City of God (2002)
08/11/2002 (GB)
Drama, Crime
2h 9m
- 84% (7705 votes)
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If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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.
- Fernando MeirellesDirector
- Bráulio MantovaniScreenplay
- Paulo LinsScreenplay
Original Title
Cidade de Deus
Status
Released
Original Language
Portuguese
Budget
$3,300,000
Revenue
$30,641,770
Keywords
- street gang
- photographer
- gangster
- rio de janeiro
- gang war
- ghetto
- coming of age
- introspective
- critical
- tense
- conceited
- based on real events
Top Billed Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé - Rocket
Leandro Firmino
Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé
Phellipe Haagensen
Bené - Benny
Douglas Silva
Dadinho - Li'l Dice
Jonathan Haagensen
Cabeleira - Shaggy
Matheus Nachtergaele
Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
Seu Jorge
Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
Jefechander Suplino
Alicate - Clipper
Alice Braga
Angélica
Emerson Gomes
Barbantinho - Stringy
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