frighteningly easy to compare some of what goes on to things happening in the USA (and other places) today. That said, the system of government and policing portrayed comes across as so amazingly inept and awful that it's almost like something straight out of a nightmarish sci-fi dystopia.

If I had to compare it to other movies, it comes off as a cross between Brazil, Office Space, and Full Metal Jacket. Not for the weak of stomach, and you may find yourself greatly disagreeing with the ideals of various groups portrayed (which I believe is part of the point), but I would be enormously surprised if this movie doesn't make you think and give you something to talk about.