Paulo Lins
Author
Publisher
Caminho
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Portuguese
Description
Desde Que o Samba É Samba é um romance cuja ação se localiza no Rio de Janeiro no início do século xx. A trama romanesca gira em torno de um triângulo amoroso: a jovem prostituta Valdirene, a beldade irresistível do Largo do Estácio, e dois homens - o seu chulo, Brancura, proxeneta, sambista e malandro, compositor de sambas e personagem real, e o português Sodré, invenção do autor. O relato desta trama amorosa, cheia de humor e de
...2) City of God
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from one of Brazil's most notorious slums. Cidade de Deus: a place where the streets are awash with narcotics, where violence can erupt at any moment over drugs, money, and love – but also a place where the samba beat rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape...
Author
Publisher
Companhia das Letras
Pub. Date
©2002
Language
Portuguese
Description
Follows three boys from one of the most brutal, violent, and corrupt slums in Rio de Janeiro from the 1970s to the 1990s, a period when the only spark of hope comes from the story of a boy who wants to be a photographer.
Publisher
O2 Filmes
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Portuguese
Description
Built in the 1960s, Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a sprawling housing project built to keep the poor as far as possible from Rio's glamorous beaches and resorts. By the 1980s, it has degenerated into a war zone so dangerous that visitors from outside risk being shot to death on sight, a poisonous stew of poverty, drugs, and crime. "If you run away, they get you, and if you stay, they get you, too," says Rocket, who wants to be a photographer....
5) City of god
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Portuguese
Description
The world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. The true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out.
6) City of God
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Portuguese
Appears on list
Description
"City of God tells a powerful true story of crime and redemption. The streets of the world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's 'City of God,' are a place where combat photographers fear to tread, police rarely go and residents are lucky if they live to the age of 20. In the midst of the oppressive crime and violence, a frail and scared young boy will grow up to discover that he can view the harsh realities of his surroundings differently -- with...
Publisher
O2 Filmes
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Portuguese
Description
Built in the 1960s, Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a sprawling housing project built to keep the poor as far as possible from Rio's glamorous beaches and resorts. By the 1980s, it has degenerated into a war zone so dangerous that visitors from outside risk being shot to death on sight, a poisonous stew of poverty, drugs, and crime. "If you run away, they get you, and if you stay, they get you, too," says Rocket, who wants to be a photographer. Rocket's...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
Portuguese
Description
The world's most notorious slum, Rio de Janeiro's City of God, where combat photographers and police rarely go. The true story of a young man who grew up on these streets and whose ambition as a photographer is our window in and his only way out.
