Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Brazil
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In Portuguese — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- drug dealer
- police brutality
- slum
- war on drugs
- drug trafficking
- rio de janeiro
- moral conflict
- torturing police
- special forces
- law enforcement
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Fernanda Machado — Maria
- Maria Ribeiro — Rosane
- Paulo Vilela — Edu
- Fernanda de Freitas — Roberta
- André Di Mauro — Pedro Rodrigues
- Fábio Lago — Baiano
- Erick Oliveira — Marcinho
- Patrick Santos — Tinho
- Rafael d'Avila — Xuxa
- Roberta Santiago — Rose
- Emerson Gomes — Xaveco
- Directed
- José Padilha
Production
- Rating
- 8.1 / 10 · 2,801 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures do Brasil, The Weinstein Company, Zazen Produções, Estúdios Mega, Quanta Centro de Produções Cinematográficas, Costa Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
