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City of God

Out UK/Ireland: 3 January 2003

Certificate: UK: 18 / Ireland: 18's

Stars: Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora

Director: Katia Lund and Fernando Meirelles

The main character in Cidade de Deus is not a person. It is a place. Cidade de Deus is a poor housing project started in the 60's that became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro by the beginning of the 80's. In order to tell the story of the place the film tells us the stories of many characters. But all is seen through the eyes of the narrator, Busca-Pé, a poor black kid too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also to smart to be content with an underpaid job. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But he discovers he can see the reality with a different eye; the eye of an artist. Eventually he becomes a professional photographer. That is his redemption.

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