Early Tuesday Movie Night: Cidade de Deus/City of God (2002) @ 1730 EDT/2130 UTC/2330 CET

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In lieu of Gomorrah (2008), I'm showing Cidade de Deus/City of God (2002) tonight. Romanzo Criminale series 2 will begin next week! Gomorrah is a slog to watch, good, but unflinchingly bleak in how it presents the mundanity of the violence the Camorra do in Naples and vicinity.

Cidade de Deus/City of God, on the other hand, is fun. Based on a true story and shot in and around Rio de Janeiro, it follows a couple of kids from the margins of the city as they chase their dreams. Rocket dreams of being a photographer. Zé Pequeno wants to build a drug empire.

• IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/
• Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/city-of-god/

CW links:

• IMDB Parental Guide https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/parentalguide/
• Doesthedogdie.com https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/15746
• Unconsentingmedia https://www.unconsentingmedia.org/items/446

CWs:

• Gun violence
• Stabbing
• Gore
• Children killed/dying
• Screaming
• Flashing lights
• Explicit substance use throughout
• Relatively non-graphic scene in which a woman isremovedd by a man.
• In another scene, a man is forced to strip at gunpoint and is insulted with homophobic slurs.
• Pedophilia mentioned
• Homophobic slurs
• Hate speech
• Nudity
• Sexual objectification
• Someone loses their virginity
• Male character ridiculed for crying
• Homelessness
• Sad ending
• Car crashes

tankie.tube link:

https://tankie.tube/w/a68xrJ8ypwiAHspFkumwP1