#City Of God English Series And Film#

City Of God English Series And Film

( August 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)The film begins in medias res with an armed gang chasing after an escaped chicken in a favela called the Cidade de Deus ('City of God'). Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. It is frequently listed by many critics and audiences as one of the greatest films of the 21st century and one of the best films of all time.Meirelles and Lund went on to create the City of Men TV series and film City of Men (2007), which share some of the actors (notably leads Silva and Darlan Cunha) and their setting with City of God.This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. In 2003, it was Brazil's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but it did not end up being nominated as one of the five finalists. Most of the actors were, in fact, residents of favelas such as Vidigal and the Cidade de Deus itself.The film received widespread critical acclaim and was nominated for four Academy Awards in 2004: Best Cinematography ( César Charlone), Best Director (Meirelles), Best Film Editing (Daniel Rezende), and Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) (Mantovani). The tagline is 'If you run, the beast catches you if you stay, the beast eats you.'The cast includes Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Alice Braga, and Seu Jorge.

Rocket has joined a group of young hippies. The massacre attracts so much police attention that the trio is forced to split up: Clipper joins the Church, Shaggy is shot by the police while trying to escape the favela, and Goose is shot by Li'l Dice after taking his money while Li'l Dice's friend Benny (Bené), Shaggy's brother, watches.In the 1970s, the favela has been transformed into an urban jungle. Instead, Li'l Dice guns down the motel occupants after falsely warning the trio that the police are coming. Li'l Dice (Dadinho), a young boy, convinces them to hold up a motel and rob its occupants.The gang resolves not to kill anyone and tells Li'l Dice to serve as a lookout. Three impoverished, amateur thieves known as the 'Tender Trio' – Shaggy ('Cabeleira'), Clipper ('Alicate'), and Rocket's older brother, Goose ('Marreco') – rob business owners and share the money with the community who, in turn, hide them from the police.

Through narration, Rocket momentarily considers attempting to kill Li'l Zé to avenge his brother but decides against it. Coincidentally, Rocket visits the apartment to get some drugs off Blacky for Angélica during the apartment raid. Li'l Dice, who now calls himself 'Li'l Zé' ('Zé Pequeno'), has established a drug empire with Benny by eliminating all of the competition, except for Carrot, who is a good friend of Benny's.Li'l Zé takes over 'the apartment', a known drug distribution center, and forces Carrot's manager Blacky ('Neguinho'), to work for him instead.

After Ned's brother stabs Li'l Zé, his gang retaliates by shooting into his house, killing his brother and uncle in the process. He beats up her boyfriend, a peaceful man named Knockout Ned (Mané Galinha), and rapes her. Li'l Zé and a group of his soldiers start to make their way to Carrot's hideout to kill him.On the way, Zé follows a girl who dismissed his advances at Benny's party. Carrot kills Blacky for endangering his life.

Rocket believes his life is endangered, as he thinks Li'l Zé will kill him for publishing the photo of him and his gang. A reporter publishes the photos, a significant scoop since no outsiders can safely enter the City of God anymore. One day, Li'l Zé has Rocket take photos of him and his gang. Both sides enlist more 'soldiers' and Li'l Zé gives the Runts weapons. A vengeful Ned sides with Carrot.The war is still ongoing a year later, in 1981, the origin forgotten.

The Runts murder Zé to avenge the Runt murdered at the behest of Zé they intend to run his criminal enterprise themselves.Rocket contemplates whether to publish the cops' photo, expose corruption, and become famous, or the picture of Li'l Zé's dead body, which will get him an internship at the newspaper. Since Li'l Zé has been bribing the police, they take all of Li'l Zé's money and let him go, but Rocket secretly photographs the scene. The police capture Li'l Zé and Carrot and plan to show Carrot off to the media. In the ensuing gunfight, Ned is killed by a boy who has infiltrated his gang to avenge his father, a policeman whom Ned has shot. Confronted by the gang, Rocket is surprised that Zé asks him to take pictures, but as he prepares to take the photo, the police arrive and then drive off when Carrot's gang arrives. Unbeknownst to him, Li'l Zé, jealous of Ned's media fame, is pleased with the photos and with his own increased notoriety.Rocket returns to the City for more photographs, bringing the film back to its opening scene.

As an adult, he is given the name Zé Pequeno in a Candomblé ceremony, which may be unrelated to his actual name. 'Dado' is a common nickname for Eduardo and means 'dice', and 'inho' a diminutive suffix. His real name is Wilson Rodrigues.A power-hungry, sociopath who takes sadistic pleasure in killing. The literal translation of these nicknames is given next to their original Portuguese name the names given in English subtitles are sometimes different.The narrator, who dreams of becoming a photographer. The film ends with the Runts walking around the City of God, making a hit list of the dealers they plan to kill to take over the drug business, including the Red Brigade.Many characters are known only by nicknames.

'Mané' is a nickname for Manuel.Older brother of Bené ('Benny') and the leader of the Tender Trio ('Trio Ternura'), a group of thieves who share their profits with the population of the City of God.One of the Tender Trio, and Rocket's brother.One of the Tender Trio. His name was changed for the English subtitles because in English, 'chicken' is a term for a coward (in Brazil it denotes popularity among women). Ned joins forces with Carrot to retaliate against Zé. Zé rapes Ned's girlfriend and then proceeds to kill several members of Ned's family.

A friend and love interest of Rocket, and later Benny's girlfriend, who motivates Benny to abandon the criminal life.Angélica's ex-boyfriend, who later becomes Li'l Zé's associate and a drug addict.Charles, nicknamed Tio Sam (' Uncle Sam')A journalist for Jornal do Brasil, who hires Rocket as a photographer.

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