A Glean movie pick

City of God

Name: City of God
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2002-08-30
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen

If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.

2002
2h 9m
Drama
Crime
★ 8.4

Directed by Fernando Meirelles

Get Glean on Google Play Get Glean on the App Store

The story

About City of God

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.

Faces in the story