• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2002-08-30
  • Runtime129 minutes
  • TaglineIf you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you.
  • Revenue30,641,770$
  • GenreDrama, Crime
  • Production
    CompaniesO2 Filmes, VideoFilmes, Wild Bunch, Hank Levine Film & Music, Globo Filmes, Lumière
  • Budget3,300,000$

Movie Overview

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Casts

Alexandre Rodrigues

Leandro Firmino

Phellipe Haagensen

Douglas Silva

Jonathan Haagensen

Matheus Nachtergaele

Seu Jorge

Jefechander Suplino

Alice Braga

Edson Oliveira

Michel Gomes

Roberta Rodrigues

Luis Otávio

Kiko Marques

Gustavo Engracia

Darlan Cunha

Thiago Martins

Graziella Moretto

Renato de Souza

Sabrina Rosa

Kikito Junqueira

Edson Montenegro

Gero Camilo

Felipe Paulino

Charles Paraventi

Dani Ornellas

Micael Borges

Ramon Francisco

Lúcio Andrey

Marcelo Mello Jr.

Marcello Melo

Arlindo Lopes

Lorena Da Silva

Renan Monteiro

Guti Fraga

Babu Santana

Mary Sheila

Olivia Araújo