What's the movie "City Without a Owner" about?

The protagonist in The City of God is not a person, but a place. The city of God was a slum in Brazil in 1960s, and it became the most dangerous place in Rio de Janeiro in 1980s.

Many people's stories are told in the film, but everything is told through the eyes of a child: Busca, a black child born in a poor family, is weak, afraid of becoming a criminal and content with a low-paid job.

The environment in which he lives is full of violence, and he has no chance to escape. However, his way of observing and exploring society is different. He has his own unique view of reality: because he has the eyes of an artist who is good at exploring life. Finally, he became a professional photographer.

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Behind the scenes production

1, the director of this film, fernando meirelles, once talked about the danger of making this film in an interview, saying that if he had known it would be so dangerous to shoot in the slums of Rio de Janeiro, he would not have decided to make this film.

2. Director fernando meirelles revealed that the shots of Alicate, Cabella and Marek that the audience saw through the bumper of the tanker were actually a tribute to the TV series Charlie's Angel broadcast on 1976.

In the scene of fighting for drugs in the film, a former Oscar winner made this effect with many corpses.

4. In a set of scenes in the newsroom, many members of the film crew appeared one after another, including Le Tu Pique, the artistic director, who played the smiling No.1 in Buskapu.

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