Best Foreign Film

Rating: 10/10 (16 September 2010)

City of God is the best foreign film I have seen and is among my favorite all time movies. Fernando Meirelles does a terrific (and terrifying) job as he puts together this movie with great performances from the actors, great cinematography (it seemed so real), and great storytelling. I loved the style in which this film was presented with smart flashbacks and pauses (the narration was perfect). Overall great film. Life is Beautiful was my favorite foreign film, but I have to admit this film was a bit better. Meirelles makes Ciudad de Dios so real with great characters that intersect with one another at different points of the film. This movie was perfectly made. Fernando takes us into the life of the favelas and we experience it in a very realistic form (raw and violent but true). Great film and a must see.