City of God

Cidade de Deus

An explosive favela chronicle that transformed Brazilian cinema worldwide.

  • Directors

    Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund

  • With

    Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Jonathan Haagensen, Douglas Silva

  • Brazil-France-Germany-USA 2002. 130min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    18

  • English subtitles

Growing up in a Rio favela, an aspiring photographer witnesses the rise of organised crime in his neighbourhood. Both global phenomenon and formal breakthrough, with its rapid editing and non-professional performances creating an immersive world, City of God helped reshape twenty-first-century urban cinema with propulsive energy and devastating force.

Contains scenes of sexual violence.