City of God (2002)

IF YOU RUN, THE BEAST CATCHES YOU; IF YOU STAY, THE BEAST EATS YOU.

Budget:

$3.30 million

Box Office:

$30.64 million

Directed by:

Fernando Meirelles

Produced by:

Hank Levine Film & Music

City of God

30/08/2002 · Drama,Crime · 2h 9m

Overview

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.

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