City of God
If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
In the slums of Rio, two kids' paths diverge as one struggles to become a photographer and the other a kingpin.
- Year: 2002
- Country: Brazil, France, Germany
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Studio: O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière
- Keyword: street gang, photographer, gangster, rio de janeiro, gang war, ghetto, coming of age, woman director, introspective, critical, tense, conceited, sincere
- Director: Fernando Meirelles
- Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Jonathan Haagensen, Matheus Nachtergaele