City of God

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Andrew M @RT33897781 2 days ago The pure realism and grit in this movie is incredible, one of the few movies around that make you genuinely love and hate the characters in the movie. See more Marcelo K @marceloklippenstein Oct 19, 2026 Riveting plot with some twists See more Michelle K @hankjrkim Oct 10, 2026 Born from the same starting point, yet leading completely different lives. Was it fate, or free will that shaped where we stand today? See more noah M @RT34675613 Sep 6, 2026 City of God is a Brazilian gangster movie about the slums of Rio that revolves around the rise of drug trafficking and gang violence in the area from the sixties to the eighties. The film tells the story of a young photographer who becomes a witness and participant in the events that take place. It follows multiple characters’ paths, all of which are intertwined, and exposes the brutal nature of such conflicts. Full of energy, the movie provides an experience that is both shocking and horrifying. This is a real story told through the lens of the main characters, with the viewer being drawn into it by the skilled directorial work, magnificent music, and amazing acting of the child actors. I would recommend it to anyone who is interested in good movies in general and Brazilian cinema in particular. It is a must-see for sure. See more Michael D @MichaelX Jul 27, 2026 I’d seen this Brazilian masterpiece many years ago, perhaps at the Clay, the Fillmore, or the Lumiere, one of those beloved San Francisco art houses whose names have blurred together with time. However, the hubby hadn’t ever seen it, and revisiting it two-plus decades later, the impact wasn’t diminished at all. Fernando Meirelles’ visceral portrait of two boys growing up in Rio’s Cidade de Deus favela, their lives diverging into radically different fates, remains one of cinema’s great gut-punches. The constant rat-a-tat-tat of gunfire, the sun-scorched grime, the extraordinary performances from a cast of mostly non-professional actors, it all drops you squarely into a world most of us will never know and probably not fully recover from seeing. That it still shocks and dismays while leaving a sliver of hope is the mark of genuinely great filmmaking. If you haven’t seen it, stop what you’re doing and add this to your queue. See more Ludmilla R @RT74059001 Jul 7, 2026 I watched this movie when I was about 6 years old, and when I grew up and became more aware of the world, I realized that this film showed the pure reality of the world, and that's why it has always been my favorite movie. See more Read all reviews

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