Tropa de Elite is an amazingly good film; by turns brutally real, disturbing, and horrifyingly funny.
It claims to be based on a true story (which occurred around 1997) and I find that sadly believable. The main plot revolves around the captain of an elite police unit trying to find a replacement for himself. At the same time he's also dealing with the imminent birth of his first child, the horrendous stress of his job, and a mission to clear out a dangerously violent slum so that the Pope can stay there overnight.
