City of God (2002)
Original title: Cidade de Deus
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
- Genre: Drama · Kriminal
- Country: Brazil · France · Germany
- Runtime: 131 min
- Rated: 15
- Released: 2002-08-30
- Swedish release: 2003-10-17
- TMDB rating: 8.4 / 10 (8 313)
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
- Writer: Bráulio Mantovani
- Music: Ed Cortês, Antonio Pinto
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About
Alexandre Rodrigues (Rio de Janeiro, May 21, 1983) is a Brazilian actor. He is most famous for playing the part of Buscapé, the narrator and protagonist in the 2002 film City of God.
Leandro Firmino is a Brazilian actor best known for playing Li'l Zé in Fernando Meirelles's City of God (2002), a film set in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro that earned wide international acclaim. The role remains the defining performance of his career.
Phellipe Haagensen Cerqueira (born 26 June 1984 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor best known for his role of Bené in the 2002 film, City of God (Cidade de Deus). He is the younger brother of actor Jonathan Haagensen.
Douglas Silva is a Brazilian actor best known for playing Li'l Zé in Fernando Meirelles's City of God (2002). He grew up in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro and had no prior acting experience before being cast in the film, which depicts organized crime in the Cidade de Deus neighbourhood.
Jonathan Haagensen is a Brazilian actor best known for playing Benny in Fernando Meirelles' film Cidade de Deus (2002), released internationally as City of God. He grew up in Rio de Janeiro and has also worked in theatre and television in Brazil.
Matheus Nachtergaele is a Brazilian actor best known for playing the young gangster Cenoura in the film City of God (Cidade de Deus, 2002). He has also worked as a theatre director in Brazil.
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