City of God
City of God

Storyline

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.
  • Original Title
    Cidade de Deus
  • Released
    August 30, 2002
  • Runtime
    2h 9min
  • Director
  • Budget
    $3,300,000
  • Revenue
    $30,641,770
  • Genre
  • Status
    Released (Festivals and Theatrical Only)
  • Language
    Portuguese
  • Production
    O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière