Genres
Production Companies
VideoFilmes
Wild Bunch
Hank Levine Film & Music
Globo Filmes
Lumière
City of God (Cidade de Deus)
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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.
Key Crew
Producer: Hank Levine, Juliette Renaud, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Walter Salles, Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Marc Beauchamps, Donald Ranvaud, Vincent Maraval, Daniel Filho
Director of Photography: César Charlone
Screenplay: Bráulio Mantovani, Paulo Lins
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Top Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé - Rocket
Leandro Firmino
Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé
Phellipe Haagensen
Bené - Benny
Douglas Silva
Dadinho - Li'l Dice
Jonathan Haagensen
Cabeleira - Shaggy
Matheus Nachtergaele
Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
Seu Jorge
Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
Jefechander Suplino
Alicate - Clipper
Videos
Official Trailer
