City of God
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City of God

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

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.

Overview

Release Date
Aug 30, 2002
Original Title
Cidade de Deus
Runtime
129 minutes
Budget
$3,300,000
Revenue
$30,641,770
Language
pt
Production Companies
O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière
Production Countries
Brazil, France, Germany