Label

Cidade de Deus : City of God

Title remainder

City of God

Statement of responsibility

Miramax Films ; BR apresenta ; Lei Do Audiovisual Ministério da Cultura ; Walter Salles e Donald K. Ranvaud apresentam ; uma realização O2 Filmes e Videofilmes ; co-produção Globo Filmes, Lumière e Wild Bunch ; um filme de Fernando Meirelles ; produção, Andrea Barata Ribeiro e Maurício Andrade Ramos ; roteiro, Braulio Mantovani ; co-direção, Katia Lund ; direção, Fernando Meirelles

Title variation

City of God

Creator

Cidade de Deus (Motion picture)

Contributor

Actor

Film director

Film producer

Presenter

Production company

Screenwriter

Mantovani, Bráulio.

Subject

Genre

Language

por
por
por

Summary

Built in the 1960s, Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a sprawling housing project built to keep the poor as far as possible from Rio's glamorous beaches and resorts. By the 1980s, it has degenerated into a war zone so dangerous that visitors from outside risk being shot to death on sight, a poisonous stew of poverty, drugs, and crime. "If you run away, they get you, and if you stay, they get you, too," says Rocket, who wants to be a photographer. Rocket's brother, friends, and neighbors begin with truck stick-ups, which lead to brothel hold-ups that lead to murder that leads to coke dealing that leads to street brawls with armies of gun-toting 11-year-olds. Soon a full-scale gang war rages in the City of God--understandably not covered by wary Rio photojournalists--but just the opportunity Rocket needs to make his move, get a job at a newspaper, and get out

Awards note

Winner, 2003 Cinema Brazil Grand Prize: Melhor Filme (Best Picture); Melhor Diretor (Best Director)--Fernando Meirelles; Melhor Roteiro Adaptado (Best Screenplay, Adapted)--Braulio Mantovani; Melhor Fotografia (Best Cinematography)--César Charlone; Melhor Montagem (Best Editing)--Daniel Rezende; Melhor Som (Best Sound)--Guilherme Ayrosa, Paulo Ricardo Nunes, Alessandro Laroca, Alejandro Quevedo, Carlos Honc, Roland N. Thai, Rudy Pi, Adam Sawelson

Cataloging source

AKR

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, César Charlone ; editor, Daniel Rezende ; art direction, Tulé Peake ; music, Antonio Pinto, Ed Côrtes ;costumes, Bia Salgado, Inès Salgado

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Rated R for strong brutal violence, sexuality, drug content, and language

Language note

In Brazilian Portuguese with English closed captioning

PerformerNote

Alexandre Rodrigues (Buscapé/Rocket), Leandro Firmino da Hora (Zé Pequeno/L'il Zé), Phellipe Haagensen (Bené), Douglas Silva (Dadinho), Jonathan Haagensen (Cabeleira), Matheus Nachtergaele (Sandro Cenoura), Seu Jorge (Mané Galinha)

Runtime

130

Technique

live action

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