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City of God

2002 • 2h9m Drama, Crime

Rating

8.4/10

Popularity

7

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.

Details

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Kátia Lund

Screenplay

Bráulio Mantovani

Paulo Lins

Cast

Alexandre Rodrigues

Leandro Firmino

Phellipe Haagensen

Release date

8/30/2002

Status

Released

Budget

$3,300,000

Revenue

$30,641,770

Origin country

BR

Vote count

7891