Cidade De Deus

English Title:	City Of God [2002]
Year:	2002
Country:	Brazil
Language:	Portuguese
Genre:	Drama, Crime
IMDB:	IMDB Page
Rating:	8.0 Rate
Collection:	Seen It Wishlist
Community:	5 Have Seen


Director	Fernando Meirelles
	Kátia Lund
Selected Cast	Alexandre Rodrigues as Buscapé : Rocket
	Matheus Nachtergaele as Sandro Cenoura : Carrot
	Leandro Firmino da Hora as Zé Pequeno : Li'l Zé

On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

City Of God [2002] - Miramax - UK (2003)

DVD

City Of God [2002] - Buena Vista - USA (2004)

DVD

City Of God - Paradiso Home Entertainment - Netherlands (2004)

Comments and Reviews


Magic Marmalade 18th Mar 2022		Rated 8/10 Like Scarface, The Godfather, and Goodfellas, all rolled into one, and set in the slums of Brazil. ...And it makes a fair stab at being as good as those too! I've been meaning to watch this since release, so was pleased to find it in the charity shop as part of my five DVDs for a pound :) Quite long, but is a very rewarding, epic tale of the establishment of a criminal network operating in the slums (their own word) of Rio, born to absolute poverty, and set against an fearful, corrupt police, an Us and them mentality creates a perfect environment for a group of children both through necessity and ambition, to adopt a law of the jungle ethos, and follows them as they grow up, through all the hopes, hopelessness, and the tragedies of their relationships and circumstances, amongst a gang ridden battle ground of a city were life is very cheap indeed. Principally, it follows Rocket, who just wants to be a reporter - and get laid - as he narrates the tale of this group along their way, and the divisions of the film into individual character based episodes of narration is very Tarantino / Reservoir Dogs inspired. It's grim... very grim, a grim existence, in a grim city, and there are quite distressing scenes of children killing children, so not for easily upset... and all, evidently based on a true story. But shot entirely on handheld cameras, the very kinetic movement of the camera gives it a semi-documentary style, appropriate to the place and subject, but with all the colour and feel of Rio, which is highlighted by only occasional pieces of brilliantly choreographed and shot cinematography which punctuate this earthy budget style, but are seamlessly integrated into it. It's one of those that took me a while to tune into in the early stages, but gradually mesmerised me and took me along to the end. Well worth watching if you like the kind of films I've mentioned previously. 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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