The movie “City of God” is a very interesting story, based on a true story in Brazil in the city of Rio de Janeiro. There are two young men growing up in a very poor neighborhood, one young man is named “Rocket” which he is a photographer who takes pictures of what is going on in his town, crime, drugs, gang violence, etc. He wants to become to the most famous photographer in the world. The other young man is named Ze Pequeno, he is a drug dealer, who tries to become the infamous drug dealer in Rio de Janeiro. It shows how Ze Pequeno a drug crime lord will anything to let people know that no one will stand in his way. It takes place in the 1970’s. Both of the young men will do anything to tell the world about their life. Rocket …show more content…
It is located by the Atlantic Ocean, surround by beautiful green mountains with the giant statue of Jesus Christ on one of the mountains, which is an iconic symbol of the city. A huge tourist hot spot, when people go to Brazil they go Rio de Janerio. It is one of the most visited cities in the southern hemisphere. This leads to a high crime rate. More people, more money, and more everything. Most people see a beautiful city, but what is going on in those little shady towns is corruption, drug trafficking, prostitution, a lot of illegal action is taking …show more content…
Certain Latin America, most of the world’s cocaine comes from countries from Latin America. It is sad what people my age have to do in Rio de Janerio, their killing people just trying to eat. They have to worry if they are going to go home at the end of the day. They grew up in a poor community, they don’t see any way to get rich, the only way they see themselves getting some cash in their pocket is to join a gang and sell drugs. The movie “City of God” can interact with all kinds of people’s emotion, sad, happy, etc. This movie is based on a true story. It showed the very difficult living condition’s the people have to live in, no air condition in a hot environment, barely any electricity, no cell phone, a poor government system, a poor lifestyle. The young men around my age what they have to do, it is never crossed my mind. These men have to worry if they’re going to get robbed, beaten, or even killed. They do not have a good education it seems, these men don’t even think about going to college, Rocket wanted to be a well-known photographer, he didn’t a have chance to college because of the education