City of God / Miramax Films, Walter Salles and Donald K. Ranvaud present ; an 02 Filmes and Videofilmes production ; producers, Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Mauricio Andrade Ramos ; scriptwriter, Braulio Mantovani ; co-director, Katia Lund ; directed by Fernando Meirelles.
DVD + Ultraviolet Digital copy. Based on the novel by Paulo Lins. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. Special features: "News from a personal war" documentary (in Portuguese with English subtitles). Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen.
Summary:
See the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. Based on the true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out.
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