City of God
2002Original title: Cidade de Deus
“If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.”
2h 9mDramaCrime
4.2
8,607 ratingsThe story
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.
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
- Languages
- Portuguese
- Cast
- Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Jefechander Suplino, Alice Braga, Emerson Gomes