"Story"

Taking place over the course of over two decades, City of God tells the story of Cidade de Deus,Portuguese for City of God, a lower class quarter west of Rio de Janeiro. The film is told from the viewpoint of a boy named "Rocket" who grows up there as a fishmonger's son, and demonstrates the desperation and violence inherent in the slums. Two other prevelanet characters, "Benny" and "Li'l Ze", are the cities biggest drug lords and both hold two very different personalities. Based on a real story, the movie depicts drug abuse, violent crime, and a boy's struggle to free himself from the slums' grasp.