when you cast real kids from the slums

🍿Check out our Cinema Gift Shop: https://ducinemastore.com/ • Join our discord: https://discord.gg/2br3HRWP2d Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI at https://mubi.com/ducinema 13 Tzameti is available on MUBI in US, Canada UK, ireland, SpaiN, Germany, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil and Netherlands and Pixote: The Law of the Weakest is available in The Netherlands, Turkey, Spain and Brazil. This is City of God (a.k.a. Cidade de Deus). Probably the most realistic crime film ever made and by many considered one of the greatest crime films of all time. While it's often called the Brazilian Goodfellas, City of God is nothing like your traditional gangster film. It has no famous actors, no gangsters in suits like The Godfather and it’s no rags to riches story like Scarface. City of God does not romanticise crime in any shape or form, instead, it shows the bleak lives of kids growing up in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, struggling to survive another day. Director Fernando Meirelles didn’t want professional actors to perform this story. He wanted people who had actually seen it, felt it, and lived it. Therefore, the people you see on screen aren't actors. They are actual residents of the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, standing in front of a camera for the very first time. Today I want to dive into the story of City of God and show you how it became one of the most realistic crime films ever made. • Business Inquiries: [email protected] • The rights for all the songs in this video are purchased through Artlist: https://artlist.io/referral/3497535/DuCinema Cultural Disclaimings by Khazakstan Ministery of Information: by rule 107 of Copyright Act in 1976 established by Premier Nazabarjev, allowance is made for cultural learnings, no criticisms, no comments, only news reportings by Borat Sagdiyev, school teachings and research for make benefit of cultural bribe for regime of Khazakstan. Chenqui. #cityofgod #cidadededeus