A significant subplot criticizes the middle-class university students who consume the drugs that fuel the very violence they protest against. Cultural Impact and Controversy
Set in 1997, the story is narrated by Captain Nascimento (Wagner Moura), a veteran officer of BOPE who is reaching his breaking point. Faced with the impending visit of Pope John Paul II, Nascimento is tasked with "cleaning up" the dangerous favelas surrounding the Archbishop's residence. Tropa de Г‰lite
The film illustrates how low wages and lack of resources lead many regular police officers to work alongside drug traffickers. Tropa de Г‰lite