Santos Vieira de Jesus, DiegoDaminelli Fernandes, Verônica2016-09-272016-09-272014-12-311536-1837http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/19745The main objective of this article is to examine the different perspectives on Brazilian masculinities brought by Tropa de Elite / Tropa de Elite 2 and Praia do Futuro by the investigation of the main characters in both movies, both played by Wagner Moura: Roberto Nascimento and Donato. We argue that the masculinites in both movies are reflections of phenomena which are produced at the institutional life of Brazilian state.en-USCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikeArticle