Marcio Miike Jr. / Movies

City of God

Poster of City of God

Fernando Meirelles, 2002

Set in the Cidade de Deus housing project in Rio de Janeiro from the 1960s to the 1980s. Rocket, who wants to be a photographer, narrates as the children he grew up with take over the drug trade. Co-directed by Kátia Lund, with a cast drawn largely from the favelas.

My own notes are still to come.