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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.
Alexandre Rodrigues (born May 21, 1983, in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian actor.He is most famous for playing the part of Buscapé (Rocket in the English subtitled version), the narrator and protagonist in the 2002 film Cidade de Deus (City of God).
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.
Known in English as City of God, Cidade de Deus is the eponymous name of a 1997 semi-autobiographical novel by Paulo Lins, about three young men and their lives of petty crime during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in the favela where Lins grew up. An English translation by Alison Entrekin was published in 2006.
He rose to posthumous fame, thanks to the success of the 2002 Brazilian film City of God, in which he was played by Leandro Firmino (as an adult) and Douglas Silva (as a child). Starting out as a petty thief, Zé Pequeno became notorious in the favela for his cruel methods.
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.
Alice Braga Moraes [1] (Brazilian Portuguese: [aˈlisi ˈbɾaɡɐ moˈɾajs]; born 15 April 1983) is a Brazilian actress and producer.She has appeared in several Brazilian films, starring as Angélica in the acclaimed City of God (2002), Karinna in Lower City (2005), and Dolores in Only God Knows (2006).
The term City of God may refer to The City of God (De civitate Dei), a fifth-century book by St. Augustine of Hippo, and subsequently to the Roman Catholic Church and its unity with civil power, such as existed between it and the Holy Roman Empire in the Middle Ages. There are many derivative works and institutions: