Movie · 2002
City of God
“If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.”
Released 30 August 2002 129 min Drama / Crime More from 2002 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
FR·01
How old were they?
Matheus Nachtergaele
as Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
Seu Jorge
as Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
Gero Camilo
as Paraíba - Shorty
Graziella Moretto
as Marina Cintra
Leandro Firmino
as Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé
Alexandre Rodrigues
as Buscapé - Rocket
Jonathan Haagensen
as Cabeleira - Shaggy
Alice Braga
as Angélica
Phellipe Haagensen
as Bené - Benny
Thiago Martins
as Lampião
Michel Gomes
as Bené Criança - Young Benny
Douglas Silva
as Dadinho - Li'l Dice
Jefechander Suplino
as Alicate - Clipper
Emerson Gomes
as Barbantinho - Stringy
Edson Oliveira
as Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy
Eduardo 'BR' Piranha
as Bando Cenoura - Carrot's Gang
FR·02
The numbers
22years between the oldest and youngest billed
34Matheus Nachtergaele — oldest on the call sheet
12Douglas Silva — youngest billed
22average age of the credited cast