City of God

This highly-rated movie is set in a slum of Rio de Janeiro, sarcastically called The City of God by the slumdwellers. In essence the story follows the growth from childhood of two little boys. One developed as a vicious gang leader, while the other became a photographer. Around them, crime and violence swirled ceaselessly, as everyone struggled to survive.
Portuguese language with English subtitles.

130 minutes.
No persons under 18 (Language, Violence) .
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele
Director	Kátia Lund, Fernando Meirelles
Screenplay	Bráulio Mantovani from the novel by Paulo Lins
Music	Ed Cortês, Antonio Pinto
Cinematography	César Charlone
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Made in	2002
Produced by	Globo Filmes, Lumiere Productions, O2 Filmes, Studio Canal, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch

Official Site

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus Aldrin Naidu	15
The Star Tanya Farber	20
Die Burger Gabriël Botma	15
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	20
eye Weekly Adam Nayman	15
Box Office Shlomo Schwartzberg	15
ReelViews James Berardinelli	18
Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert	20
BBC Nev Pierce	20
What the People say
Internet 4917 Netizens	17
Average .. 88%	18

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City of God

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 88%