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  1. City of God offers a shocking and disturbing -- but always compelling -- look at life in the slums of Rio de Janiero. In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men ...

  2. City of God ( Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian epic crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. Bráulio Mantovani 's script is adapted from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, but the plot is also loosely based on real events. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb ...

  3. Jan 24, 2003 · Roger Ebert January 24, 2003. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "City of God" churns with furious energy as it plunges into the story of the slum gangs of Rio de Janeiro. Breathtaking and terrifying, urgently involved with its characters, it announces a new director of great gifts and passions: Fernando Meirelles. Remember the name.

  4. The City of God is a raging maelstrom of violence, drugs and gang warfare, and its inhabitants are indoctrinated in the way of the gun from an early age. Fernando Meirelles' film (based on a true story) is a breathtakingly convincing interpretation of life in the notorious Rio favela.

  5. City of God: Directed by Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund. With Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva. In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

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