City of God 2002

type: Movie

language: Portuguese

duration: 128 min

genre: crime

theme: coming-of-age

director: Fernando Meirelles

Score: 9 / 10

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 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

More details

author	Bráulio Mantovani
contentLocation	Cidade de Deus Rio de Janeiro
director	Fernando Meirelles Kátia Lund
editor	Daniel Rezende
events	drug-related crime favela Goal pursuit violence
genre	crime drama
keywords	bank robbery church date dead body drug addiction drug dealer drug trade force gang war hippie impoverish kill older brother outnumber petty criminal photography publish shoot their way trying to escape warn young boy young man
musicBy	Antonio Pinto Ed Côrtes
nomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay European Film Award for Best Non-European Film International Submission to the Academy Awards
producer	Andrea Barata Ribeiro Mauricio Andrade Ramos
productionCompany	Globo Filmes Hank Levine Film O2 Filmes Studio Canal VideoFilmes Wild Bunch
publisher	Lumière
recordedAt	Rio de Janeiro
theme	coming-of-age gangster hood narrative teen drama