Cidade de Deus 2002

Name: Cidade de Deus
Released: 2002-08-30
Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen

Synopsis:

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
Written by:	Paulo Lins & Bráulio Mantovani
Release date:	2002-08-30
Runtime:	129 minutes
Critics score:	90 / 100
Tagline:	If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.