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City of God

If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.

2002 • 129 min • Drama · Crime

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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.

Where to watch

Free

Top billed cast

Director: Fernando Meirelles • Crew: Bráulio Mantovani

Trailers & clips

Destiny

Looking for Paradise

Man Down

The Gangster Life

Lesson Learned

Getting Out

The Getaway

The Turf

Critic reviews

freshTop critics

Told by way of an occasionally narrated retrospective, "Rocket" (Alexandre Rodrigues) tells us a story of his childhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Growing up in a community of newly built boxes, without power or plumbing, that reminded me of a row of concrete beach huts, the community is pretty lawless.…

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It’s a great film and well worthy of its the respect it has. It’s gruelling too, the 18 rating is due to the thread running through the film of continuous and ruthless violence of gangs trying to control their drug area. The is the story told through the eyes of ‘Rocket’ who avoids getting in to the gang war of his brother and friends by trying to find a safer life.…

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Details

TMDB audience
8.4/10 (8,317)
Age rating
R
Status
Released
Budget
$3,300,000
Box office
$30,641,770
IMDb
tt0317248
Official site
cidadededeus.globo.com

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