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If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you. - City of God
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Title: City of God

Release Date: 30 Aug 2002

Runtime: 2h 9m

Genre: Drama, Crime

Director: O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière

Production Companies: O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 8.4 (7462 votes)

Cast

  • Buscapé - Rocket: Alexandre Rodrigues
  • Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé: Leandro Firmino
  • Bené - Benny: Phellipe Haagensen
  • Dadinho - Li'l Dice: Douglas Silva
  • Cabeleira - Shaggy: Jonathan Haagensen
  • Sandro Cenoura - Carrot: Matheus Nachtergaele
  • Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned: Seu Jorge
  • Alicate - Clipper: Jefechander Suplino
  • Angélica: Alice Braga
  • Barbantinho - Stringy: Emerson Gomes
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