City of God  enlarge Directors: Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund Actors: Alexandre Rodrigues, Matheus Nachtergaele, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva Studio: Miramax Films Category: DVD List Price: $14.99 Buy New: $9.50 as of 2/8/2012 02:14 CST details You Save: $5.49 (37%) In Stock New (14) Used (49) from $3.49 Seller: joshuadkauffman Sales Rank: 14,432 Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: Portuguese (Unknown), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Original Language) Rating: R (Restricted) Region: 1 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Running Time: 130 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3 Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 MPN: DISD31545D UPC: 786936223897 EAN: 0786936223897 ASIN: B0000D9PNX Publication Date: June 1, 2004 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Similar Items: Elite Squad Amores Perros Central Station Maria Full of Grace Favela Rising Editorial Reviews: Product Description A photographer named buscape narrates short stories of his youth growing up in one of the most crime ridden areas of rio de janeiro. The film introduces many characters including a boyhood friend on a path to becoming a drug dealer in one of the worlds most dangerous areas from the late 60s to the early 80s. Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 09/01/2006 Run time: 130 minutes Rating: R Amazon.com Like cinematic dynamite, City of God lights a fuse under its squalid Brazilian ghetto, and we're a captive audience to its violent explosion. The titular favela is home to a seething army of impoverished children who grow, over the film's ambitious 20-year timeframe, into cutthroat killers, drug lords, and feral survivors. In the vortex of this maelstrom is L'il Z (Leandro Firmino da Hora--like most of the cast, a nonprofessional actor), self-appointed king of the dealers, determined to eliminate all competition at the expense of his corrupted soul. With enough visual vitality and provocative substance to spark heated debate (and box-office gold) in Brazil, codirectors Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund tackle their subject head on, creating a portrait of youthful anarchy so appalling--and so authentically immediate--that City of God prompted reforms in socioeconomic policy. It's a bracing feat of stylistic audacity, borrowing from a dozen other films to form its own unique identity. You'll flinch, but you can't look away. --Jeff Shannon

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