


“If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.”
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.
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Writers
Bráulio Mantovani
Release Date
August 30, 2002
Runtime
2h 9m
Status
Released
Original Language
pt
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7,936



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