City of God (2002)

If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.

• 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.

Rating

8.4 / 10 (8,573 votes)

Release date

August 30, 2002

Runtime

2h 09m

Language

PT

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Status

Released