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.
Director
Fernando Meirelles
Box Office
Budget$3.3M
Revenue$30.6M
Production
O2 FilmesVideoFilmesWild BunchHank Levine Film & MusicGlobo FilmesLumière
