One good thing to come out of the bone chilling cold this winter is our discovery of Netflix.. Netflix for the uninitated is this amazing movie delivery service. You order online .. movies get delivered to your door step. Works like clockwork..
So no surpise that we have been freaking out..(well mostly me..Sowmya does like the occasional rom-com). I have been slowly working on my must watch list of movies over the last few months. And latest in that series is "City of God"(Cidade de Deus)
I had read about this 2002 brazillian movie earlier. Something about the reviews made me add City of God to my movie wishlist. And it did not dissapoint. I would put it in my top ten movies list.
The real city of gods is a sprawling slum to the west of Rio-De Genaro. Its a crime infested locality ruled by local drug cartels. The movie is shot here and majority of its cast members are real life residents of the slum.
The story ( based upon real events ) follows the life of a group of youngsters growing up in the city. The movie is essentially about how some of them manage to evade the life of violence, some are forced into it and some just embrace it.
The movie manages to suck you in for two plus hours into their world. You are watching a movie in a language you don't understand (its in Portuguese , i just found out!), watching a set of amateur actors who have never faced the camera before but none of those things matter. By the end of the classic opening sequence you are hooked and for the next three hours you are immersed in this weird world..
Its a movie with stunning style and amazing substance. Must watch i would say..
