City of God

Film, 2002, 129 minutes

Drama, crime

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.

Directed by

Fernando Meirelles

Starring

Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva