City of God

City of God (2002)

Cidade de Deus

If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.

2002·2h 9m·BR
CrimeDrama
iRank86iRank Score
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IMDb8.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic79%
TMDb8.429/10
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Language: Portuguese

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About City of God

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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