Brazil’s Oscar Submission! ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN, 2010, New Video, 115 min. December 7, 2011

Wednesday, December 7 – 7:30 PM
Brazil’s Oscar Submission! ELITE SQUAD: THE ENEMY WITHIN, 2010, New Video, 115 min. Following on the success of 2007’s ELITE SQUAD, director Jose Padilha returns with this breathlessly gripping sequel. Lieutenant Colonel Nascimento (Wagner Moura), formerly a special operations captain, is now a high-ranking official, but he and his second-in-command, Captain Andre Matias (Andre Ramiro), are accused by human rights activists of prisoner execution. Thus begins a bloody political dispute spanning years, involving everyone from government officials to paramilitary groups and criminal kingpins in the Rio de Janeiro slums. Discussion following with director Jose Padilha.
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