
feature · 20022h 9mBRPT
City of God
Cidade de Deus
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.
DramaCrime★ 8.4(8,169)
At a glance
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
- Cinematography
- César Charlone
- Editor
- Daniel Rezende
- Music
- Ed Cortês
- Costume
- Bia Salgado
Department
Camera
- César CharloneDirector of Photographyprimary
- Fabricio TadeuSteadicam Operatorprimary
- Pablo HoffmannFirst Assistant Cameraprimary
Department
Costume
- Bia SalgadoCostume Designerprimary
- Inês SalgadoCostume Designer
Department
Production
- Hank LevineProducerprimary
- Isabella Teixeira
Recognition
Awards (0 won, 2 total)
- Status: NOMAcademy AwardBest Adapted Screenplay2004Paulo LinsCited source (opens in new tab): [src]
- Status: NOMAcademy AwardBest Adapted Screenplay2004Bráulio MantovaniCited source (opens in new tab): [src]
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