Blog Post # 7: Frank Gehry

Cidade de deus.

I've seen a lot of movies that i considered good productions, these films are mostly  European or American , however one of my favorites films is a latin american production called "Cidade de Deus"(City of God).

City of God is a Brazilian film (based on a real story written by Paulo Lins) of action and drama directed by Fernando Meirelles and released in 2002, The film focuses on the war between Zé Pequeño and Mané Galinha, developed in a favela in Rio de Janeiro called "City of God".

The story began in 1960 in a favela recently created in Rio, when three young men from the area called the trio tenderness of a hotel robbery next to the children called Dadinho and bene (those who later led the Ze pequeño band). The story tells of the development of Buscape in God's city, where cocaine trafficking, murders, juvenile delinquency and police bribery are a daily occurrence.

• Alexandre Rodrigues interpreting Buscapé
• Leandro Firmino interpreting Zé Pequeño
• Phellipe Haangensen  interpreting Bené
• Douglas Silva interpreting Dadinho (In the future the name is changed to Ze Pequeño)

I think this is a very good movie where it shows how people live in the favelas, where murders and confrontations between bands are everyday things, this movie is important to me because I had never seen it directly as Life was developing in a favela, and after watching this film I realized how people's lives were based on fear, corruption and the sale of drugs. I recommend watching this movie because it has a very interesting plot where it shows a little of the life of the people in the favelas, also because it is necessary to see the productions created in Latin America, especially that show other realities lived in the continent.