
City of God (Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 action/crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and produced by Andrea Barata Ribeiro and Maurício Andrade Ramos. It is based off of the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins, which itself is based off of real events.
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket (Phellipe Haagensen) is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood. José "Zé" Pequeno (Douglas Silva) is an ambitious drug dealer who uses Rocket and his photos as a way to increase his fame as a turf war erupts with his rival, "Knockout Ned" (Leandro Firmino da Hora).
Victims[]
- Three Chickens - Killed by an unnamed butcher off-screen, bodies shown.
- Six Unknown People - Shot to death by Li'l Zé with a revolver off-camera, shown from the victim's perspectives.
- Unnamed Male Child - Shot to death by Touro and Melonhead off-screen, body shown.
- 13 Fish - Killed by an unnamed man off-screen, bodies shown.
- Shorty's Wife - Beaten to death by Shorty with a lamp.
- Unnamed Male Police Officer - Shot to death by Berenice with a revolver.
- Shaggy - Shot to death by a policeman off-screen, body shown.
- Unnamed Man - Shot to death by Li'l Zé with a revolver.
- Unnamed Woman - Shot to death by Li'l Zé with a revolver.
- Goose - Shot to death by Li'l Zé with a revolver.
- Five Unknown People - Shot to death by Li'l Zé with a revolver off-camera, bodies shown.
- Five Unnamed Men - Shot to death by Li'l Zé and his gang.
- Unnamed Male Member of "The Runts" - Shot to death by Steak-with-Fries with a pistol off-camera after being forced to do so by Li'l Zé and his gang, body shown.
- Blacky's Girlfriend - Shot to death by Blacky off-screen, body shown.
- Benny - Accidentally shot by Blacky with a pistol while he was aiming for Li'l Zé.
- Blacky - Shot to death by Carrot and Li'l Zé's gang.
- Gerson - Shot to death by Li'l Zé's gang.
- Knockout Ned's Uncle - Shot to death by Li'l Zé's gang.
- Tuba - Shot in the head by Li'l Zé with a pistol.
- Unnamed Man - Shot to death by Ned with a revolver.
- Otto's Father - Shot to death by Ned with a revolver.
- Seven Unnamed Men - Killed during the drug war off-screen, bodies shown.
- Two Unnamed Men - Shot to death during the drug war.
- Unnamed Man - Shot to death during the drug war off-screen, body shown.
- Steak-with-Fries - Killed during the drug war off-screen, body shown.
- Two Unnamed Men - Shot to death during the drug war.
- Two Unnamed Men - Killed during the drug war, bodies shown.
- Unnamed Male Member of "The Runts" - Shot to death by Ned with a rifle.
- Tiago - Shot in the head by Ned with a rifle.
- Otto - Shot by Li'l Zé with a pistol and eventually bled out.
- Knockout Ned - Shot to death by Otto with a pistol.
- José Eduardo Barreto Conceição/Li'l Zé/Zé Pequeno - Shot to death by The Runts gang with pistols off-camera, body shown. (Fictional Portrayal)
Deaths[]
- Total - 68
- 52 Humans
- 38 Men
- 11 Victims of Unknown Gender
- 3 Women
- 16 Animals
- 13 Fish
- 3 Chickens
- 52 Humans
Kill Counts[]
- José Eduardo Barreto Conceição/Li'l Zé/Zé Pequeno - 22 (Deceased)
- Knockout Ned - 4 (Deceased)
- Blacky - 2 (Deceased)
- Touro - 1 (Alive)
- Melonhead - 1 (Alive)
- Shorty - 1 (Alive)
- Berenice - 1 (Alive)
- Carrot - 1 (Alive)