Tropa de Elite is a Brazilian police film of 2007, with the genre drama / police film, directed by José Padilha, who also wrote his script, with Braulio Mantovani and Rodrigo Pimentel , and produced with Marcos Prado. Its theme is urban violence in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro together with the help of the Battalion of Special Police Operations (BOPE) and the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
The film is based on elements present in the book Elite da Tropa, by André Batista and Rodrigo Pimentel, in partnership with Luiz Eduardo Soares. It stars Wagner Moura, André Ramiro, Caio Junqueira, Milhem Cortaz, Fernanda Machado, Paulo Vilela, Fernanda de Freitas, Maria Ribeiro and Fábio Lago.