City of God

20022h 9min

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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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.

Released
August 30, 2002
Runtime
2h 9min
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Budget
$3,300,000
Revenue
$30,641,770
Genre
DramaCrime
Language
Portuguese
Production
O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière
Cast
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