
Feature film — 2002
City of God (2002)
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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O2 Filmes / VideoFilmes / Wild Bunch / Hank Levine Film & Music / Globo Filmes / Lumière
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Director: Fernando Meirelles
On screen
Cast & crew

Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé

Leandro Firmino
Zé Pequeno / Dadinho

Phellipe Haagensen
Bené

Douglas Silva
Dadinho

Jonathan Haagensen
Cabeleira

Matheus Nachtergaele
Sandro Cenoura

Seu Jorge
Mané Galinha

Jefechander Suplino
Alicate

Alice Braga
Angélica
Emerson Gomes
Barbantinho

Edson Oliveira
Barbantinho Adulto

Michel Gomes
Bené Criança
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