City of God

Overview

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.

Production Companies

O2 Filmes

VideoFilmes

Wild Bunch

Hank Levine Film & Music

Globo Filmes

Lumière