When the gritty police thriller, Elite Squad II, was released at cinemas across Brazil in early October, it wasn’t much of a surprise that it took in a record R$14 million (US$8.23 million) of box-office receipts and attracted 1.3 million movie-goers in its first weekend. As the sequel to the 2007 hit — which earned it a Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival the following year — there was plenty of hype and hope, while also providing yet more evidence that Brazil’s industry is not only evolving, it is getting richer.
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