A Gang Story vs City of God
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.8/10 for A Gang Story). A Gang Story is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 9m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2011). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Gang Story
City of God| A Gang Story | City of God | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Olivier Marchal | Fernando Meirelles |
| Main cast | Lionnel Astier, Tchéky Karyo, François Levantal, Gérard Lanvin, Dimitri Storoge | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen |
Synopsis
A Gang Story
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their…
City of God
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.
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