TROPA DE ELITE 2 Big Winner of the Grand Prix of Brazilian Cinema


José Padilha's Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro / Elite Squad 2: Now the enemy is another (pictured), which became the highest grossing Brazilian film ever, was the big winner at the 10th edition of the Grand Prix of Brazilian Cinema (Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro) that took place last night in Rio de Janeiro organized by the Brazilian Film Academy. Padilha's sequel won nine of the 15 categories for which was nominated including the award for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actor for Wagner Moura. The award for Best Documentary went to The Man Who Bottled Clouds / O Homem que Engarrafava Nuvens by Lírio Ferreira whilst the award for Best Foreign Film went to the Argentine film El secreto de sus ojos / The Secret in Their Eyes by Juan José Campanella. The Academy gave a special award to producers Lucy and Luiz Carlos Barreto, for their contribution to Brazilian cinema.