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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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Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these t...
During their childhood, several children raised in one of the violent neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro see galling and nettlesome behaviors that turn some into criminals and some into poltroons; while one photographer boy in the middle stays out of their informal war until it's finished and then narrates the complicated story of what happened in tha...
Set in a notorious slum of Rio - Cidade de Deus / City of God - the story of a boy who sees his friends and brother grow up or aspire to be gangsters, and decides to do something else. Meanwhile we also see the power struggles in the neighbourhood, how they developed, who the main protagonists are and the state of their feud.
City of God is based on a true story that takes place in the '60s where in the slums of Rio de Janeiro two boys growing up in the neighborhood take on different paths in life. The story is told through the eyes of Buscape, a poor young fisherman's son who dreams of becoming a photographer one day. His story narrates the violence and corruption surr...
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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.
Nov 22, 2022 · CITY OF GOD (2002) was nominated for four Academy Awards, and proudly sits at #23 of the IMDb Top 250 Movies, right inbetween The Silence Of The Lambs and Sa...
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In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Phellipe Haagensen) is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug ...
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Aug 31, 2002 · Overview. In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin. Paulo Lins. Author, Screenplay. Fernando Meirelles. Director. Bráulio Mantovani. Screenplay. Full Cast & Crew. Reviews. Discussions. Written by Crazypiglady on May 6, 2023.
