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City of God is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by the point of view of the narrator, Buscapé. Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes...
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City of God is a shantytown that started during the 1960s and became one of Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous places in the beginning of the 1980s. To tell the story of this place, the movie describes the life of various characters, all seen by the point of view of the narrator, Buscapé. Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes...
Best Editing | 2003 | Daniel
2003 | Fernando
2002 | Douglas
Best Foreign Language Film | 2004
Theatrical Feature Film | 2004
Best Motion Picture Foreign Language | 2004
Best Foreign Language Film | 2004
Special Achievement Foreign Film | 2004
Best Foreign Language Film | 2004
Best Foreign Language Film | 2004
Best Foreign Language Film | 2004
IberoAmerican Competition | 2003 | Kátia
Best Picture | 2003
Best Film Melhor Filme | 2003 | Fernando
Best Director Melhor Diretor | 2003 | Fernando
Best International Feature Film | 2002 | Kátia
2003 | César
2003 | César
2003 | Kátia
Best Foreign Language Film | 2003
Best Picture | 2003
Best Director | 2003 | Fernando
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2003
Best Film Editing | 2003 | Daniel
Best Art Direction | 2003 | Tulé
Best Sound | 2003 | Adam
Best Music | 2003 | Antonio
Best Visual Effects | 2003 | Renato
Best Film Melhor Filme | 2003 | Fernando
Best Director Melhor Diretor | 2003 | Fernando
Best Foreign Language Film | 2003
Cinema Cinema | 2003
Best ForeignLanguage Film | 2003
2003 | Fernando
Best NonEnglish Language Film | 2003
Discovery of the Year | 2003 | Antonio
Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties | 2009 | Kátia
Feature Film Best Cinematography Melhor Fotografia de Longametragem | 2003 | César
Feature Film Best Art Direction Melhor Direo de Arte | 2003 | Tulé
Feature Film Best Sound Melhor Som | 2003 | Adam
Best Foreign Language Film | 2003
Best Foreign Independent Film | 2003
2003 | César
Best Film Mejor Pelcula | 2003 | Fernando
Best Director Mejor Director | 2003 | Fernando
Best Picture Melhor Filme | 2003
Best Director Melhor Diretor | 2003 | Fernando
Best Screenplay Adapted Melhor Roteiro Adaptado | 2003
Best Cinematography Melhor Fotografia | 2003 | César
Best Editing Melhor Montagem | 2003 | Daniel
Best Sound Melhor Som | 2003 | Adam
Best Foreign Independent | 2004
2002 | Fernando
2002 | César
2002 | Daniel
2002 | Fernando
2002 | Fernando
2002 | Fernando
2002 | Fernando
2002 | Fernando
2002 | Kátia
Top Foreign Films | 2002
Best Actor Melhor Ator Rio de Janeiro | 2002 | Leandro
Best Director Melhor Diretor Rio de Janeiro | 2002 | Fernando
Best Director Melhor Diretor So Paulo | 2002 | Fernando
Best Film Melhor Filme Rio de Janeiro | 2002
Best Film Melhor Filme So Paulo | 2002
Best Supporting Actor Melhor Ator Coadjuvante Rio de Janeiro | 2002 | Matheus
2002 | Fernando
Best Film Not in the English Language | 2004
Best Foreign Film | 2004
Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features | 2004 | Alessandro
Best Sound Editing Foreign Feature | 2004 | Carlos
Best Foreign Language Film | 2004
Best Foreign Language Film | 2004
Best Cinematography | 2004 | César
Best Director | 2004 | Fernando
Best Writing Adapted Screenplay | 2004
Best Film Editing | 2004 | Daniel
Best Foreign Language Film | 2003
Best Film not in the English Language | 2003 | Andrea Barata
Best Film of the Decade | 2009
Best Foreign Film | 2004 | Fernando
Best Foreign Director Regista del Miglior Film Straniero | 2004 | Fernando
Best Editing Miglior montaggio | 2004 | Daniel
Best Foreign Film | 2004 | Fernando
Best Foreign Film | 2004
Best NonAmerican Film Bedste ikkeamerikanske film | 2004 | Kátia
Best ForeignLanguage Film | 2004
Best NonAmerican Film rets ikkeamerikanske film | 2004 | Fernando
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film | 2004 | Fernando
Foreign Language Film | 2003
Best NonEnglish Language Film | 2003 | Fernando
Best Actor | 2003 | Leandro
Best Cinematography | 2003 | César
Best Makeup and Hairstyling | 2003
Best Newcomer | 2003 | Douglas
Best Screenplay | 2003
Best Picture | 2003
Best Director | 2003 | Fernando
Best Adapted Screenplay | 2003
Best Cinematography | 2003 | César
Best Film Editing | 2003 | Daniel
Honorable Mentions | 2003
Best Actor Melhor Ator | 2003 | Leandro
Best Actress Melhor Atriz | 2003 | Roberta
Best Supporting Actor Melhor Ator Coadjuvante | 2003 | Douglas
Best Supporting Actress Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante | 2003 | Graziella
Best Art Direction Melhor Direo de Arte | 2003 | Tulé
Best Costume Design Melhor Figurino | 2003 | Inês
Best MakeUp Melhor Maquiagem | 2003 | Anna Van
Best Music Melhor Trilha Sonora | 2003 | Ed
2002 | Fernando
2002 | Kátia
2002 | Fernando
Budget 3,300,000 USD
Box Office Collection 30,641,770 USD
When we hear Buscapé (Alexandre Rodrigues) talking to Marina (Graziella Moretto) about how "he never took a hot bath", that was not scripted. Actually, that was Rodrigues and Moretto talking off camera, during a pause in the shooting, when the boy (who lived on the slums) was telling her about his life.
Leandro Firmino (Zé Pequeno) really was from the City of God and had no ambitions to be an actor, he only went to the audition to keep his friend company.
All the amateur actors were recruited from "favelas" (slums) in Rio de Janeiro, and a couple of them--Buscapé/Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues), for example--actually lived in the Cidade de Deus (City of God) itself.
The scene where the gang prays before the war was not scripted. During the shooting a young boy, who used to be in a real gang, asked director Fernando Meirelles if the group was not going to pray like they always did before any important confrontation with their enemies. Meirelles told him to lead the prayer as they shot the scene.
The film was not actually shot in Cidade de Deus slum, as it was too dangerous. It was shot in a neighboring, less dangerous area.
"Buscapé: It was like a message from God: "Honesty doesn't pay, sucker.""
"Buscapé: You need more than guts to be a good gangster. You need ideas."
