City of God (2002)
Original Title: Cidade de Deus
Crime
Drama
8.4 (7,643 votes)
2h 9m
Overview
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Details
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
- Writer
- Paulo Lins
- Original Language
- Portuguese
- Budget
- $3,300,000
Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues
Alice Braga
Douglas Silva
Emerson Gomes
Jefechander Suplino
Jonathan Haagensen
Leandro Firmino
Matheus Nachtergaele
Phellipe Haagensen
Seu Jorge
Keywords
based on real events
brazilian cinema
coming of age
conceited
critical
gang war
gangster
ghetto
introspective
photographer
rio de janeiro
street gang
tense
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