by Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund · DVD · EAN 5606118002018
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«Cidade de Deus» is the movie by Fernando Meirelles (2002), based on the novel by Paulo Lins, on DVD.
Set in the Cidade de Deus favela in Rio de Janeiro, the film spans from the late sixties to the early eighties. The plot follows Buscapé, a young man who wants to be a photographer and tries to escape criminal life, while the neighborhood is caught between armed gangs, drug trafficking and everyday violence.
Production by O2 Filmes, with dialogue in Portuguese. The DVD edition carries an 18 BBFC rating.
For adult audiences: the violence and portrayal of drug trafficking make the movie a police drama with a social backdrop.
