Cidade de Deus City of god /
Cidade de Deus City of god / [videorecording] =
God's town. City of god.
- Widescreen ed.
- [United States] : Burbank, Calif. : Miramax Home Entertainment ; Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., c2003.
- 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally released in 2002 as a motion picture. Based on the book by Paulo Lins. Run time: approx. 130 min.
Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino Da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Daniel Zettel, Seu Jorge.
Celebrated with worldwide acclaim, this powerful true story of crime and redemption has won numerous prestigious awards worldwide. The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's "City of God," are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. In the midst of the oppressive crime and violence, a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings with a different eye: the eye of an artist. In the face of impossible odds, his brave ambition to become a professional photographer becomes a window into his world ... and ultimately his way out.
DVD.
In Portuguese with English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
0788847767
786936223897
31545 Miramax Home Entertainment
Lins, Paulo, 1958- --Film adaptations.
Motion pictures, Portuguese.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Drama.
Originally released in 2002 as a motion picture. Based on the book by Paulo Lins. Run time: approx. 130 min.
Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino Da Hora, Jonathan Haagensen, Phellipe Haagensen, Douglas Silva, Daniel Zettel, Seu Jorge.
Celebrated with worldwide acclaim, this powerful true story of crime and redemption has won numerous prestigious awards worldwide. The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's "City of God," are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go, and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. In the midst of the oppressive crime and violence, a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings with a different eye: the eye of an artist. In the face of impossible odds, his brave ambition to become a professional photographer becomes a window into his world ... and ultimately his way out.
DVD.
In Portuguese with English, French and Spanish subtitles.
Closed-captioned.
0788847767
786936223897
31545 Miramax Home Entertainment
Lins, Paulo, 1958- --Film adaptations.
Motion pictures, Portuguese.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Drama.
