City of God (2002)
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.
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Watch Providers: Kanopy
Production Companies: O2 Filmes, Videofilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film, Globo FilmesLumière
Country: Brazil
Production Countries:
Brazil,
Germany,
France
Languages:
Portuguese
















