Elite Squad

Question 1

The elite squad in question is _______ (State Police Special Operations Battalion), the brutal, paramilitary police commando force which combats crime in Rio’s slums by any means necessary.

Answer 1

BOPE

Question 2

The film’s main character - and its highly unreliable narrator - is Captain ___________, a jaded 30-ish cop who is about to become a father.

Answer 2

Nascimento

Question 3

He embraces BOPE’s unsavoury methods unquestioningly. But now he wants out and needs a _________.

Answer 3

Successor

Question 4

Among those who saw the first pirate version of Elite Squad were the police, who immediately _____.

Answer 4

Sued

Question 5

The ________ ruled in his favour on the grounds that the film accurately reflected the current situation.

Answer 5

Judge

Question 6

A report by Amnesty International found that in ______ police killed at least 1,260 people in the state of Rio de Janeiro alone - and that’s just according to official figures.

Answer 6

2007

Question 7

Elite Squad’s apparent espousal of Nascimento’s take-no-prisoners philosophy, and its superabundance of bloody shoot-outs had local audiences ________.

Answer 7

Cheering

Question 8

The accusations of ____-_____ extremism were made in local media, such as O Globo, Rio’s largest newspaper, as well as by international critics.

Answer 8

Right-wing

Question 9

The film “presents its case by celebrating police ____________”, said Variety. Padilha begs to differ.

Answer 9

Psychopaths

Question 10

Aren’t these damaging images of his country? “Yes they are,” says Padilha promptly. “And I think we filmmakers should go on, even harder. The _________ are not changing, so let’s put them on the spot.”

Answer 10

Politicians