City of God (2002)

R

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, Buscape. Buscape was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes...

CAST: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele

DIRECTOR: Fernando Meirelles

RUN TIME: 130 min