Overview:
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.| Original Title: | Cidade de Deus |
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| Status: | Released (2002-08-30) |
| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. 75 wins & 50 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $7,564,459 |
| Screen: | Paulo Lins, Bráulio Mantovani |
| Productions: | O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière |
| Production Countries: | Brazil, France, Germany |
| Spoken Languages: | Português |
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Posters
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Casts
- 8595: Alexandre Rodrigues - Buscapé - Rocket
- 8596: Leandro Firmino - Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé
- 8597: Phellipe Haagensen - Bené - Benny
- 8598: Douglas Silva - Dadinho - Li'l Dice
- 8599: Jonathan Haagensen - Cabeleira - Shaggy
- 8600: Matheus Nachtergaele - Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
- 5659: Seu Jorge - Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
Crews
- 8576: Antonio Pinto - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 8583: Inês Salgado - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 8561: Bráulio Mantovani - Screenplay - Writing
- 8578: Daniel Rezende - Editor - Editing
- 8593: Renato Batata - Visual Effects Supervisor - Visual Effects
- 8594: Francisco Bispo - Creature Design - Visual Effects
- 8560: Paulo Lins - Author - Writing
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Reviews
Crazypiglady
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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 g ....
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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 ....
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