City of God
“If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.”
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Screenplay / Story
Bráulio Mantovani
Music Composer
Ed Cortês
Cinematography
César Charlone
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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Production Budget
$3,300,000
Worldwide Box Office
$30,641,770
Original Language
PT
Production Country
Brazil
Content Rating
PG-13
Release Status
Released
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Top Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé
Leandro Firmino
Zé Pequeno / Dadinho
Phellipe Haagensen
Bené
Douglas Silva
Dadinho
Jonathan Haagensen
Cabeleira
Matheus Nachtergaele
Sandro Cenoura
Seu Jorge
Mané Galinha
Jefechander Suplino
Alicate
Alice Braga
Angélica
Emerson Gomes
Barbantinho
