City of God
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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- Drama
- Crime
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
- police brutality
- woman director
- based on true story
- street gang
- coming of age
- gangster
- photographer
- critical
- ghetto
- journalism
- rio de janeiro
- extreme violence
- gang war
- introspective
- tense
- conceited
- sincere
- brazil
- favela
- 60s
- thrilling
- baile funk
- gang rivalry
- cidade de deus
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 30, 2002
- Original language
- Portuguese
- Spoken languages
- Portuguese
- Countries
- Brazil, France
- Production
- Miramax,O2 Filmes,VideoFilmes,Wild Bunch,Hank Levine Film,Globo Filmes,Lumière,Hank Levine Film & Music
- Cast
- Alexandre Rodrigues,Leandro Firmino,Phellipe Haagensen,Douglas Silva,Jonathan Haagensen,Matheus Nachtergaele,Seu Jorge,Jefechander Suplino,Alice Braga,Emerson Gomesand 140 more
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
- Writer
- Bráulio Mantovani,Paulo Lins
- Producer
- Hank Levine,Juliette Renaud,Mauricio Andrade Ramos,Walter Salles,Andrea Barata Ribeiro,Marc Beauchamps,Donald Ranvaud,Elisa Tolomelli,Vincent Maraval,Daniel Filho,Bel Berlinck
- Cinematography
- César Charlone
- Music
- Ed Cortês,Antonio Pinto
- Budget
- $3,300,000
- Revenue
- $30,641,770
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0317248