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An armed gang chases after an escaped chicken in a favela called the City of God.The chicken stops between the gang and a young man nicknamed Rocket. In the 1960s, three impoverished, amateur thieves known as the "Tender Trio" – Shaggy, Clipper, and Rocket's older brother, Goose – rob business owners and share the money with the community who, in turn, hide them from the police.
Lund oversees an organization called Nós do Cinema (We of Cinema), which began with the young people from the cast of City of God who are real dwellers of Rio's favelas. Lund initially started her non-profit acting school to find the cast for City of God . [ 1 ]
City of God was listed as the 17th best-edited film of all time in a 2012 survey of members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild. [1] In a 2003 interview to Channel 4 , Rezende has described the editing process of City of God , [ 2 ] saying he tried to "provoke differing sensations in each of the film's phases".
City of God: The Fight Rages On (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus: A Luta Não Para) is a Brazilian crime drama television series that premiered on Max on August 25, 2024. [1] The series serves as a follow-up to the 2002 film City of God, adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the novel by Paulo Lins and directed by Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles.
City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 1997 semi-autobiographical novel by Paulo Lins, about three young men and their lives in Cidade de Deus, a favela in Western Rio de Janeiro where Lins grew up. [1] It is the only novel by Lins that has been published. It took Lins 8 years to complete the book.
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The City of God public domain audiobook at LibriVox (Dods translation) The City of God – Marcus Dods translation, CCEL; Lewis E 197 Expositio in civitatem dei S. Augustini (Commentary on St. Augustine's City of God) at OPenn; Texts about the work. An introduction to The City of God by James J. O'Donnell
City of God – 10 Years Later (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus: 10 Anos Depois) is a 2013 Brazilian documentary film directed by Cavi Borges and Luciano Vidigal. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The documentary shows what has changed in the lives of the actors from the 2002 feature film City of God .