City of God (2002)

City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003.

Welcome to the world's most notorious slum: Rio De Janeiro's 'City of God.' A place where combat photographers fear to tread, where police rarely go, and res...

Directed by Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund. With Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Phellipe Haagensen. In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.

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City of God. 957K likes. 15 miles from paradise, one man will do anything to tell the world everything.

Amazon.com: City of God: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Seu Jorge, Jefechander Suplino, Alice Braga, Emerson Gomes, Edson Oliveira, Michel de Souza, Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Bel Berlinck, Daniel Filho, Donald Ranvaud, Bráulio Mantovani, Paulo Lins: Movies & TV

Alice Braga, City of God actor: 'Some of our security guards were drug traffickers and what not – but nobody carried a machine gun'

Fernando Meirelles' City of God is a sweeping tale of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Though the narrative skips around in time, the main focus is on Cabeleira who formed a gang called the Tender Trio. He and his best friend, Bené (Phelipe Haagensen), become crime lords over the course of a decade. When Bené is killed before he can retire, Lil' Zé attempts to take out his arch enemy, Sandro Cenoura (Matheus Nachtergaele). But Sandro and a young gangster named Mane form an alliance and begin a gang war with Lil' Zé. Amateur photographer Buscape (Alexandre Rodrigues) takes pictures of the brutal crime war, making their story famous. City of God was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.

Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by the point of view of the narrator, Buscapé. Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes...

Will Hodgkinson on art that shook up the world. This week he takes a look at Fernando Meirelles's and Kátia Lundi's film City of God.

City of God (2002) Official Trailer [HD] See more at: http://universalmarkets.com/City_Of_God Directed by Fernando Meirelles Kátia Lund (co-director) Produce...