City of God
Release Date:
Aug 30, 2002
Runtime:
2h 9m
Genres:
Drama, Crime
Description
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.
Director:
Fernando Meirelles
Writer:
Bráulio Mantovani, Paulo Lins
Production:
O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière
