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City of God

Leandro Firmino da Hora (Actor), Daniel Zettel (Actor), Fernando Meirelles (Director), Format: Blu-ray

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Genre	Drama
Format	Import
Contributor	Douglas Silva, Leandro Firmino De Hora Phellipe, Roberta Rodriguez Silvia, Matheus Nachtergaele, Gero Camilo, Charles Paraventi, Seu Jorge, Alice Braga, Daniel Zettel, Alexandre Rodrigues, Darlan Cunha, Emerson Gomes, Fernando Meirelles, Michel de Souza Gomes, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen, Jefechander Suplino, Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Phelipe Haagensen, Katia Lund See more

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Celebrated with worldwide acclaim, this powerful true story of crime and redemption has won numerous prestigious awards around the globe! The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's "City of God," are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. In the midst of the oppressive crime and violence, a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings with a different eye: the eye of an artist. In the face of impossible odds, his brave ambition to become a professional photographer becomes a window into his world. And ultimately his way out!Directed by Fernando Meirelles & K tia Lund this harrowing film was nominated for four Academy Awards.Starring Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele & Leandro Firmino.Special Features and Technical Specs:1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-rayNews From a Personal War - documentaryMore features to be announcedTheatrical TrailerOriginal Aspect Ratio 1.85:1Audio Portuguese DTS-HD 5.1 Surround + LPCM 2.0 StereoEnglish subtitlesLimited Edition slipcase on the first 1500 copies with unique artwork

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Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.86 x 5.49 x 0.68 inches; 3.68 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Fernando Meirelles, Katia Lund
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Import
Release date ‏ : ‎ December 16, 2022
Actors ‏ : ‎ Leandro Firmino da Hora, Daniel Zettel, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino De Hora Phellipe, Seu Jorge
Producers ‏ : ‎ Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Studio ‏ : ‎ Imprint
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0BCXCBXX1
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Omari F.

eu virei playboy!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 19, 2022

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Takes you to 1970s Brazil with the people places music & crime of the time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 7, 2021

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City of God is one of my favorite movies. I saw it three times in a movie theater when it first came out and own the DVD. It is a truly amazing experience which takes you back to 1970s Brazil with the people, the places, and the music of the time. It focuses upon Alexandre Rodrigues as Rocket who is an aspiring photographer in Rio caught in between a gang war. The movie traces the two rival gangs, how they got started, how they went to war and how it impacted the people of the district called the City of God. It’s partially based upon a true story of two criminals Li’l Dice/Li’l Z (Leandro Firmino) and Knockout Ned (Seu Jorge).

The movie plays out like it’s a biography of the City of God from the early days in the 1960s when it was just a small row of house that expanded with a steady flow of refugees from the interior and how crime was always part of the area. It builds from there into how it became a flavela/district of Rio.

With it comes all the stories and characters that make the film so special. There’s the Tender Trio who were small time crooks which included Rocket’s brother, the rise of Li’l Dice/Li’l Z as a gangster and a psychopath, Shorty the snitch, and others. Li’l Z’s partner in crime for instance Benny (Jonathan Haagensen) became a playboy which was what they called the middle class kids for wearing designer shirts, shoes, hanging out at the beach, and who eventually wanted out of crime but couldn’t.

Finally there’s the music shown at the dance clubs with Samba, Soul, Rock, etc. That includes all the dancing and the groove of the crowds.

It is really a one of a kind movie.
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Ramco

“City of God” is a very ironic name for this movie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 3, 2020

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I liked the video immensely. It was very good quality to view, and the price of the video was good.
The movie “City of God” portrays the origin of gang life in a growing Brazilian city “La Ciudad de Dios” in the 60’s and 70’s.

There is violence associated with gaining and maintaining that gang life style so be forewarned; this movie has a lot of violence.

It is however, possibly a necessary evil to show the violence in an effort to give context to life in very impoverished communities.

The movie sheds a little light on the motives for people being involved in drug dealing and their inabilities to get out of that lifestyle as well.

I say a little because I, being an average American citizen is unable to fathom having to resort to this type of lifestyle, but then again, looking at my belly and seeing that I’m well fed, slightly educated and living in a great country, I never had a reason to want a criminal lifestyle.
If I lived in the “City of God,” I may not have had a choice.

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Dine Fuss

City of God - a vicious pursuit for a better life...

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 28, 2004

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In the 50s and 60s outside Rio de Janeiro the Brazilian government isolated the poor by building a huge ghetto a distance from Rio de Janeiro. The ghetto turns into a sizeable city that continues to grow as more people are bussed into the poverty of the area. The film pushes a message of where there is poverty there are also dreams of something better. The two common means to achieve these dreams are either hard work or escape of the cruel reality through drugs. The later choice is the common alternative as it is easier to obtain and offers a quick fix to the problem, since hard work that pays enough to escape the ghetto is difficult to find. As the story begins, the audience is introduced to the young boy Buscapé, the narrator, whose brother is a member in a small gang called The Tender Trio. Buscapé tells a tale of the how ideas lead to the quest for the "better something" as The Tender Trio seeks the holy grail through robbery. However, these robberies seems futile as the real money lays with those who control the drugs. As drugs become more accessible the drug dealers begin to control their own territories, and in Buscapé's story the greed for more leads to a bloody path lined with murder and tragedy. Through Buscapé the audience is enlightened about the birth of violence which is related to the drugs and greed in the city called the City of God. City of God is a strong and disturbing film as it depicts young children being victims of the violence or as the actual assailants as the gangs demands the loyalty. In addition, the films message is enhanced by terrific cinematography and a well written story, which is based on true events and individuals. City of God offers a brilliant cinematic experience that will not escape the mind of the audience as it pulls the audience through a painful story that continues to take place in the ghetto outside Rio de Janeiro where one person dies every 30 minutes from violence.

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Yemi Idowu

Captivating Reality!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 16, 2006

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I just watched this film two days ago and have not been able to stop thinking or talking about it. I am in the process of establishing business in Brazil and having travelled there several times, I was truly captivated. On my first trip there, I was drawn to the favelas each time I passed on my way to one tourist site or another. After convincing my new friends to take me there, I was in awe and refreshed if you can understand. I saw the poverty and what some might think is hopelessness, but I very much saw the life! The real life of people choosing to live with hope. This movie seems so much about conditions and choices. Some which we make and others that might be thrust upon us. The special features section that showed you the real people behind the movie and the life that exist between the hoodlums, the police and the favela dwellers is something to behold. It addressed the gun makers in the U.S. and abroad and how we will intervene/interfere (depending on your point of view) in the world drug wars but we are supplying weapons that are so powerful but not being produced to fight wars, but are being produced just to be sent to Brazil and no where else. This movie speaks to life, family, crime, government and every bodies part that is played in keeping such things flowing. You typically only hear about the beautiful people and things in Brazil, but keeping the war in the favelas keeps the "dwellers" from flowing into the streets of Rio to affect the wealthy and the tourist. This movie should be seen by everyone! Powerful, Powerful, Powerful!!

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Thespionic

Bloodbath in the Ghetto

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 7, 2017

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The obvious theme of this film is about gang violence and drugs in an impoverished Brazil. To be honest this flick has little to no story line - just flashes of people’s lives – until of course they mostly and inevitably end up dead. Because its action packed it’s good on the eye. The lead villain is a brute and a particularly nasty piece of work. It’s definitely worth a watch but it’s all a bit of a bloodbath, so if that’s your thing, then fine - you’ll enjoy it! The cinematography is colourful and clear, though mostly filmed in and around the poor people’s ghetto. Few will miss the irony of the finale.

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Stampy

Unthinkable piece of story telling that makes shocking viewing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 30, 2010

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Aspiring photographer Rocket (Rodrigues) recounts the story of the Brazilian slums and the times run by Li'l Ze (Firmino) and his gang

When Slumdog Millionaire was released a few years ago it was critically praised for its sharp depiction of the African slums and the difficulty of Dev Patel's character's life and encoding that with a popular TV programme and heart warming love story, and so if you were a fan, prepare to have your mind warped by one of the darkest and violent slum films arguably ever created.

Released 8 years ago now the story plays a reflection on Paulo Lins' novel which is based on a true story of the real gangs in Brazil during the 1960's and 70's. Which I hadn't realised till afterwards which honestly, makes the entirety of this production seems unbelievable. As much as Danny Boyle demonstrated a wisdom in India, Fernando Meirelles has shaken up something gob smacking original and authentic that will entertain, shock, make you laugh and cry and to tell a story of such violence and drama, of such childhood troubles and such forces corruption, blows the mind.

The story opens in the present with a well executed quick cutting chicken chase that has the central character in the middle of the street and the Brazilian gang on one side and the police on the other, a cinematic piece of art that sets the tone for the style of the director and the execution for the start of a brutal yet enjoyable narrative.

The plot shifts back in time and walks us through the formation of the notorious gang leaders of the slums and how childhood ignorance and neglect can form one of the greatest criminals ever. The hotel violence sequence is an effective handheld camera montage of brutality and force that shakes up what should be a normal environment but works on so many levels of shock. From seeing teenagers with guns to the violent rampage of attacks this is a unthinkable collection of representations.

There of course is unsettling teens all over the world, particularly aggressive in the UK and America thanks to media influence but within this setting of the Brazilian rural areas, shows us how peer pressure of a creative and influential power can ultimately upset a childhood's youthful ignorance and freedom.

As the film shifts through different character stories, the pace maintains its steady pace of drug and weapons dealings and the power of authority and how violence upsets the established order. The dialogue is assertive and precise from all characters and though the novel should not be touched in my opinion, you would like to think it is a great adaptation, gaining an Oscar nomination.

The cinematography is one of the big winners here with glorious lighting and hand shaking shots and using multiple twists in a story of childhood subjection to the surroundings is a winner and as before, like Slumdog? You will be aghast at this piece of perfection cinematic construction.

9/10

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Sarugumo

City of God

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 24, 2010

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At it's most basic `City of God' is a film about inter gang warfare in the Brazilian slums. Two drug gangs fight it out over territory and for respect and innocent lives get caught in the crossfire. But if you delve a little deeper, this is also about betrayal, the hard violent struggle to survive, about those trying to stay honest and pure whilst those around them descend into crime and filth and the simple fight of good over bad. This is gritty viewing from the word go and yet the direction is stylish and very effective. This is shot in a series of vignettes and yet an over-arcing story ties it all together. This is in Portuguese with subtitles throughout which adds to the authenticity and feel of the film. You will flinch at some of the violence and be shocked at how young the kids start on the slippery slope to anarchy and crime. You will be even more shocked when you realise that this is based on a true story and events like these actually happened. I started off not being too involved in the film or story, but after half an hour I was hooked and this became compelling viewing. This was highly lauded when it was released and it has been recommended to me numerous times. I can only say it deserved all the accolades it received and would suggest you don't wait as long as I did before viewing it. It is unrelenting and raw, but completely engaging and will leave an impact. You couldn't ask for more from a film.

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tia

it's super great

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 17, 2017

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PLEASE please please please don't let the fact that this film is subtitled for English put you off watching it as it did for my dad! I'm studying this film for my A2 film class at college, but aside from that it is an incredible film. It is thrilling, fast-paced and exiting. One of the directors of this film has experience in music videos, and the film has a similar feel to it with vibrant colour, quick cuts and a never faltering narrative. Highly recommend this!

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Skugzee

Stylized nonsense

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 27, 2018

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If you like your 'documentary' type films highly stylized with very little emotional depth then this is for you. Lots of death, rape and violence with the only result being more and more machismo. It did drag too which didn't help. Lots of guns and chest beating - can't quite believe one reviewer who claimed this accurately mirrored a documentary. Felt like a Hollywood makeover of a tragic real-life situation. Billed as the Goodfellas of Brazil which tells you all you need to know. Meh.

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