City of God
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Fernando Meirelles
Alexandre Rodrigues
Leandro Firmino De Hora Phellipe
Seu Jorge
Jonathan Haagensen
Matheus Nachtergaele
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that--in the early 80's--became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: Busca-Pé, a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw, but also too smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But Busca-Pé soon discovers that he can see reality differently than others. His redemption is that he's been given an artist's point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. As Busca-Pé is not the real protagonist of the film--only the narrator--he is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the sequence of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story, but it is also through Busca-Pé's perspective of life that one can understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world, apparently condemned to endless violence.
Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues
Leandro Firmino De Hora Phellipe
Seu Jorge
Jonathan Haagensen
Matheus Nachtergaele
Phelipe Haagensen
Douglas Silva
Roberta Rodriguez Silvia
Jefechander Suplino
Alice Braga
Emerson Gomes
Edson Oliveira
Michel De Souza Gomes
Luis Otavio
Mauricio Marques
Gustavo Engracia
Darlan Cunha
Robson Rocha
Thiago Martins
Leandra Miranda
Grazielle Moretto
Renato De Souza
Karina Falcao
Sabrina Rosa
Rubens Sabino
Marcos Junqueira
Edson Montenegro
Gero Camilo
Felipe Silva
Daniel Zettel
Charles Paraventi
Luiz Carlos Ribeiro Seixas
Paulo Cesar
Danielle Ornellas
Bernardo Santos
Diego Batista
Diego Ferreira
Marcio Vinicios
Micael Borges
Rafael De Castro
Ramon Francisco
Thiago Wallace
Alexander Cerqueira
Alexandre Tavares
Andre Pires Martins
Antonio Rodrigues
Bartolomeu Braga
Carlos Henrique Avernais
Claudio Cesar
Cleiton Ventura
Damiao Firmino
Euclides Garcia
Fabio Conceicao
Felipe Nogueira
Ivan Martins
John Lima
Jonas Michel
Leandro Lucas
Leonardo Dias Batista
Lucio Andrey
Luis Rodrigues
Luis Nascimento
Marcello Melo
Marcio Costa
Mario Luiz Costa Oliveira
Nelson Amaral
Omar Barcelos
Otto Amorim
Antonio Pinto
Ed Cortés
Edmilson Capeluppi
Nahor Gomes
Sidnei Borgani
Crew
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Beli Araujo
Guilherme Ayrosa
Guilherme Ayrosa
Renato Batata
Marc Beauchamps
Bel Berlinck
Sergio Bezerra
Rene Bittencourt
Rogerio Carvalho
Alessandra Casolari
Ctsar Charlone
Marcelo Cois
Ed Cortés
Lamartine Ferreira
Paulo Ferreira
Paulo Ferreira
Daniel Filho
Claudine Franco
Amaury Guarilha
Marcell Hernandes
Martin Hernandez
Martin Hernandez
Carlos Honc
Carlos Honc
Seu Jorge
Alessandro Laroca
Alessandro Laroca
Hank Levine
Paulo Lins
Paula Maciel
Braulio Mantovani
Vincent Maraval
Dona Meirelles
Fernando Meirelles
Samuel Mendoza
Luciana Meula
Malu Miranda
Claudia Moraes
Paulo Ricardo Nunes
Tule Peak
Luciano Pere
Eugen Pfister
Rudy Pi
Andre Pinto
Andre Pinto
Antonio Pinto
Angela Pralon
Alejandro Quevedo
Alejandro Quevedo
Juliette Renaud
Daniel Rezende
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Pradip Romay
Andre Francisco Rosa
Bia Salgado
Ines Salgado
Walter Salles
Adam Sawelson
Fabricio Tadeu
Roland N Thai
Elisa Tolomelli
Anna Van Steen
L C Varella
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Director
Best Editing
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States November 2002 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (Latin Cinema Series) November 7-17, 2002.)
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.)
Winner of the 2003 award for Best Foreign Film from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Winner of the 2003 Golden Reel Award for Best Sound Editing in Foreign Feature by the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE).
Winner of the 2003 Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) award for Best Foreign-Language Film.
Released in United States Winter January 17, 2003
Expanded Release in United States January 24, 2003
Released in United States on Video June 8, 2004
Released in United States 2002
Released in United States November 2002
Released in United States January 2003
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 9-20, 2003.
Based on the novel "City of God" by Paulo Lins; published by Editora Schwarcz Ltda. in 1997.
Miramax acquired distribution rights at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Released in United States Winter January 17, 2003
Expanded Release in United States January 24, 2003
Released in United States on Video June 8, 2004
Released in United States 2002 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival August 30 - September 2, 2002.)
Filmed with hand-held cameras on the streets of Rio with a cast that includes some 200 nonprofessional actors.
The Country of Brazil
