This is the story of Rocket, a young boy growing up in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, and about his friend Li’l Dice. ... City of God is the complex story told as a long flashback by Rocket and he’s our guide on the long and complicated journey back to the slums in the late 1960’s and tells the mesmerizing story of its inhabitants.
Quite ironic the slums of Rio de Janeiro is called Cidade De Deus, The City of God when it instead should be something similar to The City that God forgot. ... The struggle to get from the very bottom of the gang hierarchy up to the top is now started by the duo and it will not be long before the most respected hood in the City of God is called Li’l Ze’.
Li’l Ze’ has become the most respected gangster in the City of God but the other gang-leaders are still powerful, and still stand between him and his position at the top. ... After seen nothing but the slum so far in this film the beach is a welcome relief also for the audience, but it also makes the everyday life back in the city seem even worse when we go back to it again. ... The completely non-professional cast does an absolutely
A newspaper in the city now employs rocket, he is nothing but a delivery-boy yet, but with determination, courage and a lucky coincident he becomes a respected photographer.
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