Birds of Passage vs City of God
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.3/10 for Birds of Passage). Birds of Passage is the shorter watch at 2h 5m compared with 2h 9m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2018). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Birds of Passage
City of God| Birds of Passage | City of God | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 5m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | Colombia | – |
| Director | Ciro Guerra, Cristina Gallego | Fernando Meirelles |
| Main cast | Natalia Reyes, José Acosta, Carmiña Martínez, Greider Meza, José Vicente | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen |
Synopsis
Birds of Passage
During the marijuana bonanza, a violent decade that saw the origins of drug trafficking in Colombia, Rapayet and his indigenous family get involved in a war to control the business that ends up destroying their lives and their culture.
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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