Beautifully made

Rating: 10/10 (17 October 2018)

The film City Of God is a heart string pulling film full of hate, violence, love and sadness. This film touches upon struggles that low income cities encounter in other countries. It heavily displays the affects of crime and drug trafficking to those involved and bystanders. Such struggles can push any child or adult into a life that they later recognize they do not want or into a life where they end up dying. The film introduced us to certain characters and informs the audience that it is based on true events, in a way to form a connection, with that connection the audience felt hurt and/or mad when the characters did.
The directors, Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund created a beautiful film with incredible scenes/shots. Handheld shots were used to make the audience feel like they were running along with the kids in the film as well as aerial shots were used to display the type of town they lived in. Low angle views were used when guns were fired to display who had the higher up in the situation. Music was used to build up suspense and to add emotion to the scenes.
Overall, the film was beautifully made with a great way to introduce the world of what children of other countries may go through, in this film it would be Brazil which would be why it is titled The City of God. In real life and in the film, everyone doesn't join the violence but even those who stay away may die due to who they're related to or being caught in the crossfire.