City of God
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.
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Studio
N/A
Release
2002-08-30
Runtime
129 min
Genres
Drama, Crime
Cast & Characters
Buscapé - Rocket
Alexandre Rodrigues
Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé
Leandro Firmino
Bené - Benny
Phellipe Haagensen
Dadinho - Li'l Dice
Douglas Silva
Cabeleira - Shaggy
Jonathan Haagensen
Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
Matheus Nachtergaele
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Critical Assessment
City of God holds 8.4/10 on TMDb (8295 votes). (OMDb had no record for this title — sourced from TMDb instead.)
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Ratings as of 2026-07-30
AI Verdict
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