2002 2h 9m Fernando Meirelles

City of God

Name: City of God
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 2002
Rating: 8.6
Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva

★ 8.6 IMDb

Crime Drama

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.

Writer Bráulio Mantovani

Cast Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva

DP César Charlone

Production Designer Tulé Peak

Music Antonio Pinto

Essays and Criticism

On this film

A Matter of Choice by Luciano Trigo, FIPRESCI

In conversation with other films

Currency by Quintin, Cinema Scope

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