City of God
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.
Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues
as Buscapé
Leandro Firmino
as Zé Pequeno / Dadinho
Phellipe Haagensen
as Bené
Douglas Silva
as Dadinho
Jonathan Haagensen
as Cabeleira
Matheus Nachtergaele
as Sandro Cenoura
Seu Jorge
as Mané Galinha
Jefechander Suplino
as Alicate
Alice Braga
as Angélica
Emerson Gomes
as Barbantinho
Reviews
Crazypiglady
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...
CinemaSerf
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 pr...
