City of God
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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
- Country : Brazil, France, Germany
- Genre : Drama, Crime
- Studio : O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière
- Keyword : street gang, photographer, gangster, rio de janeiro, gang war, ghetto, coming of age, introspective, critical, tense, conceited, sincere, based on real events
- Director : Fernando Meirelles
- Cast : Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele