Screens Sunday, October 23, 5:30 pm
Tropa de Elite (Elite Squad)
Brazil / 2008 / 95 min
Director: José Padilha
Producers: José Padilha, Marcos Prado, James D’Arcy, Eliana Soárez
Screenwriter: Bráulio Mantovani, José Padilha, Rodrigo Pimentel
Cast: Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda de Freitas
Elite Squad is an intense and astonishing look at Rio de Janeiro's notorious favelas, the volatile slums on the edge of the city, presenting an intimate look at the city's vast and intricate web of corruption.