City of God

Name: City of God
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 30 Aug 2002
Rating: 8.43
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. 2002-08-30 Brazil, France, Germany 129 minutes.

8.43 7,606 votes

Drama Crime street gang photographer gangster rio de janeiro gang war ghetto coming of age introspective brazilian cinema critical tense conceited based on real events

Info
Cast

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.

Year 2002

Studio O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière

Director Fernando Meirelles

Crew Antonio Pinto (Original Music Composer), Inês Salgado (Costume Design), Bráulio Mantovani (Screenplay), Daniel Rezende (Editor), Renato Batata (Visual Effects Supervisor), Francisco Bispo (Creature Design)

Popularity 14

Language Português