So much sin in the city of god..

Rating: 9/10 (25 March 2006)

Best foreign film i've ever seen including "Y tu mama tambien" & "Crouching tiger hidden dragon". Though set in the slums of Brazil, the ideal of lost youth and dead-end circumstances are experiences world round. But this film also revels in it's depiction of Brazil as a universe. A place most of us see as serenely beautiful, but underneath it's post card image lies all these dangers.
You follow a young man as he tries to find his way through all the tragedies surrounding him. A maniacal young drug dealer, a righteous hero who somehow becomes the own evil he tries to fight. It's also amazing because this is all based on actual events. You really can't help but feel each gun shot as if the bullets were piercing your own flesh. There are some brief periods in the film where i was genuinely uncomfortable, but comes with the territory i guess.
Wonderful film, greatly recommended.