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City of God

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

8.4/ 1020022h 9mR

DramaCrime

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.

Directed by Fernando Meirelles

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Alexandre Rodrigues

Alexandre Rodrigues

Buscapé

Leandro Firmino

Leandro Firmino

Zé Pequeno / Dadinho

Phellipe Haagensen

Phellipe Haagensen

Bené

Douglas Silva

Douglas Silva

Dadinho

Jonathan Haagensen

Jonathan Haagensen

Cabeleira

Matheus Nachtergaele

Matheus Nachtergaele

Sandro Cenoura

Seu Jorge

Seu Jorge

Mané Galinha

Jefechander Suplino

Jefechander Suplino

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