Movie info
| Languages: | Portuguese |
| Budget: | USD 3,300,000 |
| Gross: |
USA - 959,336 USD (9 February 2003) UK - 776,538 GBP (12 January 2003) Worldwide - 18,062,482 USD (6 November 2003) (except USA) Italy - 41,350 EUR (11 May 2003) Spain - 910,518 EUR (30 November 2003) |
| Plot: | Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that--in the early 80's--became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters whose lives sometimes intersect. However, all is seen through the eyes of a singular narrator: Buscapé, a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also too smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But Buscapé soon discovers that he can see reality differently than others. His redemption is that he's been given an artist's point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. As Buscapé is not the real protagonist of the film--only the narrator--he is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the sequence of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story, but it is also through Buscapé's perspective of life that one can understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world, apparently condemned to endless violence. |
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Original Soundtracks
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"Alvorada" Written by Cartola / Carlos Cachaça / Hermínio B. Carvalho Performed by Cartola Peer Music do Brasil Edições Musicais Ltda Licensed by EMI Music Ltda "Azul da Cor do Mar" Written by Tim Maia Performed by Tim Maia Warner Chappell Edições Musicais Ltda Used by permission from Universal Music Ltda "Dance Across the Floor" Written by Harry Wayne Casey / Ronald Finch Performed by Jimmy Bo Horne EMI Music Ltda Div. Itaipu / EMI Longitude Music / Harrick Music "Get Up I Feel Like Being Like (Sex Machine)" Written by James Brown / Bobby Byrd / Ronald R. Lenhoff Performed by James Brown Dynatone Publishing Company (Represented in Brazil by Warner Chappell Edições Musicais Ltda) Used by permission from Universal Music Ltda "Hold Back the Water" Written by Randy Bachman / Robin Bachman / Charles Tuner Performed by Bachman-Turner Overdrive Sony Music Edições Musicais Ltda Used by permission from Universal Music Ltda "Hot Pants Road" Written by Charles A. Bobbit / James Brown / St. Clair Jr. Pinckney Performed by JB's Dynatone Publishing Company (Represented in Brazil by Warner Chappell Edições Musicais Ltda) Used by permission from Universal Music Ltda "Kung Fu Fighting" Written by Carl Douglas Performed by Carl Douglas Schacht Music Inc. / Editora Femata / Sanctuary Records Group Inc. "Magrelinha" Written by Luiz Melodia Performed by Luiz Melodia Warner Chappell Edições Musicais Ltda Used by permission from Universal Music Ltda "Metamorfose Ambulante" Written by Raul Seixas Performed by Raul Seixas Warner Chappell Edições Musicais Ltda Used by permission from Universal Music Ltda "Na Rua, Na Chuva, Na Fazenda (Casinha de Sapê)" Written by Hyldon Performed by Hyldon Warner Chappell Edições Musicais Ltda Used by permission from Universal Music Ltda "Nem Vem Que Não Tem" Written by Carlos Imperial Performed by Wilson Simonal Editora Fermata / Edclave Edições Clave Ltda (c) 1967 Licensed by EMI Music "O Caminho Do Bem" Written by Sergio / Beto / Paulo Performed by Tim Maia Seroma Produções e Edições Musicais Ltda / Vitória Régia Discos Ltda "Preciso Me Encontrar" Written by Candeia Performed by Cartola BMG Music Publishing Brasil Licensed by EMI Music Ltda "So Very Hard to Go" Written by Emilio Castillo / Stephen M. Kupka Performed by Tower of Power Bob-a-Lew Music / Arika Music Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc. |
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Revealing mistakes: When Knockout Ned is yelling over the dead boy, the body is breathing. Continuity: When Li'l Zé makes Knockout Ned undress, Knockout Ned's shirt is already unbuttoned. But in the next shot we see him unbuttoning it. Continuity: When Bené throws Neguinho out (after he, Neguinho, has killed his girl friend) the amount of blood on Bené's T-shirt changes CHAR: When the Tender Trio are running away into the woods after they crashed into a neighbor's house, Shaggy says that Goose messed up his ankle but it's actually Clipper. Goose's ankle is fine. Fact errors: SPOILER: During the hotel robbery, Lil Dice is given a six shot revolver. He is not given any additional bullets. He fires more than six shots during his hotel rampage. Revealing mistakes: SPOILER: When Rocket walks off after having taken a picture of the Dead Lil Ze, Lil Zé's arm twitches. Fact errors: SPOILER: Buscapé is using a 135mm lens when he stands above a dead Lil Zé and takes his picture, but the picture that's developed is much too wide to be shot with a 135mm telephoto lens. We know it's a 135mm because, even though it does not appear in the subtitles, Buscape's boss identifies the lens in Portuguese. Continuity: The length of the joint Lil Dice is smoking when he is hanging out with the Tender Trio changes size between shots. DATE: Lil' Ze is taken into custody by the police, Rocket runs after the police truck. The Police truck passes by a late - model Chevrolet S10, black, circa 2001. The movie is set in the seventies. CHAR: In the scene where the tender trio are robbing the gas man and giving out the free gas, when the police arrive and the gang are running off, in the back ground there is a woman in a yellow dress carrying a big gas canister, yet in the next shot she is seen running in the same spot without the gas. CHAR: Whenever Tio Sam is in the apartment to sell Ze Pequeno the weapons, he inquires whether or not Ze has seen a mini Ruger, which is the same caliber of an M-16, inaccessible in Brazil. Ze shows no interest or knowledge of the Ruger, though he is shown holding up one just like it whenever Buscape is taking photos of the gang. |
Quotes
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Zé Pequeno: The fuck I'm Dadinho! Now, my fucking name is Zé Pequeno! Rocket: You need more than guts to be a good gangster, you need ideas. Buscapé: [after Dadinho kills many people in a motel] That night, Dadinho killed his dream of kill. Bené: I'm a playboy now. 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: Buscapé. [Enjoying the pictures] Zé Pequeno: Buscapé! The guy is good! Zé Pequeno: Where do you want to take the shot? In the hand or in the foot? Sandro Cenoura: Have you lost your mind? You are just a kid! Filé-com-Fritas - Steak and Fries: A kid? I smoke, I snort. I've killed and robbed. I'm a man. Rocket: What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out war. The City of God was divided. You couldn't go from one section the other, not even to visit a relative. The cops considered anyone living in the slum a hoodlum. People got used to living in Vietnam, and more and more volunteers signed up to die. Cabeleira: Hey, Bernice. Listen, I've got something real important to say. Tell me, you ever heard of love at first sight? Berenice: Sure, but hoods don't fall in love, they just get horny. Cabeleira: C'mon, you cut everything I say to pieces. Berenice: Hoods don't talk, they just vomit words. Cabeleira: Jesus, I'm gonna stop wasting my saliva on you, you sure ain't easy. Berenice: Hoods never stop, they just take a break. Cabeleira: Jeez, Bernice, talking about love with you is pretty complicated, isn't it? Berenice: Love, you gotta be kidding. You're just leading me on. Cabeleira: But it's just that this jerk here loves you. Boy 1: The big deal is dope, you got it? Boy 2: If you wanna be a dealer, you gotta start as a delivery boy, see? Boy 1: This delivery boy business is real bullshit. The time it takes being a delivery boy, then security and then manager, is way too long. Boy 2: What you gonna do? You've gotta wait for them to die... Boy 1: No way! I'll do it just like Pequeno did: you gotta whack everyone and that's it! Buscapé: It was like a message from God: "Honesty doesn't pay, sucker." Zé Pequeno: [after snorting a line and seeing Knockout Ned's photograph in one of the center pages of a newspaper] Motherfucker!I'm the boss around here but he gets his picture in the paper! Have you found my photo in there? Zé Pequeno: [First lines] Get that chicken, dude! |
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