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City of God (2002)

City of God (2002)

Drama Crime

If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.

Release Date: 2002, August 30
Directors: Fernando Meirelles
Countries: Brazil, Germany, France
Production: O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière
Cast: Seu Jorge, Alice Braga, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele, Jefechander Suplino, Emerson Gomes, Edson Oliveira, Michel Gomes

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.

Keywords:

based on true story coming of age gangster extreme violence police brutality journalism photographer ghetto introspective street gang rio de janeiro gang war brazil favela thrilling 60s baile funk gang rivalry cidade de deus