City of God

Buena Vista (2004)

R (Restricted)

786936223897

8.6

850,472

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Brazil | Portuguese | Color | 02:10

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City of God depicts the raw violence in the ghettos of Rio de Janeiro. In the 1970’s that kids are carrying guns and joining gangs when they should be playing hide-and-seek.

Cast View all

	Alexandre Rodrigues	Buscapé
	Leandro Firmino	Zé Pequeno
	Phellipe Haagensen	Bené
	Douglas Silva	Dadinho
	Jonathan Haagensen	Cabeleira
	Matheus Nachtergaele	Sandro Cenoura
	Seu Jorge	Mané Galinha
	Jefechander Suplino	Alicate
	Alice Braga	Angélica
	Emerson Gomes	Barbantinho
	Edson Oliveira	Barbantinho Adulto
	Michel Gomes	Bené Criança
	Roberta Rodrigues	Berenice
	Luis Otávio	Buscapé Criança
	Kiko Marques	Cabeção
	Gustavo Engracia	Editor do Jornal
	Darlan Cunha	Filé-com-Fritas
	Robson Rocha	Gelson
	Thiago Martins	Lampião
	Leandra Miranda	Lúcia Maracanã
	Graziella Moretto	Marina Cintra
	Renato de Souza	Marreco
	Karina Falcao	Mulher do Paraíba
	Sabrina Rosa	Namorada do Galinha
	Rubens Sabino	Neguinho

Crew View all

Director	Fernando Meirelles
	Kátia Lund
Writer	Braulio Mantovani, Paulo Lins
Producer	Andrea Barata Ribeiro, Marc Beauchamps, Bel Berlinck, Daniel Filho, Hank Levine, Vincent Maraval, Mauricio Andrade Ramos, Donald Ranvaud, Juliette Renaud, Walter Salles, Elisa Tolomelli
Musician	Ed Côrtes, Antonio Pinto
Photography	César Charlone

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Edition details

Packaging	Keep Case
Nr Discs	1
Screen Ratios	Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks	Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Portuguese] SUB [English]
Subtitles	English \| French \| Spanish
Layers	Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date	Jun 08, 2004
Regions	Region 1

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Index	931
Added Date	Mar 10, 2012 13:58:29
Modified Date	Jun 25, 2024 17:42:20

Notes

Story Synopsis:
Based on actual events and the novel by Paulo Lins, "City Of God" ("Citade De Deus") takes place in crime-ridden Rio de Janeiro and depicts how a group of troublemaking kids known as the Tender Trio become crimelords over the course of a decade. Nominated for four Academy Awards. (Suzanne Hodges)

DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 1.85:1 DVD picture exhibits images that are harshly stylized and perfectly complementary to the storytelling of the realities of living in poverty. Images are often highly contrasted, and the darker scenes offer limited visual information. Colors can be vibrant and nicely balanced, or awash in filtered hues. There is inherent grain and noise noticed in the picture at times, and the handheld camerawork can be dizzying. There is little in the way of edge enhancement or pixelization, but occasional smearing is noticed. (Suzanne Hodges)

Soundtrack:
The 5.1-channel Dolby® Digital mix audibly reproduces the nasty, gritty, and brutally violent world found on the streets of Rio de Janeiro quite well with fidelity that impresses. I was quite surprised at the aggressive nature of the audio mix, as all five channels were more active than I had originally anticipated before I experienced the presentation. Most of the audio presentation resides in the front three screen channels and atmospheric ambience is nicely handled by the back two surround channels. (Jeffrey Kern)