Elite Squad: Plot Flashcards
Captain Roberto ___________ (Wagner Moura) narrates the film, briefly explaining how the police and the drug lords of Rio de Janeiro cooperate with each other (policemen collect periodic bribes and drug lords are left free to operate) in the 90’s.
Nascimento
In 1997, In medias res, officer Captain _________ (Marcelo Valle) and his colleagues are shown driving through Morro da Babilônia towards a baile funk.
Oliveira
Nascimento and his other colleagues are also shown in their armored car. Meanwhile, novice police officers André Matias (André Ramiro) and _____ Gouveia (Caio Junqueira) are shown riding a motorcycle at the same favela, though not with the other officers.
Neto
Not wanting to be an absent father when his child is born, Nascimento decides to search for a successor for his role as a ________, since he will be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
Captain
This coincides with an operation he will have to lead at Morro dos Prazeres in order to secure the location and clean it of drug dealers, so that Pope John _____ II can spend the night iin Archbishop’s home, located near the slum buildings and favelas.
Paul
Besides working at the local police, _______ is a Law student at “the best new Law university of Rio”, according to Nascimento, where his classmates are shown as well-off young adults that tend to see the police as a repressive unit, while several others are selling marijuana around the campus.
Matias
By riding with his superior Captain _____ (Milhem Cortaz), Neto learns about corruption schemes adopted by police officers – commonly, owners of small establishments pay periodic bribes to the police in exchange for their presence in front of their places, so they are safer.
Fabio
Another scheme, learned by Matias, is the relocation of _____ _______ to other battalion’s areas, so that one’s criminal statistics will artificially decrease and leave less work to the department charged to the battalion, which Matias learns the hard way when his superiors rage at him for filling their department with files they are too lazy to solve.
Dead bodies
Nascimento is confronted by a woman claiming the _____ of her son, who was killed by drug lords after being forced to confess by Nascimento, who was then released knowingly of the danger.
Body
BOPE’s training program takes place over the course of a few weeks in the jungles of Brazil, and proves a tough challenge and all enrolled officers are subjected to severe physical and psychological punishments and are trained under extreme pressure “in order to eliminate the weak and, mainly, punish the corrupt”, as Nascimento explains, as the goal is to eliminate all the corrupt and mentally weak officers and only keep the _______ and tough ones.
Honest
Because Matias is aware that he will be killed once inside the slum, he blackmails ____ into arranging the meeting at the base of the slum. However, Neto informs Matias that he arranged a job interview for the same day and hour and offers to go in his place to bring Romerito the glasses.
Edu
Edu reveals to Baiano that he had been threatened by Matias, and the drug lord decides to take revenge on Matias for getting his friend killed, as well as interrupting his operations. After giving Romerito his _________, Neto is taken down by Baiano and his men.
Glasses
In a rage, Matias interrupts a peace walk, beats Edu up and insults _______ and the others, accusing them of being nothing but spoiled hypocritical drug users working for a dealer to provide for their work.
Maria
In 1997, In medias res, officer Captain _________ (Marcelo Valle) and his colleagues are shown driving through Morro da Babilônia towards a baile funk.
Oliveira
