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.

Release Date

Aug 30, 2002

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Fernando Meirelles

Original Title

Cidade de Deus

Country

Brazil, France, Germany

Company

O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch

Budget

$3,300,000

Revenue

$30,641,770