City of God
Cidade de Deus
"If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you."
DramaCrime
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.
🎬 DirectorFernando Meirelles
📅 Release2002-08-30
🌍 CountryBrazil, France, Germany
🗣 LanguagePortuguese
🏢 StudioO2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch
🗳 Votes8,295
🔥 Popularity14
💰 Budget$3,300,000
💵 Revenue$30,641,770
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🎭 Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé - Rocket
Leandro Firmino
Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé
Phellipe Haagensen
Bené - Benny
Douglas Silva
Dadinho - Li'l Dice
Jonathan Haagensen
Cabeleira - Shaggy
Matheus Nachtergaele
Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
Seu Jorge
Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
Jefechander Suplino
Alicate - Clipper
Alice Braga
Angélica
Emerson Gomes
Barbantinho - Stringy
Edson Oliveira
Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy
Michel Gomes
Bené Criança - Young Benny
Roberta Rodrigues
Berenice - Bernice
Luis Otávio
Buscapé Criança - Young Rocket
Kiko Marques
Cabeção - Melonhead
🎥 Crew
Original Music Composer
Antonio Pinto
Costume Design
Inês Salgado
Screenplay
Bráulio Mantovani
Editor
Daniel Rezende
Visual Effects Supervisor
Renato Batata
Creature Design
Francisco Bispo
Producer
Donald Ranvaud
Original Music Composer
Ed Cortês
Producer
Juliette Renaud
Production Design
Tulé Peak
🖼 Gallery
🏷 Keywords
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💬 Reviews
It’s a great film and well worthy of its the respect it has. It’s gruelling too, the 18 rating is due to the thread running through the film of continuous and ruthless violence of gangs trying to control their drug area. The is the story told through the eyes of ‘Rocket’ who avoids getting in to the gang war of his brother and friends by trying to find a safer life. The film combines s…
Told by way of an occasionally narrated retrospective, "Rocket" (Alexandre Rodrigues) tells us a story of his childhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Growing up in a community of newly built boxes, without power or plumbing, that reminded me of a row of concrete beach huts, the community is pretty lawless. The crime is largely to confined to pettier crimes, but as aspirations grow so does th…
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