City of God / Cidade de Deus
CITY OF GOD
(Cidade de Deus – in Portuguese with Hungarian subtitles)
Color, subtitled, Brazilian-French film, 130 min, 2002
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Alexandre Rodrigues, Leandro Firmino da Hora, Philippe Haagensen
***Not recommended for viewers under 18.***
The story unfolds on the impoverished streets of a Rio de Janeiro slum. It traces the paths of two boys who take divergent routes over a period of 15 years, from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. One becomes a photographer, the other a drug dealer. Through a series of short vignettes, the film depicts their life journeys, revealing the trajectories of lives that are often cut tragically short. The protagonist of *City of God* is not a person, but a place. *City of God* is a housing project built for the poor starting in the 1960s; by the early 1980s, it had become one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro.
Schedule
SCREENING TIME:
Wednesday, September 16 at 8:15 PM
Ticket price: 2,900 HUF
Tickets are not for assigned seats; seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open approximately 5 minutes before the screening.
Tickets available:
1) On-site on weekdays from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM,
and on weekends from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Bem Cinema
In January 2016, the 108-year-old Bem Cinema will reopen its doors to the public, in a new way never seen before in Hungary: as a cinema of cult and classic films (no harm!), or as the educated French say (if you know your English): as a "repertory cinema".
