They may not necessarily think favelas, drugs, crimes, and poor people. When one thinks Brazil, they think beaches, a giant Jesus statue, the 2014 World Cup, the 2016 Olympics, Adrianna Lima, and Giselle Bundchen.
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This movie is very real in the sense that it gives outsiders a look into what the lives of some of these children are like. If all the blood shed isn’t sickening enough, the last sentence on the screen stating that the movie is based on true events sure is. Though it is not hard to say that the trend will most likely continue, yet the audience can find some comfort in the motto “what goes around comes around”, since that is exactly what they have just finished watching. This closes the circle for the movie as the audience has already seen three generations of drug lords/ thieves in this awful neighborhood. Watching the scene of the young kids kill Lil’ Ze is like a flashback of when Lil’ Ze himself had killed Goose in the beginning of the movie. He witnesses the end of the drug war between Carrot and Lil’ Ze, and when the new younger generation kills Lil’ Ze to take over his business. All this time the story is being told through the eyes of the young wannabe photographer Buscape, who is documenting the story through personal experience and photographs. As if that was not enough, he also enlists people to kill Ned, consequently pushing Ned to join forces with Carrot and starting a drug war in City of God. The drug lord beats up Ned, rapes his girlfriend, and kills his brother. Benny is accidently mistaken for Lil’ Ze at a night club and shot by one of Carrot’s people, leading him to take out his anger out on an innocent bystander named Ned. At this point, the movie has gone in a complete circle and the older generation has been completely forgotten and the storyline now revolves around this new generation of teenagers in the favela. Though his best friend Benny does not take pleasure in the killings of others, and thus he convinces Lil’ Ze to spare the life of his rival drug dealer Carrot.
Lil’ Ze and his friends are the new generation of town delinquents. As the leader and major drug dealer of the town, crimes have gone down. Goose’s little brother is now a teenager dreaming of becoming a photographer and Lil’ Dice is now the new leader of City of God, except he goes by Lil’ Ze now. When the audience can finally breathe a sigh of relief because the town delinquents are all gone, the movie fast-forwards to the 1970s. Shortly after this incident, the gang breaks up with Clipper joining the church, Shaggy getting shot down by police offers while trying to escape the town, and Lil’ Dice killing Goose for taking some of Lil’ Dice’s earnings. While the teens are breaking into the rooms, Lil’ Dice goes into the hotel and kills all the employees and then proceeds to kill the clients as well, without the gang of boys realizing it. Lil’ Dice is a sadistic murderer who takes pleasure in killing others. While breaking into the motel rooms to steal from the clients, the teens leave the young boy, named Lil’ Dice, as watchman. They let one of their younger followers convince them to run down a motel. The trio is named Shaggy, Clipper, and Goose. This cycle can first be seen in the beginning of the movie when three teenager thieves are idolized by the younger kids and protected by the elders of the villages in exchange for them sharing their “earnings” with the citizens. The cycle of the drug lords is circular, as the older generation of drug lords always dissolves while a new generation takes their place as leaders and guardians of their favelas. In 2004, the film received four Academy Award nominations for Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Writing.Īn exemplary piece that depicts the circle of life, City of God illustrates the lives of teenagers in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The film was made on a $3.83 million budget (US dollars) and grossed over $30 million worldwide.
2002 Brazilian crime drama directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Katia Lund.
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