Flixtheatre

City of God

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

2002 129 min 8.4

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.

Details

Status: Released
Release Date: 2002-08-30
Budget: $3,300,000
Revenue: $30,641,770
Production: O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière