Branchage Festival, 25-28th September 2008, Jersey.

Director: Jose Padhila
Year: 2007
Duration: 115 min
Country: Brazil

Two childhood friends decide to enlist in Rio de Janeiro's Military Police Department. After juggling their police jobs and college, they make up their minds to try out for a Special Operations Squad whose mission is to take down the drug-lords that plague the city. Both men struggle to survive, facing the daily challenges of dealing with pressure at home and fighting an unnamed war on the streets.

Winner of the Golden Bear at the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, this film was already a best-seller in Brazil almost three months before its official Brazilian release with illegal copies flooding the streets of all major cities in Brazil.

WHY YOU MUST SEE THIS FILM: Because 3 million Brazilians watched bootleg DVDs of this film months before it's official Brazil release and it still broke all Brazilian box office records.

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