City of God
Produced by:
Genres:
Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
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.
Reviews (2)
Crazypiglady (Not rated)
It’s a great film and well worthy of its the respect it has. It’s gruelling too, the 18 rating is due to the thread running through the film of continuous and ruthless violence of gangs trying to control their drug area. The is the story told through the eyes of ‘Rocket’ who avoids getting in to the...
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
Told by way of an occasionally narrated retrospective, "Rocket" (Alexandre Rodrigues) tells us a story of his childhood in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Growing up in a community of newly built boxes, without power or plumbing, that reminded me of a row of concrete beach huts, the community is pr...
Recommendation & Similar
Elite Squad (2007)
City of Men (2007)
A Dog's Will (2000)
Amélie (2001)
Oldboy (2003)
Se7en (1995)
GoodFellas (1990)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
American History X (1998)
Central Station (1998)
The Second Mother (2015)
City of God: 10 Years Later (2013)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Road to Perdition (2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lives of Others (2006)
Bicycle Thieves (1948)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
