The 'Godfather' of Brazil

Rating: 10/10 (4 May 2010)

City of god shows a harsh but true view of the slums of Rio and the reason for this being true is because this film is in fact based on a real life story. It is quite shocking as most would see this as unrealistic drama just to be powerful but every disturbing part happened for real. That is what mostly makes this film unforgettable but it has also a stunning story on what could be considered a gangster/ drama film with twists and turns as it goes on and delivers with a lot of depth. This film is subtitled so you must keep up with dialogue fast but that also was well written and despite the actors being relatively unknown, they all performed really well. A true masterpiece