City of God

Name: City of God
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2002-08-30
Duration: 129 min
Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen

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2002 · 129 min · R · Drama · Crime · TMDB 8.4/10

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.

Directed by Fernando Meirelles

Cast

Alexandre Rodrigues — Buscapé
Leandro Firmino — Zé Pequeno / Dadinho
Phellipe Haagensen — Bené
Douglas Silva — Dadinho
Jonathan Haagensen — Cabeleira