City of God

Cidade de Deus is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by the point of view of the narrator, Buscapé.…

★ 8.4/10 · 8,513 TMDB audience ratings

Starring

• Alexandre RodriguesBuscapé
• Leandro FirminoZé Pequeno / Dadinho
• Phellipe HaagensenBené
• Douglas SilvaDadinho
• Jonathan HaagensenCabeleira
• Matheus NachtergaeleSandro Cenoura
• Seu JorgeMané Galinha
• Jefechander SuplinoAlicate

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Audience reviews from TMDB · may contain spoilers

Crazypiglady: It’s a great film and well worthy of its the respect it has. It’s gruelling too, the 18 rating is due to the… Read full review

CinemaSerf: Told by way of an occasionally narrated retrospective, "Rocket" (Alexandre Rodrigues) tells us a story of his childhood in the outskirts of Rio… Read full review

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