City of God
Cidade de Deus
2002 · 2h 9m · Crime, Drama · Brazil, France · Rated R (US)
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.
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1960sbaile funkbased on true storybrazilcidade de deuscoming of ageextreme violencefavelagang rivalrygangstergang warghettointrospectivejournalismphotographerpolice brutalityrio de janeirostreet gangthrilling
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