Film · 2002

City of God

Name: City of God
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2002
Duration: 130 min

Cidade de Deus

BRAZIL · FRANCEDRAMA · CRIME130 MIN

poster · city of god (2002)

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From the 1960s to the 1980s, Rocket grows up in Cidade de Deus trying to escape the armed fate swallowing his generation. Photography becomes his way out — and the film becomes a new way of telling Brazil.

Review · Yesterday on TV

City of God: an armed childhood

Two decades on, the film by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund is still both a punch and a signature: a new form born of the urgency of its subject.

Details

Original title: Cidade de Deus
Year: 2002
Country: Brazil, France
Genre: Drama, Crime
Running time: 130 min
Language: Portuguese
Rating: 18+
Image: 1.85:1 · 35mm
Studio: O2 Filmes · VideoFilmes
Distributor: Lumière (Brazil) · Miramax (international)
Release: 2002

Credits

Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
Co-directed by: Kátia Lund
Screenplay: Bráulio Mantovani
Based on: Romance de Paulo Lins
Main cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Alice Braga, Seu Jorge
Cinematography: César Charlone
Editing: Daniel Rezende
Music: Antonio Pinto, Ed Côrtes