“If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.”
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Synopsis
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.
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Crew
- Director
- Fernando Meirelles
- Writer
- Bráulio Mantovani
- Music
- Antonio Pinto, Ed Cortês
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