Cidade de Deus (City of God) (2002) [AVI + DVD9] [2004]

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





MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Fernando Meirelles
COUNTRY: Brazil
YEAR: 2002

Cast
Alexandre Rodrigues
Leandro Firmino
Phellipe Haagensen
Douglas Silva
Jonathan Haagensen
Matheus Nachtergaele
Seu Jorge
Jefechander Suplino
Alice Braga


Credits
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Screenplay: Bráulio Mantovani (screenplay), Paulo Lins (novel)
Cinematography: César Charlone
Production Design: Tulé Peak
Editing: Daniel Rezende
Original Music: Ed Cortês, Antonio Pinto


DVD:
DVD RELEASE: August 24, 2004
STUDIO: Miramax Films
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.85:1
COLOR
AUDIO: Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1
SUBTITLES: English, Spanish
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 130 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab + Ultra ISO
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO)
FILE SIZE: 7.36 GBs







Disc Features:

News From a Private War (Documentary)







SIZE: 1.37 GB
RESOLUTION: 608 x 336
CODEC: XVID
AUDIO: AC3
EXTRACTION: Auto Gordian Knot
SUBTITLES: English, Spanish (.srt)