Rodrigo Pimentel

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Rodrigo Pimentel born 1972 is a former member of BOPE the elite group of the Brazilian Military Police He cowrote both films of director José Padilha The Elite Squad Tropa de Elite based on a book he cowrote with sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares and Bus 174 Onibus 174 Rodrigo Pimentel is also noted to have participated in the Brazilian documentary by João Moreira Salles News From a Personal War Noticias de uma Guerra Particular In an interview regarding Tropa de Elite he stated that the main character Capitão Nascimento was a person with problems and claimed to be surprised at the publics strong positive reaction towards the character Description above from the Wikipedia article Rodrigo Pimentel licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia