City of God (DTS)
- Released
- 08/09/2003
- Film and TV Genre
- Drama
- Video Format
- NTSC
- DVD Region
- 3 (will only play on Region 3 and Multi-Region DVD players)
Description
Youth gangs took over the slums of Rio de Janiero during the 1960s and didn't relinquish their stronghold until the mid-1980s. Only a sucker wouldn't have turned to crime and this is exactly how naive teen Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) views himself. His attempts in illegal activity fail as he finds potential victims too friendly. Equally unsuccessful in love, he regularly fails to lose his virginity. Blood spills throughout the streets of the Ciudad de Deus as gang leader Li'l Ze (Douglas Silva) is challenged by local druglords and a gang of pre-teens known as the Runts. Rocket shoots all of this action with his weapon of choice, a camera.
Director Fernando Meirelles combines visual flashiness with dark history in telling the story of three decades of unrest in underground Rio de Janiero.
Nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2004 Oscars.
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Product Details
- Run Time (minutes)
- 130
- Film Format
- Anamorphic
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Film Rating (UK)
- 15
- Aspect Ratio
- 1.85:1
- Media Format
- DVD-Video
- Year of release
- 2002
- Disc Features
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Selection
- Anamorphic
- Subtitle Language
- English,
- Portuguese
