City of God

Name: City of God
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2002-08-30
Duration: 2 h 9 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen

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

2002

2h 9m

Drama Crime

Director: Fernando Meirelles

Writer: Bráulio Mantovani

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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.