City of God
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2002
2h 9m
R
Portuguese
Drama, Crime
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City of God
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.
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Cast
Buscapé - Rocket
Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé
Bené - Benny
Dadinho - Li'l Dice
Cabeleira - Shaggy
Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
Alicate - Clipper
Angélica
Barbantinho - Stringy
Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy
Bené Criança - Young Benny
Berenice - Bernice
Buscapé Criança - Young Rocket
Cabeção - Melonhead
Editor do Jornal - Rogerio Reis
Filé-com-Fritas - Steak and Fries
Gelson - Gerson
Lampião
Lúcia Maracanã
Marina Cintra
Marreco - Goose
Mulher do Paraíba - Shorty's Wife
Namorada do Galinha - Knockout's Gi...
Neguinho - Blacky
Directed By: Fernando Meirelles
Written By: Paulo Lins (Screenplay), Bráulio Mantovani (Screenplay)
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drqshadow
/10 5 years ago
A hauntingly real dive into Rio's seedy side, exploring the turf wars and drug scene of the city's worst neighborhood during the culture-rich 1970s. Beginning with an uncomfortably close look at their hopeless childhood living conditions, we see how, for many of these kids, guns and violence More
Crazypiglady
2 years ago
It’s a great film and well worthy of its the respect it has. It’s gruelling too, the 18 rating is due to the thread running through the film of continuous and ruthless violence of gangs trying to control their drug area. The is the story told through the eyes of ‘Rocket’ who avoids getting i More
CinemaSerf
3 weeks ago
Told by way of an occasionally narrated retrospective, "Rocket" (Alexandre Rodrigues) tells us a story of his childhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Growing up in a community of newly built boxes, without power or plumbing, that reminded me of a row of concrete beach huts, the community is pr More
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