2002 Movie
Out of catalog
Dir. Fernando Meirelles & Kátia Lund · Brazil, France · Portuguese, pt
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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.
"This marvellous film ... testifies to the awesome creativity of Brazil's underclass."
— Paul Julian Smith
"City of God delivers a bruising, visceral experience of the vicious spiral of violence that draws kids into a life of crime, brutality and murder as the only avenue open to them."
— David Rooney
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