City of God starred no professional actors, and it was shot on location in a favela in Brazil. It was a realistic glance into a dark underworld of crime inside a place that plays by its own rules.

The differences start there. After that, Lins became one of Brazil's most celebrated writers, while Rocket became a photographer in City of God.

City of God: The Fight Rages On is written by Maíra Oliveira, Patricia Andrade, and Lins. It is produced by Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Fernando Meirelles on behalf of O2 Filmes, with Cris Abu and ...

Since its release, City of God has continued to receive high praise from audiences and critics worldwide. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a stellar 91% rating, along with a 8.6/10 IMDh rating.

The Fight Rages On is a sequel to the 2000 Brazilian film City of God, based on the Paulo Lins novel. The film follows Rocket (Rodrigues), an aspiring photographer living in the favelas of Rio de ...

“City of God: The Fight Rages On,” airing on HBO at 8 p.m. Sunday (in Portuguese with English subtitles), is set in the same neighborhood, 20 years after the original.

Having said that, if you're looking for a film that doesn't tack on 45 boring minutes of bows, smiles and hugs after its logical conclusion, I highly recommend City of God. MovieStyle on 02/09/2018 ...

The story stretches over three decades of observing City of God, basing its content on Paulo Lin’s novel on the topic, adapted into a screenplay by Braulio Mantovani. Lin himself lived in the City of ...

City of God provides a lyrical, artful microcosm, but News From A Personal War gives a bigger picture look that alters your perception of the feature film when you return to it.

The directors were Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. City Of God was the name of their film, a violent, kinetic look at life in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. Lund had earlier made News From A ...

City of God is an exhausting film – I personally came out of it feeling as if I'd been hit upside the head with a baseball bat. That's a testament to how profound and intense the picture is, but ...