| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD)(130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby 5.1 surround, widescreen, enhanced for 16x9 televisions. |
| Language |
In Brazilian Portuguese with English, French or Spanish subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Cast |
Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino Da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Daniel Zettel, Seu Jorge. |
| Note |
Based on the book by Paulo Lins. |
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Originally released in 2002 as a motion picture. |
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Special features: "News from a personal war" documentary. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Summary |
The world's most notorious slum is Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. Presents the true story of a young man who grew up on those streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out. |
| Subject |
Lins, Paulo, 1958- -- Television adaptations.
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Lins, Paulo, 1958- -- Film adaptations.
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Feature films -- Videodiscs.
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Motion pictures, Portuguese -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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Foreign films -- Videodiscs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (PORTUGUESE), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Meirelles, Fernando, director.
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Lins, Paulo, 1958- author.
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Nachtergaele, Matheus, actor.
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Rodrigues, Alexandre, actor.
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De Hora, Leandro Firmino, actor.
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| Added Title |
Cidade de Deus |
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City of God |
| ISBN |
031398137269 |
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0788847767 |
| Standard No. |
786936223897 |
| Music No. |
31545 Miramax Home Entertainment |
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