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- Over one million Rio de Janeiro residents live in favelas (or slums) devastated by drug trafficking and class warfare. In City of God, director Fernando Meirelles recounts the true story of two children who grew up in the favelas of the ’60s and how one turned to violence and another turned to photography during the disco ’70s.
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Jan 24, 2003 · 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.
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.
“City of God” is a film that has left an indelible mark on the world of cinema. With its gripping storytelling, raw and realistic portrayal of life in the favelas of Brazil, and masterful direction by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, the film has become a true cinematic masterpiece.
Movie Review. “City of God” is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund. Based on true events and set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, the movie explores the lives of different characters caught in a web of violence, drugs, and poverty.
FILM SYNOPSIS. City of God is Brazil’s most critically acclaimed film of recent years. Based on the book of the same name by writer Paulo Lins, which in-turn was based on a true story, City of God (Cidade de Deus) is a violent, fast-paced movie that tells the tale of the residents of this Brazilian favela (slum).
Aug 27, 2003 · Interview: Fernando Meirelles on the Making of. City of God. Meirelles spoke with to Slant about how City of God has taken on a life of its own as a stirring work of political activism. “We were far from the picture-perfect postcard image of Rio de Janeiro,” says Rocket, the ray of hope at the heart of director Fernando Meirelles’s City ...
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.
