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City of God

In Rio's City of God, an observant boy with a camera watches childhood friendships harden into rival criminal empires, searching for a way to document the violence without being consumed by it.

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Year
2002
Runtime
130 min
Rating
R
Director
Fernando Meirelles

Meirelles's propulsive camera and a remarkable young ensemble create a crime epic whose visual exhilaration never erases the human cost of its violence.

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Themes

  • Cycles of violence
  • Poverty
  • Childhood
  • Witness and authorship
  • Power

Tone

  • Kinetic
  • Harrowing
  • Vivid
  • Urgent

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