City of God Page #6

Synopsis: Brazil, 1960s, City of God. The Tender Trio robs motels and gas trucks. Younger kids watch and learn well...too well. 1970s: Li'l Zé has prospered very well and owns the city. He causes violence and fear as he wipes out rival gangs without mercy. His best friend Bené is the only one to keep him on the good side of sanity. Rocket has watched these two gain power for years, and he wants no part of it. Yet he keeps getting swept up in the madness. All he wants to do is take pictures. 1980s: Things are out of control between the last two remaining gangs...will it ever end? Welcome to the City of God.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund (co-director)
Production: Miramax Films
  Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 66 wins & 38 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.6
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
2002
130 min
Website
6,070 Views


I've got the solution. Rouger.|Have you seen this before?

Like the AR-15. Same calibre|but lighter.

With infra-red vision ?|400 rounds per minute?

Are you trying to fool me?|I'll f*** you.

Go now. No money,|no guns.

- What am I supposed to say to the boss?|- Your problem. Think of something.

Beat it, Fatty

Ze made a big mistake.|He didn't know that...

behind every dealer,|there is a big trader.

Did you see this?|Why do they want an AR-15?

They will make investigations.|Cops. We'll get busted.

Do you think that I would betray you?

I'll fix it, but|don't get involved again.

Charlie! Come here.

Tell him...

Let's go now to the f***ing dealer.

Come here, kids.

- Do you like chicken?|- It depends.

We'll eat chicken and|for dessert... Redhead.

I have a gift for you.

- One big one for you.|- Are you giving us guns ?

Yes, but I want you beside me|against Redhead.

- Can we steal later?|- Not in the ghetto.

- Do you know how to shoot?|- More or less.

Come and help|the kids!

I know. You do it like this.

THE BEGINING OF THE END

Grab the chicken!

If Ze catches you|he'll kill you.

He has to find me first.

Kid, grab the chicken!

- The Cops!|- Don't run away!

Buttheads! F***in' faggots!|Get the hell outta here!

Let them kill|each other

Rocket!|Take a picture of us!

Why are you standing like that?

Kill the mothafucker!

- Relax, don't move.|- It hurts!

Relax, Kid!

Why did you join|this f***in' war?

Knockout Ned!|Ze is down!

Hang on, I'll help you.

- What's your name|- My name is Otto.

I want revenge|for my father's death.

Ze's down!

Hang on.

Cops!

Down! Hands behind your head!

- It's you that I want.|- You're through, pal.

Handcuffs on him.

- Rocket, where're you going?|- I got something to do.

We got some arrangements to make, Ze.

Not you. You're the gift|for the Media.

- Is it 10'000?|- Almost. That's all I got.

That's all, Boss.|We looked everywhere.

Let him go.

The ring? Is it gold?

F*** it.|You owe us the rest.

F***in war!

Knockout Ned is dead|and I'm broke!

You're f***ed, right?

We'll do some robberies|to get back in my job.

- Your job, Ze?|- Is it tough for you, boy?

For our friend, mothafucker!|Attack!

We are the Bosses!

That photograph|will make me a professional.

That photograph will make me famous.

Maybe it'll make the front page|of a magazine.

I won't worry about Ze any more.

But the police?

The Boss of the city|of God, falls down dead...

That photograph|could kill us?

- It gave you work.|- It made me international.

- You made some money, right?|- Yeah, some...

- That journalist? Was she good?|- Good enough.

- You didn't like it?|- How would they know about f***ing?

Cocoa robbed three houses|at Bara.

Let's do him.

- Who killed Roger?|- Biff.

Let's kill the Boss|and Gringo.

It's just the two of us|plus three more...

Have you ever heard|of the Red Brigade?

No, but if they come|we'll do 'em.

- Who knows how to write?|- Me, a little.

Let's make|a hitlist!

- Add Nightbird to the list.|- And Leonard!

And the Chinese, he thinks he's too |important. Claudio also!

Where is Giant?

I forgot to tell you,|my name is not Rocket any more.

I'm Wilson Rodriguez.|Photographer.

Based on a true story

Manuel Assando, also known as|'Knockout Ned', was hospitalised...

after he was injured|by Ze's men.

He gave us an interview.

Many died.|Mostly innocent.

Just for knowing me...|Just for being my friends.

If someone thinks that|he knows me, he's dead.

- Where are the police?|- They're after me, not him.

I went to jail three times|while he kills undisturbed.

They don't arrest him.

Knockout Ned claims|that the war will continue.

Police officers promise|to take down...

both gangs|in the City Of God.

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Bráulio Mantovani

Bráulio Mantovani (born July 1963 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian screenwriter and author. Graduating in Portuguese Language and Literature from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, he began his career writing professionally for theatre groups in 1987. In the early 1990s, he moved to New York City where he worked as camera operator and assistant director for Zbigniew Rybczyński. Back in Brazil, he wrote the script for the short film Palace II, directed by Fernando Meirelles in 2001. On the next year, the partnership extended to City of God, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. more…

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