If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
2002 · R · 2h 9m · Drama, Crime
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.
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Writers: Bráulio Mantovani, Paulo Lins
Music by: Antonio Pinto, Ed Cortês
Cinematography: César Charlone
Editor: Daniel Rezende
Box office: $31M · Budget: $3M · Rated 8.4/10 by 8361 viewers