City of God (2002)
If you run you're dead... if you stay, you're dead again. Period.
Starring Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by the point of view of the narrator, Buscapé. Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes...
Runtime: 130 min.
Rating: 8.4
DVD
Languages: Portuguese
Countries: Brazil
Genres: Crime,Drama
Keywords: street gang,photographer,rio de janeiro,ghetto,gang war,coming of age,woman director
Cast
Buscapé
Zé Pequeno
Bené
Dadinho
Cabeleira
Sandro Cenoura
Mané Galinha
Alicate
Angélica
Berenice
Buscapé Criança
Filé-com-Fritas
Lampião
Paraíba - Shorty
Thiago - Tiago
Tio Sam - Uncle Sam
Vizinha do Paraíba - Shorty's Neighbor
Caixa Baixa - Runts
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Bando Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé's Gang
Grande
Mulher do Neguinho
Pastor da Igreja
Recepcionista do Motel
Marina Cintra
Newspaper Employee (uncredited)
Otávio
Marreco