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Actors: Alexandre Rodriguez, Leandro Firmino, Phellipe Haagensen
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about City of God |
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Busca-Pe is a young, intelligent, promising boy, growing up in the most dangerous area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: what they call the "city of God". Throughout his early youth, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Busca-Pe watches his friends and family members become involved in gangs. They kill others, get killed, engaging in constant, violent gang warfare. In the 1980s, Busca-Pe is a young man, and he discovers that he has a talent for photography. By documenting the violence that takes place around him, he catches the attention of the local media.
--Judy Berman, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of City of God |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Kids:
- committing crimes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- Hispanic/Spanish
Woman/class/friends story?
- story of lower class
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
Setting
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Central
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Spanish
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- A huge amnt of foul language
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