City of God
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
Starring: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen
Writer: Bráulio Mantovani, Paulo Lins
Release Date:
August 30, 2002
August 30, 2002
Ratings:
8.4 / 10
8.4 / 10
Director:
Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund
Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund
Companies:
O2 Filmes
O2 Filmes
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.
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