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Cidade de Deus Quotes (2002)
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Like cinematic dynamite, City of God lights a fuse under its squalid Brazilian ghetto, and we're a captive audience to its violent explosion. The titular favela is home to a seething army of impoverished children who grow, over the film's ambitious 20-year timeframe, into cutthroat killers, drug lords, and feral survivors. In the vortex of this maelstrom is L'il Z (Leandro Firmino da Hora--like most of the cast, a nonprofessional actor), self-appointed king of the dealers, determined to eliminate all competition at the expense of his corrupted soul. With enough visual vitality and provocative substance to spark heated debate (and box-office gold) in Brazil, codirectors Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund tackle their subject head on, creating a portrait of youthful anarchy so appalling--and so authentically immediate--that City of God prompted reforms in socioeconomic policy. It's a bracing feat of stylistic audacity, borrowing from a dozen other films to form its own unique identity. You'll flinch, but you can't look away. --Jeff Shannon
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- Buscapé: Fuck... I'm dead!
Zé Pequeno: What's the name of that friend of yours who took this pictures?
Zé Pequeno: Buscapé! The guy is good! »
- Zé Pequeno: Can you read? »
- Zé Pequeno: Dadinho my dick, my name now is Zé Pequeno, FUCK! »
- Zé Pequeno: Where do you want to take the shot? In the hand or in the foot? »
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