City of God (2002)
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 dangero...
Rating: 8.4
Genres Crime, Drama
Original language: pt
IMDb tt0317248
Stars
Alexandre Rodrigues as Rocket
Leandro Firmino as Zé Pequeno
Phellipe Haagensen as Carrot
Douglas Silva as Li'l Zé
Alice Braga as Angelica
Creators
Erick Maximiano Oliveira (Director)
Christian Duurvoort (Director)
Paulo Lins (Writer)
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