Perfect movie about terrible things

Rating: 9/10 (3 January 2013)

Cidade de Deus is the movie with perfect camera, scriptwriting, editing and acting (a lot of actors were non-professionals but they are really great) but for whole time of watching I wished one and only thing: to see the end titles. This movie forced me to thank the destiny that I was born in calm and prosperous Europe. The other world - that which Cidade de Deus is all about - is like from another galaxy. But unfortunately, it's not.
Grand story of the movie is wisely pieced together from several mini- stories told by the main character. It's about life (but is it really a life?) in a slum of Rio de Janeiro. Through the eyes of "the Rocket" - one of those few who were able to escape the misery of the slum we are told about the story of a gangster and local drug lord called Li'l Zé and his gang in a period of 60s-80s. The story...OK, what story can it be about? Killing, raping, drugs, crime, gang wars...that's it, that's the story.
Quotes like "A kid? I smoke, I snort. I've killed and robbed. I'm a man"
and
scenes like that with hardly 10 years old kid being forced to kill one of other two small boys are terrible. But worst of all is a title "Based on true story" at the end...