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City of God (Cidade de Deus)


Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

Genre: Crime/Thriller

Year: 2002

Running time: 129 minutes

Territory: International

Studio: Paramount

Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen

Language options: Dialogue - QBP | Subtitle - EN

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood. José "Zé" Pequeno (Leandro Firmino da Hora) is an ambitious drug dealer who uses Rocket and his photos as a way to increase his fame as a turf war erupts with his rival, "Knockout Ned" (Seu Jorge). The film was shot on location in Rio's poorest neighborhoods.




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