Details: 2002, Rest of the world, Cert 18, 129 mins Direction: Fernando Meirelles Summary: Rocket is a poor black kid who lives in the notorious Cidade de Deus housing project in Rio de Janeiro.

There are no cinema screenings for «City of God - Cidade de Deus» on Friday, 17. April 2026.

Story by Sean Coppack, CNN, video by Sean Coppack, Cameron Bauer and Patricia Valeriano de Medeiros Rio de Janeiro’s notorious Cidade de Deus favela was immortalized in the 2002 film bearing its name ...

Now City of God, Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund’s 2002 crime epic set in the Rio De Janeiro slum – or favela – Cidade de Deus, gets the HBO treatment with a six-part TV series that honours the ...

Check out the exclusive TV Guide movie review and see our movie rating for Cidade de Deus - 10 anos depois ...

Cidade De Deus: A housing project by the Brazilian government to provide shelter for the homeless. No running water, no electricity. Gangs make the streets unsafe. Two boys, Buscapé and Dadinho, grow ...

Details: 2002, Rest of the world, Cert 18, 135 mins Direction: Fernando Meirelles Summary: Rocket looks back on the kids he grew up with and their journeys into drug dealing and racketeering in the ...