City of God

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.

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Cast

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

E

Emerson Gomes

Barbantinho