Buoyancy vs City of God
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.1/10 for Buoyancy). Buoyancy is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 9m. City of God is the older of the two (2002 against 2019). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Buoyancy
City of God| Buoyancy | City of God | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2002 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h 9m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Rodd Rathjen | Fernando Meirelles |
| Main cast | Thanawut Ketsaro, Saichia Wongwirot, Sarm Heng, Rous Mony, Yothin Udomsanti | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen |
Synopsis
Buoyancy
An innocent Cambodian boy is sold to a Thai broker and enslaved on a fishing trawler. As fellow slaves are tortured and murdered around him, he starts to wonder if his only hope of freedom is to become as violent as his captors.
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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