City of God vs El Angel
City of God has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.4/10 for El Angel). El Angel is the shorter watch at 1h 55m 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.
City of God
El Angel| City of God | El Angel | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2018 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Fernando Meirelles | Luis Ortega |
| Main cast | Alice Braga, Leandro Firmino, Matheus Nachtergaele, Alexandre Rodrigues, Phellipe Haagensen | Fernando Contigiani García, Chino Darín, Mercedes Morán, Luis Gnecco, Peter Lanzani |
Synopsis
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.
El Angel
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1971. Carlos Robledo Puch is a 19-year-old boy with an angelic face, but a vocational thief as well, who acts ruthlessly, without remorse. When he meets Ramón, they follow together a dark path of crime and death.
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