I just watched this movie…pretty awesome. Very violent, and according to my wife, who is Brazilian, fairly accurate.

During a brutal campaign to secure the Pope’s 1997 visit to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento struggles to find a suitable replacement who will continue the BOPE’s merciless efforts to infiltrate the favelas and wage war against their dominant drug underworld.

A man dies very unexpectedly and leaves behind two men: Jeff, his best friend and Andrea, an Italian he’s been corresponding with online. Jeff informs Andrea of Mark’s passing; Andrea writes back to express his shock and sympathies. On a whim, they continue their correspondence and a rapport grows between them. They eventually meet, where they extend their e-mail exchanges into more personal and intimate conversations. They talk about their respective countries, their jobs, their families, their lives. Mostly, they talk about Mark. What began as a tragedy that linked two strangers from different ends of the world becomes a deeply realized friendship that may change their lives forever.

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Director: Sergei Bodrov

Synopsis: The story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world including Russia in 1206.

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Director: Daniele Luchetti

Synopsis: Two brothers come of age in a small Italian town in the ’60s and ’70s.