The entered the Netflix top 10 after the most lethal operation in the country’s history, promoted by the government of Rio de Janeiro against the . This Sunday (2), the film released in 2007 fluctuated between the eighth and ninth most watched in Brazil.
José Padilha’s film follows the daily life of BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion), under the command of Captain Roberto Nascimento (), in the fictional Rio de Janeiro community of Morro do Turano.
Last Tuesday (28), the Cláudio Castro (PL) government’s operation against the Red Command provoked clashes in the Alemão and Penha complexes and ended with , including two civil police officers and .
The action surpassed the and became the deadliest in history. The day after the police raid, residents spread out on a street in Complexo da Penha. One of the bodies was headless.
Former Bope captain Rodrigo Pimentel, creator of the film, told Sheet that the territorial expansion of factions threatens national sovereignty and that Brazil today faces a worse situation than Colombia. “What you see in Rio, Salvador or Fortaleza does not exist in South America,” he said on Tuesday.
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