On the edge of Rio de Janeiro, in The '60s , a housing colony is built to replace the favela shantytowns and house the many refugees of flooding. A bleak but not horrible place, its people live on the edge of society: the kids growing up there engage in petty crime that grows ever more severe as the years go on.
By The '70s , the children have become teenagers and the colony has become like the decaying shantytowns it was meant to replace. He wants to be a photographer when he grows up, and to move far away from the ever-worsening Cidade de Deus.
The kids who grow up in the crime-ridden Cidade de Deus turn to gangs, and the gangs turn to drugs to make money. In the end, he realizes that he must leave as Cidade de Deus collapses completely and has become an all-out war zone.
After the film became popular and won awards, a TV series spin-off was made called City of Men. Community Showcase More. Follow TV Tropes. You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account. Ned: Can't you see you're wrecking your life? You're just a kid. Steak: A kid? I smoke, snort. I've robbed and killed. I'm a man. Show Spoilers. How well does it match the trope?
