City of God (2002)

Director: Fernando Meirelles

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Cast

Alexandre Rodrigues

Buscapé - Rocket

Leandro Firmino

Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé

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