Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within

Sat Nov 10, 2012

21:30

Location

The Shoe Factory
304 Ermou Street
Nicosia, Nicosia

Description

The sprawling slum that towers over Rio de Janeiro is one of the most dangerous places on Earth, and as the head of Rio's BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion), Captain Nascimento has seen his share of intense situations. When a BOPE mission to stop a jail riot ends in violence, Nascimento finds his job on the line – and BOPE accused of a massacre by human rights activists. But a public fed up with the violence and gangs that plague Rio loves it, and Nascimento finds himself embraced as a hero who gets results. With elections around the corner, he's promoted to Sub-Secretary of Intelligence. In his powerful new post, Nascimento strengthens BOPE and brings the drug gangs that run the slum to their knees – only to come to the sobering realization that by doing so, he's only made things easier for the corrupt cops and dirty politicians who are truly running the game. After years in the trenches, Nascimento now finds that his new enemies are much more dangerous and, even worse, sitting at desks just down the hall.

Having enjoyed public and critical acclaim, Elite Squad: The Enemy Within is the all-time largest box office ticket seller and highest-grossing film in Brazil. It has won the Trophy for Best Editing and Best Sound at the 2011 ABC Cinematography Award, the 2011 São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards for Best Actor and Best Film, the Best Director and Best Editing Awards at the 2011 Havana Film Festival, the 2011 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound and Best Supporting Actor, and the 2011 Prêmio Contigo Cinema Brazil for Best Actor, Best Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.

Cast:
Wagner Moura (Capitão Nascimento)
André Ramiro (Captain André Matias)
Irandhir Santos (Diogo Fraga)
Milhem Cortaz (Lieutenant-Colonel Fábio)

Director: José Padilha
Writer: José Padilha
Runtime: 115 min
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Language: Portuguese
Production Year: 2010

The screening is part of the 9th Brazilian Film Festival

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