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City of God

2002 · 129 min

Drama · Crime

IMDb 8.6🍅 91%
Paramount+

Trailer

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.

Crew

  • Director Fernando Meirelles
  • Screenplay Bráulio Mantovani
  • Director of Photography César Charlone

Cast

  • Alexandre Rodrigues

    Alexandre Rodrigues

    Buscapé - Rocket

  • Leandro Firmino

    Leandro Firmino

    Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé

  • Phellipe Haagensen

    Phellipe Haagensen

    Bené - Benny

  • Douglas Silva

    Douglas Silva

    Dadinho - Li'l Dice

  • Jonathan Haagensen

    Jonathan Haagensen

    Cabeleira - Shaggy

  • Matheus Nachtergaele

    Matheus Nachtergaele

    Sandro Cenoura - Carrot

  • Seu Jorge

    Seu Jorge

    Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned

  • Jefechander Suplino

    Jefechander Suplino

    Alicate - Clipper

  • Alice Braga

    Alice Braga

    Angélica

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    Emerson Gomes

    Barbantinho - Stringy

  • Edson Oliveira

    Edson Oliveira

    Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy

  • Michel Gomes

    Michel Gomes

    Bené Criança - Young Benny

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Intermission

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City of God (2002) · Deep Cut