City of God
If you run, you're dead... if you stay, you're dead again.
Plot:Buscapé was raised in a very violent environment. Despite the feeling that all odds were against him, he finds out that life can be seen with other eyes...
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Known For Fernando Meirelles
Cast & Crew
Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé
Leandro Firmino
Zé Pequeno
Phellipe Haagensen
Bené
Douglas Silva
Dadinho
Jonathan Haagensen
Cabeleira
Matheus Nachtergaele
Sandro Cenoura
Seu Jorge
Mané Galinha
Jefechander Suplino
Alicate
Alice Braga
Angélica
Roberta Rodrigues
Berenice
Luis Otávio
Buscapé Criança
Darlan Cunha
Filé-com-Fritas
Thiago Martins
Lampião
Gero Camilo
Paraíba - Shorty
Daniel Zettel
Thiago - Tiago
Production
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
Producer
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
Producer
Elisa Tolomelli
Executive Producer
Bel Berlinck
Executive Producer
Marc Beauchamps
Producer
Daniel Filho
Producer
Hank Levine
Producer
Vincent Maraval
Producer
Donald Ranvaud
Producer
Juliette Renaud
Producer
Fun Facts of Movie
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Leandro Firmino (Zé Pequeno) really was from the City of God and had no ambitions to be an actor, he only went to the audition to keep his friend company.
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When we hear Buscapé (Alexandre Rodrigues) talking to Marina (Graziella Moretto) about how “he never took a hot bath”, that was not scripted. Actually, that was Rodrigues and Moretto talking off camera, during a pause in the shooting, when the boy (who lived on the slums) was telling her about his life.
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All the amateur actors were recruited from “favelas” (slums) in Rio de Janeiro, and a couple of them–Buscapé/Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues), for example–actually lived in the Cidade de Deus (City of God) itself.
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The scene where the gang prays before the war was not scripted. During the shooting a young boy, who used to be in a real gang, asked director Fernando Meirelles if the group was not going to pray like they always did before any important confrontation with their enemies. Meirelles told him to lead the prayer as they shot the scene.
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When Knockout Ned (“Mané Galinha” in the Brazilian original) kills someone for the first time, some people who live in the City of God approach him and congratulate him on the killing. The first woman to talk to him was played by the mother of the real Knockout Ned.
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The director was quoted as saying that if he knew the dangers of filming the movie in a Rio favela, he wouldn’t have done the movie.
- The correct translation of the names is:
- Buscapé = Rocket (literally: foot-seeker, a firecracker type)
- Zé Pequeno = Little Zé (Zé comes from José = Joseph)
- Dadinho = Little dice
- Cabeleira = Big Hair/Shaggy
- Mané Galinha = Chicken Mané (Does not imply a coward in Portuguese slang, but usually means “Womanizer”) Mané is short for Manuel
- Alicate = Pliers
- Barbantinho = Little string
- Cabeção = Big Head
- Filé-com-Fritas = Steak with fries
- Paraíba = Paraíba is the name of a state in the north east of Brazil, the state where the character comes from
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