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: Set in 1997, BOPE is tasked with "cleaning up" dangerous favelas ahead of a visit by Pope John Paul II .

The surrounding the film's portrayal of police tactics. Tropa de Elite

(released internationally as Elite Squad ) is a gritty, high-octane 2007 Brazilian crime thriller directed by José Padilha . It offers a brutal, semi-fictionalized look at the Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) —Rio de Janeiro's elite military police unit—and their violent crusade against drug traffickers in the city's favelas during the late 1990s. 🎬 Key Story & Characters : Set in 1997, BOPE is tasked with

: Wagner Moura stars as Captain Nascimento , a hardened BOPE officer seeking a successor so he can leave the force before his first child is born. : Set in 1997