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City of God (2002)
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Leandro Firmino's Li'l Zé makes control of territory inseparable from the demand that people recognise him. The energy of City of God does not cancel the fear around that appetite: children and bystanders bear the cost of the contest for status. The character is unforgettable because the film gives his power a surrounding community rather than treating it as a private spectacle. Expect a fast, crowded crime story with especially distressing violence involving young people.
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About 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.