City of God
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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What this title is working with
- Social realism
- Unflinching violence
- Criminal underworld
- Rise and fall
- Coming of age
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- Release
- 2002
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
Synopsis
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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