If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
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.
DramaCrimepolice brutalitystreet gangphotographergangsterjournalismrio de janeirogang warghettobased on true storycoming of agefavelaextreme violence
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Character
Earnest, grave, overwhelming and relentless.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- contemplativerelentless
- warmbleak
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75 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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Cast
- Alexandre RodriguesBuscapé
- Leandro FirminoZé Pequeno / Dadinho
- Phellipe HaagensenBené
- Douglas SilvaDadinho
- Jonathan HaagensenCabeleira
- Matheus NachtergaeleSandro Cenoura
- Seu JorgeMané Galinha
- Jefechander SuplinoAlicate
- Alice BragaAngélica
- Emerson GomesBarbantinho
Crew
- Fernando MeirellesDirector
- Bráulio MantovaniScreenplay
- Paulo LinsNovel
- César CharloneDirector of Photography
- Antonio PintoOriginal Music Composer
- Ed CortêsOriginal Music Composer
- Daniel RezendeEditor
- Donald RanvaudProducer
- Juliette RenaudProducer
- Andrea Barata RibeiroProducer
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