Not only one more movie...

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2003)

Cidade de Deus is a masterpiece. Some movies becomes more than an entertainment movie, more than a history.
Since the first frame, "Cidade" tells you why it was made: the reality is portraied in true colours, but with style, camera and edition ara fantastic, the non-professional cast impresses you more than words can say.
The history is not maniqueist, the place is the real protagonist, you see the grown up of a favela, and if you know just a little about the crime history in Rio de Janeiro since the last 30 years, you will see that the movie shows exactly the perplexity of the naturals in front of the facts, what becomes worst and worst. Is a close up of the favela, the best ever made in Brazil, and probably in the word. The charm of this movie is really because it tells you a history. If it was a documnentary, probably we only say: oh, the crime, what terrible thing . But no. Cidade de Deus makes you see the face of facts, and when you go out to the theater, more than social reports, in its colours, crime becomes to be more than statistics. Go to see the movie and believe: now it is all true...