City of God
Original title: Cidade de Deus
“If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.”
8.4(8,532)R20022h 9mPT
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
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.
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police brutalitystreet gangphotographergangsterjournalismrio de janeirogang warghettobased on true storycoming of agefavela1960s
Budget $3.3MBox office $30.6M
