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City of God is a 2002 Brazilian crime drama film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund. The story was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins.However, the movie characters are not fictitious and the plot is based upon real events. It follows the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro between the end of the 1960s and the beginning of the 1980s. The end of the film shows the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and the criminal Knockout Ned. City of God was ranked third in Film4's "50 Films to See Before You Die", and No.6 on The Guardian's "The 25 Best Action Movies Ever".
上帝之城是一部上映于2002年的电影，它是一部巴西的犯罪剧情电影，导演费尔南多·梅里尔斯，卡迪亚·兰德。这部电影由布劳利奥·曼托瓦尼改编，电影来源于1997年出版的同名小说，作者为保罗·林斯。但是，电影的角色并不是虚构的，影片中的情节是根据真实事件改编的。电影叙述的是上帝之城-里约热内卢城镇的犯罪，时间是20世纪60年代，以及20世纪80年代初期。影片的结尾展示的是运毒贩子Li'l Zé与犯人Knockout Ned之间的战争。上帝之城在“五十部死前必看电影”中排名第三，在“二十五部最佳动作电影”中排名第六位。
The movie's tagline is: "If you run, the beast catches you; if you stay, the beast eats you", (a Portuguese proverb similar to the English "Damned if you do, damned if you don't"). It describes the hopelessness of being involved in criminal activity in Rio's favelas. Most of the cast were from real-life favelas, including the real-life City of God itself. About a hundred children were hand-picked and placed into an "actors' workshop" for several months. Their training focused on simulating authentic street-war scenes, such as a hold-up, a scuffle, a shoot-out, etc. After filming, it was too dangerous for the young actors to return to their old lives in the favelas and so help groups were set up for them to build lives elsewhere.
电影的标语是：“如果你奔跑，野兽就会将你制服；如果你原地不动，它反而会吃了你”，（这是一个葡萄牙语谚语，与英文的“进退两难”相似）。电影描述了在里约贫民窟犯罪的无望感。电影中绝大部分的演员都生活在贫民窟中，包括上帝之城这座真实的城市。他们精心挑选了大约一百名儿童，演员在工作间中生活了数月的时间。他们的训练集中在呈现出真实的街战场景，例如：抢劫、打斗、枪战等。拍摄结束后，让年轻演员回到真实的贫民窟中是非常危险的，所以，他们建立了一些帮助团队，帮助演员在其它地方重新生活。
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