City of God (2002): Two boys growing up in a violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro take different paths: one becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. (8.8)
Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund
Stars: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele and Leandro Firmino
Lang: Portuguese (Eng Subtitled)
heh ... the IMDB description above doesn't even begin to describe this movie. It has loads of violence, drug use, profanities, etc. This is not a movie for the squirmish. How accurate this is about the slums of Rio in the 60s, 70s and 80s, I'm not sure. But, it can't be all that far-fetched either. The use of color filters in some situations (most?) gives this movie an interesting feel to it. The story told in various perspectives is also good, not original, but still pretty neat. My rating: 7.5
