Cidade de Deus (2003)

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Like cinematic dynamite, City of God lights a fuse under its squalid Brazilian ghetto, and we're a captive audience to its violent explosion. The titular favela is home to a seething army of impoverished children who grow, over the film's ambitious 20-year timeframe, into cutthroat killers, drug lords, and feral survivors. In the vortex of this maelstrom is L'il Z (Leandro Firmino da Hora--like most of the cast, a nonprofessional actor), self-appointed king of the dealers, determined to eliminate all competition at the expense of his corrupted soul. With enough visual vitality and provocative substance to spark heated debate (and box-office gold) in Brazil, codirectors Fernando Meirelles and Kia Lund tackle their subject head on, creating a portrait of youthful anarchy so appalling--and so authentically immediate--that City of God prompted reforms in socioeconomic policy. It's a bracing feat of stylistic audacity, borrowing from a dozen other films to form its own unique identity. You'll flinch, but you can't look away. --Jeff Shannon

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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!

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最も参考になったカスタマーレビュー   ラテンのリズムと銃声が, 2005/9/9 By  m1022 (東京都某区) - レビューをすべて見る このレビューの作者: City of God (Sub) (VHS) 　ブラジル映画というものはなかなか見たこと無かったのですが、コレ には衝撃を受けました。淡々と描かれる暴力と死、タランティーノの作 品に似ているとは思いますが、現実の出来事をモチーフにしており、ス ピード感があります。 　ブラジルのいわゆるゲットー、神の町と呼ばれる町でのギャングの争 いが主なテーマになっています。しかし、それだけではなく様々な要素 が描かれており、登場人物も中心人物ブスカペ、ギャングのリトル・ セ、いい奴ベネなど魅力的です。