City of God: The Fight Rages On (2024)

Original title

Cidade de Deus: A Luta Não Para

Directed by

Aly Muritiba

Genre

drama film

Country

Brazil

Length

2 seasons, 11 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 76 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Twenty years after the original film, a photographer named Rocket recounts how clashes among police, drug dealers, and militias reshape his old neighborhood. The series follows residents caught in the ongoing power struggles.

tenseurgentstreetwiserawgrittyvisceralbrisk-pacedsocially aware

What happens

City of God: The Fight Rages On (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus: A Luta Não Para) is a Brazilian crime drama television series that premiered on Max on August 25, 2024. The series serves as a follow-up to the 2002 film City of God, adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the novel by Paulo Lins and directed by Kátia Lund and Fernando Meirelles. It stars Alexandre Rodrigues, Thiago Martins, Roberta Rodrigues, Sabrina Rosa, Edson Oliveira, Marcos Palmeira, and Andréia Horta. Produced by Miramax and O2 Filmes, it takes place twenty years after the events of the original film, with Wilson "Rocket" Rodrigues recounting how conflicts between the police, drug dealers and militias affected the community. The series received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its faithfulness to the source material, social commentary and cast. HBO renewed the series for a second season. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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