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2002

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Two features. Youth gangs took over the slums of Rio de Janiero during the 1960s and didn't relinquish their stronghold until the mid-1980s. Only a sucker wouldn't have turned to crime and this is exactly how naive teen Rocket (Alexandre Rodrigues) views himself in 'City Of God'. His attempts in illegal activity fail as he .. Read more

Starring	Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora
Director	Katia Lund, Fernando Meirelles
Genres	Drama, Thriller, World Cinema

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City of Men
- 14 Jul 2008
Six years ago, a gangster film set in the favelas of Rio had a tremendous impact all around the world. City of God was co-directed by Fernando Mereilles (responsible for the flashy, Scorsese-style camera style) and Katia Lund (who worked with the cast, mostly kids who came straight from the same impoverished background depicted in the movie). Young people everywhere responded to its stunningly visceral portrait of a brutal, desperate lifestyle, where everybody carried a gun and death could... Read more
Sin Nombre
- Tom Charity
- 10 Aug 2009
Emigrating to the US legally is hard enough, as the recent Angelino drama Crossing Over was at pains to illustrate. Illegally, it’s twice as tough. And if that makes you wonder why so many people risk their lives to do so, Sin Nombre offers a few clues. Produced by Gael Garcia Bernal, no less, this bleakly compelling movie tells parallel stories that converge. In one, we see Chiapas teenager Willy, aka Casper (Edgar Flores), a member of the intimidating Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13 gang.... Read more
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Blindness: Fernando Meirelles Interview
- 21 Nov 2008
We chatted to City of God and The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles about his new film Blindness, based on the bestselling novel by José Saramago. Set in the near future, Blindness stars Julianne Moore stars as the only person in an unnamed city not to be struck blind by a mysterious disease. We asked Fernando how he went about adapting such as well loved book and what he thought of the controversy the film has caused with activist groups LOVEFILM: Was José Saramago involved in the Read more
Blindness
- 17 Nov 2008
It opens beautifully: a car stalled at a traffic light that’s showing green. The cars behind honking in frustration. Pedestrians glancing to gauge the severity of the problem – then taking a harder look, because this doesn’t seem to be an automotive malfunction, the driver appears to be in some distress. A passer-by goes up to him to see if he can help (he’s played the Canadian actor Don McKellar, who also adapted Nobel prizewinner Jose Saramago’s novel for the... Read more