City of God
City of God is a 2002 Brazilian epic crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. Bráulio Mantovani's script is adapted from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, but the plot is also loosely based on real events. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s, with the film's closure depicting the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and vigilante-turned-criminal Knockout Ned. The tagline is "If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you."
Plot
An armed gang chases after an escaped chicken in a favela called the City of God. The chicken stops between the gang and a young man nicknamed Rocket.
Cast
- Alexandre Rodrigues
- Alice Braga
- Arlindo Lopes
- Charles Paraventi
- Dani Ornellas
- Daniel Zettel
- Darlan Cunha
- Douglas Silva
- Edward Boggis
- Gero Camilo
- Graziella Moretto
- Jonathan Haagensen
- Leandro Firmino
- Marcello Melo
- Mary Sheyla
- Matheus Nachtergaele
- Micael Borges
- Michel Gomes
- Obied bin saleh
- Olívia Araújo
- Paulo Lins
- Phellipe Haagensen
- Renato de Souza
- Roberta Rodrigues
- Sérgio Chapelin
- Seu Jorge
- Thiago Martins