City Of God: Movie Review: City Of God

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City of God is the movie that is based on the true story about children who were raised in the violent neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It is evident that place of living can influence the life path of the personality. Consequently, two boys living in one neighborhood chose the different ways under the influence of their raising in the neighborhood full of cruelty and violence. Thus, one decided to become a photographer, and another one became a drug dealer. It means that the movie connects the destiny of people to city planning. As a result, City of God is the movie that reveals many city planning issues related to education, social network, public housing, urban crime, and lack of social and economic mobility. First of all, City of God …show more content…

It shows that poor Brazilian people have no the support from the community and government to grow socially and economically. The persistent crimes in their neighborhood make others think about them as criminals even if they are kind-hearted and want to change their lives. The lack of social and economic mobility is the urban problem that should be solved by the governments not only in the local but global levels. One should mention that some people see poverty as not an economic and social problem but as the opportunity to change their life, and Rocket is the example of the personality who looks for such possibility. However, the movie also states the strong gap between the people with low incomes and high incomes is the reason for the lack of mobility and changes in Brazilian favelas (Santos, …show more content…

It is evident that ignorance and lack of education of people living in the favelas prevent them from changes and motivation to live better. At the end of the film, Ze was killed by the Runts, and they wanted to become the leaders of the favela and run their business, but the lack of education led to those that they could not write the list whom they should kill. Only one of them could write a little. It means that most members of the favela considered schooling unnecessary part of their life and they were more concerned with their

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