Cidade de Deus (2002)

Directors:

Fernando Meirelles
Kátia Lund (co-director)

Drehbuchautoren:

Paulo Lins (novel)
Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

30. August 2002 (Brazil)

Genre:

Krimi | Drama

Werbezeile:

If you run you're dead...if you stay, you're dead again. Period.

Plot:

Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer.

Plot Keywords:

Dead Children | Urban Violence | Rifle | Urban Drama | Underwear

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 49 wins & 25 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

One of the best unseen foreign films

Besetzung

Alexandre Rodrigues	...	Buscapé - Rocket
Leandro Firmino	...	Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé (as Leandro Firmino da Hora)
Phellipe Haagensen	...	Bené - Benny
Douglas Silva	...	Dadinho - Li'l Dice
Jonathan Haagensen	...	Cabeleira - Shaggy
Matheus Nachtergaele	...	Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
Seu Jorge	...	Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
Jefechander Suplino	...	Alicate - Clipper
Alice Braga	...	Angélica
Emerson Gomes	...	Barbantinho - Stringy
Edson Oliveira	...	Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy
Michel de Souza	...	Bené Criança - Young Benny (as Michel De Souza Gomes)
Roberta Rodrigues	...	Berenice - Bernice
Luis Otávio	...	Buscapé Criança - Young Rocket
Maurício Marques	...	Cabeção - Melonhead

Alternativ:

City of God (International: English title) (UK)
Cité de Dieu, La (France)
God's Town (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong brutal violence, sexuality, drug content and language.

Länge:

130 Min | Canada:135 Min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Produktionsland:

Brazil | France

Sprache:

Portugiesische

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Singapore:M18 (video rating) (version 2) | South Korea:18 | Iceland:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Zurich) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R | Brazil:16 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Germany:16 (bw) | Hong Kong:III | Italy:T | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) (cut) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R | Singapore:R21

Drehorte:

Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Firma:

O2 Filmes

Dies und das:

When we hear Buscapé (Alexandre Rodrigues) talking to Marina ('Graziella Moretto' ) about how "he never took a hot bath", that was not scripted. Actually, that was Rodrigues and Moretto talking off camera, during a pause in the shooting, when the boy (who lived on the slums) was telling her about his life.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: The length of the joint Lil Dice is smoking when he is hanging out with the Tender Trio changes size between shots.

Dialogzitate:

Zé Pequeno: Can you read?
Gang Member: I can read only the pictures.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Cidade dos Homens: Em Algum Lugar do Futuro (#4.5)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

O Caminho Do Bem

One of the best unseen foreign films

I have seen this movie only recently (2005) and it's easily one of the best foreign films I have seen. Actually, it's probably just about one of the best films I had ever seen.

The cast really makes this movie come alive with each of their interesting personalities shining though in the backdrop of oppressive conditions and constant violence. One thing which clearly comes to mind is how Lil' Dice's smile is so vivid and yet so ironic.

The City of God is a world you don't want to visit, it won't be featured on a post card, and it's said to be the city ignored by god himself. This movie makes you feel uncomfortable, puts you on the edge of your seat -- you are right into the middle of the City and you too are caught up in it's violent temptation.

You see the flaws of these men played out in an almost fatalistic nature -- hated, greed, futility; and in it all we see ourselves, our own flaws, and our own condition.

This movie in effect is fast paced and hard to follow (with the added stress of subtitles over Portuguese), but it's worth it; and in fact really adds to the impetuous and impulsive undertones of the movie. This is a flawless piece of art work just like the quintessential Brazilian music blending into the film like a well made Caprahina.

It is in my honest opinion that viewers are best going into this movie without knowing anything about the plot or it's characters, thus why this review hasn't revealed any part of it. Enjoy Friends.