City of God

• 8.425 Drama
• 2002-08-30
• 130 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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)

Director:

Fernando Meirelles

Writer:

Bráulio Mantovani Paulo Lins