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First screenplay by BrÃ¡ulio Mantovani.	D
The views in black and white taken from satellite, about the new territories controlled by ZÃ© Peq [...]	D
One day during a pause in the shooting the group of kids who played the Runts (Caixa Baixa gang) app [...]	D
In the DVD commentary track, director Fernando Meirelles reveals that the shot in which we see Alica [...]	D
Leandro Firmino (ZÃ© Pequeno) really was from the City of God and had no ambitions to be an actor, [...]	D
Ranked number 42 non-English-speaking film in the critics' poll conducted by the BBC in 2018.	D
In the book Cidade de Deus (1997) by Paulo Lins, the Trio Ternura (Tender Trio) was composed by Infe [...]	D
At the end the Runts (Caixa Baixa gang) talk about making a list of people they want to kill. The ra [...]	D
The USA as well as a few other countries has the DVD / Blu Ray cover / Poster censored of the teens [...]	D
In the English-subtitled version, ManÃ© Galinha is instead called "Knockout Ned". "ManÃ© Galinha [...]	D
It is somehow implied that Cabeleira and Dadinho are orphans, given the fact that after the motel ro [...]	D
The scene where the gang prays before the war was not scripted. During the shooting a young boy, who [...]	D
This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.	D
All the amateur actors were recruited from "favelas" (slums) in Rio de Janeiro, and a couple of them [...]	D
The film was not actually shot in Cidade de Deus slum, as it was too dangerous. It was shot in a nei [...]	D
Roberta Rodrigues's debut.	D
The director was quoted as saying that if he knew the dangers of filming the movie in a Rio favela, [...]	D
Fernando Meirelles wanted the cast to consist of people who had never acted before and professional [...]	D
To prepare the Runt (Caixa Baixa gang) for the scene in which he cries when ZÃ© Pequeno shoots him [...]	D
The last shot of the movie, where the little boy loses his slipper and comes back to pick it up, was [...]	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
On the American version of the DVD, the guns are all removed from the hands of the group standing on [...]	D
During the shooting of the sequence at the motel, when Marreco, Cabeleira and Alicate rob the client [...]	D
The two main actors, Alexandre Rodrigues ("BuscapÃ©") and Leandro Firmino ("ZÃ© Pequeno"), were [...]	D
During the sequence set in the newsroom, some crew members can be seen, including Art Director TulÃ [...]	D
The film has never been dubbed into English.	D
Karina FalcÃ£o's debut.	D
The subjective take in which we see BuscapÃ©'s point of view, after ZÃ© Pequeno (Leandro Firmino [...]	D
Co-director KÃ¡tia Lund was instrumental in auditioning nearly 2,000 inexperienced and potentially [...]	D
The character of BuscapÃ© was based on a composite of Paulo Lins, the author of the book "Cidade d [...]	D
The correct translation of the names is: BuscapÃ© = Rocket (literally: foot-seeker, a firecracker [...]	D
Voted movie of the year by Empire magazine in 2003. It would be six years before another foreign-lan [...]	D
In order to increase the tension between Dadinho and Marreco, acting coach FÃ¡tima Toledo told tee [...]	D
Seu Jorge, who plays Knockout Ned, is a samba-soul singer with cult status in Brazil. One of his son [...]	D
When we hear BuscapÃ© (Alexandre Rodrigues) talking to Marina (Graziella Moretto) about how "he ne [...]	D
The shot where we see a lot of dead bodies lying on huge blocks of concrete was recreated from an aw [...]	D
The only film that year to be Oscar nominated for Best Director, but not Best Picture.	D
When Knockout Ned ("ManÃ© Galinha" in the Brazilian original) kills someone for the first time, so [...]	D
There's a scene in which the young BuscapÃ© (Luis OtÃ¡vio) laughs at his brother Marreco (Renato [...]	D
The B&W footage showing an anchor talking about the prison of "ManÃ© Galinha" is real. The anchor [...]	D
Brazil's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 75th Academy Awards [...]	D

In the scene where the tender trio are robbing the gas man and giving out the free gas, when the pol [...]	D
When Li'l ZÃ© makes Knockout Ned undress, Knockout Ned's shirt is already unbuttoned. But in the n [...]	D
Whenever Tio Sam is in the apartment to sell Ze Pequeno the weapons, he inquires whether or not Ze h [...]	D
When the Tender Trio are running away into the woods after they crashed into a neighbor's house, Sha [...]	D
The length of the joint Lil Dice is smoking when he is hanging out with the Tender Trio changes size [...]	D
Lil' Ze is taken into custody by the police, Rocket runs after the police truck. The Police truck pa [...]	D
When BenÃ© throws Neguinho out (after he, Neguinho, has killed his girlfriend) the amount of blood [...]	D
During the hotel robbery, Lil Dice is given a six shot revolver. He is not given any additional bull [...]	D
BuscapÃ© is using a 135mm lens when he stands above a dead Lil ZÃ© and takes his picture, but th [...]	D
When Knockout Ned is yelling over the dead boy, the body is breathing.	D
When Rocket walks off after having taken a picture of the Dead Lil Ze, Lil ZÃ©'s arm twitches.	D

Boy 1: The big deal is dope, you got it? Boy 2: I [...]	D
BuscapÃ©: You need more than guts to be a good g [...]	D
Cabeleira: Hey, Bernice. Listen, I've got somethin [...]	D
BuscapÃ©: What should have been swift revenge tu [...]	D
BuscapÃ©: [after Dadinho kills many people in a [...]	D
BenÃ©: I'm a playboy now.	D
Sandro Cenoura: Have you lost your mind? You are j [...]	D
BuscapÃ© CrianÃ§a - Young Rocket: Sun is for e [...]	D
[after seen his pictures printed in the front page [...]	D
Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy: Why return to [...]	D
ZÃ© Pequeno: The fuck I'm Dadinho! Now, my fucki [...]	D
ZÃ© Pequeno: [after snorting a line and seeing K [...]	D
BuscapÃ©: It was like a message from God: "Hones [...]	D
ZÃ© Pequeno: Can you read? Gang Member: I can r [...]	D
[first lines] ZÃ© Pequeno: Whoa, the chicken ra [...]	D
ZÃ© Pequeno: Where do you want to take the shot? [...]	D

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