City of God

Estefania 2021-10-19 09:56:05

The smooth and proficient editing skills and the dazzling and sharp picture quality are the first contributors to the unique style of this film, and the outstanding performances of amateur actors beyond the age limit are rare. Multiple narrative methods allow reality and fiction to show fateful reincarnation in the interweaving of each other. This story is not only an excellent reproduction of a specific place and a specific era, but also an exploration and description of the commonalities in the depths of human nature. It is neither cynical nor pretentious. It is quite general.
Tooth for tooth, violence against violence, lawlessness, and hopelessness are their only knowledge of the world. Therefore, in the City of God, almost all perpetrators are children; drugs, violence, robbery, brutality, and blood. It is their only interpretation of life, so in the city abandoned by God, humanity is annihilated and reduced to purgatory on earth. Sharp editing, smooth virtual reality, reflective aftertaste!

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City of God quotes

  • Zé Pequeno: Can you read?

    Gang Member: I can read only the pictures.

  • [after seen his pictures printed in the front page of the news by mistake]

    Buscapé: Fuck... I'm dead!

    [cut to slum]

    Zé Pequeno: What's the name of that friend of yours who took this pictures?

    Thiago - Tiago: Buscapé.

    [Enjoying the pictures]

    Zé Pequeno: Buscapé! The guy is good!