City of God
2002 · TMDB 8.4 · Cidade de Deus
Directed by Fernando Meirelles
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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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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- Runtime
- 129 min
- Released
- 2002-08-30
- Studio
- O2 Filmes
- Country
- Brazil
- Language
- Portuguese
- TMDB score
- 8.4
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