Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- Portuguese
- Country
- Brazil, France, Germany
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In Portuguese — subtitles on.
The story
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
- street gang
- photographer
- gangster
- rio de janeiro
- gang war
- ghetto
- based on true story
- coming of age
- introspective
- conceited
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Alexandre Rodrigues
Buscapé - Rocket
Leandro Firmino
Zé Pequeno - Li'l Zé
Phellipe Haagensen
Bené - Benny
Douglas Silva
Dadinho - Li'l Dice
- Jonathan Haagensen — Cabeleira - Shaggy
- Matheus Nachtergaele — Sandro Cenoura - Carrot
- Seu Jorge — Mané Galinha - Knockout Ned
- Jefechander Suplino — Alicate - Clipper
- Alice Braga — Angélica
- Emerson Gomes — Barbantinho - Stringy
- Edson Oliveira — Barbantinho Adulto - Older Stringy
- Michel Gomes — Bené Criança - Young Benny
- Roberta Rodrigues — Berenice - Bernice
- Luis Otávio — Buscapé Criança - Young Rocket
- Kiko Marques — Cabeção - Melonhead
- Directed
- Fernando Meirelles
- Written
- Bráulio Mantovani
Production
- Rating
- 8.4 / 10 · 8,412 ratings
- Studio
- O2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
